The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-12-12
Editorisal Cors.espondencel
WAvERLY HOTEL, LOUISVILLE,
Decembar 9th 1874

December 9th, 1878.
Tho snow, the STOW. the beautiful
snow," fell here last night to the depth
OF three inches, but u lighter one pre-
ceeded it week ago. The winter has
been backward, but has now commenc.
ed in earnest. Rain has been falling
all day and cold, very cold, season
will follow.
Louisville Is liveier than usual. not>
withstanding the low price of grain,
meat, tobacco, etc. The travel is fair
the stores have a rush of custom. the
the theatres are all open and are nightly
filled with good audiences. One of
America S greatest tragedians, Lawrence
Barrett, has just closed successful en-
gagement at Macauley's. To night tho
same temple of amusement is to be oc
cupied by the ftalan~Opera Company.
with Miss Kellogg and Miss Carley as
the principal attractions.
Louisville claims to be the largest
tobacco market in the world. Sixty
thousand hogsheaas of this staple are
sold here every year. Over $40. 900. 900
are paid here yearly for tobacco. This
city also engages largely in the manu-
facture of leather, and much of the so,
called French calf-skin is made in the
tanneries hereabout. Millions of dol>
lars are invested here in'plows, furni-
turc, sash and door manufactures, and
the work turned out is equal to that
made in the East. The iron, carriage,
drug, whisky and meat trades are large,
and increasing. There is no good
cause why Louisville should not con
troll large portion of the Mississippi
trade. but it is fact that she does not.
Her faith in printers ink may not be
strong enough.
A haggard young man come aboard
the train at Duck Hill, Miss, Thurs
day last, bearing in his arms q five
month old infant. He took seat i'm
mediately behind us, and his ceaseless
attention to the baby attracted notice.
He was asked where he was FROM where
going, etc. He replied he had been
living in Montgomery county; that his
wife had died of fever and he was TAX
ing his baby to his old home, in Ind
lana. A passenger replied: any
friend, you will never get there with
that child alive, unless you stop occa-
sionally and give it Fest" He said he
intended to wait at Milan a day or two,
We etdppsd at Jackson. Tenn, for
twenty four hours, and the following
evening the young man came aboard
the train at Milan, without his baby,
He was asked what he had done with it
and responded: 81 buried it yesterday at
Milan" 4 sad picture A young man
of Indiana married young lady; they
concluded to go to Mississippi to bene
fit their condition. They go, and altar
getting fair start, child bIesses their
onion; then the fever sweep by and
carried off the mother; the father is
left, without relative near him. to
raise nursing baby; he resolves to
return to his old home and place the
child in the arms of his mother; he
scattered roseB over his wife's new made
grave, sheds ocpious tears on the sacred
soil, calls on the Great Rnler to be with
her lie loves, to protect him on the Jour
ney, and starts; he is compelled to stop to
rest his precious charge, but the fatigue
has been too great, and the father sees
his holy innocent close its eyes n death,
to join the mother who has gone be-
fole; coffin must be procured, a grave
must be dug, and the heart strings of
the father stretched to their utmost
tension by the sight of another burial;
some symaphising gentlemen volunteer
to lay the dead away, far from the
grave of its mother, in a different State
and where perchance naught but strange
faces in years tn coma will behold the
little mound enclosing the little sleeper;
the father resumes his journey with q
heart heavy as lead, and, ere this, has
arrived at the town of his boyhood, AMI
is telling relatives and friends of his
sad misfortune.
We are stopping at the Waverley Ho-
tel, kept by that elegant gentleman,
Major J. 2. Longley, formerly of New
Orleans; and would gratuitously advise
friends and the travelling public to do
likewise. The Waverley is the equal
of any hotel in the country. as all who
patronize it will say. At the breaking
out of the fever at Grenada, some of
the citizens sought safety here Two
were stricken with the fever in this
hotel, and every guest in the house
quit boarding here; Major Longley
gave good attention to his patients, and
was month without a guest. By his
philanthropy and humanity he lost
considerable money, but made name
for himself both North and South that
time cannot eface, or age beditn. Let
those coming to Louisville remember
this, and stop at the Waverly Hotel.
Mr.. O'Neill, Chief Clerk, will be glad
to meet his friends at the Waverly.
From here We go farther North.
r. 81. FL.
Mrs. Bruce.