The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1899-11-15
TOWN AND COUNTY.

here, attending court.
Mr.. Joe Morris was Sunday visitor
70 his aunt. Mrs. |. Isaacs.
Misses Z. and c. Hubener are now
rooming at Mrs. Hudnalls.
Communion services at the Presby
terian church next Sunday.
Hear all the new songs at the Bar
low Minstrels Saturday night.
Can't. and Mrs. bennett Ewing are
welcome visitors from Fernwood.
Mrs. Ike Cope and Mrs. Joe Cope
have beenquite sick, but are now better.
Col. J. b. Beason, of Hattiesburg, is
visiting his daughter, Mrs. Aaron
Hurst.
Mr.. Norris Schwartz, of Utica, visited
his betrothed, Miss Bertha Abrams,
Sunday.
Messrs Sam Abrams and Z. Newman
made business trip to New Orleans
this week.
Messrs. Louis and Emile Cohn and
Mr.. Thos Brady visited the Crescent
City last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Brewer, of Nc
Comb City, were the guests, last Sun
day of Mrs Montville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lonnie Schwem, of
Jackson. are the guests of their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. d. Schwem.
Mr. George Hanley, of New Iberia,
La. with his wife and mother are the
guests of Mrs. Dora Nalty.
Colonel" A. J. Friou was in town
Sunday and Monday greeting in his
own genial way his many friends.
The boiler house of the East Union
Mills was burned on Monday afternoon.
None of the machinery was injured.
Miss Julia Hoskins with her niece,
Clara May Chrisman, left for Summit,
Monday, to spend few days with Mrs.
Henry Alcus.
Messrs. John and Ben Penn have re-
turned from New Orleans. The latter
is having his eyes treated by New
Orleans oculist.
DR. r D. Sessions was in town the
first Of the week, Ell route home from
New York, where he attended special
course of lectures.
Rev. C. NJ. Grafton from Union
Church will stop here on his way to
Synod and preach Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights.
\ beautiful picture, 1.-The Outing of
the Sports" is the first part of the
great Barlow Minstrels Saturday
night at the Opera House.
There was no service at the Presby-
terrain church Sunday night, the pastor
having been called to Bogue Chitto be-
cause Of the illness of Mrs. Brill.
Mr. ]. Bartin, of Memphis, has in
charge the painting ofthe new Masonic
Temple for Contractor Larsen and says
he will make handsome job of it.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry McFadden and
family of Bogue Chitto and Messrs. w.
W. Shadley and Andy Stubener of
AIDING were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Louis Montville.
w. Brill was summoned to the sick
beds, fe OF his wife last Sabbath and to-
getber With Rev. Chas. Oberschmidt
went to B, neae Chitto by private con
veyance, fin, ling Mrs. B. very ill. At
last report she iad rallied.
One of the oxen IN the team OF Mr.
L. J, Lard, who is ha uiing sahd lor .he
Pearl River Lumber Co., was killed at
the railroad crossing in front o. aoh
Chas. Chrisman's residence by fhe 7iN
o'clock passenger train yester day morn
ing, Fortunately the wagon and RESI-
OF the team escaped without serious
injury.
Mr.. Z. L. Montgomery, member OF
the Board of Supervisors, had the mis-
fortune, last Friday, to lose by fire 200
panels of fence and a negro on his place
lost his crib containing his corn, fod-
der, etc. The flames originated from
sparks blown from the prevailing for
est fire, caused by sparks from an en-
glne on Brister & Co.'S dummy line.
All that was mortal of little Sam
Blake Webb, infant son of Chas. F. and
Mamie Blake Webb, was inferred at
Cornerville, Tenn, on Nov. 3rd, tho
precious little three months old having
died at Howard Female College the day
previous. We extend our sympathy to
the heart broken young parents and
nope that no sorrow, more profo und,
may ever cross their path.
Judge Chrisman was in town Mon
day. He was here as counsel for the
|, efense in the case of the State vsi. j.
:. Reeves ct al, charged with the
nurd sr of W, S. Chapel near Norfeld
n 1894. Two Of the principal State
Witnesses in this case are dead and 9th
RS were absent. and on motion of the
district attorney it was continued until
lext term. Judge Chrisman is at
lone" as lawyer at the bar, and ms
lincoln county friends who met h1m
Monday were much graft led to see nun
$ of yore-in the full poss ession OF all
lis splendid powers, ply 7sical ana