The leader., 1901-11-06

Haywood Pugh was locked up at
Canton last Thursday for drunkenness
and when called next morning failed to
answer. He was dead.
Rev. r. A. Cohran, of Cleveland, and
Mrs. j. B. Ward, of Utica, were mar
ried last week, Rev. j. L. Low per-
forming the ceremony.
Miss Maud Jacob, of Columbus, and
George f. Brown, civil engineer of
Winston, N. c., were married by Rev.
Ira Nj. Boswell last week.
DR.. j. F. Hunter, the Secretary of the
State Board of Health, has been noti-
fed of the appearance of scarlet fever
in several counties in the State.
The Soria property, adjoining Gulf
ports northern limits, and comprising
100 acres, was sold last Thursday to A.
L. Thornton and J. r. Pratts for $780,
600.
On the first, James Ewing retired
from the management of the Law
renee House at Jackson, and E. A.
McQuaid assumed full charge of the
establishment.
w. r. Rucker and Miss Dora Bird,
employees in the Columbus cotton fac
tory, stopped work long enough to
have the marriage ceremony performed
and then resumed their labor.
The Hattiesburg Progress says that
next year Hattiesburg may invite Ted
dy and Booker there "to lick sugar
from the same BARREL if they make no
more breaks during the time"
Jake Ehrman purchased from J. &
B. Hart, of Jackson, 125 head of steers
for $1,000 and also bought bunch of
100 from T. 3. Berry for $500. The
cattle are intended for the local mar
ket.
"All Saints Day" was observed re-
ligiously by the Episcopal and Cath
olic churches of Jackson, Bishop Hugh
Miller Thompson officiating at the
former and Rev. G. A. Oliver at the
latter.
A stock company with capital of
$4,000 will start morning paper at
Meridian, with Frank V. Evans, ed
itor, and w. H. Jeffries, business man
ager. The paper will begin publica-
ton within sixty days.
Fifteen Indiana ex-Union veterans
of the Forty Fifth Indiana Regiment,
have been making tour of Port Glib
son and Vicksburg, and have located
the battlefields upon which they
fought thirty eight years ago.
The third trial of Willis Enslen for
the murder of Harry Stanton began at
Meridian last Wednesday. The two
former trials resulted in mistrials. In
an effort to secure jury a special
venire of fifty names was exhausted.
Hon. T. M. Favre died at Pearling-
ton last Thursday. Twice he repre-
sented Hancock county in the Legisla-
ture. He leaves wife, two sons and
three daughters beside his brother, the
we'll known lumberman, Capt. j. A.
Favre.
Fireman J. j. Miles was cut COM
pletely in two by the cars at Ellisville
last Sunday. His wife and child were
living in camp with him. Mrs. Miles
had prepared his supper and was
awaiting his coming when his body
was brought in.
Tom Maghan, one of the sons of
perpetual rest, was fined Sc and costs
for being drunk and fighting in Jack
son. Without amy Irovocaiian he
threw cup of coffee in the face Of the
clerk behind the lunch connter and
in return was sounlly thrashed.
The new Prospect Methodist camp
meeting closed at Ocean Springs last
Wednesday with about forty CONVEX
sions and twelve accessions to the
church. The ministers in charge
were DR.. III. Walter Featherstun, Revs.
W. W. Simmons, F. j. O'Neil and Gal
loway..
The death of Mrs. Adams, widow of
the late Gen. Writ Adams, and
mother of State Revenue Agent Writ
Adams, which occurred in New Or
leans a few days ago, will be heard
with regret by many friends through
out this State.
A writ of injunction was issued by
the Chancery Court last Friday to re-
strain the Board of Mayor and Alder
men of Oxford and w. D. Porter from
selling or issuing the $4,000 of sewer
age bonds for putting in sewerage
system in Oxford. About one mile of
mains had been lain.
Uriah McMasters was found dead.
ten miles from Iuka, last SUNDAY
night. His wife said she was wit b him
and that he fell dead, but on closer
examination signs of violence were
found on his head and face. There
had been bad blood between himself
and son and the latter was arrested.
McMasters was well-to-do farmer.