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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

While the annual convention of the
Protestant Episcopal church, of Ten
nessee, was in session, at Columbus,
the assembled clergy paid a visit to the
grave of Bishop Otey, which lies IN the
shadows of the church walls of ST
John, at Ashwoood.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

The Palestine Era thinks that if
Texas did as they do in North Carolina,
and would hang her thieves and MUIR
derers, Texas would get rid of her bad
characters. Yet up in the n~eigborhood
of Texas they only fine a person 800
for trying his best to kill a fellow.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

News ONE from all parts of Missis
sippi that the colored people are works
ing with unusual energy, and that crops
are in most furnishing conditions.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

AHEAvY hail storm has fallen over
Monroe county, Miss. In the northern
portion of the county great damage was
done the crops, and the wheat crop was
completely destroyed.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
a SixEy-h'iyc Thou-uEe4I Dollar
Burning

SHREVEPORT, La, June "A fire
broke ont of | a. M, in the grocery and
bakery Of G, p. Thennard, gu the levee,
destroyed three two story brick stores
entirely. and damaged three adjoining.
The occupants We're Hal & Dingle. Abe
Dreyfus, j A. Stephens, j. G. Soape,
Gregg & Ford, aud Koran & Looney,
Loss. 365, 900; insurance $50, 900.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
COvingtOn County Htems.

Hot as blazes!
Cotton Scraping is over.
The plum season is here.
Harvesting early oats this weak.
Blackberry crop was never better.
Hog cholera around Mount Olive.
Magnolias are in full bloom-the
swamps ''look gay"
From present indications the "goob
err crop will be fine.
There is some talk of a Union Sun.
day School picnic in this county.
Mr.. Hayes. who lives about fifteen
miles north of Mt. Olive, has twenty
COWS the mothers of twenty three
calves.
The common swamp or field cane has
all gone to seed this year, and the deer
are having II fat time. Will some one
tell us how often IN goes to seed?
Miss Christian McNair, of Mt. Olive
school only missed two words in Webs
ters spelllng>book during a session of
five months-Who can beat It?
Rev. A. II. Widney of Dell Springs
Copiah county protestant Methodistl
has several appointments in this county.
he preached last Thursday evening at
Jerico Church.
Five of the oldest inhabitants of this
State are now living within a radius of
three miles from Mt. Olive. There
ages are as follows: 81, 81, 83, 81, 50.
They are among the fist settlers of
Coviugton county, and are all from the
esrne part or "o,d North Carolina" ard
are pure Scotch"
The New York world asked the fol-
lowing questions a short time ago which
have beer answered by a school girl of
this county:
Who wrote, Hail Columbia?' Who
wrote, 1.-The Star Spangled Banner?'
and what event ibid it commemorate?
Who wrote Home Sweet Home?' and
what opera is it?
Hail Columbia" was written in the
Summer of 1898 by Joseph Hopkins of
Pennsylvania. The Star Spangled Ban
ner," was written by F. G. Key, of
Baltimore. This song was supposed to
have been written by Il prisoner on
board the British feet, on the morning
after the unsuccessful bombardment of
Fort, McHenry. John Howard Payne
wrote "Home Sweet Home" Don't
know the opera.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

A resolution has been introduced to
the city council of Houston to suspend
the fire, police and street departments
of that city since there is no money to
pay their salaries, which amount to
$1,000 a month. Houston must be
pretty hard up when such a proposition
can even be listened to.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
IRE Cyclone in Kansas ssnd NIs

ST.. Loufs, Jnne NO Traditional
particulars have been received with re-
gard To the disastrous cyclone in Mar
shall county, Kansas, but kilograms
from other points, in the State and
Missouri, report great damage to prop
erty by the same storm, at Brookville,
! Kansas. Kirksvile, Mo. Several people
were killed, and in the latter town
twenty houses were demolished, and
many damaged
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
The GoyeruorSyiiD i'm Ohio.

