The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-08-19

Charley Wolf says he IS Oh 'n' car
NET Take notice, young ladies.
There will be preaching in the Meth>
od,st Church, Sunday, morning anu
evening.
Major Millsap, wife and M""'e
Youukiu left for st. Louis Monday
night,
f.. ID. Eaton has been in town II fe"
DAVIS this week. Gay and festive AS
ever WAS he.
Miss Minnie Smurr has returned
from Satartia, where she has been
teaching school.
a. Cassidy has had MS dwelling re-
painted, which adds greatly to its at
tractiveneas.
The Foundry has undergone repairs
Recently, and now presents a bright ap
pearance.
A large number of our citizens Wen
to Crystal Springs Camp Meetins ia'
Sunday,
r. G. Perkins has been spending !
part of this week in town. Ha1dsom
as ever, the girls say.
Mr.. Chss. Heuck and lady left /"
Chicago on the Knigts remplar e1cur
sion last Saturday night.
d.. Watts has purchased the Gree
property south OF Mr.. Warren s. An'
has commenced TO build a reside =
thereon.
Mr.. Smurr is having a blsck-mn
shop built on the lot in front of hi
store. We learn that Aleck Carve
will occupy it.
Mrs. Burgess bias had the banquet .
front OF her residence fixed up IN go"
style, which adds greatly to the cou
venIence of pedestrians.
Jhonnie Marshall is having a TIVE
story residence erected. We expec
when the cage is completed he will b,
on the lookout for a bird to enclose l.
it.
George Cessrio dropped dead thi
morning: heart disease supposed &
lave been the canse. He was appar
entity well and hearty last night. A
-..lz.A ~ DnNabka-an and pa,,nh 90
teemed.
Martin Nalty has purchased q new
press, and is having his gin house en-
larged. He will also have a new en-
CINE of greater capacity than the n il
use last season.
Townsend will have nice fish at th
market every Thursday and Saturna,,
evening, aud will supply the public at
seasouable price, Everybody ought B.
eat fish twice a week.
Messrs. Joe. Storm, Jho. w. Martin
j. Willoughby. T. II. Henry, r. Fl
Henry, Z. L. Hoskins, Policy Maxwell
and Ed. Hubert we're the male depart
ures for Chicago last Tuesday night.
Sell your fodder now, farmers. and
do without IN pillow time. We notice Il
great many are doing this. Not u i'll
ten ever have enough to do them, AM
we can't see the object in ~disposing o
it.
IL was Uncle Stephen Smith tina
killed the snake spoken of in q las'
issue. He is about seventy years old
and says that it was the largest one b.
ever saw, and he has seen a great
many.
DIR. Baggett Is in town, after q so
iourn on Silver Greek. We UNDERSTAND
"A far damsel of that neighborhood ha'
captured him, soul. heart and body
and he will soon bid farewell to slDgt
hlessedness.
Il Bee aud daughter. Miss Bell
we're thrown from IL hack last Saturda,
gong from Crystal Springs to 4
camp ground. Mr.. Bee got bis co 81
bone broken, but he is rfp and and Il, =
ing well again.
Rev. Mr.. Bingham and Rev. G.. ".
Grafton will commence a protracte
meeting at the Presbyterian Church
Saturday night before the fifth of the
mouth. Socraments will ba admins
tered on Sunday.
The following ladies' ut Brookhnven
went on the Chicago excursion last
Tuesday ntQht: Misses Noliie GAIT
man, Lou GaItman, Hsttie Martin
Bette Hardy, De. Pick-ns. Mollr
Danghtry, Mrs. Heury aud Mrs. 10
Hoskins.
The late term of the court has proved
tue new Court House to be the very
thing the comfy wanted. 1t held aud
seated the audience, and is in fact tn.
perfect model of neatness and convenl
ence. Too much praise cannot be be-
slowed on the men who got up the
plan and finished the job.
Capt. H. N. Mckinney, representa-
tive of the large Wholesale dry goods
house of Jho p. Richardson, New Or
leans, was in our town yesterday. He
is with one of the best and most Ielia
able firms ia the country. Mr. Rich
hrdson has recently moved to 126
Canal street, where he is better than
ever prepared to serve his customers.
There is a gentleman i'll own VIII"
wants to bet anything from ten to one
hundred dollars, that there is not a
man, woman or child in Lincoln county
who can eat thirty cartridges in as
many consecutive days. only eating
one each day. 1t looks easy enough.
The man proposing to make the bet Is
in earnest, aud any on wanting to I'M
dertake the feat can ascertain his name
by calling at this office.
The case OF the State against DIR.
Ferguson was tried before Judge Bag"
gett last Tuesday, and we are pleased
to note he was acquitted. The State
was represented by Chas. Chrisman
and A. G. McNair, and the defendant
by G. E. Hooker and G. Cunning. The
Doctor was charged with killing Par
ker johnson, but the evidence wus SO
strong in his behalf that he was dis
charged.
For some reason the Greenbackers
did not erect their flag here. We mn
derstand that MI. Bee, the agent OF
the road. did not feel like taking the
responsibility of giving them the right
to put il on railroad land, and tor this
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