The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-08-18
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AROUND TOWN.

The days are growing shorter.
Alight shower fel, on Monday evening.
Ed. Martin is night operator at the de-
pot.
Union prayer meetings are now held in
town.
Chas. Alcus left for Louisiana, last Sat
urday.
The streets are being put in a good con-
dition.
Sunday and Monday were excessively
warm.
Pfeifer & Dreyfus have moved into their
rev store.
The sweet potatoa crop in this section is
said to be short.
We are always glad to publish personals
when furnished,
Although the days are warm, the nigh's
are cool and pleasant.
Henry O'Iara was with us, among us
and about lis, last week.
Some OF our young men are speaking OF
going to New Mexico.
This county has but few candidates, and
the Offices seem to go begging.
Watermelons now sell all the way from I
nickle to twenty-five cents.
Judge Chrisman is holding the August
term OF the Pike county court.
Miss Matte Lee, of McComb City, is Oh
avisit to Misses Bert and Belle Bowen.
From twenty to twenty-five car loads Of
lumber are shipped from this place per
week.
Prof. Minors dancing school is in a
Furnishing condition. He has over thirty
scholars.
Several of our citizens went out nine
miles west, near Mrs. Newells, to attend a
camp meeting.
We should, before this, have announced
the arrival of Mrs. j. Holt, daughter of
Mrs. Kidd.
Pfeifer & Dreyfus' clerks have more room
now to air themselves. Their good looks
show to better advantage.
John f. Decell, a successful farmer OF
Copiah, was in town Tuesday. His health
seemed to be bad.
Miss Laura Lewis, who has been confined
to her bed for several days with a mild case
of TYPHOID fever, is conyalcscent.
No announcements on credit. Our books
now show the names of persons who owe us
for announcing them four yeass ago.
Mr.. Pat Jennings died very suddenly
about nine o'clock Saturday night, and was
buried next evening in the Catholic m
terry.
Thos. ]. Rials and Miss Jonettie Stocks
will bow before Hymen's altar at hall past
seven this evening. We wish them much
happiness.
Lumber is being delivered for the new
Methodist parsonage. The site selected is
the two lots in the rear of DIR. Jim Martins,
on Church ssreet.
Vennor predicts that about the Goth the
weather will be decidedly cool. A Chero-
kee street young man says mot near so cool
as the way his sweetheart treated him a
few evenings since"
Will McNair left last week for Orange,
Texas, where he goes to take charge OF a
telegraph office. He is an upright young
man, and we commend him to the people
among whom he has cast his lot.
Brookhaven has only had one newspaper
for three weeks. The place is suffering Tor
another. Can't somebody, who knows all
about the business, start another paper here?
oh, it is needed, terribly. Bring in an
other hoss!'
Some one has said THE LEDGER is in IA
vor of stuifing the ballot boxes, as
is charged was done in 1875. The
LEDGER is, and always has been, OPP
posed to the practice, and whatever sins its
editor will have to answer for, he will never
he declared guilty OF stufiing a ballot box.
lie once had such a proposition made him,
in Lincoln county, but spurned it.
Henry Dunn, two miles southeast OF
town., brought in the first bale OF cotton last
Friday, and sold it to R. B. Withers for
twelve and a half cents a pound, on ac-
count, the same CHASING good middling.
He also brought one in yesterday, which
was likewise purchased by Mr.. Withers.
Mr.. Dunn is considered one of the hardest
workers and best farmers in the country.
We learn he will have more in next week.