The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1878-09-19
RpITo(RIAlIT ITEMS.

Gas. Z. @. WALTHAL gave Slooo to-
the afflicted at Grenade. Aals
bYprasRiA is prevailing in the north
east part of Copiah county. 4al ~
NrR,p1AS's donations to the sufferers
at Lake station amount to Sl0Oa day
Tar fever ,as broken out in Senato>
bia. Mississippi. Thirty cases are re-
ported. ss5
Ar a Tex,s compromising recently
thirty eight persons were baptized by
torchlight.
Mosny. Grants stickler, has been
rewarded by an appointments as consul
to Hon Kong - -,s .5s,,.r
Mr.. RoBr. PrRKIS, has yellow fever
at Holly Spring, but We are glad to an
bounce is recovering. ,.
Up to the 10th inst. there had been
sixty cue cases of yellow fever at Lake.
Miss. anu sixteen deaths.
REV. Ma. PRICE, pastor of the Press
byterian church in yicksburg, is recov>
~eringfrom an attack of yellow fever.
THERE is a negro in Biloxi, calling
himself Doctor johnson. nnd claims to
be a graduate OF the African Medical
College. "-F -N-5 $50
~ ... - rIEL-l
Rev. Ma. GALLOWAY, who has been
suffering by yellow fever in V~icSsburg,
is reported by the Herald to be reoov-
ering.
THE New Orleans Times has a Brook
haven correspondent who signs himself
"Brutus." His letters are very
good. Dos =
MISS CAKEy and Mrs. Huck gave a
concert in Chicago on the 18th inst. for
the benefit OF the fever sufferers. he>
ceipts, 81, 600. .s,ses Isse.a D.,
Nh. CHAs. Ou11EF sends a telegram
from Port Gibson, thai there has been
no new case of yellow fever there for
three days. al sy. a". s. v.5
MANY towns in the State have fol-
lowed the example set by Brookhaven
IN giving entertainments for the benefit
of the sufferers. - s. :
TIE elections OF 1873 open fayorably
for the Democrats. Alabama aud Ore .
gon started the bail and Arkansas,
keeps it rolling. q,
WILL s. HAYES, of the Courier Jour
nal, is delivering temperance lectures
in Louisville, Ky, for the benefit of
the yellow fever sufferers. . .
THE Copiahan says Isaac Williams.
col, in an an out house three -fourths
of a mile from Gallmap. is down with
most malignant type of yellow fever.
THE yellow fever has appeared near
Lexington, Mise. Mr.. w. w. burden
has telegraphed for two nurses, stating
all Peyton Eggleston's family are dawn
with it.
THE Emperor William is desirious Of
resuming reign of government next
month. If he has as much trouble ere
suming'' as our people, it will be
some years before he takes mp the
reins..
TIE secretary Of the treasury, after
a careful examination of-the laws. tenn.
porarily postpones the execute n Of the
recent orders for the exchange of silver
dollars for United States notes, and will
hereafter pay out silver dollars on CUR
rency liabilities. aH=7s ~ & suf- Z
THE Washington Post gives the fol-
lowing interesting information: Gen
eral Howard was not the founder of the
Howard Association, which takes care
of the poor negroes who have the yel>
low fever. He founded the society
which took care of the poor negroes
money.
SENATOR Kellogg Las written to the
secretary Of the navy calling his atten :
ton to denupciation of himself in an
open letter, by Lient. Commander
Kells, ana asking that Kells' conduct
be investigated The department has
requested Commander Kells to forward
"a copy of his letter, if he addressed
such a one to Kellogg. s&ahi ~
We learn a man FRUSTRATED with yel-
low fever was carried down On the train
from Holly Springs to New Orleans.
last Monday. Our authorities should
see that it does not occur again, or we
may very soon expect the fever here
In hauling yellow fever PATIENTS the
road ~endangers all towns it runs
through,a and each should cry out against
it and adopt measures to prevent o reps
etition of the offense. as saw Aas
FoR twenty two years the Congrss>
sional delegation from Maine has been
solidiy Republican,, with but a. single
exception-Lorenzo u. D. Sweat, Dem
ocrat. representing the Hrst district III
the Thirty-eigAthh Congress-. The loss
Of two ACongressmee from SO reliably
Radical. q State as Maine would seem
TO indicate that the Republican party
in the next House will be exceedingly
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