The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-08-15

tertainment.
A steam heating and electric plant
has been placed in the State Univer-
sity at Oxford.
5000 people attended the reunion of
the Fifteenth Mississippi Regiment at
Grenada last week.
Maj. r. H. Hunt. of Chattanooga, has
been selected as the architect for
Natchez' new $4,000 hotel.
j. T. Thomas, "a brakeman, was hor-
ribly crushed and mutilated by falling
between gravel cars at Anding.
On July 9th, Col. Hooker announced
for Congress and on August 9th he
had won the field. Quick work.
"a Shareholders Daughter a vol
ume of 270 pages by Miss Belle kear
ney, is being highly commended.
The town in Mississippi that hasn't
an oil mill, "A cotton factory or lum-
Der mill is behind the procession.
Hon. James Hill is now engaged in
organizing a cotton mill to be built by
colored people and located in Jackson.
\ negro and white man named Truly
were crushed to death by a lumber
car at Bond, thirty eight miles from
Gulfport.
Isaac Jones. while stealing a ride on
the trucks, was thrown off by sudden
lurch of the train and killed near
Tougaloo.
a negro arrested for crap shooting
and vagrancy at Stems Creek. was
shot by the marshal while trying to
make his escape.
Mr.. Abe Rubel, of Aberdeen, secured
the penitentiary contract for !, 200 yards
of drilling, 80 dozen spools of thread
and - gross of buttons.
Col. Sol Dobson, who is widely
known as sheriff of Rankin county,
has removed to Greenville, after many
years of residence at Brandon.
Plans for the Confederate annex at
Nicksburg have been completed. 1t
will be remembered the Legislature
appropriated 1000 for this object.
The hay crop of Monroe county this
season will represent as much money
at a low estimate as 1000 bales of cot
ton would bring, says the Aberdeen
Examiner.
lncendiaries failed in an attempt to
burn valuable property at Yazoo City
a negro fleeing in the darkness aud a
jug of oil left behind were among the
evidences.
The British steamship, Sahara, left
Biloxi for Greenock, Scotland, loaded
with 100000 feet of lumber This is
the same vessel used for the transpor-
tation of mules to South Africa.
Judge Chas. b. Howry married Mrs.
Buckingham r. Smith, of Greenville.
n. G. The groom, a former Mississip-
plan, is now at Washington, of Missis-
sippi and L. S. Court of Claims.
The Grand United Order of Odd
Fellows of the United States, of Mis-
sissippi, CcoloredD met in Jackson and
were welcomed in addresses by Hon.
James Hill and Rev. f. B. Topp.
The most serious assure in the Cap
itol building up to date has been
caused by the recent rains. 1t is three
inches wide and urges haste in the
matter of building the new capitol.
The Commonwealth says one of
Greenwood's citizens has bought the
patent right of the new butter making
process, by which you can make eight
pounds of butter to every gallon of
milk.
w. j. Brown, Jr., of Jackson, lost -
fine Cochin chickens at one scoop of
the chicken thieves. His fowls were
valued at 81 each. Other citizens
with eligible chickens suffered smaller
losses.
The Aberdeen Examiner says there
never has been a year in which the
Brother in Black" as a farmer, has
done better work or battled against
more discouraging conditions than at
present.
The residence of Mr.. Joseph Sasser,
Jr., II miles southwest of Brookhaven,
was destroyed by fire last Sunday, with
its entire contents, while the family
were at church. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
1t now seems probable that Missis-
sippi will be the winner in the chess
match that is on between the Sc
lect players of this State and Nebraska.
Three of the Mississippi players are
Judge A. II. Whitfield, Napoleon j.
Smith and Prof. J. G. Deupree.
The proposed new railroad from
Water Valley to Helena, Ark, or
Friars Point, Miss, is certainty. Wa
ter Valley has more than raised the
funds expected Of her and a corps of
surveyors and engineers will be put to
work in September to determine the
route.