The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-12-02
AROUND TOWN.

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Capt. Hoskins spent a few days in tow
this week.
Chancery Court will convene here the
fourth Monday of the present month.
The time when the "~lestive gobbler" viii
be the great desideratum, draws near.
The walk on Railroad Avenue, below
Hartman's, has been put in good condition.
The Hook & Ladder Company house has
been repaired and thoroughly cleaned up.
Last week was quite disagreeablc to those
black"
The robins have appeared, but they did
not bring cold weather; on the other hand,
it has been very mild.
Peter Lucich intends re-opening his bu-
siness in the store between Storm Il Son
and H.. I. Hoskins.
w. J. Smith has put up another counter
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dictionaries and fancy groceries.
Pfeifer q Dreyfus have had a platform
placed in front of the store now occupied
by them.
r. B.. Withers has two very nice horses
here. There is some talk OF a race on one
of them.
+. Mcintosh, of B~eauregard, spent Sun
day in town, He was looking in his usual
good health.
Storm & Son have erected a temporary
fence around the lot on which stood Lucich
building.
If the weather permits, the G. d. +. c.
will hold a meeting next Saturday night, at
the residence of one of its members.
Peter Lucich now makes his ~headquar-
tiers at the St. Marco, in which house and
business he is a partner.
During the winter season a good wood
yard would pay here. At times it is very
difficult 10 get a load of wood.
Ayoung man from Port Gibson visited
our town last week, and now there is some
prospects Of a duel in consequence.
Mr.. Geo. Hubener has returned to his
home in New Orleans, much improved and
inyigorated by his stay among us.
We learn Davis & Sherman will succeed
Maj Millsaps in the mercantile business
hire, about the LIST OF January.
The old friends Of Tom IIoskins will be
glad to learn that he is doing we'll, He
went to California, purchased a vineyard,
and has realized a handsome return
Religious services We're held in the
Whitworth College last Sunday. We pre-
sumo this was owing to the Indictment
weather.
The Western Union Telegraph Office is
nov located at the depot and Pcet Nalty
has charge of both the Commercial and
Railroad wire business.
The gallery in lrant of Abrams and /.
Copes's, which had become unsafe. has been
taken down and a now and tasty one will
be erected in its stead.
The Snowman who was here last week
left with a big disgust. He thought the
town license sswas illegal, and therefore
should be null and void"
Jim Smith, formerly OF this place, but
now connected with the railroad, has
moved his family to McComb City and
and will make that place his future home.
Ned Perkins did not go to Manchest +.
He informs US he got into some trouble
with a young lady here in regard to that
item. We suppose he explained it all sat
isfactorily.
The Pioneer Hook & Ladder Company
seem to be in earnest. They ~re-organized
on last Thursday night, and elected new
officers. What action are the other COM
panies going to take?
Some colored campers made a raid on
DR.. Wesley Martins wood, nearS-town.
H. I. Beacham, whose employ they were
in, paid the damages, which compromised
the matter.
The official vote of Lincoln county cast
at the last election was as follows: Han
cock, 636; Garfield; FOG; Weaver, 1917;
scattering for Electors, SO. Total vote,
1925. This is short OF the registered vote,
575.
Mr.. Pfeifer is in New Orleans adjusting
his insurance, and purchasing a new stock
Of goods. We learn that Pfeifer & Drey-
tus will rebuild their store in the spring,
and that it will be a neater and better
building than before.
Last week was a rainy, muddy, dis
agreeable one. Very little cotton came in,
but little business was transacted, and the
merchants were somewhat blue. The
damage to the ungathered crop is reported
as being very serious.
J.. L. Freeman, representing the nursery
of J Y. Lindsey, Greensboro, n. c., is
here ready to deliver stock to all those who
ordered from him last summer. He re-
quests all interested to call as early as pos
sible, as he can only remain a few days.
NJ. Eitel, bridge foreman, says that the
Railroad accident OF last week was not caus-
ed by defective piling, as stated in The
LEDGER. "The smash up" he says, was
purely accidental, as the piling and super
structure were Of new timber, and the bridge
only finished twenty-four hours.
After four hundred years, the French
papers are discussing whether or not Joan
of Arc was burnt at the stake. They are
nearly as slow in finding out this as some of
our citizens are in ascertaining if they have
lost their bets on Hancock carrying New
York.
Our farmer friends should pay particu-
lar attention to saving good cotton seed for
next season. The indications are that
seed will be scarce, owing to the continued
bad weather, and those who are without
will have to pay a good price for the
same.
No race for Saturday. We heard All.
McClendon remark the other day that he
would run twor races, as follows: one against
any horse that was no older than his, and
the other against any horse that was no
younger than his. He is willing to lose two
or three hundred dollars to back his judg-
ment.