The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-05-17
EDITORIAL ITEMS,

rHr caterp'llers have made appear
sace in the Northern part Of tbs State
Hos. ALEX. STEPHENS has recained
hts health sufficiently 10 leave NAsh-
iugtou.
. eevr one now wants TO know the
relationship between Ole Bull and nit
ting Ball.
The peach crop OF Pennsylvania
PROMISES 10 DO twenty-five per cent
greater than ever before.
As there was method in Hamlet
madness, so Was there il Hayes concil-
iatory Southern policy.
TIE General Assembly of the Pres
hyterian Church meets II the, city OF
staw Orleans to-day.
Mr. HOWELL Hoss :, II of the old
eel and best citizens of Kinds county,
died near Clinton a few days ago.
A CORRESPONDENT of tho Liberty
HeraLd suggests Hon. Jas. e. Jagers
foy State Superintendent Of Education.
JuDGE CHIsoLM, of Kemper county,
.hed from the effect of his wounds OF
the 18th inst His daughter is reported
very low.
MERRlNAS HowAup. formerly Sheriff
Of Jefferson county, has been appointed
a messenger in the Treasury Depart
meut.
READ what Key says about Hayes,
and if you have spoken a good word in
favor of his Aocidescy, take q big
dose of lobelis.
The bottom has dropped out OF the
sowing machine monopoly. Machines
heretofore offered for so can now be
purchased for $40.
GEN. CHAs. E. SMEDEs, of Magnolia,
has leased the st. james Hotel, of Ne"
Orleans, for seven years. TAe Genera.
SHOWS how to keep u hotel.
TIE Episcopal Council which was il
session Mt Grenada last week, decidcC
to hold its next annual session at th'
Holy Trinity Church, NicksbQrg.
TaE Department Of Agriculture vii
not issue its monthly official cotton re
port, Congress having failed to MAXI
all appropriation for that purpose.
A PETITION is circulating asking tht
renewal of Fred. Douglass. Columbus
Alexander has asked to be released
r.4 Us bod
Hon. JErrzRso> DAVIS is now nt
work on his book, at Behavior, on the
coast. Major ". I. WaItLa.I is assist
ing him in his labors.
An omission {acciiantai no doubt III
the caption Of the Banhe,5 sprlghtly
column-te calls it Jim jams
should be Jim Magec's Jams"
THOMPSON & JouHsoH NC soon to
commence the publication Of the PEG
pies Weekly at Aberdeen, Miss. They
have an unusual amount Of nerve.
If any body has thought that IHE
LEDGER has been growing Hdsey we
beg to correct the impression. This
paper does not turn with every tide.
WE return thanks to the Hermenian
Society Of the Mississippi College, of
Clinton, for an invitation to attend the
Twenty-se ;ond anniversary OF that So
eiety, OH the night of the 18th inst.
As will be seen from Postmaster Keys
letter, there was policy in Hayes South
ern policy. Mr.. Hayes, the Southern
people will not be caught by your sugar
teats.
FAYErrE has got the baby show on
the brain. We may expect it to spread
all through the country and become as
great n nuisance as were the spelling
bees.
JONES' of the Winona 4QcaAce, wants
some of his subscribers to bring him
some shelled corn. Now we wonder il
he would not accept come corn In any
other shape.
The Centennial Exhibition was re
opened in Philadelphia on the lltli
inst. 1t will be kept open permanently
now. The President and ex-President
were present at the opening.
CALL in" Look out for Mexico
Such are the faint whispers that are
heard in different localities to>day.
There is a movement on foot which
means something. II you want TO go,
be ready.
EvARrs has replied to the Turkish
minister's notification of war that the
United States, in conformity with its
uniform policy, will continue to occupy
n strictly neutral policy towards the
belligerents. We breath easier.
We would ask our subscribers to
read our advertisements. Those who
desire to order goods from abroad
should by all means read our New Or
leans cards. They will find much val.
liable information in them.
The Jackson Times bawls loudly for
the arrest and prosecution of the men
who killed Gilmer and McLelland, but
says nothing about prosecuting the as
sassins who killed Gully. With the
Times it all depends upon the OK that
is gored. a
sISoE the article p~urporting to be
IN Interview with Mrs. Gen. Jackson
was put in type, we have seen a letter
from her denying it's correctness. Mrs.
jackson is not writing a history OF her
husbands life for a monetary consider
alton, as the reporter represents.
Ma. HENEY WATrERscx makes tlis
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