The leader., 1901-03-20
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
\ ShOrt-Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

EllisvillC.
There are 9s1 convicts in the State
penitentiary.
The laws against killing game in the
State are said to need enforcing,
Mrs. S. E. Stacknouse, of Crystal
Springs, died of apoplexy last Tuesday
100 expert cotton mill hands have
arrived at Laurel for work in the new
mills.
Another effort is being made to put
in loop line from Natchez to Wood
Vile
Miss Mary Brown, of Gallman, and
Mr.. Irwin Miller, of Saratoga, were
married on the Sth.
\ camp of Sons of Confederate Vet
Grams, about 1000 strong, has been or
ganized in Meridian.
Gov. Lopgino committed the death
sentence of John Gordon of Pike
to life i'm prisonment.
The Crystal Springs Meteor will
celebrate its twentieth anniversary
by issuing "a souvenir edition.
Kiersky was awarded the assessor
ship of Vicksburg, kelly's counsel
made motion for new trial.
DR.. \. J. Fawcett has resigned the
Baptist pastorate of Hazlehurst, his
resignation to take effect May lst.
Miss Viva benson, daughter of L.
L. benson president of the Mississip-
pi Central railroad, died near Laurel
Macon lost ten buildings in fire
on the 18th. $4,000 was the est
mate placed upon the property burned.
At Bonner six miles west of Jack
son, monster beast of some kind has
been disturbing the neighborhood
having killed a number of calves and
negro boy a section foreman has
discovered that it is bear.
The contract for the erection of a
new $4,000 brick building on the or
phanage grounds, has been let at Jack
son.
Forest fires have been raging near
Saratoga. Two dwelling houses own
ed by c. w. McNair were burned and
the whole town was, at one time
threatened.
The Welch family, residing in Simp
son county, have been s0rely afflicted
with smallpox, seven out Of a family
of fourteen, having died with the dis
ease.
Miss Edna Orrick, of Canton, com
mitted suicide at the Lawrence House
in Jackson last Thursday by taking
laudanum. She was to have beer
married in a short time.
Hon. VIM. Torrey, of Fayette, while
on a visit at the home of S. d. McNair
dropped dead of apopleXy. He was ar
eXmember of the Mississippi Legisla-
ture and nearly % years of age.
An unusually heavy wind caused a
dead tree to fall upon Jim Cox, OF
Hickory, while he was blowing in his
field where there was lot of dead
timber. He was seriously injured
Mrs. n. f. Quin, aged 50, died al
no
resident of Pike county from early
girlhoOd and was the relict of Hon. j
B. Quin. The remains were inferred
at Summit.
j. +. Barnes, of Greenville, has been
elected superintendent of construc-
ton by the State House commission
The duties of the new official will be to
| represent the commission and see that
materials and the work furnished the
blythe contractors come up to the speci
fication of the contract.
II. E. Hill, proprietor of a livery
stable and former depot agent at
Rolling Fork, was shot and kllel by
A. l.. Denman, husband of the pro,
prietress of the Delta Hotel last
Thursday, and Denmau is thought to
be fatally wounded Trouble had
been brewing for some time.
Because of an unprecedented de
mand for brick, Natchez has Installed
brick machine with a capacity of
10000 bricks per day. a new feature
of the plant is that it will be fired by
coal. Another large brick manufac-
tory in the same city, the Concord
Company" has an average daily ca
pacity of $4,000 brick.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. T..
K. Thompson, of Meridian, in some
mysterious way Embossed the fasten-
ings to her chair, in which she was
sitting before glowing fire and
plunged into the flames. A kettle of
boiling water which was sitting on
the fire, was overturned and the little
one was scalded so that she died the
following day.
The sword of Lieut.. l. B. Dutton of
Company H., Twenty fourth Iowa
which had been buried on the battle
field of Port Gibson, Miss, for thirty
seven years, was recently found by
Miss Sadie Millsaps and last Wednes-
day was turned over to Chairman w
L. Rigby of the Vicksburg National
Park committee, who will forward it
to Col. Nj. p. Smith of the regiment.
at Cedar Rapids, Ia, to be delivered