The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1901-07-31
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A Shorthand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

Flora had $50, 200 fire last week.
Jackson's city treasury is empty.
John p. Walworth is now the p'st
master at Natchez.
The Greenville Times Low uses the
broadened columns,
Ed. J. T. Dale has removed from
Columbia to Poplarville.
The Charlton is abating i'll Adams
county, due to vaccination.
DIR. G. J. Caraway and q. d. Sauls
are the new editors of the Mt. Olive
Tribune.
Berry Robinson had both feet am
putated at Meridian as the result OF
railroad accident.
Every member of the Lexington bar
was born and reared in Holmes coun-
ty, says the Advertiser.
Stenography and typewriting are
strongly advocated for place in the
public school curriculum.
At Ellisville, Willis Miller lost his
leg. He was injured while under an
engine adjusting the bolts.
About all of South Mississippi has
now had sufficiency of rain and some
sections are complaining of too much.
The penitentiary investigating com
mittee is still prosecuting its work
and will visit several of the convict
farms.
Gov. Longino visited Washington
county last week to inquire into the
assassination of the two Italians at
Erwin.
II. F. Alexander, for 80 years super
intendent of the Lauderdale county
poorhouse, died at the age of 73 last
Tuesday.
Geo. f. Cotton was found dead near
Nicksburg after the thunder storm OF
last week and it is supposed he was
killed by lightning.
Vicksburg had a severe windstorm
last Tuesday. Buildings were blown
down and unroofed and telephone and
telegraph wires tangled.
At Purvis, Judge Neville sentenced
a blind tiger keeper to 60 days and to
pay fine of $500 and thus struck ter
ror into the hearts of others.
Dave Chism, a young man of 10, was
murdered in Monroe county on the
23rd by Ed. Brewer, man of 40.
Jealousy is the cause assigned.
Walter Berryfield, of Grenada, will
erect commodious hotel at Durant,
and will be assisted by P. c. Ford, an
experienced hotel man of Wesson.
The Delta has suffered worse from
the drouth than any other portion of
the State. The corn will not amount
to over - per cent. of an average crop.
Charles and James Davis, of Yazoo
CouhtJs "clc al lcSIcu III Sohooh ol'
the 9th for stealing two horses from
Brown Bros. of jackson. They con-
fessed when caught.
Mr. |. A. Hickman, for several years
prominent citizen of Monticello, has
moved with his family to Wesson. He
will still retain his business relations
in Monticello, however.
The Baptist Convention contributed
$4,000 to the Orphanage at Jackson. and
500 was raised for the deficit in the
State Mission fund. The next annual
meeting will be held at Water Valley.
Mr.. j. f. Ware, of Vicksburg, and
Miss Theresa Fluellen, of Monroe
county, we're married at the home of
Hon. W. ID. Cameron, in Meridian, on
the 24th, Dr.. Il. A. Venable officiating
i. |. Bishop, one of the best known
and most influential citizens of Simp-
son county, is dead. Mr.. Bishop had
been sheriff of Simpson county and
was circuit clerk at the time of his
death.
The arrival of the Mississippi sol.
diers at Durant on the 23rd made a
gala occasion for that city. With ban
ners hving they marched in martial
manner to their camping grounds at
Castalian Springs.
There was fiddlers' contest at
Bonneville on the 9th, between the
fiddlers of Prentiss county. An ad.
mission fee of % cents was charged
and the proceeds devoted to the i'm
provement of a new cemetery.
Jackson has a 100000 sewerage sys.
TEN, but is having good deal of trou-
BILE getting her citizens to make the
proper connections with it. The con
nections are somewhat expensive and
have to be paid by individual property
holders.
Between Beauregard and Martins
vile on the night of the Goth two boys
Joe Pannell and Ethel Pierce, were
found dead, their bodies having been
dismembered by the train. On &C
count of suspicious movements, Lige
Mullens, man of %, was arrested
and lodged in the Hazlehurst Jail.