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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

New York, August % Memphis
specials state that yesterdays Develop
ments indicate an increase in crime, and
also q tendency to more boldness than
ever known before.
The depredations Of these pests have
become so numerousiand dangerous as
to awaken considerable alarm.
Anonymous letters have been sent to
the newspaper offices. but not publish
ed. containing threats against the cit-
liens, and especially against the city
government officers. il certain condi>
tions are not complied with.
One of these letters sent to the APP
peal last night was signed "Many Col
ored citizens"
The alarming aspect OF affairs has
caused general preparations to meet
the worst. Vigilance committees are
talked OF.
Minute men are receiving daily &C
~cession to their numbers, and the police
force is being strengthened by the adj
dition of q mounted force for night
duty.
This branch Of the police had lively
work with a gang of six men who com
mitted a robbery on Trigg venue
Thursday night. They finally succeed.
ed in capturing five of the number.
A new military company was organ
izsd yesterday. The general sentiment
is there will be no occasion for their
services, but should there be, the law
abiding citizens are determined to make
examples not to be forgotten. The
men who have proved themselves mist
effective in combating these plague
visitations will prove themselves equally
10 in the same time of u~nprovoked
trouble like that threatens now.
Tides ani Ewing.
The Republican papers are announ
cling it as a piece of news that Gov. I'll
den has consented to give his friendly
c~ountenance aud support to Ewing in
his contest for the governors hip,,pf Ohio
They intimate that, Mt first. he refused
to do this, but yielded at last. go.
OF course Tlld-n favo s wing There
never was a possibility tnat he would 10
otherwise. He never had II disposition
10 do otherwise. Ewing is called a soft
money DemocrLt, because he is liz favor
of the free coinage of hard silver dollars
but all the ID IN )cr ats in Ohio anl all
the Dan ,ara:s AMI nearly all tn Re-
pubiicans in the West ara in favor of
the sane measure. The III 1t money"
idea has disappeared; it has few or no
advocates at present; and the term
"soft money" is an unmeaning sheer
which Eastern R.pu5liclns apply to all
who oppose their uniu4t scheme of max
ing debts payable in gold coin worth
one huadred AMI thirteen c.ats to the
dollar.
1t Is slid that Tillen is n h~lrd>mpaey
Dem ,ar It. We Il, not know alb put this.
He is an upright. patriotic aud liberal
minded d .mo:rit, who unlike Mr..
Hayes, Mr. Sherman and other Repub>
licau leaders. believes in respecting the
plainly expressed will of the peop!e
He knows that Ewing is the worthy
and honored choice Of the Ohio DemoI
Gratis for Governor, and that is all he
asks to know. This fact is sufficient to
secure Gcv. Tilden's hearty wishes for
bis success, and it is no news therefore.
that the distinguished NewYork Demo-
crat supports the distinguished Ohio
Democrat in his interesting contest for
the g~ubernatorial office of the most pow
erful Western State.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

They tell us Henry of the Book
HAVEN LEDGER thought himself Hi
enough and has come down as a canadi-
date for Representative. That's right.
He now holds the highest Office in the
gift OF the:Press Association and that's
enough honor for the present. -Lau>
de,fiaie ReuieW.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

A REWARD of $500 will be paid for the
detection and conviction OF the person
who attempted to assassinate +. II
| Calloss on the night of Aug. 9Th, in the
town of ,rerry-$l00 by the citizens of
Terry. $3.50 by the Gov. of the State,
and $50 by F. r. Carloss.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

New ORLEANS. Aug. 21-Anna Marie
Hennen, wife of General j. B. Hold,
died at their residence on Third street,
uear Constance, OF yellow fever, the
character of the disease developing but
a short time before her death. Hoods
residence is on the same square as
Theodore Benson's, whose young son
died Of yellow fever July 31st.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
lndeneuIents ofYazOO

The Independents of Yazno count,
held a meeting in Yazno City on the
Goth inst. and nominated the following
ticket:
For Members of the Legislature
Jas. 81. Burrus, DR.. J.J. L.. DeBrnce,
Wallace johnson. z.te
For Shenf-W. A. Brown.
For Chaucery Clerk. e. Bell.
For Circuit Clerk-B. r. Grayson.
For Assessor-E. s. Harris.
For Tre.surer-N. Birmingham.
For Coroner and Rangers. l. Kin
cade,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

THE Herald says the fall fights have
opened in Liberty rather early this fall
Six occurred on Saturday evening, two
on Monday and one on Tuesday. Black
eyes, bloody noses and sore heads were
received. John Barleycorn was inter
ested in most of them.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

PREPARATIONS are now being made to
begin taking the tenth United States
census. We notice the fact that Mis-
sissippi will be. entitled two commits
sioners, which will afford fat places for
two ex members of the defunct Radical
party of the State. Enterprise Cour-
Ter.
Did it ever occur to you that the
Senate would have to confirm the ap.
pointees? Be easy.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

WINSTON county is fond of primary
elections. Sometime since it held one,
but as some of the candidates failed to
receive a majority of the votes polled. a
new election for such candidates has
been ordered.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
D1xonizinx up North.

