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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
The ~. o.

Concerning the completion of the
read to Shreveport, the Standard gives
the following account of an interview
with MAJOR B. II. Greene, the Chief
Engineer:
eve learned from him that tbs ems
tire road from Shreveport to New Or"
leans is now under contract to be COM
pleted by the LIST of August next. when
our citizens can rely upon reaching the
Crescent City by rail over the New Or
leans Pacific Railway. The road of
the New Orleans and Texas Railroad
with rails laid and in running order
from West we>go, three miles from
New Orleads, on the West bank Of the
Mississippi, to Bayou Goula, ten miles
above Donaldsonville, n distance of
sixty-eight miles in all. has been pur-
chased from Charles A. Whitney & Co.,
who represent what is known as the
Morgan Line. This road was formerly
known as the New Orleans, Mobile and
Chattanooga, but never was completed
any further than the point named. By
the purchase 1t becomes a completed
part of the New Orleans Pacific. and
the contracts referred to commences at
its terminus at Bayou Goula to be con-
tinued to Lecompte, a distance Of 107
miles. At Lecompte it will be met by
the contractors from this end-the
Shreveport division-making in all a
continuous rail route OF 800 miles
The question Of the location of a union
depot in Orleans not being yet settled,
IL is not known exactly where the New
Orleans Pacific will enter that city.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
An Editor with a Dozen shirts.

A special Brookhaven telegram to the
New Orleans Times, several days ago,
announced that Col. Henry, of The
LEDGER, while attempting to crosse the
railroad with q dozen shirts under his
arm, fell and came very near being run
over by q freight train. and thus losing
his life as we'll as his shirts. Col. Hen
~, the dispatch prudently states, is a
teetotaller, and, therefore, was not
drunk. Tie shirts were ruined-cut
into shreds by the wheels and scattered
a hundred feet apart. All these inter
esting details Of the catastrophe are
furnished by the special. But We are
left in grave doubts concerning the
shirts-not the fate of the shirts, but
their ownership. Col. Henry is not a
shirt dealer, and therefore, it is hardly
reasonable to suppose that he was re-
plenishing a stock in trade, There has
been no recent fire in Brookhaven, and
the suppo>ition that he availed himself
of such an exigency to lay in a supply
of shirts for all time to come, falls to
the ground. He hasn't any grown boys
to buy shirts for. Still the plain infer
ence is that the shirts were his. How
he got rhem-what scheme of strategy
he restorted to, or how he was able to
negotiate for SO many shirts at a time
and what he is to do now that the
shirts went up in a railroad disaster
is a puzzle that we don't know how to
unravel. Nevertheless we are called on
to face the stubborn journalistic ano-
maly of an editor with a dozen shirts!
As a contemporary pertinently res
marks, this will be a subject for inves>
.igation by the next Press Convention.
Comet.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
Free ships or no Subsidy.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-It is under>
stood that the reason why the subsidy
amendment to the post Office appropria-
ton bill was laid on che table in the
Senate, this afternoon by SO decisive a
vote is as follows: Senators who were
in favor of free ships caused an amend
ment to be introduced by Nh. Morgan
on Saturday, making it clear that even
foreign built ships. if owned and
manned by Americans, would have the
right to participate in the proposed
subsidy and to compete for it with
ships of American construction.
This feature. which would have the
effect of abolishing the present nnviga
ton laws, was regarded by many Sena.
tors as the most important part of the
proposed subsidy legislation. and when
Mr.. NJ )rgan's amendment, in which
it was embodied, was defeated this at
ternoon, a large number, even of those
Senators who had favored the original
subsidy amendment, voted to lay it on
the table, because they we're not willing
to grant a subsidy without, at the same
time, providing for free ships.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
T. E. Cooper Appointed Judge.

