The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-07-04
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
4 Short-Hand Chronicle of cur
rent Happenings.

The Yazoo river is higher than ever
known before at this season.
The heaviest rainfall ever known to
Scranton occurred June 9th.
1t is suggested the old State House
be turned into a State hospital.
Yazoo City Graves "a live business
organization" says the Sentinel.
Pearl River is higher than it has
been in July for over twent years
Prof. l.. +. Bates has been made
principal of Brandon's High School
There was a grand reunion of Stock
dale Camp. No. 32i. at Magnolia last
Friday
The Fourth of July is being more
generally celebrated than ever before
in the State.
Maj. r. W. Millsaps, of Jackson, is
having two handsome stores erected
at Greenville.
The wall of the hard worked farmer
is heard above the rush of the pitiless
| floods, all over the State.
Yazoo City will be the first Missis-
sippi town to hold free street fair.
1t will take place in the fall.
Water Valley people are much inter
ested in the railroad to be constructed
from that city to Helena, Ark.
\ lunatic called on Gov. Longino for
protection, but fled precipitately be
fore the governor could consider
\ postofiice between West and Val
/ den has been named Ollie Harrison
after the I. G.. Conductor of that name
Thieves entered the Catholic Church
at Bay st. Louis and robbed it of the
contributions that had been made for
the poor.
The poetic muse has visited Dabney
Marshall in his cell, and he was out in
Sundays Picayune with a poem OF
some length.
DR.. }. r. Lockhart, of Westville
married Miss Sadie Thompson, OF
Brandon. Rev. J. A. B. Jones perform
ed the ceremony.
DR.. John Purser, youngest son OF
Rev. r. II. Purser of Wesson, and
Miss Fannie Magee of that place. were
married last week.
Prof W. n. Hardee, who has been
principal at Magnolia and Terry, has
been elected to the same office i'll the
Stems Creek school.
Miss Minnie Haytower, of Hatties
burg, was shot in her side, as the result
of careless handling of Il gun in the
hands of her brother. She is seriously
wounded.
Teachers in jefferson county were
discovered by the Superintendent OF
Education closing their schools every
day at noon, thus doing only hall
days work.
Judge and Mrs. \. II. Whitfield, oi
jackson, have issued invitations to the
marriage of their youngest daughter
Kate, to Pres, J. c. Hardy, Of the \. y
NJ. College.
Miss Gertrude Marsalis. the accom-
plished daughter of Prof. p. l., Mar
sails, and Mr.. 7. j. Webb, of Amite
were married by Rev. !. II. Aiding
last Thursday.
The Masonic fraternity Of Ocean
Springs held a two days school of in
struction for the Blue Lodge of thai
place Grand Lecturer James BRADLEY
was the leader.
Miss Addie Trowbridge daughter o
the mayor of Vicksburg, who died OF
the Doth, was theyoung lady who chris
tened the gunbOat, Nicksburg, at Bath
Me, two years ago,
Next Sunday. at jackson, will occu
the centennial celebration of Baptists
in which their work for a hundred
years will be reviewed and plans mad
for the Goth century,
The local Elks, Of Natchez, will emu
late their New Orleans brothers, anC
give burlesque circus today. Cos
tunes were ordered from Mardi Ora
costumer of New Orleans.
Sam Fl. Pryor, Confederate Feter
an, has answered the last roll call. II
went from his home in Holly Spring
to Memphis for treatment, but died il
the hospital of appendicitis.
Prof. Douglas Smith Anderson, asso
ciate professor of physics at Tulan
University, has rendered his resigna
ton, and accepted the same position il
the State University, at Oxford.
Labor is scarce in Franklin county
A slow exodus Of negroes to tn
swamps has been going on for year
and those left have homes of their own
and are not dependent upon their la
Dor.
McClelland, the express defaultel
after trying to obtain money from hi
uncle in New York TO refund his de
falcation, and falling, gave himself u
to the officers. He reached YaZo
City last Friday.
C. A. Tomb, of Clinton, La, accom-
panied by detective, is searching TO
his wife, who eloped with handsome
man." She took with her, her II year
old-son, whom the father is more con
cerned about than for the woman.
\ negro named John Green was al
rested at Jackson, for pension frauds
He is a resident of jackson, of tn