Here is a piece of news from Iowa:
Dies MONIES, Iowa, Aug. John R
Crane, the preacher. politician and doc>
tor, Chairman of the Greenback Ceun~
ty Convention, last week vas notified
ny o committee of Camp Township to
leave the county Immediately. He
left that night.
So 1t seems that Iowa is about as bad
a State as Mississippi, and that bull
DOING is not confined to this State.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

WADE HAMPTON, Jr., of Mississippi,
and son of Gen. Hampton. of South
Carolina, was married in Louisville,
KY, on the 18th inst, to Miss Kate o.
Peelan, daughter of Senator Phelan,
of Mississippi, deceased.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

A YOUNG man name Wenkerman,
committed suicide near Biloxi last
Thursday morning, by shooting him.
self with a pistol. Financial trouble
supposed to be the cause.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

Mr.. J. r. ENooH, Chairman of the
Rankin county Executive Committee,
has published a card in which he says,
that in consideration of the assurances
made by Maj. Sutton that he would
not arraigu the colored people against
the whites-the notice served upon
him to discontinue the race tissue or
quit the canvass, has been rescinded.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

The editor of the BRooKHAvEN LEDG>
ER is 10 longer y candidate for the Leg
islature. jackson Comet.
The editor of THE LEDGER neUeT Uas
q candidate for the Legislature.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

Col. A. E. LEWIS, one of the wealth
lest and most influential men Of the
sea coast, has written a letter to the
Pascagoula Democrat Star in favor Of
Major Barksdale for United States
Senator.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
Geucral Notes.

Gencrnl Notes.
Cotton worms are on the increase in
Kinds county, Miss.
Beef cattle can be bought..at Ocean
Springs at from IS to 500 a head and
sheep at 50 so.
About fifty negroes passed through
Canton. Miss , from Kirthwood, ON theil
way to Kansas.
The Wesson factory, Mt Wesson, Mics.
pays ont ten thousand dollars q month
TO employees.
The g ,vernor of Tennessee is urged
to Call an extra session Of the Legisla>
ture to make provision for the yellow
fever sufferers.
VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt has recently Civ
en- .heTrustees of Wander bilt University
800, 900 to be expended in making
additional improvements.
The total OF the summer pork pack
ing to August 90, is 2,457,S 15 hog,
against 2.314,375 hogs same time lasl
year. Increase 143, 44O hogs.
J. j. Williams, of the Grenada. Seuti,
mel, Dr.. A. Hunter of the Copiah Moni
tor and F. G. MCGEE, of the Enterprise
Courier, are Democratic nominees fol
the Legislature.
A family of four in Pulaski county,
Ga, were all weighed the other day.
The sum total of their weight. father.
mother ands two girls was.one thonsaHI
aud seventy>one pounds. 9
George w. Jones. once United States
Senator from Iowa, lie now eighty years
old, and so poor that he has been com
PEELED to seek the nomination for Sher.
if of Dubuque comfy, Iowa. ..
Gov. Stoue has appointed Mr.. IL
Hugo Hoffman Clerk of the Circuit
and Chancery courts, of Hancock coma
ty, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death of Mr.. H.Saunders.
A contract has been signed by French
and American parties for the construc
ton Of an underground rail way in New
York. The road will have four tracks,
the and run from the Battery to the
Grand Central depot.
Benton county. Miss, has the bes
corn and cotton crops that have beer
harvested in that county for twent.
Years. The same cheering remark car
be made of neatly every county IN thu
State.
Mr.. James Stubbstis the most popu
lar man; in Leake county. In the late
primary election he was a candidate to-
constable in beat 4, and received 1000,
900 votes. TINE merit seems to be ap'
preciated in that beat.
According to Congressman Glover
the Radical thieves at Washington go
away with 1927, 900, 900 at single dash
What become Of that 1000, 900? wa
oue of the questions that worried JOIN
Sherman when he was up in Maine
making campaign speeches.
The rains in England have done ir
reparable damage to the crops. say. GU
exchanges. The low lying lands wer'
flooded. The wheat, it is said is grad
ually rotting, and any crops left stand
ing will not pay for cutting. The rail-
at Sheffield was so violent as to was'
away the foundations of five houses ii
the course of construction. 2H
The cotton crop is estimated at five
million bales; the wheat crop ut up
wards of four hundred million bushels
the corn crop at II thousand five bun
bred million bushels; the other cereals
root crops, etc, in proportion; the hos
crop four fold greater than it was fit,
teen years ago. The petroleum prod
( uct will be twenty million barrels.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