The Comet says it learns from
good authority, that. the Governor
has rendered the appointment o
Supreme Judge, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation OF
Judge George, to Hon. Tim E. Coop.
er, of Hazlehurst and that he has
signified his intention to accept the
same.
This is a compliment worthily be
slowed. Mr.. Cooperis a young man
thirty eight years of age, and a law
yer of decided and acknowledged
ability. His appointment to the
high and honorable position of As
sociate Judge of the Supreme Court
will give general satisfaction to the
people of the Southern District.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

CHARLEsTowN, s. O., Feb. 11.--Se
rious damage was done to the Charles
ton and Savannah railroad last nigh: by
a freshet in the Savannah rIver Abou,
two miles of the trestle work north o.
the river was Frustrated.
This will intercept travel between
Charleston and Savannah, but a force
of 500 men have been put to work on
the creek. In the meantime through
passengers for Florida will be forward
ed hence by steamer Stephen.
Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. lice in
the Susquehanna, at this point, broke
this afternoon. five miles below the
city; it gorged and the water rose al
the rete of two feet per hour. The
pennsylvania railroad track for almost
a mile is covered with water and ice to
the depth of over three feet, and trains
both ways are delayed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-At $50 O..
clock, p. M, three spans of the long
bridge across the Potomac were carried
away, and the ice is still running high.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12.-The rise OF
the Schuylkill river at Manayunk yes
terday caused more damage than was al
first supposed. Nearly all the mills al
hat place and a number of DWELLING
houses were inundated, and the loss or
stock and machinery will reach $780,,
600.
WAS iNGToN, Feb. 12.-The Shenan,
doaf and Potomac rivers, at Harper's
Fe; ~, rose last night. and the ice is
Ly1ken up. The rivers continued to
rise all day, and the lower part of this
city has been flooded to the depth OF
four or five feet. doing much damage.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 12.-Telegrams re.
ceived here represent Warren. Ohio, as
inundated, and boats are in demand to
move the people of the second ward
from their watery isolation, caused by
an overflow of the Mahoning river.
The Tuscarawas valley is overlooked,
and New Philadelphia is inundated.
The Ohio is rising rapidly.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

BILOXI. Miss, Feb. 8.-The steamer
Josephine, from Havana, broke up this
morning at 8 o'clock. The passengers
aud crew we're all saved. After sever
hours floating we were picked up BY
the tugboat Bacon. H. Frankie anG
two of the family lost everything"
The vessel was o fine iron steamer
built in 1868, and valued at $500, 600
Hitherto she has beer running be-
tween Morgan City and Galveston, and
was making her first trip from Havana
to New Orleans when wrecked. She
left Cedar Keys on Friday last.
The Frankie family, organized as .
concert company, consists OF Rache|
Franko, soprano, Jeanne Frankie,
pianist; Samuel Frankie, violin and
piano player; together with Mr.. H
Frankie, father of the children and mans
ager Of the troupe.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
A Poor House for Paupers.

The Central says the paupers for
thesmonth of January cost the coun-
tv of Yalobusha, $1S3,25. 1t recon-
mends the establishment of q poor
house as an economical measure.
1t seems the paupers Of that coun-
ty are allowed to live as aristocratic
as were those Of Lincoln county
some years back. They drew 50
much per month and we're allowed
to board where they pleased. Liu-
coin tried that expensive plan for
several years till it began to look as
though n majority of her citizens
wanted to be put on the pauper list.
1t was q good thing. An imaginary
pauper could make his complaint,
draw ten or fifteen dollars per
month and spend it as he chose. 1t
took from $4,000 to $4,000 per year
to support the paupers. 1t was
suggested that they be let out to
the person who would board them
the cheapest. The Board of Su-
pervisors acted on the suggestion.
A contract was made with Il gentle
man to board the paupers at a given
price per month. He arranged for
them, but they did not 90. They
would not 90 to a poor house. The
effect has been, that to-day Lincoln
county has but an insignificant
paupcr tax to pay.
If Yalobusha county will estab-
lish 4 poor house, she will find that
her paupcr tax will decrease ninety
per cent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
I.oss of the Josephine.

New York, Jan. 81, 1881.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
Those Shirts.


Some of the papers of the State
are amusing themselves 10y writing
about the destruction Of 4 dozen
shirts belonging to the editor of
The LEDGER. They seen to think
that a dozen shirts is more than the
average newspaper MAJ is entitled
to. Possibly SO. but we always
keep that many about, soiled and
otherwise. We have n great parti-
ality for shirts, especially boiled
ones, and have never been as badly
used by one as was SUIT L%oyingood.
We are not so found ofthem as was
the young man who tried to per
suade Coy. McNutt to change his
shirt at least once Il week-still we
like them. The young man refer
red to was sent to the old Governor
to reason with him about his insult
ferabla Glthincss. BY way of palIi-
ating his otiensc, he told the Gov
ernor that he changed shirts every
day. Mr.. McNutt seriously re
marked: Then you must be 4 d
dirty little dog"
We are not so exquisite a the
young man, and can stand it If 9th
er editors choose to wear 4 shirt a
week or two. 1t is entirely a matter
Of taste, that no Grand jury will in
yestigate.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
TO Those Owing Us.

