The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1906-01-10
STATE. HAPPENINGS.

SIAlE nAPPENlNGS.
DR.. Frank Nailor, of Warren
county, died from stroke of
paralysis.
The matter of sanitarium is
again being discussed by Laurel
physicians.
| At Greenwood, a committee is
considering the erection of a Ma
sonic Temple.
Warren county's new jail will
cost $4,000, exclusive of steel
cells and furniture.
DR.. Fielder, of Magnolia, was
robbed of a gold watch and $50 in
money by burglars.
The G. O. ID. whisky cases will
be taken up by the Federal court
at Jackson ON the 18th.
Patrick Whalen, four years
yardmaster for the Illinois Cen
trail at McComb, is dead.
Fred Douglass was given five
years in the pen for robbing the
postofice at Hampton, Miss.
| Governor Vardaman recon-
mends an increase of pay for
chancellors and circuit judges.
The Ladies' Floral Club, of
Crystal Springs, has under con-
temptation the erection of town
hall.
K. Nj. Lucas, a Mexican war
veteran, died near Clinton. He
was 83 and leaves a wife and two
children.
This legislature will be more than
apt to take steps to establish a State
Department of Agriculture and
Immigration.
Judge Price, of Pike, and Mr..
Ratclitf, of Adams, may enter the
Congressional race against Con-
gressman Mclean.
Anne, the 11-year-old daughter
of John johnson, of Darbun, was
burned to death, her clothing hav-
ing caught from standing too near
the fire.
The demented man, wandering
near Summit, has been taken in
custody by Sheriff Lee. He can
tell little about himself, except
that his name is Joe Cater.
The ferry boat, Scioto, struck a
snag and went down between
Vicksburg and Delhi. No lives
lost. The boat will be raised.
Thos. Herndon, who was killed
at Jackson, by the accidental DIS
charge of pistol, was native of
Amite. The body was taken to
Summit.
DR.. HiIlman Brough, of the
University of Arkansas, deliver
ed his lecture, on the ''Wit and
Wisdom of Great Americans" at
Mississippi College, last week.
The Hicks Mercantile Co., with
capital of 100000, is new con-
cern at Laurel. Until the charter
has been approved, it will be
managed by Board of Trustees.
Midshipman Louis Dean Caus-
ey, formerly of Centreville, Miss.
is soon to be tried by court mar
tial at Annapolis Naval Academy,
charged with participating in
hazing.
G. Wetzer, an armless tramp
beggar, was arrested at Gulfport
for drunkenness and profanity.
When searched his pockets were
found to contain $42. He was
fined $40 by the mayor.
Carlos Bishops livery stable
with fifteen buggies and harness
we're destroyed by fire at Utica.
The town had a narrow escape as
the building was contiguous to
some of the main business houses.
A recent compilation shows
that Mississippi ranks fourth in
the States Of the union in the
point Of new railroad lines COM
menced during the past year, and
tenth in reference to the amount
of new mileage.
Mr.. j. G. Roberts, of Monroe
county, recently killed five hogs
that weighed net 1850, and Col.
R. j. Harding, of Jackson, killed
two that weighed $50 pounds.
Col. Harding got a barrell OF lard
from his two.
At Trenton Mrs. Wilson Hol-
man, an aged lady, committed
suicide by hanging. She tied a
rope around her neck, assembled a
table and swung off, breaking her
neck. She and her husband had
quit housekeeping and were liv-
ling with their children, and be-
coming despondent on this account
she took her life.
The State Bank, of Gulfport,
has elected the following officers