The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-13
Note. frou, the. Gapisnl.


The ca'npalgn'- over. Give us a rest.
The cotton crop in Kinds is turning out
well, brit the corn crop is short. Sorghum,
peas and potatoes, ~middling.
Many prominent members of the bar
are new TO be seen In the city in attend-
ance upon the Federal All Supreme
Courts.
Col. Jas, d. Stewart and J. NJ. Mckee
are the Jury Commissioners for the Circuit
Court, under the late law passed by Com
gress, and w. Fl. Gibbs and Archie Me-
Gehee for the District Court.
Blackwell, brought here from New Or.
leans a few weeks ago, charged with OBJ
tanning money from the banking house o
J. d I. Green in a way that was not ex-
actly straight, was tried before Justice
Patton last week and acquitted.
Rain is still much needed, cisterns
are running short, and stock in some
portions of this county suffer for wa
ter. 1t is much to be hoped that the
clerk of the weather will soon get wa,
ter on the brain.
Since the election there are about
fourteen dozen candidates and small
fry politicians who can excla,m with
Othello, my occupations gone"-and
the Offices are gone too, 80 far as they
are concerned.
Ernest. the twelve~year~old son Of
DR.. Hunter. Presbyterian minister here,
died last Tuesday night, Of typhoid
malarial fever. The funeral was falge-
ly attended, showing the deepest sym
patty on the part of the community
for the bereaved family. ~
The Presbyterian congregation of
this city have bought and fitted up FOR
their Pastor, the Rev. DIR. Jno. Hunter.
n nice parsonage, situated on the corset
/ opposite the Presbyterian church, and
VIC OSt uh lie laLhtiy huNC Jdict
moved to their new quarters.
The Indepent, CreeEback organ of
this county, VAS so demoralized at the
but partial success of it's party its edi-
tor was the slaughtered candidate for
State Senate-that it came out last
week as a half sheet, and this week it
is rumored that it will not appear at all
gone like its party will eventually go.
An alarm of fire rang out on tie air
about three o'clock Tuesday evening,
the fremen of the city. we true,
quick as thought, rushed with.their en-.
gines and trucks to South Jackson,
from whence proceeded the alarm, anG
on nearing the spot where the devour>
ing element was pouring fourth its
dense volumes of smoke and tongues of
fame, 10! and behold it was discovered
to be only a suburban straw field on
fire. 1t was q sellout hat would have
done credit to the first of April.
Col. E. Richardson, is the man who
made the magnificent gift of two thousand
dollars to our city fathers for the i'm
provement of the city cemetery He re-
quested that a select committee, running
the gentlemen he desired to be members
thereof, be appointed to superintend the
work, ard he would back them to the
amount of two thousand dollars or more.
Under their supervision, the improvement
has already begun, and Jackson will soon
have a cemetery that will do her credit.
1t will now be in order, for THE LEDGER to
proceed to haad Col. Els name down to
posterity."
The election in this county was some
thing of a drawn battle, as between the
Democrats and Greenbackers. The
former got the State Senators, n
Representative and all the county Off
GERS, except the Treasurer; while the
latter got the county Treasurer, three
Representatives and a majority of the
Beat officers. Atwood, II of the
Greenbeck Representatives, is a negro
lawyer. Of Bolton, and has the repu-
tation of being a smart darky, He ran
considerably ahead of his ticket. P.
A. McMillie, a popular young lawyer
of this city, and son of Gov. McMillie
is the Democratic Represenative.elec
By his great personal popularity be ran
ahead of his ticket.