The money season is fast passing
away, and hundreds of our subscribers
have failed to pay their annual sub
scription to THE LEDGER, AppreclaN
ting the stringency of the times, We
have been more lenient with subscri-
bers this year than usual. AS many
show no disposition to pay what they
owe this is to notify them that unless
they settle within the next thirty days,
their names Will he erased from our
books. 1t costs more to publish The
LEDGER now than ever, and We cannot
send it on q credit.
r. II. HENRY.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
Some Sense There.

The Grand of Alcorn county did
not waste time and the peoples
money in indicting gentlemen for
making social bets. 1t attended
strictly to business, and among other
matters reported as follows:
"We would further report that we
iud crime on the increase, as we be-
lieve, caused to a great extent by the
operation of the Pint Liquor Law;
and we would earnestly recommend its
repeal; and are recommend a con
St|itutioRat amendment JOrbtdding
the importation and sale Of spirits
except for medical uSe,'
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
Advice to Statesmen.

Statesmen in every section should
have their washing done up and pri-
vate business arranged. There is nc
telling what moments message will
flash along the wires, saying: "You
are wanted. Will you accept the
Secretaryship, ETC.. of my Cabinet
j. A. g." The Inter>O Ocean keeps
it's candidate for Indian commissioner
ready at a moments notice. When be
gets such a message, signed u. A. g.
all he will have to do will be to change
his socks and say. "Comin'.-J. NJ"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
Death O. Fernando Wood.

Hon. Fernando Wood, member OF
Congress from New York, died at
Hot Springs, Ark, on the l4th inst.
He was born in Philadelphia in
1912. He was Mayor of New York
in 1855, 1851, and in IS6l-G2. He
was first elected to Congress in lS4l,
and has latterly served twelve
years consecutivcly. He went to
Hot Springs to obtain relief from
intiamatorv govt about three weeks
400.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

During the severe storm Sunday
week, the levces broke near New
Orleans and onc-fourth of the city
was flooded with water. The suffer
ing was great. The water is now
rapidly receding.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

RICHMOND, Va, has grown more
rapidly in population and prosperi-
ty since the war, thar any of the
older Southern cities. Her manu-
featuring enterprises explain the
secret of her progress. With ovel
seven hundred manufacturing estab.
~lishments, giving employment tc
seventeen thousand operatives, it is
no wonder that Richmond has out
stripped her sister cities of tho
South in population and growth.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
JEFFERSON AND TILDEN.
The Sage of Greystone Upon the
Author of the Declaration of
independence.


The Hon. CHANCEY F. BLACK:
My DEAR SIR:-Ihave received your
letter notifying me of my unanimous
election as the first honorary member
of the Jefferson Democratic Association
of York.
l accept the distinction thus confer
red in order to testify my approval and
commentator of the objects of your
association.
Thomas Jefferson has a title to The
esteem and gratitude of the American
people even greater than that which he
derived from being the author Of the
Declaration of Independence and from
being the author of the statute of re-
ligious freedom by the State Of Vir-
gina.
During all the bloody conflicts of the
American revolution aud the civil
struggles out of which our system of
government emerged, and the contro-
~versies through which vas impressed
upon it the character of a government
'by the people," he was the apostle OF
human freedom. aud the greatest leader
of that benifcent philosophy which was
embodied in our institutions.
At a time when powerful tendencies
are at work to subvert the original
character of our government-to break
down the limitations of power estab-
lished by the constitution, to centralize
the action and influence Of official au-
thorities, to create q governing class
nslng the machinery of government as
a corrupt balance of power in the cleo
tions, and then shaping legislation and
administration in the interests of the
few against the many the precep.s and
example of a man as Mr.. Jefferson cam
not be too often invoked.
The formation of societies which car
act as centres of discussion and as
agencies for the propagation OF the
pure principles OF the fathers of the re
public is O measure capable of greai
service to the people and to mankind
With assurance of sympathy and es-
TEEN to the members of your associa'
ton and to yourself. I have the honor
to be your fellow citizen.
SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
New York. Jan. 81, 1881.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

