The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-09-18
EnR PRESIDENT.
Sam'I j. TiIden,
OF New YORK.
For VICE PRESIDENT,
Thos. a. Hendricks,
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
OF INDIANA.

KATE BENDER. the notorious mur~
dress, lis believed to have been found
in New Mexico.
THE first train on the Waxahatchie,
Texas, Tops Railroad, run into that
town on the 18th inst.
Cyrus ". FIELD in attempting to sit
down on Mr.. TiIden has inadvertently
sat down upon himself.
AN exchange says a Sheriff is only
eligible for two terms, and refers to the
code of 1857 and 1871.
TIE Kemper county jury brought in
q verdict for Gulley of mot guilty
after being out thirty minutes.
WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT employs
%. 7O6 men. William would possibly
prove a valued friend in a close politi-
cal contest.
Mr.. KALLocH, as Mayor of San Fran
cisco, is determined that the ordinance
referring to the carrying of concealed
weapons shall be enforced.
The University of Mississippi, will
open at Oxford, on the 25th September,
1879. There is no quarantine against
students from anywhere except Mem
phis.
In response to a letter from Jno. s
Lamkins, 81, G. Capell, W NJ. Conerly
and others. Gen. A. NJ. West made G
a Greenback speech OF Magnolia last
Saturday.
J. P, MATTHEWS is announced as ar
Independent for Sheriff of Copiah
county. Print lins q weakness for the
''iesh pots Of Egypt" de has been
there before.
A VERY destructive hail storm accom-
panied by wind, swept over New Jerse,
last Monday. The buckweat was Hat
tened to the ground, aud immenst
fields of corn were completely riddled
The Beauregard Democratic Club
has been recognized, with Judge L.
o. Bridewell, President, and Fl. f
Carter Secretary. 1t will stand by the
ticket.
HARpER's WEEKLY the most Infamous
Radical sheet in the country. says the
Republican nomination for Governor II
New York is an unfortunate one, ant
intimates that the ticket will be beaten
Mr.. ALEoK STEPHEN is described al
smoking a meerschaum pipe, but
mothers the thoughtful observer to dis
o whether the pipe is blowing
Stephens or Stephens is blowing tn
pipe.
A BLOODY Irishman" remarked tn
other: 'An' 1 see The LEDGER's TO
Talden; and its meself that is also; Blu
eff he's alected this time, and don
take he's safe, thin I'll be INT thet1
be fer hanging O. him. By faith l will
moi honey"
THE Canton Citizen says it is rum
ored that the N. O., ST. l.. & G. r. r
will soon commence the building of
branch road from their line to Licking
ton, in Holmes county. Their chic
object is to reach a rock quarry nea
Lexington. from which to supply tn
main road bed.
If Robinson is elected, and there j
hardly a doubt that he will be. Tildel
will be re>nominated and elected
Corkling knows this, and knows tina
he stands no chance for q nomination
unless Cornell is elected and Robinson
defeated, therefore the fight in New
York may be expected to be lively.
THE Lower House of Georgia ha
passed a bill, object of which is to re
gulate freight and passenger tariff, an
to prevent discrimination and exto'tion
1t proposes to prevent railroads from
charging more for freight and passen'
gers in one part Of the State than il
another, and also from charging an un'
reasonable rate.
The Senatorial Convention OF Jeffer
son and Franklin counties met at Hugh
Montgomery's last saturday. but Al
there we're only SIX delegates from eact
county present. the Convention ad-
iourned to meet at Hays, in Franklin
county on the 10Th lust. That dis
trict is having as mnch trouble i'll max
ing q nomination as this.
DENNIS KEARNEY has proposed in a
speech to burn Grant in efigy on his
arrival, and the prospects are, that If
attempted, San Francisco will be the
seene OF another d~isgraceful spectacle
and that Kearney will be driven from
the State. If there is any prospect OF
his being driven this way, it is to be
hoped he will reconsider the matter.
:Jso ARMSTRONG, editor of the Mad>
;sop. La, Journal, was fined $500 90
for violating the quarantine ordinance.
Has an editor no rights that Vicksburg
should respect9 That's a bad place
for editors. Failing to get its own
editors to fight, it either tries TO kill
them on the Ship Island Railroad, or
fnes them $3.50. 90 a piece for visiting
the nome of the .great conscientious.
I'm passoat. We would remars dr ON
hom did Armstrong borrowthe $2ou.uo!
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