The leader., 1900-06-20
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A SHORTHAND Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

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r. d. Cooper, Mayor of Forest, has
resigned.
Congressman John Allen has served
fourteen consecutive terms.
This wet June has materially lower
ed crop conditions in the State.
The Cumberland Telephone Co. is
building line from Jackson to Steens
Creek.
J.T. Meyer, who lately sold the FL
lisville News, will establish paper at
Mt Olive.
There was double wedding at Bran
don on the 18th and ditto" at Learned,
on the 18th.
Canton's streets are being paved
with gravel purchased from the Hi
nois Central.
Vicksburg's three High Schools
graduated one hundred and eighty
three pupils.
The Fannie j. Kicks summer term
at the State University had an auspi
cious opening.
Millsaps College is holding a sum
mer school, for the benefit, principally,
of Jackson young men.
The Kingston Lumber Co., at Lau-
rel, is building railroad northward
to Bay Springs in Jasper county.
Charles Bowman had both legs and
arms cut off by moving train he tried
to board at Greenville. He died.
Hon. w. Calvin Wells, of Jackson,
will deliver the 18th of July Grafton at
the Confederate reunion at Liberty.
H. Spengler, ST., died in Jackson
last Thursday. He was 50 years of age
and had lived at the Capital 81 years.
Chief Justice Whitfield and Hon. w.
r. Harper have been added to the fac
ulty of the law department of Mill
saps College.
Hon. J. J. Conan has recovered, af
ter three months illness, and has re-
sumed his duties as the Governors pri-
vate secretary.
J. A. Richardson of the Tocsin at
Indianola, is the only Mississippi
editor heard from, who will attend the
Paris Exposition.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen
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lot and build schoolhouse for the
colored graded school.
Forrest Whitman Jewell, aged Is
years, was buried at Summit last
Thursday. He died at the Touro In
Urinary, New Orleans.
A street car slipped it's trolley com
ing up one of Vicksburg's steep hills,
and dashed down toward the river, ia
tally wounding one and injuring sew
eral
The Hazlehurst Courier is scratch
ing off delinquent subscribers and says
that at the present price of paper it
cannot do long time credit business.
At Senatobia DR.. VIM Northrop, an
osteopathist, was tried before the
Mayor and acquitted on the ground
that in the practice of his profession,
he used no medicine.
Judge Pat Henry, of Vicksburg, was
nominated for congress in the first
primary to succeed Hon. T. G. Catch
ings, over both his opponents, Messrs.
Humphreys and Hebron.
Alfred Castleberry, well-known
young farmer of Water Valley, came
in from his field and told his wife he
had been struck by lightning. In a
few moments he became raving ma
MAC.
The Hazlehurst Oil Mill ran day and
night for 81 months, with the loss of
but "a hours on account of the break
age of some part of the machinery.
The capacity of the mill is to be in
creased.
The King Bridge Company was the
successful bidder out of seventeen
companies, for the iron bridges let to
the lowest bidder in Wayne county.
For building three bridges this com
pany gets s20,102.
Marion E. Melvin, of Camden, won
the prizes at the Southwestern Pres
byterian University, GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
for the best story, the best poem and
the medal for the best essay at the re
cent commencement.
F. E. Ross was shot and killed by
Hamilton Hutchins at Utica. The
| former married the latter's sister and
for mistreatment of his wife was killed
by her brother. Both parties to the
fatal affair are members of prominent
families.
| The Board of Supervisors of Coplaf
have directed the county contractor
to build an additional Jail on the coun
| ty farm, so that white and black pris
oners may be separated, and he is also
requested not to tie or handcuff to
gether the two races.
The express agent, W. A. McClelland
is still abroad. His shortage reaches
about $500. McClelland has beer
picture agent, quarantine guard dur
ing the yellow fever, driver for the eX
press company and, finally, man
ager of the Yazoo City office, from
whose heights he fell.
Judge j. A. P. Campbell, eX-chie