The Government detectives arres
ted q well known thiefrecently, who
had worked h,mselfinto the Chica-
o 0 postoffice and robbed it of $l5,-
600 worth of valuables
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

The average Washington letter
now is not worth three cents a
thousand. 1t rehashes something
that occurred in Congress two weeks
ago, and which was disposed of ten
days before the receipt Of the letter.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

Matthews has not yet been con
frmed by the Senate as Judge, and
it looks as if he would not be. Ht
is not the man for the place, favor
ing, as he does all the Railroad cor
porations of the country.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
SherjH''S Sale.

Mrs. L. Prestridge ! In the Justice Court OF
VS.. Beat l Of Lincoln coun-
Zach Prestridge) ty Mississippi
By virtue of a writ of Execution to me
directed by T. II. Curtis, a Justice of the
Peace of Beat No l of Lincoln county,
Mississippi, | will, on Monday, the 9TH day
of March, A. d. 1881, at the court house
door in the town of Brookhaven, proceed to
sell to the highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing described property, to-wit: the Easr
hall of northwest or Of Section two, Town.
ship FIVE, range seven East, levied on as
the property OF the defendant Zach Pres'
fridge, and will be sold to satisfy the ludg'
ment and costs In the above stated case.
Feb 3. At. J. L. MIKELL Sheriff,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

THE Vest Point News says that
Mr.. Ben Jones, a gentleman living
one mile from that place, has a little
girl not quite three years of age.
who does not know her letters. and
yet she can spell any word in Web
ster's Spelling book. She has never
been taught, but just from hearing
her brother recite to her mother,
she has caught the sound in some
way, and is almost perfect in spell
inc,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

Who saved Mississippi? is s
question being asked by some OF
our exchanges. The true Demo
Gratis of the STATE who never sold
their principles for office. Chas.
Wright, Esq, of the Vicksburg
Herald, claims to have started the
revolution.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
The Tehuantepec Isthmus Route
the Hest for the United States.

The Tehuantepec Isthmus route
the Best for the United States.
GATH" in Cincinnati Enquirer.
The attention Of American merchants
and g~eographers to the scheme of o
Pacific ocean canal has resulted in n
very general Endorsement of the Tehu-
antepec route as the most equitable
that can be chosen between the East
and the West-lying wholly within
the gulf and almost due south of the
termination of our railroad system at
Galveston. convenient to the mouth OF
the Mississippi. and nearly in a line
with New York when the Florida canal
shall be cut from Jacksonville to the
gulf. Even the Nicara ,ue canal route
IS outside of the axis of the United
States, and very available for Europe.
which has made st. Thomas the head
quarters for its mercantile fleets.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
Citation Notice.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, |
IAwpENcE C'OrNTY- [
Estate of Isham KEGS, deceased, |
Mary Kees. Administrative,


To the heirs at law of p. l.. KEGS, de.
ceased, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Washing.
ton KEGS, James KEGS, Mrs. N. J. Maxwell
Big Creek, Grant Parish, all in the State o.
Louisiana; and to NJ. V. KEGS, jesse NJ
KEGS, heirs at law OF p. c. KEGS, deceased
John KEGS, Sallie KEGS, Martha KEGS, all O
Lincoln county, Mississippi:
You are commanded to appear befor,
the Chancery Court Of the county Of Law
renee, in said State, on the 4th Monday o
March 1881, at Monticello, to contest tn,
final account of Mrs. Mary KEGS, Admins
tratrix of the Estate OF Isham KEGS, de
ceased, if you see proper so to do; and that
a copy OF this order be published Tor foul
weeks in the ~Brookhaven Ledger, a week.,
published in the Town Of Brook
haven, Lincoln county, Mississippi; am
that the Clerk mail copies of paper to tn
said non-residents.
Given under my hand and the seal o
said Court, this the 9th day Of Jan. 1881
III. WEATHERsBY, Clerk.
February 8, 1881 At.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

