The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1875-11-18
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

WE hear n negro jumped off a train
near Wesson a few night ago and
broke his neck.
JHE Columbus Democrat advises
the people to pay no taxes until after
the Legislature meets.
THE Cincinnati Enquirer call it the
L0ttery-J0urmai, organ of the co.,
yier-Librayy scheme.
CONGRESS will meet the first Mon
day in December. In the Lower
House the Democratic majority will
be about seventy.
THE New York Herald makes the
electoral vote for 1876, one hundred
and lightweight Democrats and one
hundred and eighty-one Republicans.
A FEW nights ago NJ. Baumgartner,
and twenty-five dollars worth Of
clothing.
The steamship Pacific was wreck
ed on the Oregon coast a few days
ago, and one hundred and fifty per-
sons were lost.
A NATIONAL Convention will be
held at St. Louis, November 90. to
take action in favor of a Southern
Pacific Railroad.
RAYMOND succeeded in having
Postmaster Pease, of Vicksburg, re-
moved. He was appointed to fill the
vacancy. Then the President revoked
Pease's removal.
THE official vote of jefferson and
Franklin counties shows that G.. w.
Whitney's majority over II. 3. Nc
Clure, for Senator, is seventy-seven.
Hurrah!
Mrs. JAS. FAGAN was bitten to
death by dogs near her residence. in
the vicinity of Natchez. Miss, Sun
day. Her face and body were terri
bly, laccrated by the furious animals.
The New Orleans Picayune states
that Miss Maggie Davis, daughter OF
the eX-Prcsident. is about 10 marry
A. j. Hayes, Jr., cashier of the Ma
tional Bank, Memphis.
Miss ROSEBUD ALCoRN, daughter
of Senator Alcorn, and E. w. Rector,
son of cX-Gov. Rector, of Arkansas,
were married on the 10th inst. at the
residence of the brides father, Friar's
Point, Miss.
AT the late election in New York,
Gildersleeve, Captain of the Ameri-
a rifle team, made the best shot Of
his life. He got a New York Judge
ship at ten thousand dollars per an
mum for fourteen years.
The Summit Times says a colored
man named Henry Stephens was
shot neal Magnolia by a colored man
named Antony Jackson On Thursday.
Stephens is seriously wounded but
not MORALLY. Jackson is still at
large.
THE Grand Jury of Lowndes coun-
ty failed to find a true bill against
Lieut.-Gov. Davis. The Legislature
will next look into the charges
against him of bribery. If they ac-
quit him, the people will believe him
guiltless-not before.
The West Point Times wants the
Legislature to change the name CT
its county from Colfax to Prairie.
An improvement could also be made
upon the name of our county. Lin
coin is a name not appreciated by
Southern people.
HERE is the great significance OF
the Ohio election. The Democratic
candidate, Gov. Allen, received forty
thousand more votes than were cast
for any Democrat in Ohio. Gov.
Hayes only received seventeen
thousand more votes than had been
previously given to a Republican
President.
A TELEGRAM from New Orleans
says Mr.. Jefferson Davis has accept.
ed the Presidency of the American
Department of the Mississippi Val
ley Society of London. The object
of this movement is to develop the
commercial, agricultural and mineral
resources of the valley ofthe Missis-
sippi. Mr.. Davis will devote his en-
ergies to the work in this country
) and Europe, making his headquar-
8 tiers at New Orleans.
An exchange hears it rumored that
Gov. Ames will reverse his course,
and endeavor TO make the remainder
of his administration acceptable. The
best thing he could do would be to
resign and go home. And now that
his chances for the United States Sem
ate are forever blasted, we can see no
Inducements for him to remain
among a people that despise and
loathe him. He can attach no i'm
portance to the salary he will receiv
for the next two years. There is no
hope for him in the future, and we
would not be- surprised to hear of
his having left the State never to re-
furH