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The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

BISHOP KAvANAUGH, of Louisville,
KY, was eighty years old on the
14th inst. The event was celebra-
ted by all the Methodist ministers
Of that city calling ON him.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19
bismarck.

BERLIN. January 15.-The North
German Gezette says: prince Bismarck
has been suffering during the last few
days from painful attack of sciatica.
which has prevented his performance OF
official duties aud attendance at the cit
ting of the Reichstag. bat he is now
recovering.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

The Supreme Court of New York
has just decided that when a man
is injured in a railway accident,
sues and RECEIVERS damage, then
dies, that his family can again sue
the company and collect for his
death,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

The prize fight between Ryan ard
Sullivan is to take place at West
Pascagoula, Miss, on the 7th of
February, unless prevented by Mis-
sissippi authorities. The purse is
$4,000.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

THE Memphis Ledger declines to
exchange with patent outside pa
pers. If anything were needed to
kill all the patent papers, the Mem
phis Ledger has furnished it. 1t is
cruel of it to do so, exceeding cruel.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

WITHIN twelve hours the themom.
eter fell forty degrees at Jackson.
There was sleet and snow.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

A BILL is before the Legislature
to prevent prize fighting in this
State. 1t provides for five years in
the penitentiary and $1,000 fine for
the principals, and the seconds get
fine and imprisonment at the dis.
erection Of the judge. 1t has been
referred to the Judiciary committee
who have prepared an amendmen,
making it a misdemeanor to train on
Mississippi soil. This will proba
bly, interfere with the Ryan Sullivan
fight.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

WE see it stated that eX-Prcsi-
dent Hayes refuses to contribute TO
the Garfield monument fund. He
has drawn 5000 900 Of money that
belonged to Mr.. Tilden, and could
afford to give away some of it.
Hayes has been called a fraud, and
never was an epithet more justly
applied to man.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19
- N~Se e

"The editor" says the Brookha
ven LEDGER, cate one of his Christ
mas dinners with the family of Mr..
MicSell," and then goes on to ac-
cuse two other gentlemen present of
being large eaters. We would like
to know how many dinners on
Christmas 1t takes to satisfy the
APPETITE of the editor of the LEDGER.
-Pdscagould Dem0crdt-Star.
We can't answer, having never
had fair test.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

On the night of the 10th inst,
at Meridian9 Mr.. W. A. Pettus, OF
Newton, a drummer, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by un.
known parties in a house east Of
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad track
The shooting was done through q
window. No motive for the crime
has yet been developed. Several
persons have been arrested on sus
picicn, but nothing definite has
been made known.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19
MASSACHUSETTS,

A MASSACHUSETTS man says:
sBlaine is going to go back to Con-
gress from his own district, / un-
derstand, and reappear in his place
on the floor, where he made his
mark. So a member Of the House
delegation tells me"
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Marcus Morton, the new Chiel Jastice
Of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, is
son of the man who ran for Governor
twelve times and was beaten every time,
but on the thirteenth trial was elected
by one majority,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

We learn that on the night of the
18th all the business houses at Ha-
zlehurst, between Faler's two stores,
were burned,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Some years ago Miss Libbie Mink
Ter. of Rochelle, ILL.,, lost both arms by
falling in front of reaper. To.dal
she is earning a good living by OF
painting. holding the brush in bel
teeth.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Irving, the actor denies report that
he has arranged to sppear in New York
next autumn with Miss Terry, at new
theatre, OF which Messrs. Booth and
Clarke will be Joint owners. Mr.. Ir.
wig says he has made no arrangement
| to come to this country.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

IT is pretty we'll settled that we
are to have q University for girls.
We hope II won't be 50 elephant on
the baud of orr people,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Kansas City. Mo, continues to grow
rapidly, and the Times predicts that its
population will considerably exceed
100000 by the close of this year.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Mr.. w. j. McQUINsToN, of Mon
roe county, has been nominated by
the Democratic caucus for Superin
tendent of the Penitentiary. The
nomination is equal to an election.
The Aberdeen Examiner says:
He possesses every qualification,
and his friends l.ere, who know
his merits best, will be de.
lighted to learn that the emoluments
of Office have fallen to the lot OF
one so deserving.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

STREET d SMITHS New York
Weekly, that makes some p-eten-
tons to being literary paper, refers
to Hon. Jefferson Davis as san I'M
slightly political hulk" Southern
people should ignore this trashy
sheet. If they want literature, of
the serial order, they will find bet
ter quality IN the New York Ledger,
an bipartisan paper.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Gen. Albert. u. 8 A., estimates that
it will cost ~. 00O. 900 to improve the
George town and Washington harhors
including the filling up ofthe Potomac
fats.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

