The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-16
~BDIToRIAL ITEMS.

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TaE New Orleans Bulletin has s ,
pended. q s.a
UNCLE SAMMY is elected. but will he
be counted in?
.Bstox" PoMsaoY r~ejoices over the
election of Tilden.
THE sugar crop in Cuba was greatly
injured by the recent. hurricane:
NEW ORLEANS is now a military gar
fisonr with Sheridan in command.
CsAscEunoa BERRY failed t. hosd his
Court in Meadville last Monday.
MOODY and Sankey are trying to save
the sinners of Chicago. A tough old
job.
THE Vicksburg Herald will MIXTURE
issue an evening edition. The Herald
is a great paper.
P. Il. MAYERs, ESQ editor OF the
Handsboro Democrat, has been shot at
fifteen times.
7TaeUerald says it will be years be-
fore,the VicksbuIg harbor is materially
affected by the cut off.
q FouR car loads of cotton were burned
near Meridian, on the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad a few days ago.
THE North Mississippi Conference
NJ. Z. Church South, meets in annual
session at Sardis, Nov. 22nd.
Some parties attempted to steal the
body of Lincoln from it's tomb q few
days ago. What bad taste they must
have.
TaE..Southern Republican says Mis-
sissippi has gone to the devil. That
was because it had so lmany imps of
Satan in it.
GEN. GEORGE says Tilden will be on
aext President. The General never
makes an assertion without knowing
what he is saying.
Tbs New sYork Herald says that
Thursday of Inst week was such a day
of excitement in New York City, as has
not been seen since 1860.
TILpEN would have carried Pennsyl-
vania but for the m frauds in
Philadelphia. Outside of Philadelphia
his majority was six thousand.
Do not forget tho colored men who
braved the many threats and abuses and
voted the Democratic ticket. Give
them the preference in everything.
TILDEN's majority of the popular
vote is two hundred and seventy thou
sand. That majority ought to insure
him o home in the White House four
years.
"WEDNESDAY night of last week two
men were killed in Columbus by the ac-
cidental firing of a amor Severed
menihave been killed in this State this
year by the explosion of L
SINCE the Centennial opened, over
two thousand old umbrellas, II thou
sand parasols, and five hundred babies
have been returned to their owners, by
the Committee on Lost Things.
THE New Orleans Times report FL
nancial situation greatly improved by
the favorable result of the election. Con
fdence in home securities strengthened,
causing an improvement in prices.
MILL the Democrats of the North
and West be swindled out OF their
rights by the Infamous Returning
Boards of Louisiana, South Carolina
and Florida? is the question of the day
SomE of the Republicans North say
they would rather see Mr.. Tilden ge
the three States Of Louisiana, Flordf
and South Carolina, than to see Mr.
Hayes elected by only n e~lectora
vote.
IT is now asserted that if the Return
ing Boards count Hayes in and the Rad
calls attempt t. inaugurate him, a rebel
lion will be the result. If so, let thu
people of the North start it; the Soutl
cannot afford to.
TEE Radicals acknowledge they have
been beaten at the polls, but say the Re
turning Boards will fix up matters al
right for Hayes. If the Boards attempt
such an outrage upon a free people,
they had better be careful or they may
be fixed also.
Mr.. A. Fl. Stephens walked three Oh
four miles the other day. He no longer
uses morphine, and has sound, natural
sleep. While getting well he has been
writing for one of the eycIop@dias BIZ
~ographies of prominent Southerners,
and articles on Southern subjects.
TEE 30th inst. is the day set apartby
the President for thanksgiving. When
Grant issued the Proclamation he had
no idea that Tilden would be- elected
Our people have much to be thankful
for and we hope the day will be gener-
ally observed.
The Returning Board, or Board Of
State Canvassers, met in Columbia.
8. c., to count the vote on Monday last.
The Board is composed of two white
men and three negroes. Senator Cor
don and a number of Northern gentle>
men will be present during the sessions
of the Board.
The communications between the Re.
publican National Committee, in the
city of New York and various parties in
the South since the day of the election,
have been frequent and always in CT
pller. The confidence of their more
intelligent followers is founded in their
ability to count in the three doubful
States of the South.