The Goyernor~Iiip i'm Ohio.
| Charles Foster has been nominated
for Governor of Ohio by the Republi-
cans. This nomination means a great
deal. 1t is q fearful blow at Grantism,
neutrality-suspicious. the effect of laying
t on the SD elf the man who would break
the tradition of the Fathers and run fol
the Presidency',a third time. Taft, for
merly Attorney General under Grant,
was the candidate of the Grant wing Of
the party, and his defeat is a rebuke tc
the Military Chieftain.
That Foster will be a strong candi>
date none can question. So would any
other candidate have been. Force vii
be brought to bear for his election
stronger than is generally used. Money
will be spent lavishly in his behalf. Nc
efforts will be spared to insure his cleo
ton. His is called the private State.
It is pretty certain that unless the Re-
publlcans carry ONO for Foster they
will loose the next President. Hence, it,
Importance to them.
The Democrats will of course nom
mate their strongest man, that nan is
Thurman. This is conceded by al
parties. We have no doubt but that he
will make the canvass, which will be
one of as great interest as eve occurred
Thurman will hava much to igh.
against, but there are great hopes tina
he will come off victorious. His recog'
nized ability and his spotless integrit,
will bring thousands to his support.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

MAJOR b. J. SEMMEs, a highly es
teemed citizen and lawyer, OF Canton,
Miss, died at his residence in that
town, on the 2Sth of May.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

The workingmen of California pro-
pose to make no coalition with either
Democrats or Republicans. They will
hold a convention next Tuesday and
nominate a full workingmen's ticket.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
New BILL for Counting fbe asresI.
slau.fsnE Knfe

The House Committee on the state
of the law respecting the ascertain
ment and declaration of the result of
President and Vice President, have
agreed upon a bill. and authorized
Representative Bicknell, the chair
man, to report it to the House, with
the approval ofthe committee. The
title and proYleions Of the measure
are as follows:
A bill to amend sundry provis-
ions Of chapter /, title 3, Of the Re
vised Statutes OF the United States,
relating to. the Presidential elections
and to provide for and regulate the
counting Of the votes for President
and Vice President, and the decis
ion Of questions arising thereon.
First-Elcctors Of President and
Vice President r to be appointed
in each State on Tuesday next after
the first Monday in November.
Second-They vote by ballot on
the second Monday in December
next after their appointment,
Third-They may make three GER
tifcates, one Of them to be delivered
to the President Of the Senate. by
special messenger, before the sec
ond Monday in January then next,
another to be sent to him by mail
forthwith to the District Judge OF
the district iii which they meet.
Fourth-If the certificate is no.
received by the President Of the
Senate on or before the second Mon
day i. Jauary, he must notify the
Secretary Of State forthwith, who
shall send a sparia. messenger to
the District Judge for the certificate
deposited with him.
Fifth-Controversies rs to electo-
raj votes in any State may be pas
sed upon by its highest judicial tri-
bunal, who shall send lis DECISION
under seal, to he'Pre5ideIt Of the
Senate.
Sixth-Both House of Congress,
shall meet On the Second Monday in
February next after the meeting Of
the electors. The President of the
Senate shall preside. Two tetlers1
shall be appointed by the Senate,
and two by the House.
Seventh-The President Of the
Senate shall open all the certificates
and All votes Shall be count
ed by the two Houses in the.
alphabetical order of the States as
certified, unless rejected by both
Houses. If there be 4 controversy
in any State and q certified decision
Oft by its highest Judicial tribunal.
the electoral votes Of that State shah
be counted in accordance Herewith
unless the decision be reserved by
both Houses. If there be q coutro-
yersv and no such judicial decision
tie contested votes shall not be
counted unless both HOUSES concur
therein. IF there BIS conflicting il
dicial decisions or conflicting cartif-
licatcs, the decision or certificate
held by both Houses to be given by
the proper authority shall be con
elusive unless rejected by both
Houses.
Eighth-The tallers make q list otl
the votes rs counted and the Presi-
Rent Of the Senate announces the
result. and said announcement. with
q list of the votes. shall be entered
on the journal OF each House.
Ninth-Ou |oq4ning any cgr.ii-
cate the President Of the Senate.
calls for objaatioas. Objections
mast bc III writing. britf. wisaoJ,
argument. ana signed by one S,ua
tor and one Rooresontatire. O1ie.-
tions are decided separately by each
u A. ..,, ,-;tLI,a u.:,,..
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

THE Supreme court of this State has
affirmed the decision of Judge Young liz
refusing to grant bail to n. HI. Moore,
who killed Maj. Haziette of Vicksbulg.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
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asx-sNreSiIens ASnsiS' E'O~rfiicOsR
iaa y Work.