The Columbus Mississippi Dispatcl
says: An engineer corps was taken on'
yesterday to the present twenty>miles
terminus of the Georgia Pacific. and the
work CT locating another section Of
twenty miles will be commenced to-
morrow. The work goes forward very
satisfactorily. We congratulate oul
people on the prospects ahead.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

The increase of the taxable rating OF
real estate in New York city. above
Fortieth street, since the elevated rail-
roads, but not wholly because of them,
is three fold.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Jesse James, the train robber, is
about as audacions a rogue as evel
lived. He coolIy offers that he and
his band will agree to sign a bond fol-
$3.50, 900 to keep the peace, if the Gov
errors of Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas
Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee will
grant them pardon.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

The Western distillers are going to
make vigorous effort to secure from
Congress the total repeal or large
reduction of the whisky tax.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19
Biackburn's Caro-.

TO the Public:
A correspondence between Gen. Ste,
ven g, Burbridge' formerly of Kentucky
and now citizen of Pennsylvania, and
myself. begun by him has, through his
instrumentaIity, been obtruded upon
public attention. I regret this, but
not because l have any reason to fear
the Judgment OF the public on the ques-
tions involved. For the soldiers OF the
Union army who respected the law of
honorable warfare, / have no feelings
but respect and appreciation for their
manhood. Gen Burbridge is outside
this pale, by reason of atrocities wells
known to the people of Kentucky,
which have made him an outcast from
the State where honorable men have
buried in honorable reconciliation the
animosities OF that unhappy period. I
share fully the detestation OF Gen. Bur-
bridge and his conduct which is en-
tertaincd alike by Confederates and
Union men 10 the State OF Kentucky,
and this feeling have expressed on
proper occasions. The fact was made
known to him when he Intercepted me
as to my utterances respecting him. l
refused to modify my language or to ac>
cept his attempt ut Standardization. l
gave him frankly this answer. His
response is not an appeal to the usages
by which gentlemen have been governs
ed, but an attempt to retort by counter
insult. If this course is satisfactory 10
Gen. Burbrdge or his feelings cannot
complain. dismiss him to the enjoy.
ment of any honors he may Lave acquir>
ed by this effort to rehabilitate his
reputation. which resting as it does up
on known facts of shameful personal
history, clnnot be made worse by aught
that l can now say against him, or
improved by his own asseverations Of
innocence aud certificates of character.
These are not required by gentlemen
who have practiced decent respect for
the opininns of mankind.
j. G. S. BLACKBURN.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

The Legislature has appointed a
committee to look into railroad
freights and tariffs
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Turin sold So O00OOO worth of YER
mouth to Asia. Europe and America
during last year.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

Mrs. Rachel D. Foote. widow of the
late ex-Gov. Henry S. Foote. died at
Nashville on the evening of January 9.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19
TUNfeI.

A situation by tirst-class saw mill man.
all engineer, sawyer and saw fier-familiar
with all the new improvements and appli-
ances. Can build, or plan drills, put up
machinery, and has had much experience
as saw mill manager among the large
mills of the coast counties Has Ne. l
references and recommendations. An an
swer addressed to Or" care of w. c. Cham
berlain, Esq, Brookhaven. Miss, will meet
with prompt attention.
Jan. 18th, lSS2-2t.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

A four>year old son Of MIR. Vannoy
Blanks. of this city, was accidentally
shot on Friday, by his little brother,
about two years older, with one Of the
so called toy pistols. The weapon was
loaded with turkey shot which t2ok
effect in the little fellows hip, iufictipg
a serions wound. Several physicians
have been in attendance on the sufferer
and there are fears of serious conse
quenoes. Meridian Homestead.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

The Rains.

Great damage is reported from
the rains Of the past few days.
Much of Nashville is now under
water, as is Aberdeen. A dispatch
from Aberdeen of the 10th inst,
says that at that place the river is
within few feet of the highest
point ever known. All that part of
town adjacent is inundated. Every
available vehicle is in use, running
cotton out of the river warehouses.
A bridge gave way on the railroad
between Aberdeen and Muldoon,
precipitating the engine, engineer
and fireman into the stream. The
fireman was drowned.
The rains inundated railway
bridge near Columbus, and an en-
CINE went through. Two engineers
were hurt by the accident.
The river is very high at Chatta-
nooga, being thirty-one feet above
low water mark.
A telegram from Kosciusko, of
the 10th inst, says rain has been
falling for two weeks. All the bot
tom lands are entirely under water.
The Chicago, st. Louis and New
Orleans road is under water near
Walden, Miss, and the road is so
badly washed that north bound
trains are turned at Durant, and
trains north OF the wash out are
also turned and run on the sched-
ule of the north bound trains,
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