THERE is some talk of ruuing an In
dependant candidate in this District
for Senator. II won't win.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

THE Sheriff of Jefferson county, has
offered a reward of $50 for the arrest OF
J. A. Ranking, who recently escaped
from Jail.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
Take the County Paper.

Take the County Paper.
The following, from the Meadville
Banner. illustrates one of the many
reasons why every man should take his
county paper:
A valued friend and prompt paying
subscriber explained to US the Other
day his reason for having an interest ir
the welfare of the Banner. At the close
of the war he felt too poor to pay fol
his county paper, which was then, as
now, a small sheet, and he eould gel
snch large paper as the New York
Herald or Sun for the same money, sc
he thought 1t economy to p%atronize
them. There was a valuable body OF
land, adjoining his own, which he
wanted badly but was not able to buy.
In the course of time this tract of land
was advertised and sold by the Sheriff
for taxes. 1t happened to be advertis
ed in the county paper. AMI not in the
New York Herald, aud as a matter oil
cpnrse our friend did not see the al
vertismant. Another man bought in
the land for the amount of taxes due on
it. &" Our frien | says hs chafed and tret,
ted for SOM time; he had lost several
hundred dollars; another man had the
laud he cjvetel. and he did not like t.
have that msn for a nrighbor. Since
then he has taken his HON, paper AMI
pays for it in adyanc'; SAYS he would dc
the sam, if it G ,st tiy. 1 ,iI,rs a year.
He has since paid 5000 for that tax
lanl. The lesson he learned was n dear
one, and we hops II other citizen of
the county will ever be a loser bv with
holding a dollar or two from the sup
port of his home paper.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

WHILE holding Court IN Hancock
county, Judge Hamm is reported as
saying ''that all male citizens of the
State of Mississippi, and of the United
States. over twenty>one years of age,
are legally quali6ed:as grand and petit
Jurors. He considers the statute re,
quiring them to be house holders to
be unconstitutional
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

The Greeabackers of Kinds county
have nominated q full ticket. Thel1
candidate for Circuit Clerk is Q negro
FAMED Mcleod.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

The Greenbackers of Kinds have put
a Hull at the head Of their ticket. Do
they propose to float in that ship?
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

ALMOST every county in the State has
or will make nominations for all Offices.
In organization only is there safety.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

THE Baltimore Gazette calls Miesisr
sippi "the Dark Country" 1t has not
heard from Iowa.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

Hon. JERFFRsoN DAVIS has been IN
vited to address the Fayette Fair, Oc'
tober 10th.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

TIE fever in Memphis is reported
to have taken q fresh start.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

SHOULD OHIO go Republican, Senator
Thurman will be eliminated from the
list of Democratic presidential candi-
dates; if Democratic, overheard goes
Sherman from the Republicans. If
Maine fails to 90 Republican, Blaine's
chances are gone; and if New York this
fall goes Republican, farewell Mr..
Tilden. No candidate need apply for
hopors who cannot carry his own State.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

HORN of the Mercury is still indus
triously tooting away at his. own
praises.
When Horn meets Wright.
In Senatorial fight. W
Then comes the plugs Of war,
-Vicksburg Commercial.
But if the people do not do Wright by
taking a Horn, then will things be made
lively in Dixie.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

THE last issue of the Yazoo City
Sentinel contains the salutatory of w
A. Henry. The paper is now published
and edited by Calhoun & Henry. In
referring to the crop prospects of thai
county it says:
Our farmers have been complaining
of too much rain. We hear of the pres
ence of the army worm IN some Sec
tions, but not in numbers sufficient te
occasion apprehension. The prospect
for a good yield is very fine indie. d.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

JOE FISHER. II white yoath OF screen
teen, shot and killed his colored para
mour, Della Lopez. in yicksburg, one
night last week. The shooting seems
to have been done without ~provocation,
and is Ms denounced as murder. Fish
er, after hiding s.out several days, gave
himself up and now rests in the county
Jail.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
Rad for Ewing.

