The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-04-03
AROUND TOWN.

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sAPritshcwers now.
Yesterday was chilly.
Circuit Court convenes on the 2i.t inst.
Bishop Green will be here on the 18th
Inst.
h efBoard of supe visors will meet next
Aondsy.
Work has been rvsumed at the gravel
pit by conyicts.
Numerous kinds OF April fools were prac-
ti4sd here Tuealsy last.
Ire Hoskins ha. returned from Jsckaon
and will make tins his headquarters.
Milton Hoskins has gone to Yick-burg
TO take charge Of the ~convicts in that
section.
iona H miltou, Esq, of Jackson, was
in our city last week. the guest OF Capt.
Hoskins.
We received some Of the finest lettuce Of
Mrs. Decell We have seen this season.
Many thanks.
Mr.. p. Henry, Of Scott county, has
moved to our city, AMI expects to make
this his future home.
Miss Matte i!aggett has gone to Casey
Vile to teach schoel. Too many of our
young ladies are leaving.
Mr.. z. D. Davis WAS IN our town Sunday
and Monday, apparently in god health
and as handsome ~ ever.
Miss Ange Keegan left our town last
week for Natchitoches, Louisiana. She
goes there to live with her uncle.
Send your printing to Memphis,
New Orleans, or sone other city, as there
i. no jpb off % in town, 5rt buy all vonr
goods here.
One or two mad dogs in town this week
Mr.. Patrick killed his. Keep an eye on
you dog and kill him when the first signs
OF madness appears
Mrs. J. b, D.ughtry will accept thanks
for a dish of delicious strawberries, the
first We have seen here. Her .rIen is one
OF the earliest and best in town.
The ladies, God bless them, have resolv.
ed to have the cemetery enclosed and
cleaned IN. The men are no account or
the work would have baea done a year
ago..
Several Of the Railroad men came up
from n Comb Ci:y with the body q Mr..
Q Buren,, and remained ill the burial was
over. Mr.. OBuren was a general ~favorite
with the officers and employees.
The merchants of other towns adver-
tise. but those in ~Brookhaven, with q few
honorable exceptions, know nothing about
priutef's ink Whit difference does it
make if Summit ard Hazlehurst do get
our cotton?
Ia Africa they raise two crops in q year,
and II man 10 be respectable must have
from twenty Ave to fifty wives. DR.. Ben
net raises three crops on Tie same land
pei year, and he has no wife, but is highly
respectable.
r. VI. Taylor, E<q, representing the Ma
tionsl Copying Company, Atlantis, GA,
was in our town this tex shu wing sample
Of enlarge pictures. He has delivered a
good many pictures here, AMI they give
satisfaction. His hoIse d.. oAly frs;
class work.
What is the ua 81 having n pr,iic well
II it is forever out Of repair? How is il
possible for the thirsty pedestrian to slack
his thirst there ii il ia impossible to gel
water from it? Would il not he a good
idea tor the rroper authorities to take i'm
mediate steps, and have Brookhaven's
public fount repaired1
The ladies of Brookhayen have conclud-
ed to have a fair on the nights Of the 18Th
and 10Th of April, for the benefit of the
cemetery. 1t will be got up in fr-t. class
style and conducted on a plan pleasing 10
all. The fair il to be given fpr a most
prs'se-worthv cause, and one that should
ba met with a hearty response,
Last Tuesday WAS the Grst Of April, bat
contrary to the general expectation no joke
was perpetrated at The .ocial club, which
met at DIR. Daughtry's, The young gentle
men who had engagements 10 take young
ladies to the meeting, did so, II twlthstaAd -
ing it was All-Fool's Day. The club
WAS called to order about nine
o'clock, and after a little preiimina-
~ business WAS gone through with,
Miss Josie Warren being called upon
for a recitation, favored those present bv re-
citing, in a graceful and easy manner, ''The
Children" 1t was listened to sttentively
and very much appreciated. The interest
in the club is unsbated, and all present a,
DR.. Daughtry's seer ed to have "a general
good time" The next meeting will be at
Mr.. Bees.
Jurtcs for Special FERN.