Editors Clarion: In u recent issue
orthe Clarion Inotice the, reproduc-
ton ofpart of q statement made in
the New York Herald, p%urportiug to
be conformation derived from EXPIRES
ident Davis, with regard to a work
which he is said to have in prepare
ton. That statement, like all 9th
ers that have been made in the
newspapers on the same subject,
was entirely unauthorized, as you
will observe by the subjoined copy
of a caro-. sent to the Herald some
weeks ago, containing it. The
Herald declined to publish the
correction, for what reason | am not
informed. BE pleased to publish in
the Clarion aud oblige.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

THE President has approved the bill
to prevent the introduction of contagl-
GUS and infectious diseases into the
United States.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

GEN. jas. SHIELDS. late United States
Senator, from Missouri, died suddenly
in Ottumwa, Iowa, June End. He was
in his usual health Sunday and wrote
several letters after six o'clock in the
evening, but Just before retiring COM
planned of a pain in the chest, and
shortly afterward said to his niece thai
he was dying, and in thirty minutes
expired, sitting i'll his chair, and re.
naming conscious to the last. His re.
mains leave here tonight for bis home
in Carrollton, Missouri.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

THE Supreme Court of North Caroliha
has rendered an important decision on
the legality of cotton contracts for fu>
turo delivery. The Court holds that
money advanced to a cotton broker tc
cover losses sustained by speculations
IN cotton futures can be recovered out
of the party for whom he advanced the
"money. and that where the form ofcon,
tract for nothing inherent in it to show
that no real delivery was intended, ii
cannot be held to be void as against
public policy as a wager or bet"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

REv. j. ?. SIMMONS, for twenty-four
years a minister OF the Baptist Church,
died last week in-Dalhs, Texas,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05
"
The Presidency.

Some talk of David Davis as the next
Democrat nominee for President. His
politics are entirely two crooked to suit
a large number of voters. His nomin-
alton would be a second Greeley moves
ment. and terminate as disastrously as
did that. We think he stands but little
chance for the nomination, but if be
should receive it we predict that the
Republicans will supply the Executive
of the nations for four years longer. As
for us, we want to see a Democrat nom.
mated. This done the people will elect
him.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

Six prisoners. confined IN the jail OF
New Boston, Texas, broke their shack>
les, overpowered the keeper. and took
his pistols and keys, locked him in a
cell, and then left for part parts IN
known. In the lot was one murderer, one
horse thief, and the rest We're house
breakers.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

have led the public to expect, it will
no doubt be made known at the
proper time, and probably in the
usual way.
Very respectfully,
w. T. WALLrHALL.
Harrison Co, Miss, goth March, 70
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-06-05

ST. PATRIox's CATHEDRAL, recently
dedicatedin New York, is the large
est and most magnificent church edifice
on the American Continent. It's foun-
dations are upon solid rock. 1t is OF
the pure gothic order of architecture,
of the style of the fourteenth Century.
Built of the clearest white marble, 1t is
elegantly and beautifully decorated
with foliated fracery and carved devices.
The windows are Illuminated IN the
highest style of art. The area of the
Cathedral is SO, 800 square feet; its
length 306 feet; the transept 148 feet;
height of the nave, 108 Feet. 1t is ca
pable of afording standing room for
Is, 600 people and can seat $4,000. It
has already cost S4,000,000 and it will
yet require 5000, 600 to complete the
spires and decorations. The American
Catholics may we'll be proud Of possess
ing one of the most beautiful churches
in the world.--Er.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02
LAND SALES.
neg y "a j. &c sa. s2-
-0F-
VALUABLE land