Bob Ingersoll has declared wal
against Hayes, Sherman and Foster,
because the President would not par
don one u. M. Bennett. who was con-
victed of sending obscene matter
through the mails. Bennett, it seems,
is a publisher, and makes his living by
printing indecent works. He is also a
member of the Liberal League, oil
which Ipgersoll is the head light
Ingersoll says, after the pardon was re-
fused, the league raised 81, 900 and de-
cided to use its influence against those
who seem uppermost in prosecuting itf
members. He says they ''mean to stil
up feeling so that the Ohio election
shall not be given over to Sherman OIL
Foster, but to Ewing"
We had some hope of Ewing's cleo
ton, but if he has to carry around such
a wretch of Bob Ingersoll, decent peo'
Pile will not vote for him. The sooner
he kicks the inflated toad off, the bet
ter it will be for him. The nams Of
Ingersoll is a stencil to most people,
and the person endorsing him or hi
doctrine, cannot expect 10 be honoret
at the polls.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

Eranklin COantY Hens.

EEa u tkl1n NOuuSty btcIhASs
The contractor says the court~house
viii be ready for next court.
Mad dogs are still roaming around.
One was killed at d. H. Adams a few
days ago.
Our methodist friends began a pro-
tracted meeting at Beach Grove church
last Saturday.
Rev. Mr.. Grafton. Presbyteriar
minister, will commence a protracted
meeting at Nazareth church, next Sat-
urday.
Jules Adams says he will soon bt
prepared to accommodate the public
with conveyance on the Meadville ant
Brookhaven road.
The primary Election was held Sat
urday. The vote for Representative
stood: J. G. King. 3O7; A. F. Davis;
125; G. Hogan, 80. No other nomina'
tions made.
The following named delegates a
been appointed to the Senatorial Con
veution, to be held at Hugh Montgom'
ery's, on the 30th inst: d. A. Buie
DR.. A NJ. Dodls, T. A. Magee, Geo
Guice, Cade Hazard.
In a card published in the Banner
I. J. Guice takes the position that the
Legislature should pass a bill allowing
Jurors and witnesses a sufficient sum te
defray their expenses while forced te
attend court, and a reasonable compen-
sation for their time.
On the 10th inst, near the residence
of Mr.. Weben, Jno. Harrison and Geo
Blue, negroes, engaged i'll a bloody fight
Harrison shot Blue twice i'll the breast
wounds not dangerous. Blue first
drew a pistol. before being shot, but
could not get it to fire, after being shot
he stabbed Harrison, threw him down
aud proceeded to ''pnt a head on him.
but was drawn Off by spectators.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28
our WASHINGTON LE rrER
WASHINGTON, August 23d, 1873.

Au8uSe Aou, Aoso'
Editor Brookharen Lcdger:-
Il will be remembered that, after the
Louisiana Returning Board stole Lou
l~isiana from Tllden, and gave 1t to
HAYES, the members Of the Board were
prosecuted criminally for the theft. OF
all the members Of the Board one Gas
~anaye. only, had property, and the law
yers for the defence fell upon him for
some SO 900 for their services. 10 be
sure. all the other members OF the
Board. and their sisters and their cous~
ms and their aunts, had Office under
the Administration, aud Casanave had
not, but the lawyers naturally saw
something more tangible in the proper
ty of Casanave than in salaries paid to
men dishonest enough to steal a State.
So they proceeded to seize upon that
property, and Casanave came here to
lay the case before Hayes, Sherman
and other benefciaries of the fraud.
The legal advisers Of Sherman paid
about one half Of the amount, but have
failed to pay the balance. Proba-
fbly, considering the important cam
paign going OH in Olio, Messrs. Hayes
and Sh rn, IN viii. nov th,t exposure
OF The aft ,jr has been MIL, ply over
the balance to prevent further develope.
ments threatened by Casanave. What
tkelatter said when. he left here was
this: a.
81 hope 10 shake the dust of Wash
ington from my feet within the next
tive, ty-four hours, aud not t. return
uptil this. Administration shall have
terminated its infamous existence
A delegation visited Mr.. H,yes yes
terday in. regard to soma District OF
Columbia m utter, aud. i'll the language
of the newspaper report Of their pro-
ceedings, "left with a strong impression
that their mission would prove success
full" This is getting to be monotonous
I have known a DOZEN applicants fol
one place. all of whom, after visiting
Mr.. Hayes, had this same strong i'm
impression that their mission would
prove successful. Sometimes only
eleven of the dozen we're disappointed,
but generally the whole dozen were,
AMI an entirely new man selected
The negro who said the "white man is
mighty onsartain" had q prophetic
thought of Mr.. Hayes. Fl.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-28

NArcHEz, Aug. 14th, 1879.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-28
To BE Hung.

