The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-18
AROUND TOWN.

No Nthh ~N
AROUND TOWN.
The game law expired on 18th inst.
Several distinguished men here last week.
About time for the trsmps to commence
moving.
Sam Magce fell from an engine and
bruised his leg.
Capt. Williams, a popular merchant of
Meadville, was in tow Monday.
We had rain all Friday night, and the
creeks were swimming Saturday.
These cool mornings and nights re-
mind one that winter is near at hand.
Cotton is coming in pretty freely. 1t
is bringing from nine TO ten cents.
Mai. Mill-aps and wife and Emanuel
Pfeifer has retained from the North.
Rev. w. B. Lewis is now conducting a
protracted meeting at the NJ. f. Church.
Several of our merchants have returned
from New York with large stock of goods.
The doIefui chant of the mosquito is
stiil heard in many localities of Brook
haven.
Mr.. Andrew Co.tharp, Of Milliken's
Bend, La, has been visiting his relatives
here.
Misses Hattie Martin and Mollie Carts
man are IN Hazlehurst spendipg a few
days with friends.
Mrs. Luther Remington of McComb
City has been spending a few days in
Brookhayen.
1t seems to be some trouble to get
enough delegates together to nominate a
candidate for the Senate.
Owing to the protracted meeting at the
NJ. Z. church there was no meeting of the
Picwarbeehen club This week.
When our merchants get their new
goods we presume they will let the peo-
pie know the fact through THE LEDGER.
If those young ladies out serenading
last night, had raised their tune on the
church ~stoeple, 1t would have sounaed
much better.
Mr.. Bingham will preach here Saturday
night, IN the new Presbyterian church,
and may protract the meeting for several
days.
Come in and pay your subscription to
THE LEDGER. If you don't take it, call
and subscribe. So 90 per year, Invariably
in advance.
Mrs. Crosby and Miss Terry, left
Brookhaven last Saturday night. Tie
former for Punchitoulas, the latter for
New Orleans.
Mr.. Ed. Wilson, recently connected with
the Comet. spent several days here last
week. Ell. admits there is great attrsc-
tIon here for young men.
We return thanks to Mai. Mlllsaps and
Mr.. Withers for late Northern papers.
We have read with much interest the
speech of Col. Harper in Chicago. 1t was
decidedly Harperian.
There will be n special call meeting at
the truck house of the Pioneer Hook d
Ladder Co, this evening at s O'Clock. A
large attendance is requested as business
of importance will be transacted.
Yesterday with the appearance of the
yst star upon the celestial armament. the
Jewish year of 500 began its course, and
the entire Jewish nation, wherever the
members of the race may be scattered, re-
paired to their respective places of wor-
ship, to thank God for the past protection
and to ask His blessings for the future.
In accordance with this custom our He.
brew citizens have closed their places of
business and are holding their services al
the former residence of Mrs, Gulf. The
holidays will continue for two DAYS and
end tomorrow evening.
The Executive Committee met here
Monday, and rescinded its order calling
the primary election on the 22d inst.
There is but tittle doubt that The people
are opposed to the primary election, but
they nave the power to kill it by not partic-
ipating in it. Now let us zee if the Elk.
ecstive Committee has not exceeded its
authority: The Convention that decided
to have a primary election empowered
and instructed the Executive Committee to
provide for holding it. Now the whole
object of the Committee, in resembling its
order calling the election on the Old. was
to defeat it. Thus it has virtually igror.
ed the Convention, that called it into be-
ing. Is the child greater than the parent.
On last Monday night all the inmates
of the Lincoln county Jail made their ea-
cape and have not since been heard from
They were all convicted of bulldozing at
the last term Of Circuit Court, and had
served out about half the term of their
imprisonment of ninety days. The fol-
lowing are the parties: Nick Rodrignes,
james Weaver. Wyatt Wooley, Jep Smith
and Isaiah Smith. The morning after
their escape when Mr.. Magee went to the
fail to supply their wants he found every
thing apparently in order until be attempt
ed to unlock the prison door, when he
found that Il was harder to unlock than
usual. After he unlocked the jail and en-.
tered he found that the birds had flown to
a more congenial cline. 1t is evident
that some one from the outside having a
key to ft the lock assisted in their escape,
as the Jail was found to be locked the
next morning and the bolt being turned
only one time. There was no other
place where they could have escaped ex-
cept at the door.
Excursion tickets to st. Louis and re-
trurn can be had at this Office TO attei d