The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-07-14
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

has been removed, and Judge Carr
put in her stead.
THE mass meeting of Lawrence
county will be held at Monticello
on the 25th of July.
New HAMPSHIRE has q law
taxing church property when it ex-
ceeds $4,000 in value.
SUMNER is the time for science.
First the comet, and now the Their
mometer engages public attention.
A WRITER in the V%icksburg Com.
mercial assails Mr.. Lamar bitterly,
and calls HIM the Mississippi Conk-
ling.
AN International Cotton Exposi-
ton will be held at Atlanta, Ga,
from October 9Th, to December 31st,
1881.
The Vicksburg Commercial is
now engaged in demolishing MI. La
mar. A week ago it was his warm
advocate.
The New York Times is appre-
hensive that Conkling will turn his
State and the United States oyer to
the Democrats.
j. r. KEENE has presented $4,000
francs to the poor Of France out of
his winnings by the race for the
grand prize of Paris.
E. D.. EATON and l. Forsythe have
issued a prospectus of the Wesson
Telegram, and propose to start that
paper in 4 few days.
Mr.. j. w. TURBEvILLE, of Clay
county is suggested for State
Treasurer, and some of the papers
are advocating him.
IT is reported that Gov. Stone
would not allow the c., st. L. " N.
O. R. R. Co. to change the gauge of
their road on Sunday.
THE Louisville and Nashville rail.
road corporation has recently pur'
chased the Short Line Road, run.
ming from Louisville to Cincinnati
THERE are one thousand,o one hun.
bred Young Mems Christian Asso.
Citations in the United States, and
two thousand, four hundred in the
world.
The Vicksburg Commercial is not
consistent. Until recently it has
spoken in the kindest manner OF
Mr.. Lamar. Now it assails him
furiously.
The Freedman's Savings Bank
has about 100000 waiting distri-
button to parties who do not make
themselves known. Address Con-
troller Knox, Washington.
THE Copiah Convention was
composed of the best men in the
county, was largely attended and
orderly. The ticket nominated is
a good one and will be elected if
the Democracy stand by their
colors.
THE extensive saw mill of j. j,
White, of McComb City, was des-
troyed by fire last Friday night.
Loss $4,000 with no insurance.
Two million feet of lumber was de-
stroved.
Hon. j. M. ALLEN, of Tupelo,
has been elected annual orator by
the Alumni Association of the
State University at Oxford. This
is a high compliment and most
worthily bestowed.
SENATOR MALONE declined an in
vitation to deliver a 4th of July
Grafton in Illinois on the ground
that he was constantly engaged in
a great struggle to relieve Virginia
of the blight of Boardonism."
The Republicans of Attala coun-
ty held a meeting at Kosciusko last
week. 1t is believed the Republic
cans will have a full State ticket in
the field this fall. They are watch
ing the movements ofthe Democrats
On the 9Th inst, at Chester
Miss, D.. B. Archer shot and killed
Viewing MCCARTHY. The difficulty
occurred at a political meeting
Archer has not been arrested. A
reward of $500 is offered for him
We learn that in Franklin county
the following named gentlemen arc
candidates for the legislature: j
G. King. DR.. M. c. Johnson. II. c
McGehee, DR.. O. M. Dodds ano
Sam Montgomery. For Sheriff. r
j. williams, r. A. Ford and James
Hereford.
GEN. j. r. CHALMERS, editor of the
Vicksburg Commercial, writes an
open letter in which he gives his
reasons for no longer supporting
Mr.. Lamar for the Senate. He says
he has received a letter from q
friend in Oxford informing, him
that s'Afr. Lamar said, while in
vicksburg, Chalmers wanted to
nestle with him, but he, Lamar, re-
fused to nestle" In consequence
lie remark, Chalmers has opened
side on Lamar and IA
shot into him daily.
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