The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-12-08
EDITORIAL ITEMS,

FURTHER testimony is being taken
in the case against Lieutenant Flip |
per.
THE Legislature Of Louisiana as
sembled in extra session last Mon
day.
TRACK laying has been commenced
on the Gordon Railroad at Column
bus, Miss.
President Arthur has refused to
take the stand as q witness in the
Guiteau case.
SECRETARY LINCoLN's estimate of
army expenses for the coming year
is $44, 541,276.
GUITEAU SAID the other day that
he would rather be hanged as a..man
than acquitted as fool.
ENGINEERS are at work making
the final tracings for the Memphis
and Kansas City Railroad.
Irs amusing to hear some men
denounce Lamar. 1t is because he
is so infinitely greater than them.
Secretary Hunt estimates the ex-
penses of the navy for the year end
ingJune 80, 1881, at $2O,OI3,716.
THE tax levy in Vicksburg is now
less than at any period since the
war, the result of Democratic rule.
EX-TREAsURER WINDOW was sworn
in the Senate last Monday. There
was no other business done that
day.
CAPT j. B. EADs arrived in New
Orleans from Mexico, last Friday.
He says the ship railway will De
built.
The Railroad to be built from
Meridian to New Orleans, has made
the pine lands along it's route valu-
able.
MAJ. WALPoLE and about forty
members OF the Press Association
are attending the exposition at At
lanta
MONTPELIER, VA, formerly the
home of President Madison, and his
burial place. sold at auction last
Friday.
GUlTEAU still plays clown to audi
ences in Washington. You know it
is such a funny thing to kill a good
President.
THE Crescent City Railroad sta
bles were destroyed by fire last Sat
urday night. Forty-fise mules were
roasted alive.
In the Republican caucus last
Saturday, Keifer was nominated
Speaker of the House, or the six.
teenth ballot.
LAST Tuesday Charles Sharp. an
alleged murderer, was killed in
Louisiana 10y the sheriff who went
to arrest him.
JUDGE SlMRALL has been employed
by Print Matthews to contest Har-
groves seat in the Sheritts' office of
Copiah county.
Memphis, according to the new
city directory, has population of
1920, of whom 27,93O are whites
and 1890 colored.
JOHN HILL, a New Jersey bank
President, has been sent to the pen
Tertiary, having been convicted of
conspiracy to dcfraud.
SOME of the defeated Fusionists
of Kinds county have given notice
Of their intention to contest the Off
ces of the Democrats.
In Philadelphia a man found
guilty Of "tickct scalping" was SEN
fenced to pay q fine of $500 and be
imprisoned for one year.
WILLIE BOND, an eleven year old
boy Of Vicksburg, has received four
thousand dollars by the will of q
rich relative at Baltimore.
The official count shows that the
Readjusters carried Virginia by
majority of twelve thousand, two
hundred and seventy-three.
THE Government receipts during
November will fall little short of
$30,000,000. The expenditures will
aggregate more than Sl6,000,000.
THERE are SIG men employed in
the copper mines of this country.
and the total yearly product of cop
per is little less than $S,S5OOO0.
THERE is good deal of COW steal
ing going on around Scooba. Three
parties condemned in the thefts
have been captured by the Sheriff.
A CORRESPONDENCE of the Canton
Mail suggests Judge S. S. Calhoon
as successor of Senator Lamar. The
talk is idle No man can succeed
Mr.. Lamar
The total foreign commerce of
the United States during the last
fiscal year was $1,675,024,31S. Ex-
ports were 1902 ,377.346; imports,
$642, 664, 62S.
TT is stated that Chas. Reed, Of
Chicago, Is to take charge of Gui
teau's case. He had better not in
terfere with Scoville unless he wants
his client to hang.
THE Presidents message was re-
ceivcd too late for this issue. We
wi ,aroho hi q, r,nI,l;ab n cvooncic of