The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-14
TOWN

Cotton is selling this morning from
"a to l0a cents.
Miss Mamie Yonkin has retntne"
from st. Louis.
No singing Sunday on account OF the
absence of the organist.
We are glad to state that wilson
Price is slowly improving.
YIN. L, Mitchell has gone to Nc"
Comb City. We wish him success.
There is not q case of scarlet fever IN
town. But little sickness of any kind.
Morris Goslinski has gone to Beaure>
gard, and engaged his services to Nor
ris & Co.
DIR, johnson is filling the pulpit at
Jackson during the sickness OF DIR.
Watkins.
Pete Fitzner has been in town this
week. He contemplates opening a
store here in few days.
Col. Hooker will speak here next
Saturday, the 10th inst. Come out
and hear him.
MIR. Chas. Thoss. representing Jul
Illus Meyer. New Orleans, favored us
with a call last Monday.
Excursion tickets will be sold from
here to Summit and back, good 10th
and 10Th, for eighty-fye cents.
The Picwarbeehen club have changed
their time of meeting from every Tues
day night to every alternate Friday
night.
Coup's circus does not think Brook"
have is worth visiting, when our peo-
pie are thinking that the circus is no:
worth seeing.
Mr.. John Bessonnett and family, of
Terry, were this week visiting Mrs.
Decell. John has returned from Gin
cinnati much improved in health.
DIR. w. P. Patterson s hims
self as the Congressional nominee of
the Greenback party, in to>day's paper.
His letter of acceptance is also publish
ed. |
Col, Deason left home last Friday to
canvass the seacost counties and dis
tribute his Hancock, Garfield and Wea-
yer tickets. He is riding three horses
at the anne time.
We neglected last week to state that
Miss Fannie Cunning, had been retain
ed in the faculty at the college. There
is no teacher in the college more highly
esteemed than Miss Fannie.
We have been informed that the ne
groes have held some meetings here
within the past week, and they are re
organizing the Republican party
Democrats should be awake.
Messrs. Peabody, Townsend and H.
ge representing the Peoples Mutual
Relief Association, of Mobile, have been
rehearsing Insurance to our people thu
week. they got sev-rai members ne',.
Krauss & Levy nave issued the LIN
coin County News for gratlutnns dis
tributiun am ng their friends aud cus-
toners. 1t contains some neat psctur
es, good reading and numerous notices
of their live house.
For the relief of some sufferers, we
will state that Potter did not write us a
violent, personal communication" 1t
was about the other fellow. We did
not publish il, because the other fellow
would o rave liked it. Il
Nick, the barber, says he can shave 4
cleaner, smoother and with less pain t
than any knight of the razor on the !
road. All you have to do to be con-
WINGED is to give him q trial, /
Mr.. Smith has a genuine New Found
land puppy.
There has been a long protracted
meeting going On at Union Church, {
nine miles east of here, by the Bap>
fist under the charge of Revs. VIM
Baily and HutsoB, which has just
There were tw~enty-four acces-
sions to the church, most of them be +,
ing under fourteen years of age.
Next Sunday, the Sunday schools all
the world are requested by a committee
in England to hold the same devotional
services. 1t will be observed by all the
Sunday schools here in the morning, J
and in the evening they are all to meet
in the Methodist church. DIR. John
son and Others have been invited to
make addresses appropriate to the oc !
casion. :
Pugilistic feats rage epidemic here
one following close upon the other.
This is is the mode that men o re-
sort to for redress. 1t is less disastIi-
GUS than the code of honor, pistols and
knives. which have given way to the
strong right arm and four hard knuck-
les. Let all disputes be settled in this
manner.
Much credit is due to Mr. T Martin,
the handsome young assistant on the I
Brookhaven Democrat, for his energet-
ic spirit and abilities i'll his art The
punctual issue and neat appearance of
his paper this week. considering GER
tain disadvantages, wins for him au
extra share of praise The editor, Mr.
Balance, has been absent, and Tom
has proven himself a valuable repre-
sentative
Fair River Items.
Mrs. Cowart is still no better.
On account of too much rain the
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