The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-26
AROUND TOWN.

Pleasant weather.
Swimming time is here.
Fly time draws on apace.
Go to the theatre tomorrow night.
Business among our merchants is dull.
Ice cream sellers scream upon our streets.
Mrs. Kidd has returned from Yazoo
City.
"Our American Cousin" tomorrow
night.
The County Executive Committee is to
meet here Monday.
No religious services in town last Sunday
night.
Josh Priebatsch and wife have returned
home.
The colored band occasionally has a
practice.
Racing has about died out on the Brook
haven track.
Corn meal and bacon go out on nearly
every wagon.
Country butter is selling for twenty-five
cents per pound.
r. C. Perkins is now running as express
messenger on this road.
Now is the time to apply the white wash
brush around your premises.
The barber shops were open until nearly
eleven o'clock Saturday night.
A few plums are reported, but the
peach crop is an entire failure.
Eggs are scarce, and you can't eggs-actly
find them when you want them.
Irish potatoes are not doing so well.
They do not yield very a~bundantly.
Regular meeting of Pioneer Hook and
Ladder Company next Thursday night.
The town was quieter Saturday evening
and night than for several Saturdays past.
Weekly prayer meetings are held at the
Presbyterian church every Tuesday night.
Blackberries will soon be ripe, and then
tarts, ETC., will finish the bills OF
fare.
Several of our lawyers are absent this
week, in attendance upon the Lawrence
county court.
Mr.. Lem Lewis has been confined to his
bed for a few days, though not seriously
sick.
The ladies Of the Baptist church will
give another festival on tomorrow night
week.
Local news from all parts Of the county
is solicited, and will be thankfully re-
ceived.
Rev. Mr.. Monroe, of Crystal Springs, will
preach in the Presbyterian church next
Sunday.
Johnnie johnson has returned home
from Tennessee, where he has been attend
ing college.
A. Krauss and family have gone to New
Orleans, where they will spend some time
with relatives.
The Chickasaw Guards, the crack drill
company of the U. s., passed up Monday
on their way home.
A new departure has been made by the
young ladies. They take their evening
promenade with bonnets on.
Madam Grundy says we mnst wait until
next winter and then several couples are
70 kneel before hymen's altar.
Enough rain has fallen during the
past week to produce a wonderful change
in the prospect for good gardens.
If the mounds on Cherokee street, made
by the debris from the burnt buildings were
leveled it would be vast improvement.
L. L. Schwab, has shown us the first
roasting ear of the season. 1t was grown
in his garden, and pulled on Monday last.
The dog fights on Cherokee street, which
are encouraged by the small youths, are
becoming a nuisance. Stop the fuss, boys.
The straw berry season is almost over IN
this vicinity, but few are being shipped
worth having, and they bring but a poor
price.
There will be but one entertainment of
"Our American Cousin" If you want to
see it, you must go tomorrow night. 1t
positively will not be repeated.
There will be a meeting of Vigilant En-
gine Company tonight. All members are
requested to be present, as business OF inn
portance will be transacted.
If you would enjoy a good laugh, see
the great Comedy of "Our American Cous-
in" at Heuck's Hall tomorrow, Friday,
night. Admission fifty cents; children half
price.
Monday evening two juveniles, OF the col
ored persuasion, had a lively fight, and one
received a pretty bad cut on the head with
a brickbat. They were put in the calaboose
for a short while.
The members of the Concordia Club are
hard at work making preparations for their
anniversary. Heuck's Hall has been en-
gagged for the occasion. The invitations
will soon be out.
An excursion for colored folks will be
run from Magnolia to Tugaloo, on the Slst
inst. Fare from Brookhaven, 50. Those
who attend can witness the closing exerci-
ses of the college at Tugaloo.
Judge Mayors and Hon. A. j. Nc
Laurin, of Brandon, Auditor Gwin,
and others passed through town
Sunday, on their way to Monticello, where
Circuit Court convened last Monday.