The leader., 1900-03-14

that city on the evening of the 18th
inst.
Smallpox accounts to the amount of
s3,673.67 were allowed at the last meet
ing of the Yazoo county board of SUI
pervisors.
Mrs. H. Halter, one of Meridian's
pioneer citizens, died at her home in
that city on the morning of the Sth
inst.
J. Meredith Matthews, well known
lawyer of Hazlehurst, died near San
Antonio, Tex, on the Bird inst, of con-
sumption.
Amos Walker, one of the workmen
hurt by the falling walls of the brick
stores which collapsed at Greenwood,
has since died.
Tate Brothers oil mill at Hollywood
has been recently destroyed by fire,
the loss entailed being $4,000, with an
insurance of $4,000.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dillon died on the It'll
inst, at her home near Magnolia, aged
"A years. The funeral service was con
Quoted by Rev. A. r. Bond.
The enterprising publisher of the
Brandon News is now printing his pa
per by power furnished by new Fair
banks Morse gasoline engine.
Biloxi is rejoicing over the fact that
the Bowers bill, which would have
crippled the oyster business of that
section, did not pass the senate.
A bill recently passed by both
branches of the legislature authorizes
superintendent of education to accept
teachers licenses from other counties.
An excellent bas-relief in plaster of
Miss Belle Kearney, Mississippi's noted
temperance lecturer, is great attrac-
ton in Eyrich's show window at Jack
son.
Recently married in McComb City,
were Mr.. M. Hainer to Miss Florence
Mitchell, and Mr.. Jas. Mcdaniel to
Miss Cora Nixon, sister of Senator w.
B. Nixon.
Prof. j. G. Hardy has been appoint
ed by the Governor, and w. G. Stovall,
of Chickasaw, and Phil. A. Rush, of
Tate, elected by the House, capitol
commissioners.
The new Handle Factory at West
Point has recently received an order
from a Liverpool firm for 1000 dozen
handles to be used by the British in
the African war.
The Gulf & Ship Island railroad de-
pot at Hattiesburg boasts a singular
ornament in the way of a church stee-
pie, the old Baptist Church building
being used as depot.
The contract for the building of a
steel bridge across Talahala creek, in
Perry county, has been awarded the
| Commerce Iron and Bridge Co., of
Chattanooga, Tenn, for s2,397
Doc Butler, who was recently tried
at Jackson for the murder of Capt. B.
S. White at Clinton in 1894 and was
acquitted, is now held by the New Or
leans authorities on the charge of bur
glary.
Will Brewer, the youth who was
tried recently at Holly Springs for the
killing of Cadet Foster at st. Thomas
in 1898, has been sentenced to twelve
months Imprisonment in the county
Jail and fine of 800.
Vicksburg has lost one of her most
forcible writer's and best known news
paper men, in the person of Mr.. John
w. LAWNS, city editor of the Dispatch
who died at his home in Vicksburg OF
the 10th inst.
At Memphis, Miss, last week, two
coal cars pushed by a switch engine
dashed into train of cars which were
being repaired and under which labor
ers were working. AS result, three
men were killed and two wounded.
Cave Lewis, one of the caves thai
sheltered Vicksburg families during
the seige of that devoted city, has been
restored to the appearance it showed
while the seige was in progress and 6
large flag, dedicated to the cave, floats
above it.
The Kingston Lumber Railroad
which is to be run from Laurel to For
rest, on the Alabama & Vicksbure
Railroad, has been completed to Lam
peville, distance of ten miles or more
and will reach Bay Springs, Jasper
county, by fall.
Among the ablest addresses delivered
before the judiciary committee of tn,
national house of representatives, il
favor of a constitutional amendment
granting woman's suffrage, was tina
of Mrs. Hala Hammond Butt, editres'
of the Clarksdale, Miss, Challenge.
| Within the brief period of four year,
Hazlehurst has lost attorneys by death
as follows: Capt. S. ID. Ramsey, Judg,
Uriah Millsaps, Sam w. Miller, Col. ]
B. Jones, j. l.. Ramsey and j. M. Mat
thews. Three of them were venerabl,
citizens, the others in the very prime
. of I;fa