The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-02-17
The Latest News.


Galveston yesterday.
Charleston had a $4,000 fire on
the 10Th inst.
Weis Bros of Yazoo City, have
failed for a large amount.
The severe weather has damaged
the wheat crop but slightly.
Congress is trying to put a large
duty on iron cotton ties.
Provisions are on the rise in Chi
cago. A collapse will follow.
The Kansas Pacific road is snow
ed up from Denver to Brookville.
Railroads leading to Chicago are
showed in and ears have been
compelled to stop.
The water has returned to the
lake and left New Orleans high and
dry again.
The trial of the Times against the
Democrat for SANDER, was COM
menced in New Orleans on the 18th
inst.
The River bill again failed to pass
CONGRESS- on the 18th inst. North
ern Democrats r opposed to it.
They should be remembered by the
South.
The Chateau passed Vicksburg
on the 18th inst, with FIVE thou
sand, four hundred and four bales OF
cotton. There is life in the old
land yet.
Gen. Lowry met with a railroad
accident on the V. and NJ. Road, a
few days ago. He was badly bruis-
ed. rand confined to his sever
al days.
SOME of our State exchanges con
tinue their attacks on Senator La
mar for voting to pension Grant.
We regret to see so much bad tenn
per displayed.
Salvini graciously consented to
act at Booths Theatre last Monday
afternoon to enable the profession
to see him. All tie managers and
actors in the city united in reques-
ting him to do so.
I. B. WATSON, a colored school
teacher, was arrested in Rankin
county tor falsely swearing to the
attendance of his pupils. He is
bound over for trial before the next
Circuit Court.
The Kansas Legislature has evil
IDENTIFY little regard for the feelings
of Governor st. John, for, singular
i~ll-grace, it refused his request to be
permitted to read his message in
person.
The Enterprise Courier says
Campbell, Bethea and Evans, who
were arrested on the charge of dis
turbing the election, entered a plea
of aolo ~contendre, paid fifty dollars
each and were discharged.
Belnhardt disappointed a Mobile
public last Tuesday night by her
refusal to play. The poor thing
had Mysteries, and would not STIR
from her room. She did a similar
thing one night in New Orleans.
The Senate has been discussing
the r~efunding bill and it is evil
dent that it will not be passed as
it came from the House. The Sen
ate will probably make the rate of
interest three and one-halt per cent.
The Central Pacific Railroad is
evading the law compelling it to
pay twenty-five per cent of its net
EARNINGS into the sinking funds for
the redemption of government
bonds, by diverting traffic from their
subsidized main line to their leased
lines.
MI. Hawley. of Connecticut, last
Saturday advocated a new appor-
tionment on the basis of three hun
dred and one members in the House,
and supported his argument inge-
niously with figures designed to
show that a majority of the States,
and particularly the small ones,
lose in relative Influence as the
number of members is increased.
Judge Swayne, who has just re
tired from the United States Su-
preme Bench, is stated to be of the
opinion that while he enjoys a pen
sion from the country he has a right
to consider that he holds a general
retainer in her service, and that it
would be entirely in bad taste for
him to engage his services to any
private individual.
SOME of our friends are astonished
that The LEDGER does not "go for
Senator Lamar. We 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 do
his own voting, and THE LEDGER is
not going to denounce him for do
ing what he believes to be right.
The United States National Bank
was organized in New York, on the
18th, with U. S. Grant, as n OF
the leading directors. Hope Grant