The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-06-24
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visiting relatives and friends. e.
Mr.. Parker, of Yszoo City, is here to at
tend Commencement.
Miss Kate Monserrat, of Beauregard, is
in town, the guest of DR.. Meade.
Miss Estelle Wolf, sister of Chas. Wolf,
is on a visit here, guest of NJ. Dreyfus.
Miss Pauline Ssligman, of New Orleans,
is in town, aud is stopping at Mr.. Abrams
VIM. Cassidy and family, of Franklin,
who we're IN town last week, have returned.
Mrs, S. Parr has moved to the McLaurn
place, one and a half miles north west Of
town.
There will probably be a larger attend
ance at Commencement this year than ever
before:'
Miss Janette Ksts, Of New ORLEANS, is i
our city, and sojourning with Mrs. Prize
batsch.
Miss Julia La Hargue, OF New Orleans
is spending the summer with Mrs. ia
Hoskins.
A person of good memory says for the
last twenty seven years it has ralned every
18th OF June.
Judge Chrismau and r. II. Henry are
in Cincinnati in attendance upon the Ma
tional Convention.
Master Bonnie Abrams has returned
from New Orleans, where he has heen at
tending school.
Mrs. Haves and Mss lie - l. '-.p
were born on the stmv d., a. we've
friends in childhnoi.
w. D. Lsrsin is mkins tn emu =
the county and State. ana at u
ted States, as some suppose.
DR.. johnson has had a . ce pltnS ~
put down from the Bapti.t church q 'is
walk leading t, The Methodist church.
There will be a meeting Of tie C'uD >
Grange at Grafton Grange Hall, on III
day, the Doth day Of July, at II O'Clock.
Ben. c. Buckley, OF St. Louis, is on a
visit to friends aud relatives, He has
grown to be quite a handsome young man.
Mr.. Dosy Berger, of New Orleans, rep
sesenting the house of L. Gollstein & Son
is on a visit to our city, guest OF E Pfeiter'
We return thanks to lack Hoskins for
a match safe and pocket lamp combined.
He has many articles in the move ty line
and sells them cheap.
Parties desiring to enter into contract
for furnishing s. limited supply Of Sooth-
Ing Syrup, will please confer with the
Brookhavcn Brass Band.
G. w. Magee and II. 81. Tyrone, OF
Lawrence county, were in to see US this
week and report crops in. a hourishins
condition in their county.
There will be a Sunday School celebra-
ton at Philadelphia church, near Casey>
Vile, on July Sd. II Is to be given by
Bensalem, Bethel and Philadelphia Sun
day Schools.
We understand a large oil painting by
Miss Hattie Dingman, of the Art Depart-
ment of Whitworth College, and present.
ed by her to the Alumnae Association, will
be sold during Commencement week by
votes for the benefit of the new building to
be erected as soon as the funds can be
raised.
We take pleasure in referring our read
ers to the card of Mrs. Flood & McGrath
which appears elsewhere. Should you need
anything in the millinery line, give them
q call, as they know how to please and
will spare no pains in giving satlsfactio'.
Their stock is complete and they have every
facility for doing first class ws.k.
A negro by the name of Warren Turner,
working at ]. T. Watson's mill received a
painful wound from a pistol concealed in
his pocket, last Friday. He was cutting
stocks and must have struck the pistol
with the axe handle, causing it to dis
charge, The ball took effect in his thigh
and made a very painful wound.
The closing exercises Of the College com.
menced last night with competitive read
ing. There will be everci,e s every nigh,
this week. Bishop Kavanaugh Of Ken
lucky, will preach the commencement
sermon next SunrlRv; an1 Rev. Jno NJ
theps will deliver the annual adiress TnA'-
day. A grand entertainment is being 1r-
ranged for Tuesday night.
S. L. Harmon, of Biteaville, an} 7. VI
H. Martin entertained lev persona At
the Courthouse last Saturday, with Green.
ratifying the nominations OF Weaver and
Chambers, and the necessity of nominating
a candidate for Congress for this district
was suggested. MIR 10. Sutton was chair.
man of the meeting.
Mr.. Joseph Flanner, connected with the
large music house of Louis GrunewaId. of
New Orleans, is in town on business fer
his firm. He will remain several DAYS
and may be found at J. r. Perkins. This
Is one of the largest and best houses OF the
kind in the South, and any business in
trusted to it will be carefully attended
TO. He has with him samples of the cele>
brated Fischer pianos, upright and square.
and they will be sold cheap.
The bridges around tow are getting in
such a dreadful condition as to be almost
impossible. Especially is this the case
with the small bridges. We saw a young
lady fall the other night while crossing
one of these rickety concerns. with such
force a. to almost fracture one of her limbs.
The Street Commissioner says it IL the duty
of property owners to keep the bridges in
order. II such is the case they should be
compelled TO have the matter attended TO
at once. The streets are being put In nice
order. but the bridges 30 far nave been
sadly neglected.