The coming Spring, 10000 pieces of
wall paper and 1900 pairs of win
dow shades, all from the reliable
Wall Paper House of j. X. Holt, 223
Market street. Mr.. Holt is selling 15c.
paper for 12ac., l2ac. for 1Oc. 10c. for
&C., and Sc. for &c. per piece. These
goods are of the very best make, and
guaranteed at full length. Mr.. Holt
will sell you enough paper and border
to paper room II #. by ~ #. for the
small sum of Is cents. So, you see, pa
pering ischeaper than whitewashing.-
The spring designs are stylish and beau-
titul. Good oil shading 1Sc. per yard.
Window shades and fixtures, hurg COM
plete, Sl.75 per pair. Gilt papers and
Dado work 30 per cent lower than ever.
Give us a call and be convened that the
above is NO humbueging advertisement,
but facts. JOHN K. Holt, 223 Market
street. teb17-Gtf.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-28
WHAT SENATOR CONKLING
DIUNpT MEAN.

WARRINGTON, March 27.-Telegrams
received here to-day from western
sources show that an impression prevails
in certain quarters that Mr.. Conkling
during the debate in tho Senate last
Monday assailed the character of the
newly-elected Secretary Of that body
This Is total mssapprehensi Senator
Conklirg having explicitly stated before
the debate closed that the severe remarks
which might seem to refer to Colonel
Bnrch (and to which Senator Eaton
called his attention a. likely to be msun-
derstoodl had no reference whatever to
that gentleman. Mr.. Conklipg added,
"Nothing could have been further from
my purpose than to put any posi- BILE i'm
putation, direct or Indirect, near OF re-
mote upon him"
The daily gazette., 1879-03-28
Eighteen Females en- thc
Trapp mn.

NEW York, March 27.-A grand fe-
male international pedestrian contest OF
six days was commenced tonight in
Gilmore's garden in the presence Of over
1000 persons. 1t is under the same rules
as for the Ashley belt, go-as-you-pease,
the first prize being belt aud 81, 900; sec
ond, $500; third, $3.50, and $500 for all
covering 325 miles. There were Is entries
for the race, and the starters were as fol
lows: Miss Cora Gushing, Bella Kilburn,
Mrs. Won Klamasch, Miss Williams, Mrs.
Tobias, Mrs. La Chapelle, Leola, Miss
Vonberg, Miss Henry, Mrs. Franklin,
Fannie Richie, Bessie Krohen, Miss Wal
lace, Miss Farrand, Josie Witsong, Mar
ian Cameron, Mrs. st. Clair and Belle
Brandon. The word "Go" was given at
II sharp, and the whole group started off
at a lively gait.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-28
Another Offer Of a Million.

A resolution has been offered in the
New iork board of aldermen proposing
to sell the franchise for building a rail-
road on Broadway to the highest bidder.
1t was stated that a responsible gentle
man would give Sl,000,000 for the fran
chise, and assume all the conditions that
Mr.. Belmont and his associates were will
ling 10 accept. Among the conditions of
the proposed franchises are that fares
shall be limited to five cents, that the
cars are to take no more passengers than
they can seat, and that the seats are to be
separa ed SO that nobody can be crowded.
The daily gazette., 1879-03-28
FOOD AF LAST
A Substitute For D R u GS

FOOD Is made curative agen -by con
centration and artificial digestion, and 1
is so simple in its application that The ad
vice OF Physicians Is not required.
Thousands of recoveries from chronic
diseases are reported, where the best m edi
cal skill has failed.
Many of the best Phy sicians throughout
the country are DISCAKDING DRUGS
and using the BLANCHARD b LOOD
AND NERVE FOOD with the most graf
flying results, permanently relieving all
forms of Physical and Mental Debility.
The Dyspeptic and Consumptive Patient,
sufferers from Malarial or Blood Poison
plants peculiar to the Female Sex find In
the use OF this Food sure and speedy re-
lief.