The leader., 1902-06-04

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A large lumber mill is to be installed
at Lintonia 1t will be worth $4,000.
Water Valley has two mad dogs that
have bitten score or more of others.
j. W. Days III crates of cabbage at
Crystal Springs, weighed $4,000 pounds.
Mrs. H. N. Gibson, of Summit, eel.
ebrated her 18th birthday last Thurs
day.
Farmers in Simpson are giving more
attention to grass growing than ever
before.
Sheriff J. M. Allen lost his residence
by fire at Water Valley. 1t was valued
at $1,000.
Alex Ruthven, the 11-year- old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Virden, died at
Jackson last week.
Mrs. F. A. Haptostall, aged So, and
Mrs. Martha A. Rife, aged So, died at
Natchez on the 28th.
The Commercial Hotel of Halle
hurst is being renovated from garnet
to foundation stone.
Eighteen new oil mills, representing
a combined capital of 81, $4,000, have
been organized since October.
Every office in the State Capitol had
fire for comfort on the Both, Missis-
sippi's record breaking cold day.
The McComb City Ice Factory raised
steam last week for the first time
since it was burnt several weeks ago.
Miss Clara Mortimer will erect a
brick building to be used as post
office at Crystal Springs. Miss Morti-
mer is the postmistress.
Bricks and material are being gath
cred together on the site for the new
dormitory for girls at the Alcorn Col
lege. 1t will cost $4,000.
The Scranton Public School has con-
tributed the largest amount to the
Beauvoir fund of any school in the
State. s9425 was the sum.
Gov. Longino pardoned seven con-
victs during the month. All were ne
groes and had served a number of
years. Five had life sentences.
Indications of oil have been discov-
cred near Pennington at depth of
AGO feet. In consequence, contiguous
lands have enhanced in value 100 per
cent
Trouble with the Crystal Springs
water and light works was found to
have been caused by sand filling the
strainer. inconvenience was serious
for time.
Judge Calhoons decision against
''The Sweat-Box Atrocity" is approved
by the press. This specie of torture
comes under the head of "cruel and
unusual punishments"
Prent Maddocks, a printer, was
drowned while bathing in Leaf river
near Hattiesburg, on the 9th. While
floating on his back he suddenly went
down and never rose again.
Geo. Stewart, one of the staunchest
and oldest farmers and mill owners in
Pike, last week accidentally fell
through the floor of his mill, crushed
his right arm and broke one of his
ribs.
Josh Williams, supervisor of the In
sane Hospital, lost his residence by
fire. It belonged to the State and was
valued at $1,000. The furniture was
insured for $500.
| Will Mathis, the murderer of the
Montgomery brothers, condemned to
be hung June "a, wrote his wife to send
him poison that he might kill himself
before his execution.
| Dunbar Rowland, keeper of the
archives of the State, wants to know
who have been the ten greatest Mis-
sissippians. He wishes to hang their
portraits on the walls of the new Cap
itol.
The Presbyterian General Assembly,
which was in session at Jackson in
May, ordered that fifty thousand copies
of the report of the committee on ''de
cline of family religion" be printed
and distributed.
S. M. Coleman, of Madison county,
discovered rats were making such de-
structive inroads on his corn that he
inaugurated regular rat hunt about
his crib and his stables and slaughtered
l02 rodents in one day.
There is a strong probability that an
extra session of the Legislature will be.
called to revise the revenue laws and
modify the insurance statutes, all of
which are disturbing the business in
terests of the State and need revision.
Coldwater comes into prominence as
the domicile Of a S350,000 cotton oil
plant, with oil refinery, paper mill and
fertilizer factory as adjuncts. The
plant is designed to utilize all the pos
sibilities Of cotton seed and place them
on the market as finished products.
The jackson Compress & Warehouse
Company has sold its machinery to
the Mississippi Compress & Warehouse
Company and has abandoned its en-
terprise. becarse two new congresses
are to be erected in the territory from
which it expected to draw its cotton.
| The body Of Will snipes, who was
drowned by train running off the in
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