The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-07-15


i'm Memphis. 1t ought not to be in
Memphis.
The defeat of the proposal to issue
$50, 900 of bonds to erect a new court
house at Monticello lis ascribed to
anger, as Lawrence and Covington
counties were divided to make the
new county of Jefferson Davis. The
lower part of the present edifice was
built ninety years ago; 1.-THE upper part
was rebuilt after the cyclone of '7S
took it off. A court house averag-
img sixty years old lis am historic pile,
and the score or more of oldest i'm
halbitamts doubtless considered DIT dis
respectful to the great past to de
molish it.
Belle Fontaine, west of PascagOu-
la. is seeing more waterspoutS- AT
ter tive reports like cannon i'm the dis
tance. the water rose 125 feet and
dropped a lot of dead fish i'm fish
erman's boat That was a most ac-
commodating waterspout, though the
description of the noises 1T made
i'm progress leaves doubt as to its mu-
steal ear. the sounds lacking haTmo-
NV. melody and a few other things
/
Have heard no reports Of any for
NAL organization OF the Veterans OF
the Chase of William Atkinson, but
presume the braves who were wet
i'm Winston county will make them
selves prominent at Camp Sample
William. by the way, has not been
heard from since he appeared in three
places at once.
The Steamer Columbia CARRIES for
ty-fiwe convicts to Monroe to build
the model road from Monroe to Gail
honn. Now that actual model road
work has been started, there will be
considerable REIMBURSEMENT of po-
litical fences.
Now Abita, La, passes a law TO
prevent hogs running loose in the
principal part of the town." The
difficulty of teaching the hogs what
lis the principal and what the minor
part of Abita will have to be over
come somehow
Tallulah, La, has voted for S10,-
LOCO electric light and water works
plant. The police jury made an ap-
preparation of $50 for Miss Fannie
Nav Trousdale for her wrihe-up OF
the parish in the Madison journal.
Unless Tallulah breaks the Louis-
lama, rules the jury might appropriate
lanother hundred for Miss TroGsdale
mot to write up the water works.
Three or four people have been
killed and number temporarily
knocked OUT by live wires at
jackson there is a move ON to have
the wires put under ground That
would bring the current fairly close
to the blind tigers that the police
Lsay are working underground
Whenever a legislative session is
nearing the possible uses OF the
old capitol building are discuss
ed once more. Why not make Ut
boil weevil menagerie. The weewl
seems to have become the state bug
of Mississippi.
Pascagoula Will soon have an
outlet to tine north i'm the Pasca,
[gou1a Northern railroad to Meridian
Soon may mean several years, bdal
it is certain and the Mississippi
Central is certainly not.
Bob Barlow, the bad mann XIII
Led by the marshal on BaTIOWs A%Sr"eu
ON the Olympia under Dewey and
had a medal for bravery. He spend
Eabout hundred shots ON the TOWN
LOT Barlow, doubtless demonstra rafting
[how he got it, when it became nee
;essary for his brother to call in the
.marsihal.
Burglars broke into the station
i at Moss Point were much dHsap-
\ pointed to fiGd-nothing. The agent
i Miss White, cfan1ies her cash IN her
purse.
/ Caught at grating and sentenced
4 to imprisonment the president on a
Japanese sugar finn committed SUE
/ eide. That Jap ought to have taken
a corresponding course an graftfe
from some enterpgsksing American
3before he dipped into the game