The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-07-11
AROUND TOWN.

Keep cool.
Fans are in demand.
Rev. II. F. Johnson returned Tuesday.
WatermeIons are coming in, in abund.
ance.
A majority vote young man, and you
can ipin.
Can some prognosticator Of future events
tell Ms when it will quit raining?
Our peach and apple merchants are re-
ported as doing a thriving business in
their line.
Mrs. Wesley Martin and her sister,
Miss Dula ney started for Kentucky las
Tuesday night.
Rev. J t, Heard and family rave gone
TO the Sea Shore Meeting.
Prof. @. 4. Coulon. lett here for New
Orleans. last Friday,
Mr.. s. w. Goodwin returned last Tues
day. We welcome him back.
Thermometer % in the shade and still
on the increase. Bob. Ingersoll and Beech
er are certainly mistaken.
The editor left Monday night for a short
visit north, in the interest of the advertls>
ing agency Of r. Ii. Henry & Bro.
Do not allow your angry passions to
rise this hot weather; the heat of passion
might get too high.
The Democratic Executive Committee
of the Fifth Congressional District will
meet IN this city next Saturday.
Mr.. Thos. McGrath. the celebrated
walkist of this place. walked one mile last
Thursday in six and one-half minutes.
Miss Octavia Pickens left here last Tues.
day TO visit her sister near IIandsboro, and
also. to attend the Camp Meeting on the
Coast.
Miss Josie Warren, who has had charge
of Chestnut Grove School, in Copiah coun-
", returned home last Saturday.
Gentlemen wear ties around their necks
and ladies wear them Newport ties) on
their dainty feet. What il difference?
The notice of X. p. Clark, President Of
the Board of Supervisors, appears this
week as it should have appeared last week.
We seen have cross-tics, neck-ties and a
.oto.. II -, b,t &La No 10, aa
they appear on the streets surpasses all the
ties we have ever seen.
We present our readers this week with
a new railroad schedule, and hope 10 give
them the benefit of another change before
long.
Quite a number of young ladies' and
gentlemen had a very interesting time
with the telephone a few days ago, singing
and talking.
The heat of July sun is a very intense
reminder of the fact that summer il here.
We give this as an item of important
news.
Fish talk has about vanished and the
principal theme Of conversation on the
street now is who is to ee orr next repre-
sentative in Congress?
There will be a game Ct base ball
played at the Montgomery place Friday
afternoon, at 4 o'clock. The ladies are in
vited to attend. Seats will be prepared for
them.
AS the Congressional Executive Com
mittee will meet here next Sttnrdav to Sc
lect a place for holding the next Congress
sional Convention, we uggest that Brook
haven would be a suitable and central
point for that purpose.
Notwithstanding the complaint of hard
times, there are evidences here OF .he
march of improvement. Mr.. Pete. Lucich
has commenced a two story brick building
on the corner of the Avenue and Monticel-
10 street Mr.. Henry Lewentliall is put
ting up a building on Cherokee street, and
a new brick building for the College is in
contemplation. A few residences ave also
going up, and new enclosures are visible in
several parts oftown.
Old Sol is certainly getting in close
proximity to our hemisphere; and the
manner in which he has been radiating
his intense glow of heat for the past few
days has forced this inevitable conclusion.
II he continues to approach and increases
the heat, be may possibly produce that
great confag ration that has been 30 repeat
edly and unnecessarily predicted.
Last Thursday, ON Catholic friends in
tended to have a picnic at Old Brook but
in consequence of the inclemency Lf the
weather, the pleasure seekers repaired Ia
the Skating Rink with their baskets Of
good things and had a snmptuous feast
Peach q%uarrels have commenced on the
streets. When a wagon comes in two OF
three purchasers surround it. A war Of
words commences "a to who shall own the
peaches; the clerks asleep OF dry goods box
es and ceInters awake, each one thinking
he had been dreaming of the Tower of Ba.
bel and what he heard there. Fight it out
il it takes all summer
The Literary Social Club.
A number Of young ladies and gentle.