The leader., 1900-02-28

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near Laurel, was seriously stabbed by
a negro last week.
The large boarding house of the Blue
Mountain school, burned recently, is
to be rebuilt at once.
Rosa Miller, colored woman, per
ished in tenement house burned at
Natchez on the 23rd inst.
The private car of Sir VIM. Van
Horn, enroute from Cuba to Montreal,
passed over the l. G. road last week.
Carnival season at Bay st. Louis is
being rendered extremely enjoyable
by numerous brilliant entertainments.
The Picayune states that 100000
Mississippians have been treated at
the Charity Hospital of New Orleans.
Miss Fannie May Gibbs, of Halle
hurst, is publishing book of poems
entitled "Dixie Rhymes and Jingles."
Mr.. Robt. B. Mayes, prominent
lawyer of Hazlehurst, was married on
the 21st inst. to Miss Leila Beatty, of
Jackson.
Mr.. T. B. Fresh, an employee of the
Gulf Coast Progress, was assaulted and
robbed by a negro on the night of the
the 23rd inst.
Myrtle Ruth, the infant daughter of
Mr.. B. J. Ellison, of McComb City, died
on the 18th inst. from burns received
by falling into the fire.
James M. Mcdonald was sentenced
to life Imprisonment from New Albany
last week for killing William Harrison,
editor of the Ashland Register.
The Governor has committed two
death sentences to life Imprisonment;
those of Albert Payne and Albert
Clainer, both of Wilkinson county.
Last week Sam Owens, negro living
near Terry, coughed up 81 calibre
pistol ball that had lodged among his
bronchial tubes about eleven years
ago.
At Eupora, on the 23rd inst, the en-
gines of through freight and work
train collided. There were only minor
casualties in the shape of sprains and
bruises.
Mr.. Ben Williams, a prominent cit
iZen of Raymond and a gallant Con
federate soldier, died at the above
mentioned place, ON the 22nd inst.
aged 81 years.
The timber on the lands of the State
University has been sold by the trus-
tees to the Danaher & Melendy Co., of
Dullarville, Mich, for the uniform sum
of $500 per acre.
A handsome fitting water pitcher
and cup were presented last week by
Copiah Lodge, No. 60, X. of P, Ha-
zlehurst, to Mr.. S. Sokoloski, leading
member of the lodge.
In the oratorical contest at Millsaps
College last week for the honor of rep
resenting the college at the Mississippi
Chatauqua, T. W. Holloman, of Phoenix
and w. w. Holmes, of DeKalb, were
chosen.
Mr.. Jessie Thompson, ST., died at his
home in the western part of Copiah
county, on the 10Th inst, aged So years
Mr.. Thompson was the elder brother
af Mr.. Harvey Thompson, of this city
The small pox situation at Byran
and the surrounding country is very
grave, indeed. The negroes are not
trying to secure medical aid and il
several instances refused it when of
fered.
There were two marriages at Halle
hurst last week: Mr.. Moses Marx tC
Mrs. c. o. Jones, Mayor J. B. Erringtor
officiating, and Mr.. Geo. M. Barnaby. tC
Miss Sarah j. Gibbs, Rev. J. j. Leggett
officiating.
Governor Longino has offered re
ward of $50 each for the apprehension
of Silas Stanton who killed A. M. Bill
Kingsley, near Strayhorn, and the un
known person or persons who shot ant
killed Mr. J. ]. Echols, near Nalen.
The first scholarship to be establish
ed in Chamberlain Hunt Academy ha.
been established by Mrs. Agnes B
Guthrie, of NatcheZ. as memorial Of
her husband, DR.. j. B. Guthrie. Il
gives her the right to send one pupi
each year, free of charge.
Miss Anne White, of Meridian, ha.
been appointed sponsor for the Mis-
sissippi Division, United Confederat,
Veterans, at the reunion to be held il
Louisville, Ky. Her father, Mr.. B. V
White, was elected Grand master O.
the Masons of Mississippi.
Gov. Longino issued proclamation
chartering the Pascagoula and North
ern Railroad Company, with the priv
ilege to build railroad line from Pas
cagoula, in the county of Jackson, t.
New Albany, in the county of Union
to be completed before the LIST of Jan
1909.
An affidavit has been sworn on
against Hon. Steve Castleman, Repre-
sentative from Washington county, OF
the charge that he violated the small
pox law by travelling by rail and boa
mingling freely with other people
while he was broken out with tn
disease.
Near Liberty, on the Oath inst, tn
boiler at the saw mill of Mr.. w. G
. Cockerham exploded. The entir
building was wrecked, and Mr.. Cocker