The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
For Congress-5sh Di"srict'
CHAS. z. HOOKER,
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

"
NJ. A. DEEs, Of Pascagouia, mas
invented a stock car.
SENATOR Hill denies that ne Is
suffering of cancer of thetongue.
DIR. MONTGOMERY, of Holmes coun-
ty. is Col. Siugleton's opponent in
the Fourth Congressional district.
Con. DAVID JOHNSON, formerly OF
Richmond, Va, has been killed in
Cuba, by Spanish guerrillas.
The Canton Fair will commence
October 2Sth. Gen. $. ID, Lee Will
deliver an address.
The New York Herald occasion
ally favors its readers with a para
graph in French.
The six day old Princess of
Spain, is to be baptized in water
brought from the river Jordan.
HAYES is in California, and is be-
ing handsomely entertained. No
fairs going on there.
SENATOR Lamar married the
daughter of Judge Longstreet, the
author of the Georgia Scenes"
THE German government has or
dered the expulsion of the French
~.Iesuits who migrated to Alsace.
Lorraine.
4 private telegram received at
Berlin from Warsaw announces that
rinderpest has appeared in neigh
boring districts.
ANTE county has Il population
of 13, $751; of which number 1885,
WERE, born in Mississippi, and 33
in foreign lands.
ADAM HOGAN shot and killed Geo.
Luckey, near Vicksburg, last Satur-
day, while indulging in a drunkern
spree. Both colored.
Mr.. IRA w. SWIFT, n of the old
est conductors on the Jackson Road,
died in Chicago, a few days ago OF
softening of the brain.
GAIT. r. l.. HENDERSON is an
nounceu as one of the editors of the
Meridian Observer. He was an ed
itor in ante hellum DAYS and a good
one.
DR.. w. l.. Lee has commenced
the publication of the Electric Light
at Ellisville, Jones county-tht
poorest section in the State. He il
a brave man.
The papers are publishing j. B
Lewis, who is representing himsel
as being the agent of the Youns
Mems Missionary Society of Nerd
ian, as an imposter.
ONE day the republicans are claim
ing the Maine election and the mex
the Fusionists. The latest dis
match shows that the Fusion Cover
nor is elected by a small plurality
GENERAL Grant fand Senate
Conkling have agreed to meet a
some point in Ohio in a short tim
where the former will preside an
the latter address a monster meet
ing.
THE Secretary of the Mississippi
Exposi lion Association has on
thanks for an invitation to the SCI
ond annual fair to be held at Merit
ian from the Goth to the Both {
October.
Mss FLooD's brother thrashed
San Francisco editor within an inc
of his life, a few days ago, for pull
fishing an announcement that til
engagement with q. S. Grant, Jr
had been broken off.
THE Macon Sun has never gon
to press for the past three year
without new advertisements. No
an issue of The LEDGER has bee
printed for the last five years tina
did not contain new cards
THERE was q riot between miner.
and troops at Corning, Ohio, las
Monday. The white miners at
tempted to drive off colored work
ers. Gov. Foster sent down troops
to protect them and the result was
a fight.
A.. McDERMoTr. 1853 Camp stree,
New Orleans, has a contract from
Louisina to furnish the MANNED ex-
Confederate soldiers with arms or
legs, aud Il better man than Mr.
McDermoyt could not be found to do
the work.
THE st. James Hotel, Of New
Orleans, is now open to the public.
For merchants it is the most desira-
hly located house in the city
Under the management of Major
l.angly it will become as popular
IS ever.
STATISTICS show that exports of
hreadstuffs from the United States
thus far this year have been nearly
Q third greater than in the cores
ponding month of 1879, although
the latter seemed sufficiently glori-
Gus for all practical purposes.
BLAINE is reported to have said
before the Maine election, that any |
thing less than 1000 majority for
Davis would mean the certain elec-
tion of Hancock. Logan, who can-l
vassed the State, said it was safe to
the Republicans bv its usual major |