The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-11-14
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
WHERE is Reuben Davis p?

VIZ ire glad to welcome back the
Holly Springs South.
ALAS, poor CASTILLO, Democratic
votes cast him low.
THE Greenbackers now ought to res
tire from the political field.
THE Water Valley Central reached us
last week dressed up in new suit.
BEN. BUTLER WAS sixty years old the
day he was not elected Governor of
Massachusetts,.
AT the North, The Greenbaokets have
not only ruined their own cause, but
they have crippled the Democracy.
BUrbER failed to swallow the Demo
crat PARTY of Massachusetts and the
Democracy failed to swallow Butler.
Nr.C. N.HARR1s, of the Edwards Citi
zen Is not dead. 1t was his child of the
same initials shat died, so we have beer
Informed.
AMAoKER, Amaker, alas the day,
when you didn't have any more sense
.han to become candidate against
Manning.
A WILD man, who has been roaming
amid the mountain businesses in Ten
nessee for eighteen years Is on exhiol-
ton in Louisville.
sIrss1ss1pp1 returns her unbroken
Democratic delegation to Congress. If
HAYES has tears to shed, let him now
bring them forward.
The Times suggest that in future the
merchants of New Orleans employ
only acclimated clerks, as precautlon-
ary measure against yellow fever
SINGLETON and Money had no op-
position. but Hooker, Chalmers, Null
drew and Manning were elected just as
easy as if they had had 40 opposition
The Cincinnati Commercial says
meeting of the New York Sun stocks
holders was held some day since, when
Dana was requested to stop the "Hayes
Fraud" cry or withdraw.
THE North Mississippian, of Corinth,
has n four column editorial on the
money question. 1t ends with "woe are
we.' We expect so. Davis was badly
beaten and feels that way.
IT is big thing for the South to have
such a man as Gen. Joe Johnston IN
Congress. Now let Mississippi return to
the United States Senate, the South S
greatest man. Hon. Jefferson Davis.
THE next New York Legislature will
be Republican, and Roscoe Conkling
will, in oil probability, be returned to
the United States Senate. Conkling
will be 6 strong candidate for the Pres
idency.
WHEN is man twenty-one years Old?
This seems an exceedingly simple ques-
ton, vet it took judge in philadelphia
some time to decide it. Il last the
.4s,,inion was given that in point OF law
man is twenty one the day before the
twenty first birthday.
Mr.. H1aHaArE, of Grenada desires
to adopt couple of orphan children
between the age of two and el8ht
wears. He will give all the particulars
in reference to this matter, when the
friends of the orphan children will pres
ont their names and condition.
AT last accounts A. H. Stephens had
written letters endorsing three thousand,
ak hundred and thirty-stven different
noteat medicines. He has drunk sew
eral tons of nostrums, and therefore
knows how it is himself. No wonder
that he las been dying for the last ten
years.
THE politicians of New York have
learned something from the people OF
the South. Orr folks used to head
their tickets Democratic Conserva>
tive" and in the last election the New
York cand dates had theirs headed
"Democratic,R Republican ticket" Live
ard learn.
The channel produced by the kads
ietties is now almost as good as the ems
t-onco To New York. The largest yes
sells pass through it with ease. Ocean
freights have been so greatly reduced
in consequence that the saving On cot
ton alone from the port of New Orleans
the past season was s., 100000.
The Potter Committee is going to in
yestigate the New York Tribune's ci~
pher dispatches Tilden will testify,
and Manton Marble and other proml-
nent Democrats will take the stand;
and then the Tribune's exultant expon
ent of Democratic tricks and trials will
be brought to "the scratch" No skrlk-
ing now; the Tribune must face the
music.
IT is said that the Jay Gould cipher
lies about TIlden originated from a
meeting OF Republican managers, who
decided that some offset to the damag
irg disclosures against the Republican
party which the Potter committee had
uncovered was absolutely necessary,
and 10 Jay Gonld's organ, the New
York tribune, the dirty task was com
mitted.
AT the grand Cathedral fair in New
York few days since, a magnificent,
gold mounted. jewel hilted sword was
put up to be voted to the most popular
soldier in the United States. The last
vote VIC noted stood: Gen, Joseph E.
Johnston, seventy one, Gen. Shields.
eighteen; Gen. Sherman, twelve; Gen.
Grant, six; Gen. Hancock. fonr; and
Gen. Mcclellan, one.
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