Hinder and by virtue Of the will OF the
~ late Reuben Woodland, dec, we will on
Tuesday, October 7th, 1879,
at the late residence Of said Reuben Wood
ard in the 18th civil district Of Lincoln
county, offer al public sale TO the highest
bidder, the tract of land containing +
SD about 100 1cres ~ 81
Of which said Woodland died possessed.
The place is only FIVE miles from Fay
etteyille, isswell wafered and has one brick
house ON il in addition TO dwelling house,
and the. land is first The land viii
be sold on a credit OF one two and three
years, the purchasers being required 10 give
notes with good and sufficient security for
the payment OF the money, and a lien re-
tanned until all the purchase money is paid.
At the same time and place will also be
sold a lot of personal property. Any one
desiring TO see the premises can do so by
calling on T. NJ. White a the residence.
T. M. WHITE, s
~ ~ Alb. W00DARD, eo
septll Ears Of Reuben Wooddrdy dec:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02

IF Alsace and Lorraine have
acquired no other advantage by
their annexation to Germany,
they at least find their taxes
lighter. They are now called
upon to pay about $3, 500, GOO
less annually than under French
rule, which makes a difference of
some So to every family. Be-
sides this, had the two provinces
continued French territory they
would have had to pay a large
part of the enormously-heayy
entailcd Upon France
by the war; Finally, the Ger
man Government has construct
ed expensive railroads through
the newoteritory, Which do not
pay SO well that private capital
would have constructed them,
and which. the French Govern
ment would not at least for some
time to come, been likely to build.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02
Condensed News.

8 j = .
! It is said that counterfeit half
dollars are pretty extensively a.
float in this State.
Last week a negro namedCa
wright stabbed his fatlierthrough
the heart, at Smyrna, IN Ruther-l
ford county, and fed. s
The formation of the new
county of Chester, out of bor=
tionsof Henderson, Madison, iiar-
deman and McNairy, has been.
eijoined,
The Ashley championship belt
was won in New I ork last week
by on Englishman named Row.
eli, who walked $50 miles during
the week. M
A negro named Anthony Blair
was furnished a passport into e.
ternity last Friday at Morristown
by the sheriff. He killed a girl
Is years old on the 30th day of
July last.
In America wheat is raised
thousands Of miles from seaports,
carried by rail to places of ship
ment, and carried over the ocean
three thousand miles to Great
Britain, where it is sold for a
Shilling less per bushel than it
costs English farmers to raise it,
| The last Alabama Legislature
appropriated $4,000 for the ben
eft of the manned Confederate
soldiers of the State. Three
hundred and thirty-two' applica-
tons were made and the pro rata
share of each one was. fixed at
$300.12. So 49,
There is to be a Centennial
celebratiensat Jonesboro, Tenn,
lOct.l3, commemorating the one
lhundfedth anniversary Of the Set
Element Of that place. Jones
lloro is about one hundred miles
northeast Of Knoxville, and is
where Andrew jackson fought
his first duel, and, where Andrew
johnson made his first political
speeeli,. wf1en;a Candidate fer the
Legislature. The occasion is to
DE honored by the presence Of
aiamerous public ahcn, including
Postmastef-Genelal Key.
sTheofamily of Mrs. Mary Eas-
ttin, of Evansville, Ilshas been
afflicted by {, singular fatality,
Ifite of her children, all boys, hayr
ing lost their lives by Violence
land but7two, of them dying at
home. The first died from eat
ing a biscuit on which rat poison
had been spread; the second
was crushed to death in a mill
the third was drowned; the fourth
was killed while attempting to
board a moving train, and the
fifth was killed by Ike ears a few
days ago. 81 .if, 9
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02

drive the cold off and brace.
themselves up With a glass or two
Of toadyl Growing merry and
chattE they drank several glass
es each, both drinking precisely
the same number. But, when
they arose from the table, lol
brother Smiths head was not
quite so strong as brother JONES'
And SO brother Smith went stag
geringg home, while brother
Jones walked stiff and straight
as usual. The church was Scan
dalized at the action of brother
Smith, and forthwith a commits
tee is appointed to talk to broth1
er Smith, and see IL he is suffi-
GENTLY rcpentant to be received
back. in THEN inidstS and # not.
report to the church when fur
tier action viii be taken. oAnd
EioI brother Jonesiis made chair
man of tie committed, il.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02

