The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1902-03-05
MISSISSIPPI NEWS.
A Short-Hand Chronicle of Cur
rent Happenings.

| SCthNS
office at Tralake.
Mrs. Fannie Hargraves aud w. M'
Smith. of Bolton, married last week.
Scranton is shipping immense guam
titles of crossties to New York ana
Boston.
Ell. Hall, for years the leading drug
gist of Okolona, made an assignment
last week.
The First Presbyterian church, OF
Jackson, has decided to invest in a
pipe organ.
The Y. NJ. G.. A. have nearly COM
pIeted the furnishing of.their apart
ments at Biloxi.
The marriage of "a beautiful couple
is reported from "a Mississippi town.
That sounds fair.
Senator McLaurin, of South Caro-
lima, is a cousin to Misslssippi's Sena-
tor of the same name.
Gloster Baptist church contributed
last Sabbath $1,000 to the endowment
of Mississippi College.
Mrs. w. S. May, wife of the editor,
operates the Simplex typesetter in the
office of the Brandon News.
| Stonewall jackson Russell, of Rocky
Springs. was elected superintendent OF
education for Claiborne county.
R.H. Moore, one of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Batesville, died
on the 18th, after an illness of several
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bolian, of Summit, are
bereaved in the death of their 16-
months old daughter, which sad event
occurred last week.
Two children of George Bonner, San.
dersville, we're badly burned by throw
ing package of gunpowder into the
fire. 1t had fallen from the mantle.
The elegant Richardson residence at
Vicksburg, on Cherry street, was
burned last Wednesday. The build
ing was insured for $4,000; the furni
ture for 5000.
Little Robert Daniel, of jackson, il
whiting upon rubber ball with bis
knife, struck the ball Of his right eye
completely destroying the power Of
sight, last week.
Hon. Fred. W. Collins, the new Regis
ter of the United States Land Office
and Hon. Isaiah T. Montgomery, the
new Receiver of Public Moneys, tool
charge of their offices last Friday.
Captain E. N. Coffey, of Fayette
jefferson county, who is veteran Of
the Philippine war, has received Off
cial notice of his appointment as {
lieutenant in the U. S. Cavalry ser
vice.
A child, about three years of age, wa:
bitten by a mad dog at Magee's creel
last Friday. Its face was terribl.
lacerated and four of its teeth were
forced out by the mad brute. The dos
escaped.
The truck farmers of Long Beacl
have organized an association will
twenty one charter members. The of
ficers are n. l.. Carries, president; Ed
gar Harris, Nee president; G. w. Lewis
secretary and treasurer.
The Mississippi School Agency ha
been established at Jackson. Its OBJ
ject is to supply schools with goot
teachers, and good teachers will
schools. The young gentlemen WHIT
are managers of this agency are native
Mississippians.
Senator McLaurin has introduced {
bill in the Senate for the purchase of {
site and the erection of a public build
ing thereon, at Greenville. The bill
has been referred to the Committee OF
Public Buildings and Grounds for the
consideration of that body.
Coal thieves have been numerous il
Jackson this winter, the weather being
exceedingly inviting for such depreda
ton. Henry Jackson, who was caught
while loading his wagon from an |. G
coal car, was arrested last week. Most
of the coal thieves had been content tc
fill sacks.
Mr.. John Martin, of Yazoo county
has filed claim for pretty near all the
property ON which the town of Gulf
port is located. He says that the tract
composed of about 800 acres, was for
merly owned by his grandfather, anG
was never legally transferred to any
one else.-Er
r. ID. Coffman was denied bail ir
Birmingham on his application under
a habeas corpus. Coffman is charged
with the murder of Rev. j. w. Brad
ford, son of Rev. D. P. Bradford, Of
Meridian. The action of the court
was no surprise to those who followed
the testimony.
Grand Master VIM. Hemingway, OF
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, has
issued proclamation calling on al
subordinate lodges in the State to oh
serve the eightieth anniversary of the
order, which is the Goth of April. The
annual meeting of this order will take
place in Meridian on the 9Th of May.
Prof. Edward l.. Bailey, Superin
tendent of the Public Schools of Jack
son, entered vigorous protest against
the public hanging for next Friday
ga public hanging would demoralizt
the public school system of our city
for two weeks" said Supt. Bailey