The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1877-05-24
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

HAYES mss oASIco ~""
OF South Carolins. the position OF 30"
heitor of the Treasury.
RpM,nE,pne ruins Of Il pre- historic
city have been discovered in tho valley
81 the Animas, in Colorado.
Hon. JAMES HlLn, Secretary Of State,
has u thanks for . copy OF TIE laws OF
the Legislature Of 1917.
C1srurr Court commences in Mont
oel.o next Monday. Those Interested
should make 8 Dote Of this.
Rev. CALVIN WA7xIys,, o. the Meth
oaist Church, died ut HIS residence il
jefferson county 4 few days. ago.
RoumAHlA has proclaimed h"r indie
pendence and declared war against
Turkey, but will remain IL the deieno
eivc.
WHIT a pity ii ia that good Deacon
Richard Smith, Of Cincinnati, did not
get the postal CARA contract at "aah-
ington!
The probability of Grant's again
being brought forward as a Republican,
Presidential candidate is'beginning to
be discussed.
Cot. B. T. JoHHs, OF Amite, il favor
ably spoken Of for Attorney General
Yzo Il, a guul Ia IL MA vel! 7n"lih3a ion
*he position.
IKE main question, says the New
York Sua, may bo takan &s definitely
answered. There il COLA in the Black
HIS and q great deal Of it.
TIE pyes:3en. has nominated Philip
TTi2acy Morgan, OK Now CAenns, ss
magistrate of the new Judicial tribunal
70 be established i'll Egypt.
T;1rI call il ueok~t:e parties on The
Pains, ana horss thieves ara the lnvsted
guests. They don't so to any more
festivals after sh<y attend 4 time.
Ogto EepubEcans are much displeas-
al with the Presidents policy, md it IS
Row thought that his vi State, Ohio,
will 30 Democratic in the next election.
PRESIDENT MAcNAHoN, OF Franco.
has formed e. nav ministry. and It Is
creating Intense excitement. L may
vet prove tic peril o. Paris ana Trance.
IT is stated that Gen. Grant will wear
HIS Uniform rs General Of the array on
State occasions while IL EGrops. What
j4at hos ia to va=r that Uniform now?
Ben Nos-4oMaax, a respectable col
ored man, and oua of the most wea thy
Of his class IN The State, died ut his
residence =. Davis Doul Oil tie 18th
i2st.
A:p now we hear Of The speaking
telephone again md its remarkable re-
snlts-a Brooklyn song heard in Aa#
York and q cornet solo heard three
miles away.
We tender the combined thanks Of
the editor iu-chief and associate to
Hon. Fl. D. Money, President OF the
Mississippi Press Association for certlf-
icates Of membership.
TIE New York Ueruld, in referring
TO the preparations made by flibusters
10 invade Mexico, says ample provis-
iona have been made, and the SUCCESS
Of the expedition ia assured.
Elk PazsIDESr GRANT has gone to
Europe. The duration Of his tour 10
not yet known. The Grand Luke
Alexis, with his feet, sailed on the
same day under sealed orders.
Tom ANDERSON, of Returning Board
nosoriety, has been appointed by Pres
ident Hayes as Collector of the Port Of
New Orleans. Another mar rewarded
for his completely in the Presidential
fraud.
"THEEr is g tide uihe affairs OF man,
which if taken at the food leads on to
fortune" but there is a tide in the al
fairs Of politics, whichif taken eight by
seven leads to the Presidency. Patent
applied form q horn.
THE Water Valley, (Afiss.,) Central
says by q recent decision of the Su~
preme Court, She act of the last Legis-
lature displaoing Capt. Jas. [. FAINT as
District Attorney has been declared I'M
constitutional
THE citizens of New Orleans will hold
On election to decide whether they will
be taxed for the Texas Railroad or not.
The Times says it would be a great
misfortune if the vote should result un-
favorabIy to the great enterprise.
IT is announced in a Washington dis
patch that express Offices will carry sums
of FIVE hundred dollars fractional cur
rency TO the Treasury and return
amounts in United States notes or sill
Yer at the governments expense.
Asp nov comes a Washington dis
patch ana gays if Pitkin won't resign,
as asserted. and prefers to be removed.
De will doubtless be accommodated, as
the President meant business when he
promised the position to Wharton.
THERE is a a.boot- blacklist" adver
yertisemens.in the Winona Adrdace,
and after ~warranting all work, the adj
vertisement concludes thus: Il don't
work for dead heads Or fools" We
wonder If any editors ~patrorize him!
Mn. MAHscEALg. of the Fayette
Standard, that he has ptr-
chased the material of the New South,
ard viii soon commences the publiea-
ton of 0 daily paper in Natchez. The
STANDARD will be continued at Fayette.
THaouoa the courtesy of the Mosda,
.Yeu,eI re are IN receips of the report