The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-06-16
AROUND TOWN.

Henry Dunn sent u a cotton bloom last
Saturday.
The thermometer stood ninety-ive inTHE
LEDGER Office last Tuesday.
Miss Olivia Myers, of New Orleans, is on
visit to Mrs. l.. Lewenthal.
Miss Dora Cohn, of Osyka, and Miss
Miller, of New Orleans, are guests oil h.
Levy.
Mr.. Ben. Lewis has returned from college
and is spending the Summer with MS
father.
Mr.. Brown and wife and Mr.. Mangum
and wife, OF Wesson, spent last Sunday III
Brookhaven.
Miss Lizzie Cooper, OF Jackson, spent
several days in town, last week, the guest oil
Miss Jessie Warren.
= Our depot agent has round trip tickets 10
Chicago, for $50; to St. Louis, SO "ooo
to return on till October LIST.
Miss Pauline Seligman, one of the Ges-
cent City's fair daughters, is enjoying the
Inequalities of Mrs. c. Abrams.
Some OF our people set up to see the
eclipse of the moon last Saturday night.
The total eclipse lasted about two hours
There will he a meeting OF the knights oil
Honor ON Monday night next, at the Ma
sonic Hall, a which time an election oil Oh
fcers viii take place,
The reason the committee appointed by
the clubs to receive the Jackson crowd, laii-
Cd to act was owing to the illness OF Inc
Chairman for some days previous.
Mr. Iouis Hirsch and Felix Miller, OF
Nov Orleans, are in tow and VIII remaih
for a few days. They came up Tor the An
,i,,.rsorc Of the Concordia Social Club.
The closing exercises OF the Cathollc
school and entertainment will lake place
on Tuesday, the Dist inst, instead OF the
9th. Ms announced in last weeks paper.
The friends and patrons OF the school lnVi-
,.J and all are promiied Il pleasant time.
On Saturday last the driver attending to
Mr.. J. l.. Whites lumber car lett At, ana
allowed the mules to go by themselves
They came 10 a down grade, and the speed
Of the car. which was loaded with lumber,
was 20 accelerated as to run over one OF the
mules. crushing it almost to death. ohe
hind leo was broken, and a shoulder knock
ed out OF place.
The Withers horse, Bogus Bill" won the
race ut Lauderdale Springs, last Monday,
over the Rogers mare, by forty-fve feet, and
the Brookhaven boys are $1,000 ahead
Tbos. McGrath returned home from the
race Tuesday with a good deal OF funds and
about a half bushel OF watches. lie says
there is not a watch in that section. Our
bows seldom lose a race.
The Concordia Club held call meeting
NJ Henck's hall on Monday night. Alter
the bnsipess was transacted, all members re-
manned for a short while and engaged IN a
nla,saut dance. The above club have com
ploted the arrangements forthe anniversary,
which takes place next Friday night
From what we canlearn it will be one oil the
incest entertainment ever given here. NO
admission will be charged and OF course a
lorre crowd will be in attendance.
The last meeting of the Concordla Club
held ut Varieties Theatre, was truly an en-
joyable affair. A full membership respon-
ded to roll call. The committee OF arrange
ments for the clubs approaching annlver-
sarv presented a lengthy and favorable re-
port. The following were enrolled as hon
orarv members: Misses Dora Cohn, Fan
ME and Bert Bowen and Messrs Il. ii.
Henry, A. H. LONGING, Joe Storm, LOUIS
Hirsch and Henry Scherck. After a good
deal of business was disposed OF the club
adjourned. The rest of the evening was de
oted TO dancing and other amusements un
til a very late hour, when the company
diSuprspd