The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1900-10-03

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for the blind tiger" saysthe Sentinel.
Chancellor n. G. Hill has resigned.
He has served for four and one half
years,
Jackson is in healthier condition
at present than during any month of
the year.
Judge E. H. Bristow. of Aberdeen, a
leading member of the bar, died at
Louisville.
The Gem Hotel, of Ellisville, burned
down. Loss, $1,000; insurance, $500.
Loss on furniture, 500.
Mrs. c. L. Thomas, of Kinds County,
died in jackson ON the 22nd ult., at
the homo of K. X. Jayne.
The Southern Sentinel, at Ripley, is
for sale. Editor Owen says he has
something better in view.
The l. l. Il c. at Columbus opened
with $40 pupils, the full capacity. $50
applications were received.
The artesian we'll at jackson that
furnishes water for the ice supply at
jackson is nearly 700 feet deep.
The State Board of Health will meet
on October 9th, when applications for
medical license will be received.
b. L. Bauch, United States Commits
sioner and pension agent, has been ar
rested, charged with pension frauds.
The Magee Herald and Mt. Olive
Tribune are pressed for advertising
room. The new towns are booming
Judging from Bishop Galloway's
busy life, one would think he was just
an ''every day and Sunday, too, itin-
Grant.
Vicksburg is considering the FEAST
bility of extending its street car line to
the National Cemetery and Fair
| Grounds.
The city council of Edwards has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
erection of frame buildings in the bus
mess district.
The orphanage artesian we'll at Jack
son reached water at a depth of 3oO
feet, and the supply is estimated at
100000 gallons per day.
The first number of the Weekly
| InE
Meridian and has for It's motto THE
world of cotton is our province.
Prof. G. w. Huddleston, of the Car
thage High School, has been selected
as assistant master of the Preparatory
Department, in Millsaps College.
Brooks Story, the we'll known ex
press robber, who for several years has
been in the penitentiary, is not expect
ed to live but few weeks longer
The Democratic nominee for Con
gress in the third district will have ne
opposition, d. B. Temple, the Repub
lican nominee, having withdrawn from
the race.
Miss Alma Moore, aged II, died OF
the 18th, at Jackson. She was tn
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Moore
and a graduate of the Graded SchoO
class of 1900.
Judge Stephens, at Holly Spring'
recently ruled that a merchant VIII
sold goods without first paying hi
privilege tax, cannot collect pay TO
the goods sold.
DR.. Chas. Carter, who practiced os
teopathy in Brookhaven, HazlehursI
and later at jackson, has been CON
PEELED, by reason of ill health, to re
turn to Missouri.
Warden Parchman estimates the cot
ton crop of the convict farms at $50
bales against 400 in 1899 He think
the corn crop will be ample. The co;
ton and seed will sell for about $500
600.
Matte Smith, a mulatto woman, wa
killed by her paramount, Eph Cocker
ham, at Summit The woman had re
solved to reform and refused associe
ton with Cockerham, when he knock
ed her in the head with his pistol, kill
ing her instantly.
The Woman's Edition of the Sunni
Sentinel was creditable issue, edite
by that gifted and consecrated woman
Mrs j. p. Drake, in the interest of tn
elegant new Methodist parsonage, jus
erected in Summit. John McGrath
Sons, r. T. Scherck, Whitworth Co
lege, j. M. Wood and A. c. McNair, c
Brookhaven, were represented in tn
advertising columns.
Six convicts have escaped during tn
past two weeks from the State farm
One of them, A. c. Stanford, was SER
ing life sentence for murder and
one of the best known criminals c
the State. He was sent up last yea
from Marion county, after having bee
at liberty for five years since the con
mission of the crime for which he wa
convicted. He was connected with tt
Bunch and Hopgood whitecappin
gang, whose operations finally resulte
in the killing of Buckley by Will Pu
Wis and the sentence of Thornhill an
others to the penitentiary for whit,
Gaping. Robt. Harkesley was tt
name of the other escape. He wa
serving term for burglary. On til
Weathersby place four negroes escal
ed. They were Frank Wintz, of SUI
flower county, Anthony Young an
Jim Linkston of Lefore, and jess
Davis of Coahoma. The last thrt
were imprisoned for manslaugh ter an