The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-03-13
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

the morning.
Mr.. Davis seems to be the coming
United States Senator.
Elk. CHANCELLOR CHRISTIAN died in
Meridian a few days ago.
DRUMMERs now call themselves COM
mercial ev~aneelists. What next?
WHO is Citronellville Snailor. a law.
yer of South Mississippi?
THH Varieties Theatre, New Orleans
is now called the Grand Opera House.
A good change.
ALL Disbursements are forbidden by
the Mayor of Holly Springs prior to
December next.
?. G. HALL. colored. has been APP
pointed and confirmed Collector of the
Port at Vicksburg.
IRE Copiahan says there is no bar,
room in Crystal Spring. That place is
resting on it's ~laurels.
Hon II. D. MONEY of Mississippi
has been placed upon the National
Democratic Committee.
OXFORD Lodge X. of II. was organ,
lied in April last with seventeen mem
bers; it now numbers fifty-seven.
w. s. MILLS, shot and killed Mr..
Jos. A. Strain, on Kilby Lake,
Yhzoo county, a few day ago.
THE Mississippi State Sunday School
Convention will be held at Kosciusko
IN the It'll, 9Th and 9th of May.
The junction of the Alabama andChat
tanooga railroad with thecMobile and
Ohio, is now at Iauderdale Station.
LOUIS PoMeRoY, the actress who has
been playing in New Orleans and other
places, is the divorced wife Of Brick
Pomeroy.
FoRrY-EIaHT failures were reported
in New York during the last mouth, the
total liabilities being 1912, 669, and ass
sets 1898, O66.
IT is safe to assert there were. ct the
lowest calculation, three hundred MIR
ders in Texas last year. There were
twelve hangings only.
The Oxford Eagle says "Col. JEFF
Davis, the glorious old soldi er, herr
patriot and Statesman"..is its choice 70
u s. Senator, as Bruce's successor.
AN International walking match j
now going on at Gilmore's Garden
New York, between O'Leary, Rowell
of Europe, Hartman and Ennis
O'Leary is behind.
Mrs. NICHOLSON, of the Picayune
was presented with the first dollar mad
by the New Orleans mint. The edito
of The LEDGER has the second dolla
made by the same.
A says the New Orleans
Democrat having failed to qualify I'M
der its bid, the State authorities Ell
tered into contract with the Picayun,
to do the State printing.
HUNDREDS of negroes are leaving thi
State for Kansas. But few manage
however, TO get there, and dol not re
remain long before they write back TO
money to return to old Mississippi.
Mr.. FRANK MCGEE has purchased
the Paulding Herald, moved the mate
rial to Enterprise, and has resumed the
publication of the Courier. The Cour
Ter will carry out all contracts of the
Herald.
Hon. SAMUEL J. RANDALL, Speaker Of
the House of Representative. says thai
he feels confident that the Democrats
will be able to organize the next House
by tho election of a Democrat as Speak.
err, and there will be no compromise.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, seems to be
leading the race for Speaker of the next
House. Randall is his strongest or
ponent and ought to be beaten, the
views of our Washington correspondent
to the contrary notwithstanding.
THE telegraph got things sc badly
mixed last week that about half the pas
pers in the country, The LEDGER
among them, announced that the Sen
ate had passed the bill pe~nsioning the
Mexican War Veterans. This is a mis-.
take.
Mr.. L. l.. CHARLES, formerly pro,
prietor of the Copiah Gazette, is now
teaching a large and prosperous school
at Mt. Olivet. He will furnish the
readers Of The LEDGER with the news
Of Coyington county. His first in-
stallment IL given this week.
II is said the President will ask Con-
gress to adopt measures for an increase
of the revenue. He fears a serious
falling of, as the decrease in the tax
On tobacco reduces it ten millions, and
arrearages of pensions alone will re-
quire a very large sum.
Ex-SFNAroR Patterson has received a
letter from the AttorneysGeneral of
South Carolina, granting him full par
don and oblivion for any indictments
pending against him in that State. Mr..
Patterson will leave in q few days
TO accept an important trust under the
Southern Pacific.
WARS the matter with the editors?
Jones, of Winona. is a candidate for
Circuit Clerk, and Ross, of Canton, is
a candidate for the same Office in Maids
son county. Are these men not getting
rich fast enough? We thought a re>
spectacle editor would not stoop 80 low
as to accept an Office.
The Memphis Avalanche dominates
Col. VIM. T. Pelton, late of No. Is
Gramercy Park, New York for Presi.
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