TIE jolly, good natured Nath
Hooker. of Beauregard, is ne more,
He died at his home Oh the Sth inst,
Death supposed to have been caus-
ed by injury he recently received in
falling from a gallery.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

The United States National Bank
was organized in New York, on the
14th, with U. S. Grant, as n of
the leading directors. Hope Grant
will be satisfied with the place.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

France is estimated to require
IS, 100000 bushels of wheat for the
year ending August l, 1881, and
during the five months to January
|, the imports had reached 27,00O,-
600 bushels.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

Mrs. FRANCES KELLY BENNETT,
mother of Daniel bennett, of the
New Orleans Picayune, aged eighty
eight years, died in Corinth, Maine
on the 31st ult.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

Hon. Al. McLaurin, of Rankin
county, voted against the adoption
of CampbelIs Code when he was in
the Legislature. That is M feath-
er in his cap for Congress.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

SOME of our friends are astonished
thAt The LEDGER does not ego fol-
Senator Lamar. W. can't help it ,
This paper does generally as it
pleases, and if it does not suit ev'
erybody it makes no difference
Senator lamar is competent to &c
his own voting, and THE LEDGER Is
not going to denounce him for do
ing what he believes to be right.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

FRANCE and Italy are anxious for a
new monetary conference.
EARLY lambs in Virginia have been
frozen by the unreasonable weather.
WE want more practical common
sense and less theory. in this country.
C. Z. ADAMS is going to the Hot
Springs to be treated for rheumatism,
REX, the telegraph says, sailed from
Liverpool, for New Orleans, on the 12th
inst
Nrw YoRK got above the snow block
ade Ga her elevated roads and elevating
spirits.
SEVENTEEN persons We're killed in a
c%olliery explosion in Staforpshire, Eng
land.
THREE policemen were shot lately at
Edinburgh by supposed American
Fenian5.
IT is on record in the United States
Court in New Orleans that q negro fas~
ted sixty days.
JONATHAN HASKELL continues 20
preach to sinners every Sunday at the
Globe Theatre, in New Orleans.
The ice blockade at St. Louis is bro-
ken, and tie immediate resumption of
riyarnayigat;on viii have its effect.
The San joaquin Islands are under
water from the effects of the deluge that
has fallen on the Pacific coast.
THE River and Harbor bill, failing to
obtain Il two>third vote, lies over under
the rules, "tiIl this cruel war is over. .
Miss EMMA a. WILSON, a niece of
Senator Booth of California, has secur-
ed the office Of State Librarian of Indi-
ana.
TIE Rev, W. Il. Watkins, of the
Methodist church, died ut Jackson on
TIE 9Th inst. after long and painful
illness.
TIE Starkvilie journal avs that
there have been two or three students
expelled from the \. & NJ. College at
that place.
GES. WALKER. Chief of the Census
Bureau estimates that in 1890 tic popu-
latiou Of the United States will be SIX
ty-fyo millions.
THE British cotton ship. Adrian, in
Sundays storm, parted her cables and
was blown and wrecked on the outer
Galveston bar.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

The editor of the Wlnona Ad-
vance wants to get himself indicted
Tor violating one of Campbell's laws.
He proposes to bet the Advance
printing office, with all its good will
against a good saw-mill, that Maj.
McCardle will support the nominees
Of the next State Convention hear
tily and cheerIully. He will be
found in the front.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

The road was washed up in sew
eral places below Magnolia last
week. All the breaks were speedily
repaired and trains are running
through again.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

Bill Simpkins. a Galveston, clerk
drank too much wine at dinner, and
the consequence was that when he came
down to tho store be imagined that he
owned it. He called the porter ga
bondy-legged menial," and otherwise
made himself conspicuous. When he
got sober, the boss raked him over the
Goals. you get tight. too. aud cuss
the clerks" retorted Bill. Eyes, but
1 am the proprietor. Your conduct
wonld have been highly proper III a
proprietor, but being only a clerk, you
we're beastly drunk, and acted like q
blackguard. Young man. never again
assume the duties and responsibilities
of wealth and high station until the
public expects it Of you"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

WE return thanks to the mana
gers for an invitation to the ODD
Fellows Mask ball at Summit, Feb
18th.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17

Col. W. L. HEMINGWAY has adver-
tised to sell 1915 worth of four per
cent. Mississippi State Bonds.