The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-08
EDITORIAL ITEMS.


EDITORIAL ITEMS.
THE Clarion is for Seymour for Pres
ident.
THE Supreme Court convened Mon
day morning.
The Maine middle is the all>absorb>
ing topic at present
The Smallpox has broken out at the
national capital.
Col. GArHRIGHT has not entered the
lecture field as reported.
The Mississippi Legislature met
Tuesday. A long session is expected.
A TURPENTINE disti!ery is soon to be
started in the ne~ighborhood of Shu-
buta.
GRANT was in Georgia last week, and
the people of Atlanta gave him an ora
ton.
'.Thc s took of the NJ. & o. R. R. has
suddenly jumped up from SIS to $26 per
SHARE
CAPT, Put DARDEN has been elected
Overseer of the National Grange for the
ensuing year.
G. W, GAYLEs, COL, of the 2Sth dis
triot, is the only Republican member OF
the Mississippi Senate.
A MEETING of the Mississippi Dental
Association is called to be held at Jack
sou on the 10Th of January.
The Macon Sun is running over with
paying advertisements. 1t deserves the
large patronage it is receiving.
The Republican National Convention
meets June 81. The time aud place
for the Democratic Convention have
notlbo zen fixed.
In the caucus of Republican members
of the Tennessee Legislature, a resolu-
ton was adopted recommending Gem
eral Grant for next President.
ALMOST the entire business portion Of
Palestine, Texas, was burned on Sun
day morning, The loss is footed up at
100000 with small insurance.
The Canton Citizen learns from good
authority, that Gen. Greaves has
abandoned the idea of contesting the
election of Hon. Il. T, Singleton.
Mt. FRANK KELLY has purchased and
set up one of the largest and finest saw
mills in the State. 1t is situated about
two miles South of his old mill.
, ABOUT . eight hundred negroes in
Jasper and Clark, have sold what little
property they owned and are ready to
start to promised land of Kansas.
THE government agricultural depart
ment has estimated the total cotton
crop for 1879 so as 5000, 3S7 bales of
45O pounds each, or 4 per cent. short
of 1873 70.
IT can be stated that President
Hayes is emphatically opposed to the
third REINFORCEMENT, but entertains the
highest regard for Gen. Grant pers
scnally.
ED1soN's electric light has been der
clared a great success. A few months
ago stock in his company sold at 1888 a
share. 1t is now in demand at $500
per share.
JOHN McGILL was elected Mayor of
jackson by a majority of ninety-eight
over his foremost competitor, and twen-
ty.two majority over all opposition
combined.
THE Hayes Administration has evin-
ced its love for the colored people by
appointing one of the freedman's Bank
swindlers to the Office of Postmaster at
Washington City.
We are under obligations to MIS-. A.
E.. Peyton, of Hazlehurst, for a copy OF
the Copiahan containing the address of
Miss Julia Raiford, read before 1.-The
Methodist Conference.
The bill for the abolition of slavery
in Cuba which passed the upper house
of the Spanish Cortes on Wednesday,
looks to the prospective emancipation
of the slaves. in 1886. 1887 and 1888.
WE learn that J. M. Buckley, Esq.
has secured a position in the Auditors
office, at Jackson. We are pleased to
note this, as he is a deservisg man,
and has great clerical ability.
THE Daily Clarion made its first APP
pearance iu our Office this morning. Il
is bright and newsy and its daily ar
rival will prove u great convenience
We wish the proprietors success.
TIE people of Vicksburg want $500.
600 from the Government, for the pur'
pose of changing tho mouth OF thu
Yazoo 30 as to run the waters OF tina
river through the lake made by th'
late cutoff.
IT ID said that Senator Edmunds O
Vermont has written a personal FRIEND
that in Difference to the requests OF 81
many Republicans be will not accep'
an appointment to the Supreme Court
if it is rendered him.