The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-16
UAsprpArss are coming forward


Tbomas in the West Indies.
The Paulding Herald has greatly I'M
proved with the past few issues.
I aa Tsr next meeting of the State Board
Of Hsaltb will be held at Aberdeen.
-'0 The Natchez Daily Sun will be re
vived, with AIR. Johu I. Holt rs editor,
Mrs. HAYES did not receive Mrs
Senator Bruce on New Years day, after
all. r-.t ...~ "a. ....., Ami t"'
10 WIN. Blu ssELMAN shot aud killed
James Linscott, in Vicksburk: Al
about drink of whisky.
ANNA DICKINSON announces her in
tention to return to the platform an6
stage. ~
MRS. MYRA ChAK GAINS boasts tha
her wardrobe does not cost as much as
$50 a year. }+a,
HARKIsoN PAGE, the man who muir
dered the Sheriff of Claiborne county,
has been arrested.
The New York Tribune says thai
Hon. Chas E. Hooker is the most pol
ished orator in Congress.
Two Democratic Congressman died ii
Washington last week. Hartrdge, o.
Georgia, and Schleicher. of Texas.
The city council of Cork, Ireland
refused to give Grant reception, ano
Republican leaders are mad about it.
ELDER N. L. CLARK of Newton coun>
ty. has become associate editor of the
Southern Baptist, published at Merl :
dian.
DIR. JOHN Holt, of Yazoo county,
was stabbed by his son, some days
since, SO dangerously that his life Is
dispaired Of. ..i.. . ...
TEnEGRAPaIo dispatches of January
4th, from Oxford, Miss. reported the
freezing to death of General Ste.
M'Allister. a . go 49,
Mr.. IRWIN RUSSELL, the Port Glib
son poet, has accepted position on
the edito~isl staff OF leading New
York city paper. .--
"PooAH ,NrAs" is being played at TIL
st. Charles Theatre in New Orleans.
That city cannot equal Brooklayen
with that play.
Hon. CALEB CUSHING, who died at
Newberryport, Mass, On the I'd inst
was m IN of great learning and ex'
tended reputation.
W. S. CowAS was found dead near
his residence, nine miles from Vicks"
burg, the other day. He is supposed
to have frozen to death.
DAUGHTER of Governor Hampton is
expected to create quite sensation IN
Washington after the first of the year.
She IS said to be very beautiful. f
THE McComb city Intelligencer con
graduates conductor McShane upon
re-entering the married state, as will
his friends along the line of road.
& Pilot Point, Texas, special says
fonr emigrants-Clark Hubbard, his
wife and two chlldren-en route West
from Sherman, were frozen to death on
the night of the 9Th. -' @--'
Ara fight at Fort Robinson, on the
10th inst, forty Indians were killed,
and three soldiers. The other Indians
refused to surrender, and as they are
being reinforced troublesis feared.
Ar New Orleans, on the 9th inst,
Frank B. Essrhart, District Attorney of
Opslonsas parish, was shot aud wound
ed in the thigh by Foulke, Mail Agen'
on the Jackson railroad. Foulke es-
capped. e. @
YAzoo CRY had two FIRES last week.
At the first, January 7th, r. G. Shep-
perd and w. G. Williams were burned
out. On the 9th, the stores of F. Otto,
s. Conners, W. Voolfolk, John Lears
and s. Barnet were burned. No in
surance.
THE friends of President Hayes are
speaking of him for the Presidential
succession. The man that is in gener-
ally has great advantage over the one
wanting to get in. but We do not think
Mr.. HAYES could he re~nominated. He
is too conservative for his party.
THERE is rumor in political circles
that the Illinois Legislature will unload
Logan and Oglesby, and elect Grant
Senator. This rumor has caused sea-
d. sation. Prominent politicians refuse to
be interviewed about it, but admit it is
possible. a1ss.. --4 gag.
THE Howard Association of New Or,
leans have published their report for
1878. 1t shows receipts from all sources
to be 1888, 449; disbursement, $3.50, 1876.
Of which 1887, 800 were disbursed in
New Orleans, and'the balance for the
relief of other infected places. There
were 2l.24J pat,ents-16,ll2 whites
and 5, 1872 colored. ;
THE Nationals elected to Congress
are called to meet in Washington Feb
ruary 22d. They propose to discuss
the eight hour law, Speakership, and
specific greenback measure. The Ma
tionals declare that they do not propose
to go into the cancus of either party
and will hold their own caucuses, but
will have Democratic proclivities if
sufficient Inducements are made them
BY Democratic leaders.
SOME one has discovered that the
speech delivered by Blaine on South
ern outrages is essentially the same as
that delivered by Daniel O'Connel in
n ,;.ank IN 1899 the foures and