Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-03-30
LOCAL NEWS.

MI. Is. Is. ODanlel attended to his in
terests in our sister city, Merrill, last
week.
Mr.. Hugh McInnis and family visited
i'll the home of Mrs. IRELAND, mother of
Mrs. McInnls, at Merrill few days last
week.
Mr.. Pierce Travis, who is working at
The mill on the Big Creek, near the
mouth, stopped in town a few hours last
Friday.
Messrs. James II. and Geo. w. Turner
returned from Moss Point last week,
where they had been to arrange the sale
of some logs. They report good prices.
Intelligence reaches this office of a
killing at Merrill of one negro by an
other. They dispute began over game
of cards. The murdered made good his
escape.
dad" Baldwin was around town a
few days ago gambling on the election
of Mr.. Is. c. O'Ddniel to the office of
Sheriff and Tax Collector of Greene
d d says he knows his man and feels
safe to bet on his election.
Messrs. j. J. Croons and Timberlake.
both from the thriving little city of Den
NY, were extending their acquaintance
among our townsmen last week. Mr..
Croons is engaged in the turpentine bust
ness in his neighborhood. Mr.. Timber
lake was formerly station agent at Denny.
She was boasting of her latest conquest.
''The first thing | knew" she said, che
was at my feet" ''Who threw him over2"
asked her dearest friend. OF course, it is
well known that these little plcasanteries
are not unusual between feminine
friends.
Mr.. Avian Naples spent several days
last week at Leaf, surveying lands for
several parties over there. While there
Mr. Naples also run out the line on
SONG lands owned by himself aud Mr.. ].
5. IAckty conjointly, and which they
bought in several years ago for taxes.
Mr. f. NJ. Baldwin, Familiarity known
by the cognomen of dad" returned
home last week after quite tour of the
southern end of the county. While
gone he took in the towns of Leaf,
Merrill and Denny. We are always glad
to see Dab's genial countenance among
us.
1t is a pleasure to us to chronicle
again the arrival and departure of that
well-known and very popular gentleman
Mr.. L. c.. Peaster within few hours.
Mr. Peaster has been occupied for
several days near Washington church
doing the bricklaying OH the Turpen-
tine still going up out there, and owned
by Mr.. Fox.s
A popular writer of the day says that a
city swell has always \ supreme contempt
for country boy, especially in love.
These polish young gentlemen laugh in
our faces when we put into execution our
most studied and practiced bows. 1t is
second nature for them to set down by
the girls and gush outDgreat slices of that
meaningless nonsense that charms the
fairer SEX What wonder then that our
rustic youth becomes demoralized when
thrown in contact with that starched hui
man anatomy, known as the city swell.
olive and Learn Young People" We
have caught on new wrinkle that has
been recently introduces as among the
latest usages of swell social etequette,
and not being at all disposed to be selfish
we Illustrate for the benefit of the reader.
The curtain rises on scene |. Two young
gentlemen separated at an early hour of
the evening, each going to call on his fav-
orite dalnsel Scene 3. First gentleman
departs from dwelling at which he had
called, takes the road deliberately for the
place where second young gentleman b is
calling, arrives at gate with an air OF
sward near and calmly seats himself ready
to participate in and enjoy the converse
ton of Il young couple on the veranda,
and does so forthwith. A look of sur
ment comes on the countenances of the
Young couple. Conversation on the part
of the trio gradually ceases by taeit con-
sent. Scene B. Two gentlemen in q,ies-
ton A and b going down the road a few
minutes afterwards towards their homes.
Il does not seem to be in a very mag
unanimous mood, forehead heavily knitted
with frown, apparently badly VeXed. A
on the other hand is III very pleasant
mood smiles eneourageingly at Is, as
srmes patronizing air towards INN, ac-
company by many symptoms OF rapidly
nearing explosion of long pent us laugh
ter we draw the curtain. Point We
suppose was that decided b should cur
tail the lenght of his visit and broke it tt
him very gently.