The leader., 1901-06-26

Bishop Galloway left last Tuesday
for Rio de Janeiro, to preside over the
Brazil Mission Conference.
DR.. Brough gave his lecture on "God
in History" at the Meridian Sunday
school convention last week.
The latest initial" organization is
society at Lumberton called the c. c,
N. C. A. 1t is for the fair sex.
The dago who killed the negro
woman at Greenwood last week says
he did it because he wanted to.
r. w. Stewart, of Meridian, sug
gests that the Boards of SUPERVISOR
of the State hold annual conventions
The Dawes commission met in Me
ridian last week. 5000 Indians ap-
piled for tribal rights as Mississippi
Choctaws.
DR.. S. W. Robinson has been ap
pointed postmaster at Anding. Miss
Eva Barrier is assistant and has the
office In charge.
VIM. J. Bryan will lecture, says the
Clarion Ledger, at the Crystal Springs
Chautauqua on July 10th. He will be
at Greenwood on the 9th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ryan, OF
Greenville, celebrated their Golden
Wedding, June Is. They were mar
ried at Port Gibson in 1851.
David Holt, lately of the McComb
Snap Shot, will edit the New Era,
white Republican weekly to be pub,
lished at the State Capital.
Judge Powell retains his citizenship
in Madison county, although he has
moved his family to Jackson in order
to be nearer his judicial labors.
Geo. E. Bolls, of Vicksburg, has won
the honor of free scholarship for a
year in the Vanderbilt law school,
which he attended the past session.
At West Point, school superintend-
ents formed Northeast Mississippi
County Superintendent Working
Club" Meetings are to be held quar-
terly.
526 students were matriculated at
the A. &. M. the past session. Gov.
Longino says that with enlarged ca
pacity the number would easily reach
1000.
DR.. Chas. A. Weatherbee, of Waynes-
boro, has been appointed surgeon of
the British ship, Montezuma, that
sails between New Orleans and South
Africa.
DR.. M. A. Matthews, of Jackson,
Tenn, lectured at Hazlehurst on "The
Girl Four Square, The entertain
ment was for the benefit of the Presby-
terrain church.
Matt w, Enochs, of Copiah, gradual
ed at the Naval Academy at Annapolis,
after four years course. He is or
dered to Manila, which gives him the
rank of ensign.
Scott county claims a family who,
for several generations past, have been
raising mule-footed hogs. A st. Louis
man has purchased one as curio and
sent it on to his home.
DR.. Hillman Brough is studying at
eric III
preparatory to standing an examina,
ton for license to practice law. The
examination will be held in August.
Prof. Dobyns will renew his request
for new buildings for the Deaf &
Dumb Institute. rs pupils were re
fused last term, for lack of room
The new buildings will cost abou,
100000, portion of which sum would
be covered by the sale of the present
property.
The Lawrence county grand jury
failed to indict John Lambert for the
killing of his girl-wife several weeks
ago. The girls mother and other rel
atives testified that the shooting was
accidental. All business before the
circuit court was done in three days
remarkably short session.
Frank Buckham, of Jackson's police
force, was bitten by a spider and suf
fered almost the agonies of death. The
insect was savage in its attack and bit
the young officer three times before il
could be knocked Off 1t was large
and black with yellow spots beneath
its legs.
Judge Powell, in his address to the
Kinds county grand jury, character.
lied the participants in the late lynch,
ing at Terry as "murderers in the eyes
of God and man." In conclusion he
he said: II hand you the names of wit
nesses who will identify the partici.
pants in the Terry mob, and l charge
that it is your sworn duty to indict
each of such participants for murder. u
Mr.. L. c. Harry. manager of the
Jackson street railway, has been NOV,
ing in both that city and Meridian for
two years in social circles accompan-
led by woman, whom he said was his
wife. Wife No. l appeared on the
scene and at once entered suit, charg.
ing her husband as was his due. Upon
entering the court room at Meridian
where the case was being tried, how
ever, the wife on beholding the man
she loved fell upon his shoulder and
forgave him all his perfidy. Matters
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