The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-11-30
EDITORIAL ITEMS

inst.
Gov. HAYES ssya III, result is very
pacertain." .
Eoy. Jgrrrasox DAvrs arrived in
New York, from England, on the 25tl'
aast.
I've OF M.rriman Towards sons, in
Jefferson county, voted for Tilden and
Hendricks.
z. Il. HARRIS has withdrawn from the
Edwards Citizen. J. s. Harris is Low
sole editor. e-
Ca.s: GIBBS stabbed and killed John
Hood in Scott county on the 18th inst,
Gibbs escaped. s #,
TIurex's majority in Georgia is
thousand. What is Texas
going 10 do about il?
Tus House of Representatives If
Democratic AID it Wiz put T.iden in
the of6ee of President.
CoLosApo, Louisiana, Tennessee and
Vest Virgins all elect two Senators
-s,ach the coming winter.
Mn. Il. E. WfLsoS, an Old citizen OF
Newton county, died q few days aSo Of
injuries received from e gin.
THERE is nothing new from rnisiana
OK Florida. The Returning Boards are
counting the votes leisurely.
FRAxK LAso was tried in Jefferson
county last week, for the murder OF
sJudson Bailey. and was acquitted.
A prsrEuorve Are OCCURRED in West
Jackson on the morning of the 22d inst.
Loss, about $4,000. with bat little in
surapos. "f@@t
The danger from yellow fever i'll Sa-
Yannal is over All absentces lfaye re
turned, and business is going ca as
usual.
Gov. WELLS has announced that the
canvass OF the Electoral vote OF louis
.at!s rust be completed by the eta OF
December.
o. s. GAevrN, of this State, has been
sentenced to one years Imprisonment
in the Albany. N. r.. peaitsntiary for
robbing the mails.
TRoops continue to assemble III
Washington. If Grant fails TO put
Hayes in he will probably attempt to
hold on to the Office himself.
WI notice in some Of onr State ex-
changes editorials similar 70 thoee pub,
lished in TIE LEDGER Strange that ed
itors' thoughts rch imths came channel,
isa'ti it?
Hon. JERE BtAcE says that under
the Constitution II the House elects
Tilden Chat the Senate cannot elect
Wheeler, as they arc 10th from the
s2ms State.
TWEED arrived in New York 1T the
18th inst, and was consigned to his old
quarters in Ludlow street jail. He Is
much broken, and has lost seventy
pounds Of ASH.
Ir is confidently asserted that the
Democrats of Oregon are determined
to let Congress decide, and that Cronin,
Democrat. will certainly cast a vote for
Mr.. Filder. 6--i-a 81 e~s
raH Vermont Gouse finally passed a
bill for filling vscancies in the electoral
college, I19 to13. The act is especially
designed to meet the ciVsa OF Il. n.
Solace, taid to he ineligible.
IF the Returning Boardef Louisiana
count in Hayes and Packard. We
wouldn't gives defaced postage stamp
Tor the lives of the scarnps. They must
act fairly or they won't be retained.
The Val says Leila May, youngesA
daughter OF fhos. J. and Annie Love,
agedeighteen months sn6'i urtean days.
was burned 10 dealt. At :he;r residence
near Canton, OF the evening Of the 10Th
last.
MuRAr Halstead says there will be a
';h-ll of a row in the next Congress"
and tho Free Press wants to know if
that ;sn't nice language for q Sunday
school superintendent to lay before the
seuntry,
Z. II. PEPPER. of Monticello, was
tried before the United States Court in
jackson last week upon a charga of
embezzling p~ostof6ce funds. The
Times says he plead guilty aud was
sentenced to SIX months imprisonment
in the Lawrence county Jail.
The Winona Adsaace saws that fve
good reputable citizens OF Kemper
county have waited on Chisholm. and
demanded a retracsion of -4h;s- abuse
OF George Welsh. STIMULATING that
he shall either do this OF leave TIE
county within five days. es7
IKE New Orleans Time, say the Re-
turning Board is having q lard tina to
ont the kinks in the count
aud make Q clean majority for Hayes
and Packard, bnt the gsnii Of the Sc
rret chamber whisper: I'VE will go be
fore thee and make the crooked things
,:-aight." =saa II
nAp over man q more rplendid op
bpTtuuity TO render himself immortal
jdar Gov. Hayes has7 Let him
back 10 their faces their lying res
arms, ard tsll them that When fairy
President be IS prepared to
srys, but until thsn he will wrap him
eli iphis rasotls OF honesty and sscYl
no sAajassud private life.