The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-08-10
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
senator ] amar is now at home.

held in Magnolia, August Esd, 1882. s s
EDITORIAL ITEMS.
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Senator Lamar is now at home. a. y
Madison county has instructed for Major
Barksdale. ~ f'sfef ia ;.ae+a Hs 58 ~
A silk company has begun business al
Aberdeen, Miss. a-" * -
1t is said that Grant wants to be Go,ssrn.
or of New York
There were sixty cases OF yfiow lever at
Havana last week -
A hundred thop,and Texas cattle are
being driven worth. ... ads as
The fi-t Governor of New Hampshire
died N the 4th of July. r
The wheat crop of Minnesota promise.
to reach 10000, 600 bushels. ajt
Columbus has the scarlet fever and Boil
var county the smallpox. 'sS ass
yellow fever is reported at Matamoras
Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas.
The Memphis papers say the health o
that city was never SO good as now.
Hog cholera of yirulent type has ap
peared in some counties in Illinois.
Awhite girl of respectable family i,
Augusta, Ga., has recently married China
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The Comet says thousand hands ar,
at work on the Mississippi Valley Rail
road. - .as
The cotton worm is doing great deal
OF damage to the cotton in portions of the
State. u -i4 ~
The cotton worm has made its appear.
ance on plantations in the vicinity of Ed.
wards.
A telegram says the coast counties are
solid for Ford for Congress from the Sixth
District.
There are one hundred cases of yellow
fever at Laredo, Texas. Six deaths are re-
ported.
Representative Bisbee, of Florida, has
appointed another colored cadet to West
Point.
The Democrats of South Carolina have
nominated Col. Hugh S. Thompson for
Governor.
The Terry Farmer notices Kinds coun-
ty peach received at that office which weighs
154 ounces.
"Crocket" Henry, who killed McDuAie
some years ago in Meridian, has returned
for trial. go ...-
Judge Hill, of Oxford, will leave in a
few days on visit to Chicago and other
cities in the West.
the jurors in the Guiteau case have made
an application for additional pay for their
services in that trial.
Senator George has introduced bill
appropriating $500, 900 for the improvement,
OF Vlcksburg harbor.
Hon. Carleton Hunt was nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of the First
District OF Louisiana.
A raft of walnut timber shipped from
the upper part of the Yazoo river bottom
recently, brought $4,000. ~.
The fourth Annual Fair of Mississippi
will commence at Aberdeen on October
3lst and continue five days. Sc --t
Manning had no opposition in the Ok
ford Convention and was nominated by
reclamation amid great enthusiasm.
Mrs. Mary Sparks, of Indianapolis, has
been convicted of horse-stealing and sem
fenced to the penitentiary for two years.
The st. Louis Fair Association has voted
TO appropriate $4,000 in cash premiums,
to be offered at their Fair commencing Oct.
I'd. I'D.
Jerry Black thinks that Blaine will be
the Republican candidate for President and
that Hancock viii be the Democratic nomi-
nee ts
Gov. Lowry is president of Professional
Mems Benevolent Association, with Col.
J. L. Power, as ecretary-Domicil, jack
son. e.
1t i; now denied that the cotton cater
piller has made its appearance. in the
prairies. 1t was the grass worm that scared
them. ..ss-, s.; -..a.-s......
The Supreme Court of Errors of Con-
nectieut has decided that woman is not
ineligible 10 admission as attorney because
of sex. Of ...ft ......,s. 20.
Col. Ed Richardson's plantation residence
at Refuge Landing, was recently destroyed
by fire. 1t was valued at ten thousand
dollars Esl.
The law of Texas which requires the
railroads of that State to charge only three
cents mile for passengers went into effect
recently.
Teachers Institutes will be held at
Greenville, Aug, 4th; at Mayersville, Aug.
1lth; at Vicksburg, Aug. 18th; at Natchez
Aug. 25th.
The Vances, who were held to answer in
committing court, concerning the Marion
riot on the Sth OF November last, were not
indicted.
The Meridian Observer notes the appear
ance Of the grass worm in that vicinity and
states that on some. farms it has injured
young corn.
The Liberty Herald records the death
of Thomas Garner, an old and much
respected citizen of Amite county. He was
in his Goth year.
Eugene Crawford was accidently killed
at Mayhem recently by being struck by the
projecting lumber on a car Of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad.
One San Francisco doctor has found ITO
cases of leprosy coming from the smoking
of cigaretts which had been rolled by
leprous Cinnamon.
At the late term OF the Circuit Court
of Lauderdale county ten persons were SEN
fenced to the Penitentiary for terms rang
ing from one to four years.
The sheep raisers of South Mississippi