The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-17
FoR PRESIDENT,
FoR VICE PRESIDENT,
Thos. a. Hendricks,
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
OF INDIANA.

EDITORIAL ITEMS.
SEVERAL sunstrokes in Northern
cities last week.
CLARKE COUNTY il TO have a new
brick court house costing $3.50.
J. II. DUKF, ESQ. has become n of
Che publishers of the Scooba Herald.
GEN. WEST declines to meet Col
Van Fl. Manning on the stump, and
divide time with him.
TIE yellow fever scare is over at
Memphis. There were three or four
deaths, and no new cases reported.
GEs. TOMS has subscribed one thou-
sand dollars worth of the Southern
Methodist publishing house bonds.
NJ. 3. RICHMOND has sold his interest
in the Pascagoula Democrat-Std to
NJ. a. Dees, but is still retained as
editor.
OWING to the press of matter, the let
ier of Mr.. L. Applewhite in crowded
out this week. 1t will appear in next
issue.
The New Orleans Democrat says
the late Mrs. Dorsey left a will be>
queathiug all her property to ex Pres
ident Davis.
DIR. Guo. PEETs, an old ard honored
physician, died near Sweetwater church,
in Copiah county, June 26th. Aged
seventysive.
Mr.. MANroN MARBLE. formerly edi-
tor of the World, and Mrs. Abby
Williams Lambard were married in
New York on the 9th inst.
OK the 1lth inst. n mad dog bit two
colored women near DR., Ford's and a
little girl of Mr.. Reed. Two mad dogs
have recently been killed at Mont9om-
cry.
Gov. STONE has offered a reward of
$3.50 90 each for Coats, Walton, Jen-
nipgs and Lopez, the men who waylaid
and killed James Sullivan in Wayne
county.
Look how all the tender Democrats
are leaning to the Greenback party.
Anything to get out of the pnrty, is
what they mean. They will embrace
The first opportunity to leave.
Hon. JEFFERSON DAVIS, writing to the
editor of the Pamela Star regarding his
becoming a candidate for the United
States Senate next winter, says; 'Iou
may contradict it positively and by
authority"
BENroSvlLLE TAYLOR has written us
II letter denying the statement made by
our Lawrence county correspondent
that Taylor had denounced the editors
of this State as editors, vagabonds and
scounderels.
Mr.. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, on his
first visi. to his newly arrived nephew,
the first child of his sister, now Mrs.
IsaacBell, laid in the cradle of the infaut
one hundred United States bonds Of one
thousand dollars each as d christening
gift.
On the LIST inst. Maj. r. Walpole, pro-
prietor of the Yazoo City Herald, was
married to Mrs. j. E. Cushney, OF
Louisiana, u sister>in-law to Rev.
II. K. Singleton. We offer our con
EXAMINATIONS to the gallant groom and
handsome bride.
Ar the primary election in Pike u
ty Conerly was nominated for Senator,
receiving 976 votes to Cappell 2S0 and
Longino 1876. Lamkin was nomina~
ted for the Legislature, McNnlty for
Sheriff, Yaught Cor Chancery CLERK,
Sparkman for Circuit Clerk.
A FRIEND a y The LEDGER has got
matters somewhat "~befudleG," in de-
claring for Tildeu, a hard money advo~
cate, and Hendricks or Ewing, Green
hackers. Oh, no. This paper is not
advocating finance hobbies. The fin
apce question will take care of itself.
We are for Tilden and Hendricks be-
cause they ough to be reelected, and
unless they are re-nominated, We will
be greatly deceived
THE Times sass the Board of Health
of New Orleaus organized n large corps
Of sanitary inspectors, who secured the
city in cabs, visiting every locality of
which there existed the slightest sus-
picion, tracing to its source every
rumor, and after half a days constant
driving from one extremity of the city
to the other, and from front to rear,
they announce that there does not exist
within the limits Of the city a solitary
case which, by any possibility, could be
mistaken for yellow fever.
OK the night of the 9th inst. the
mail bags were taken from the depot IN
McComb City and robbed OF $3.50.
The bills stolen are: Treasury note A.
1853. 6O6. series A, 1875, $40; treasury
note a, 1.778,5 84, series of 1868, So;
treasury note A. 1885, series 1878.
$40; Carrigan City National Bank. A.
1911, S2u; treasury note A, BASS, TIC.
serias 1859. $40: treasury note 2,252.>
1872. series 1879, 500; Mechanics Mas
tional Bank. Boston. A, 1929. series
1875, 500: treasury note A, l,6o7.l ia.
series 1875. $40; treasury note 9o.9l4,
series 1876. $40; treasury note, A, $780,
1919, series 1875, $40.