The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-21
of Kinds county

him to make no more speeches. our
ing the campaign.
CAPT. EADs is to visit Vlcksburg
soou and take another look at the
river.
THE Sheriff of Hancock county is
q defaulter for $4,000. Was there
anything left in the County
Two hundred students are in at
tendance at the Agricultural Coll
lege.
The Grenbackers carried one
county in Indiana. We doubt II
they will do that well in Mississippi
A vote for Weaver is a vote for
Garfield. Will any old Southern
Democrat deposit it?
Stand by the Democratic nag.
The result of the election in lndl-
ana should bring out every Demo-
cratic vote in the South.
THE 1929 epidemic did not seem
to burst the Republicans in Indiana.
Dollars always help that rotten par
ty.
q. Mason sand Ike johnson en-
gagged in a fight, in Jones county,
a few days ago. Johnson was rat
ally wounded.
PETER Cooper, who ran as the
Greeuback candidate for the Presl-
deucy in 1876, and Carey, the can
didate tor the Vice Presidency, are
now avowed supporters of Hancock.
WE sympathise with the Demo
crat who drops his lips, pokes
around and says Hancock will be
beaten because Landers did not
carry Indiana. Put him to bed.
MADISON Wells, who stole the
vote of Louisiana, does not like
Hancock's letter. He is said 20
have Southern claims amounting to
$450,000.
The population of Florida stands.
l43.S21 whites and 127,943 colored,
or white majority of 1873 yet the
Republicans are foolish enough to
think they can carry it.
A DENIAL is made that General
Hancock will notice the published
interview of Gen. Grant. 1t is
hoped that he will not condescend
to reply to Grant.
Ir is now asserted that Conkling,
Cameron &lCo., would not advance a
cent or do any work for the Repub-
lican party, till Garfield agreed to
give into their hands the patronage
of his administration.
The result in Indiana is not
what the Democrats wished, but it
hy no means settles the Presiden-
tial question, except it will encour-
age the Republicans to keep Gar,
field in the race till November I'd.
The Greenbackers nov loudly
proclaim that the result in Ohio and
Indiana effectually destroys Han
cock for the Presidency. They
never were accused of knowing
much and Democrats pay no atten-
ton to their giggles.
The Democratic leaders did a
very foolish thing in spending mon
ey in Ohio, and the indications are
they will repeat the folly. Ohio is
a Republican State, the home of.
Garfield, and will naturally go Re-
publican.
Malone, of Virginia, now has a
good chance to join the Republican
party, and. it is hoped he will. AS
his influence is principally with
Republicans, his opposition to the
regular Democratic ticket will not
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Some of the papers are publish
ing the petitions of saloon men,
with the names attached. The
Mayersville Spectator says that all
petitions for license to take effect
after the first day of November re.
quires to be published before the
petitioner can get such license. The
laws takes effect from the first day
and in order that a license be grant
ed then, it should be published in
advance.
SOME Republican leaders are try
ing to be witty at the expense Of the
Democratic party, since Indiana
went Republican. They ought to
feel proud, for that State has not
gone Republican since it elected a
Legislature that choose Morton
United States Senator.
Senator Barnum, Chairman Of
the National Democratic Committee
says Republicans spent one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars in Indi
ana alone, and ten thousand votes
were cast by their repeaters; that
the Democratic organization is per-
feet, and on a fair election, the
State would go Democratic By a
handsome majority