The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-18
EpIToRlALrTE

ts,tr we'll has been dsse 'verea ID
'T-n1essce.
rnr Murphy Movement has struck
Natchc4.
rHa drsenbackers OF Ohio Will nom
inMe Il candidate for Governor
tiss. CnAIaMzRs was given O warm re,
c.ufion on his arrival at Vicksburg on
ia. l4th inst. He deserved it.
rYr heirs OF brigham Young get
slloW each from the estate. IA
ola man was we'll of in worldly goods.
4 NEGRO man was murdered ana
p',ccd on the track Of the N. 4 ). n.
r. by unknown parties al jackson last
w~b.
.rHs first bale of new cotton was sold
j. New York on the 81. 1t was grown
~ q. +. Ottam, Of Cannon count
r, 1as.
Thirty three soldiers Oh the pension
r,l,s OF the United States army have
lost both legs, thirty n both hands
s.aa legs.
Mr.. 6. II, CHM living at Mississip-
nj CITY. committed suicide last week by
taking poison. He leaves q wife and
one child. .-t.5.I.r 20 E.f-.
X Connecticut unfinished houses are
.,,u,p, from taxation; aud some OF the
shrewd citizens never finish their
dwellings,.
Mr. WV. F. MELLES, formerly OF
th. hatcher bar, has been elected Pro-
,essor Of Common Law in the law
sthoo, 0. the University OF Louisiana.
ke,nseY. the California politician is
n wears old was born in the county OF
Cork, Ireland, Is shrewd. quick in ac-
ton. and nervous in temperament.
qpA,s has made n demand upon the
tinted States for S., 900. 600 on account
y. interest due on a debt. 1t is thought
the claim is a just n and will have to
he allowed. a.
4. ST.. LoUIs dog, q black and tan, IN
cnsolable after the death of its Young
master, deliberately committed suicide
wv throwing himself under the wheels
y a heavy wagon.
TIE Clarion says that pensioners
,ron,I do we'll to note that Congress has
naa,ad a law forbidding attorneys or
ngenss to take q larger fee in any pen
sion case than $40.
RoseERs' are still stopping mall
coaches aud robbing the mails IN IexS
~. Mexican greasers are also steaiiiis
aud carrying off cattle and horses on the
Rio Grande 'front.' er.
TRAsrps are multiplying Mt the North.
The other day several hundred OF them
took possession Of a%!train and took a free
ride az far as they wished, the conduc-
tor, with bis posse not being able to
mt them of.
Grs. REUBEN DAVIS has consented
To become q candidate for Congress
from the First District. He has a
large brain, is q Democrat, tried and
true. and would make a model RepreN
sentative.
TIE Corinthian thinks 1.-THE signs of
the times point to Grant and Lamar, as
the probable Republican Presidential
ticket for $780," Heavy on Lamar,
that: but the Corinthian. We think, is
mistaken.
TIE Oxford Eagle compliments the
stu,!euts that have been in attendance
this wear at the University of Missis-
s.ppi, as the most orderly, civil. and
santlemsnly set that ever attended any
University. @ r
Eaypr is certain to pass under Eng
fish control. Egypt's great ~iudebtness
10 England is a sign. The Suez Canal
is a sign. British acquisition of the
Island of Cyprus is o sign. All signs
point one way. sg1
Cry of Mexico advices represent that
the country is ripe for revolution. Gen.
NaCrete has resigned, and is regarded
Ms the coming revolutionary chief.
Other Generals are Disseminating revo-
lntionary ideas among the lower officers
of the army. @s= a43 ut-
A CAVE has been discovered near
Glasgow KY, which exceeds in extent
and magnificence the celebrate Nam
moth Cave. Remains of a civilized race
have been found which antedate those
known to have existed on the continent
This remarkable cave is to be explored
still further by eminent psychologists.
There will be a total solar eclipse OF
tine Doth of July. This is the frs
total eclipse in this country since 1869
Congress appropriated eight thousand
dollars for the purpose of observing the
eclipse, and therefore our scientific mer
will have enough money to try expert
ma.nts. The event will be looked fol
" tn interest.
THE following advice, said to have
heen given by a politician to his son
;in'law, who was nominated for office, is
worthy Of being cut ont and pasted in
.voer hat: Lean a little toward every
thing ami commit yourself to nothing.
B, round, be perfectly round, like q
4~,,ttle. and just dark enough so thai
nobody car see what's in ye.'
The Orangemen of Montreal were
prevented from having their procession
IN that city. The mayor was advised
by eminent lawyers that the process.
sion il illegal, and he accordingly is
snea a proclamation forbidding it, and
had Ave hun dred policemen sworn t.