The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-01-25
EDITORIAL ITEMS

TODAY 10 lIIS WIN 49,
Burns.
MEMPHIS had a shower of snakes a
few days ago.
tH,1r interest in the Holly Springs
ReDortey is offered for sale.
MADISON seems to have more thieves
than any county in the State.
ALVIN SAuxDER was elected United
States Senator from Omaha on the 18th
inst.
Gponeu MCGOWAN, of rSott cGSSniiy
has tried the experiment of making SUI
gar with perfect success.
THE New Orleans Democrat IS now
published as n morning paper. 1t is
newsy Sna up with the times.
AUDITOR CHESS report shows the ex-
cess of receipts over disbursements for
1876 to be $40, 228.22.
The editor of the Forest Register is
the greatest punster in the State, and
tie newly married people dread him.
All members of the Returning Board
of Louisiana have been ordered before
the House to answer the charge of con-
tempt.
PETER Cooper is disturbed because
Hampton fa1Cd to send him a copy of
his letter. says he also ran for
5Ie Presidency.
HoAR has been elected Senator from
Massachusetts in place of Boutwell,.
Good. Anybody would be an improve
ment on Boutwell,.
The rumor that Nichols, Witt.
Packard and Antoine had been sum
moned to Washington provedto be with
out foundation.
IL the Senate on Friday last Senator
Bogy denounced Packard rs in ihfa-
nous robber. Correct definition. bat
itdon't go far enough.
LUCILLE WESTERN, the actress, dice
i'll New York on the 18th inst. She wa
thirty~four years old, a native Of Me-
Orleans, and a great ~favor;:c.
THEJudiciary Committee of Congress
have agreed to report a bill p%rohibitin
troops within two miles of polling place
teD days before or on election day.
TIE Republican, papers are in a ba
way. The New Orleans Daily Repubi'
can and the Washington CAr0nicl
have suspended within the last week.
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS has yielded t.
the solicitations of his friends AM
agreed to undertake the writing of TIL
"reminiscences % his Public Career.
Gov. PALMER has withdrawn from til,
Senatorial contest in Illinois. Whel
the vote was taken on the 23d inst, Mr.
Anderson, Democrat, was ahead Ct a!
others.
TIE cry of dull times comes to u
IRON every portion Of the State. Th'
rains have been general, and roads ar
impossible, consequently there IS bu'
little trade going on.
The Georgia Legislature is ballotinG
for United States Senator. The vote o.
The 23d inst. stood: Norwood, l0l. Hill
Sc, Smith %, Walker 4, Jenkins l. Ne.
cessary to n choice 1903,
THE annual meeting of the "Mexicar
war veteran association" will be 1elt
at the city of Jackson, on the ID day Of
February, 1877. 1t is to be hoped that
there will lie q full attendance.
The Yazoo Herald st&tes that Yazoc
City under Democratic rule is free Of
debt, her warrants at par and money
enough in the treasury to pay current
expenses until midsummer.
BARNES, of the New Orleans telegraph
office, has been ordered by his managers
to deliver to Congress all kilograms
called for. When a bira can sing and
won't sing it must be madS to sing. So
with Barnes.
In is understood that Gov. Hendricks
approves the electoral bill, though he
refused to be interviwed regarding it.
Gov. Tilden, Gov. Hayes and MI.
Wheeler have also declined to express
any opinion concerning the bill, and it
is not known whether they endorse or
oppose it.
THE Committee on Privileges and
Elections, sitting at Washington, \
tinues to investigate Mississippi and to
summon orr best swearing citizens be-
fore it. J.. R. Lynch and A. H. Hardy
were two OF the last witnesses, and
their testimony is as false as the pledges
of the Radical party.
THE Republican and Clarion have
denounced the statement made by Fred.
Weaver. regarding the election in Ran
kin county. Weaver was in this county
during the election, q stove peddler, and
sent to the Inter Ocean a dreadful ac>
count Of intimidation. He has the
ability to tell a yarn as big as those OF
Munchausen.
On the It'll inst. S. Fretwell attempt
ed to as~sasinate Sheriff NJ. J. Manning,
at Austin, Miss, while he YVES eating
supper at his residence. Manning isthe
confessed murderer OF J.. B. Harvey, OF
Louisville, who was killed at Austin
some time since, and Il is supposed the
assassination was attempted because OF
his murder OF Harvey. fretweil es'
capped.