The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-14
AROUND TOWN.
.ght showers Tuesday evening.


AROUND TOWN.
Light showers Tuesday evening.
Two negroes broke Jail here yesterday.
Miss Mamie Pickens has returned home.
The calaboose had two orthree occupants
Saturday night.
r. d. Withers has had his store recovered
with sheet-iron.
The mass meeting last Saturday was a
lively assemblage.
The Monticello and Brookhaven road is
in very bad order.
Work on the Methodist parsonage will
be commenced soon.
We were blessed with a pretty good show
on Monday evening.
There will no preaching at the Baptist
church next Sunday.
Mrs. Estes Butlerspent Sunday and Mon
day with her mother here.
Chickens, butter and eggs are scarce.
They sell readily at good prices.
The Concordia Club held its last meeting
IN Pfeifer 4 Dreyfus' new store.
We ara glad to note that Mrs. A. E. Ma
gee has recovered from her recent illness.
Judge Green Chandler, of Corinth, was
here last Tuesday, the guest OF Col. Deason.
Extra hands are being engaged by the
railroad, preparatory tothe change of gauge.
J.zWE aloughby has returned from Hot
Springs, Ark, where he went for his health
The letters of Stigma" and Mr.. Humph-
ries were freely circulated here last Satur-
day.
A picnic will be given near the residence
of w. A. Towns on the 23rd. Everybody
invited.
Mrs. Geo. Cranberry, of Copiah, spent
Monday in town, on a visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Mitchell.
The moonlight picnic at the Montgom-
cry place Tuesday night was quite an EN-
joyable affair.
The farmers are laying by their cotton,
after which they will have rest until fod-
der pullingtime.
There was a picnic at Smiths bridge on
Tuesday. A few persons from town went
out, and we guess they got a little sprinkled,
Cotton crops throughout this entire sec
ton are reported very fine, while corn in
some sections has suffered greatly from
drouth.
We are glad to state that it is a mistake
about Penn McRee being dead. 1t was a
nephew of his by the same name which
lead to the mistake. Penn is a lively can
didate for Treasurer.
Mr.. Frank L. Hatch, representing the
DIR. Harter Medicine Co., Of st. Louis, favor
ed us with a call yesterday. He carries sun
shine wherever he goes.
"Music hath charms to soothe the savage
breast" but that blown through a brass
horn b a near neighbor doesn't soothe the
printer boys to any great extent.
Arace was ran near Fair River last Sat
urday between the bay horse and Silver
tailmare. The former was the winner. Other
races are being made for next Saturday.
The coiored brethren had a general fight
at one OF their churches, last Sunday night
in which some OF the preachers joined. A
lively ministerial court was held by Mayor
Cunning next day.
Capt. S. Gwin, Auditor, was in Brookha'
ven Saturday, looking after his own interest
He has captured this county, as the instruc-
sboA5 q the various precincts will show. He
took no stock in any candidate but himself
A Democratic Mass Meeting, for the vo-
tiers OF the two precincts of ~Brookhaven, was
held here last Saturday. It was largely at.
ieb,led, but was not very harmonious. The
proceedings are published in to-day's paper.
ar. Townsend, the lightning insurance
. sent Of osslona, was here Tuesday, insur-
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tainty Of life, He is now representing the
Southern Benevolent Association, OF New
Orleans.
The gauge of the railroad will be chang
edon the Doth inst. All the locomotives
running between Canton and Jackson
Tenn, will be at Water Valley on the night
of the 2Sth; and those running between Can.
ton and New Orleans will be at McComl
City. No trains will be run on the 29th.
We are informed by a gentleman from
Boguechitto that DIR. A. E. Thompson has
been induced by his friends to become :
candidate for Floater from Lincoln and
Amite counties. The Doctor is one of on
most substantial citizens, and if elected t.
the Legislature would fill the position with
credit to himself and to the satisfaction o
the people. He isa man of extensive ex
perience, strict integrity and sound judg'
ment, and would make a good Legislator