The meeting advertised to be
held in Nashville On October %,
is. for the purpose OF seyering the
connection of the repudiators
with the Democratic party, and
Organize into ANEW party. But
d division among the repneiators|
is painfully apparent. Il Savage
.desilesto be elected Governor,
to help him on to the II. S. SEN
ate; while WILSON, thinks the
honors of that Office should fall
on him as a retirnfor the promi-
nent part lie is to take in accom-
fplishing the ruin and disgrace of
the State.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02
''That Cheap Encyclopedias"

v olume one OF the new
"sI4ibrary of Universal Knowl-
edge. is issued September Doth.
1t contains 1876 pages of small
but clear and beautiful type,
handsomely printed on good pa
per, and is neatly and strongly
bound in cloth, half morocco
and half Russia, at so cents, 70
cents, and $L00 per volume.
The succeeding volumes will
appear about two each month,
till the 20 volumes completing
the work arc issued. Specimen.
volumes are sent to any part Of
the United States 10 cents ex-r
ira for POSTAGE, with privilege
of return after examination.
Special terms are offeredsto ear
.lylsubscfibei;s and to clubs of
which full particulars are sent.
free on request by the publish
ers, the AMERICAN Book Ex-
CHANGE, 30 Beckman street,
New York. 9lE3 o. 9r-afl end.
That a complete Encyclopa-
dia, first class in character, and
containing more matter than
any heretofore published in this.
country at any price, should be
made and sold for the trifiing
sum of $1,000, seems SO extra
ordinary, that many who wish
it may be true, are very natu-I
rally incredulous. The same
house publish a large list of /
standard works, all at similarly
low prices, and9the presence of ]
some, of them already in 9thel
hands Of hundreds of thousands
of lovers of good books IN all
parts of the land, is naturally
rapidly transforming the'incred-
nlous into patrons and enthusi-
asiic friends of the enterprise.
No mystery is made about the
cause of the low prices-they
are the reduced cost OF manu-
facturc to about one-half what
it was a few years ago, the
method of sale, direct to the
purchaser, saving him the large
commissions commonly paid 10
agents and dealers, and a very
large sale. It1is worth the cost
of postal card to sec their eat
alogue.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02

The movement set on foot last
Spring to get up a grand excur-
sion to bring Grant across the
continent from California on his
way home, was stopped by the
failure of two points IN the pro-
gramme, as follows: lst. The
failure to get Legislative appro-
priations to pay the expenses.
I'd. The failure Of getting ''flee
passes" from the railroad eompa-
MES for the crowd Of politicians
who expected to go on the ex-
-cursion. $50 80
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02

There a newspaper published
in London, the american Tk'ac-
eger, actively engaged in further
ing the Presidential prospects
of Mrs. Victoria Woodruff.
Vie. has gained a national repu-
tation on this side Of the waters,
but said reputation is one of
naughtiness. AS the Irdceleg'
failed to recommend any one for
the. tail end of her ticket, we
suggest the maine of Conkling,
Roscoe C'onkling Of shotgun.
fame.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02
II would he fully Gar the Den

Itwould be folly for the DEM
ocaats. to couht OF carrying the.
next Presidential election with
ont New York. Ana we regard
it eqiially foolish tosassumei that
the defeat OF Robinson this year
for Governor would insure the
loss to the. Democrats of New
York next year for President:
There is really no leasoii why
the defeat Of Robinson would
involve the defeat Of the demo-
cratic candidate for President.
1t is the interest of The Repub-
Ilicans of course to predict such
result, but no llevel-headed
democrat should for a moment
entertain such nonsense. ?. g
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02

a recent case is quoted show
ing that quinine is not given
pure by druggists. Aphysician
prescribed a strong dose Of quiz
nine for a patient suffering from
"a violent attack of fever. The
second attack was worse than
the first, and the doctor, doubt
ing the druggist, made an analy-
sis, and found the suspected quiz
nine was much adilltcrated with
salicine.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-10-02


The Republican blow over tie
California election was ike was
ting powder on a dead duck.
The State stands as before in the
congressional delegation. Tfe
democrats elected one Of the
four and that is all they had.
The condition of the rotten
wood pavemerts Of Memphis HAS
suggested to many that it may
bc,probably one Of the causes of
yellow fever. The joints between
| the blocks are large and deep,
and are soon filed with filth,
which in warm weather offers a
wide surface for putfefactive ac-
lticn, and for the generation of
noxious effiuyia.