The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

Of Oxford.
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
Hon. H. D. MONEY has returned from
Mexico.
THE Senate adjourned sine die last
Saturday.
NATcHFz is to have an immense
foundry.
BURGLARS are botheriug the good
people of Lexington.
CATTLE stealing is complained OF
around Grenada.
The State Grange originated the idea
of the Agricultural College.
Miss VIOLA BuRBEs, of Yazoo City
is visiting the Gulf coast.
Col A, Y. HARPER. of Okolona,
thinks Of moving to Aberdeen.
SENATOR BRUCE was unanimously con
frmed Register of the Treasury.
ROBERTSON was confirmed last Mon
day without one dissenting vote.
]. P. BOWLING is perspiring in the
county Jail at Aberdeen for forgery.
I'VE hear that six negroes have been
arrested at Crystal Springs for bigamy.
Hon. L. G. CATcHINGs will address
the Winona Female College, June u,
A MAJORITY of the farmers OF Iisho-
mingo county advocate a no-fence law.
JUDGE MAYERs has pretermitted the
spring term of court for Jones county,
Hon, T. L. MELLEN, of Adams
ty, is spoken of for observation-disclosures
or.
Hon. W. D. GIBBS. of Yazoo City,
declines to become a candidate for Sen
ator.
WHY is Conkling like Robinson
Crugoe? Because he has his man
Friday.
THE East Mississippi Female College
at Meridian, was struck by lightning
last week.
Col. THos. A. SCOTT, the great rail-
road king, died at Clifton, Pa, on the
ODD inst.
ONE>HALF the mails between Vicks>
burg and Greenvilles have been.discon-
tinued.
Two million copies of the revised
new Testament have already been sold
in London.
Mr.. WINSTON WILKINSON, an old
citizen OF Amite county, died a few
days ago.
CoNK1lNG says he is worth 800, 900 and
can easily make $780, 600 a year in the
practice of the law.
MAJ. F. B. PRATT, late Senator from
Madison county, has been appointed
postmaster at Canton.
A good many of our exchanges want
to know the name of the editor of the
Vicksburg Commercial.
The proprietors of Tolu Rock and
Rye have failed. They were too fond
of their own medicine.
MALONE failed to get offices TO
any of his friends, and there is mucl
disgust in consequence.
Mrs. .GARFIELD's physicians say i
will be four weeks, at least, before she
will be able to leave her room.
The editor OF the Meridian Southern
Baptist hopes to resume the publica'
ton of his paper by June Goth.
IT is reported Gen Grant left Mexico
for home as soon as he heard of the res
ignation of the New York Senators.
JUDGE ROBERTSON will remain in thu
New York Senate till July lst, an(
lead the opposition to Conkling.
ABOUT fifty excursions are advertised
on the Jackson road for next month
Where will all the people come from
Mr.. THos. ME1LEN, of Natchez
is defending the pint liquor Law
through the New Orleans Advocate.
Col. r. o. REYNOLDS, of Aberdeen
has been selected to deliver the address
Of welcome to the Press Association.
Mr.. LAMAR voted against the confr'
nation of W. e. Chandler. His orpo'
nents ought to give him credit for that
THE Supreme Court has affirmed tn
decision of the lower court in the cas-
OF J. Fl. Mcdaniel VS.. Franklin county
w. W. Cook, present Sheriff of Co
piah county, has announced that h
wound not be a candidate for re-elec
ton.
One hundred gum were fred by tn,
Repu blican Central Club, in New York
when news of Robertson's confirmation
was heard.
SAMUEL HAWTHORN, convicted o
murder in Vlcksburg, and sentenced t.
the Penitentiary for life. has been gran
ted a new trial.
JUDGING from the makeup of tn
Crystal Springs Monitor, we should
say a good printer had charge of tn
mechanical department.
FRED. CoNKLINe, a brother of tn
ex-senator, says Roscoe is the bes
lawyer in this country-that he is equa
to Webster. Fred. is over modest.
TEXAS has recently enacted a law
which has been approved by the Gov
ernor, giving a pension of public land
to all Confederate soldiers who enliste'
in that State.
THERE are not emigrant vessel
enough at the command of the grea
steamship companies to accommodate
the vast multitudes which are clamor
ing for passage to America at present
On the night of the 18th, fire DIES
troyed the Niagara Falls paper mil