The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-12-25
AROUND TOWN.

Smas day,
Christmas gilt.
Business is booming.
Send Us in the personals.
A merry Christmas to all.
What di you get in your stocking?
Get your JOB work done at The LEDssa
Office,
Omen your hearts AND purses to your
fsiends.
The wall of a new girl Ia heard at Chas.
Stribatsch's.
This is a bad morning for fat turkeys
Let as prey.
Cotton WAS selling here yesterday at IO}
TO II cents
Don't get outside of two much bad
corn Juice to-day.
Miss Carrie Rodweli, of Monticelly, is
visiting friends here.
Tue Board Of Supervisors will meet the
first Monday IN January.
Don't throw IRE peppers under house.
or among dry goods boxes.
Tommy Skeahan hss opened a %confsc-
tionery store in Cope's building.
Mrs. Pickens and Miss Oc,avia are via.
iting friends In north Mississippi.
Jef. Chrisman, Homer and Mier Magee
and T. Kelly have returned from Clinton.
The trundle bed brigade are loud in
praise of old Santa Claus this morning,
Christmas comes but once a year, hic,
and if | get. bic, hic, you need not care,
HE.
Mr.. Thos. Cunning, of Baton Rouge. has
returned here to spend Christmas with hi-
folks.
w. J. Driver, formerly Of BrookhaYen
was killed at Oxford, by q relative named
Batter.
Mr. johnson has connected the old and
new college buildings with a plank WALL
and awning.
Mrs. Baker, of Louisiana, nee Mis-
Mollie Stewart, formerly of this place, il
vIsting relatives here.
Willie Hardy fell of a horse last Sun
day, and the animal stepped on his arm
and broke it.
The boys were out in force last nigh
and cut up old nick generally. No use tC
get mad at their antics.
Miss Sallie Lewis, who has been II
Crystal Springs for the past few months
has returned to Brookhaven
Geo. Crosby, representing kellar'a SOAP
works; and Mr.. Smith, with J. S, Rivers
have been here this week.
The Lord of siisrule will ascend tn,
throne thi. morning, and issue his edict t.
all loyal subjects to do as they please.
The Courthouse stands solitary ant
alone in a four acre field. The j,il ou3h
to be moved down to keep it company.
At the request Of lawyers and litigant
Judge Berry will not hold the Dteembe
term of the Chancery Court in thi
county.
The Christmas trees were 4 Success; anC
the Christmas house, something new il
this section, was splendid and epj1red b.
all attendants.
tuesday the thermometer stood pevepty
eight in the shade. How is thar for ih'
Esd of December? There ia no land liz,
the Sunny South.
Our carrier will take his annual nddres,
around with the next issue of TIE T.EDG
Err, He has served you faithfully for thu
last twelve months and will continue 10 d.
go. Don't forget him.
Maj. Aillspas probably does more act
of charity than any man in the county
For several months be has employed tire
teachers, 10 teach the coiored children
and paid them out of his own pockets
Such deeds are not very common nova
days.
This next regular issue of THE LEDGEl
will appear January III Sth, 1880, it beinl
customary to miss al issue during Christ
mas week. Printers az we'll as other PEG
pie, want to enjoy the holidays. TIL
LEDGER force wishes everybody a merry
Christmas and happy New Year.
The LEDGER office has just received
stock OF new material and is prepared to
print bill, letter and note heads in al
styles, and as cheap az any concern in thu
country. Onr merchants have no excuse
for sending their printing to the cities
Keep your money at home by patronizins
home institutions.
The minstrel entertainment by the
young men of town, at Varieties Theatre
last Tuesday night, afforded two heur'
fun. The jokes, singing and dancing were
good, and some of the scenes were side
splitting. The young men, under the
name of the Lincoln Varieties, propose tc
visit ~neighboring towns. All who attend
their exhibitions will be pleased.
We have received another "Whitwortf
Beacon for December, which differs in
shape and appearance to the edition issued
from this office. Some of the articles are
simiIor tn tho.a IN the other "Eeacon'