DIR. G. w. BENSON, OF Baltimore, Md,
inventor and proprietor Of the celebrated
Celery and ChamOlnile Pills. These Pills are
prepared expressly to cure Sick Headache,
Nervous Headache, Neuralgia, Nervousness,
Paralysis, Seeplcs&ness and Dyspepsia, and
will cure any ease, NO matter how obstinate If
properly used. They are not q cnreall, but on
ly for those special diseases They contain no
ptlrgative, but regulate the bowels and cure
constipation by curing or removing the cause
of it: They have a charming effect upon the
skin. and Il quieting effect upon the nervous
system, simply by feeding its. ten, thousand
hungry, yes, in some eases starving abSorbents.
They make or create nerve matter and give
power, force and buoyancy to the nerves, and
in that way increase mental power, endurance
and brilliancy of mind. Nobody that has a
nervous system should neglect to take them
two or three months i'll each year, as a nerve
food, If for no other purpose.
Sold by all druggists. Price, so cents a
box. Depot, JOG North Eutaw St, Balti-
more, Md. By mail. two boxes for 81, or
CT boyac for % En IN npv odd rocc
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19
c.. st. L. & N. o. RAILROAD.

GOING NORTH.
ExPREss-Leaves N. Orleans, 40 a N
Arrives Brookhaven / .5S p N
Arrives at jackson, All p m
MAIL-Leaves New Orleans. 500 p Ii
Arr. at Brookhaven, 10. 10 p m
Arr. at Jackson. ~. IL ~ m
GOING SOUTH.
ExpREss-Leayes jackson. :. 10 81 M
Arr. at Rrookhaven LIS m
Arr. at NJ. Orleans 1.l5 m
MAIL-Leaves jackson at. y ~ a m
Arr. at proukLayen. B 90 ~
Arr. at New Orleans. II, Is a m
f Mail train will net stop at Boguechit-
to, Wesson nor Flag Stations. Mixed
train does not rnp on Sundays.
E. NJ. BEE Agent.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19
THE GRAND PRIZE.
-FOUR OTHER AWARDS.

In addition to the above, four other awards were
recommended by the judges for exhibits shown by the
Willimantic Company, among them being the only
award for spool cotton winding machine.
The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-19

"For The Bes. str-Corc Soft Finish. Spool Cotton for
Machine and Hand Sceing. The elements of merit
| and superiority recognized are great strength and
eaccity rendering this thread peculiarly adapted to
| sewing machine use. The colors shown remark.
able for their beauty and variety. Gold medal
mended,"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-06
Sea Telegraphy for Ships.

M. Menusier has proposed a plan Of
telegraphy for the use of ships at sea.
Upon his cable, which he would lay
from the French coast to New York,
with branch to Panama, he proposes
to ingraft ct distances Of about one hum
dred and eighty miles, representing the
ships daily sailing distance, vertical Ca
bles rising to the surface where the ends
may be held up by buoys. To the main
cable he would also add secondary cables
thirty or sixty miles long, forming cross
cables, like great arms stretching out on
either side, to which verticle cables
would be attached, each to be held in
place by its surface buoy. Thus it
could rarely happen that ship keeping
on the regular course would not be able
to meet one Of the buoys every day.
Each buoy should have its number and
its place marked on special chart. IF
a..ship wishes to send dispatch, it at
taches the wire Of its own telegraphic
apparatus. one to the cable that is held
up by the buoy, the other to the buoy
itself, which is of course in communities
tiou with the earth-currents. M. Men,
usier processes to solve the principal
difficulty in the way of the successful
operation of his invention, which is that
of fixing tie buoys SO that they shall
not be removed by storms, but declines
to make his plans public on account OF
the detective condition of the patent
laws. He has, however, explained it to
competent navigators, and they are said
to regard it as practicable.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-06
Ventilation, Fumigation and Isolation
milwaukee SUM-

We have received some smallpox cir.
culars from the State Board of Health
containing seasonable suggestions about
keeping our head cool and our feet
clean, together with remarks on isola-
ton, disinfection, ventilation and sui
phurous fumigation. We are surprised
to see so intelligent body as the State
Board of Health advocate sulphurous
fu1nigation, as all the preachers we have
ever heard preach have warned us t6
beware of it. They have told us that it
was better to be q doorkeeper in the
house of the Lord than to be fumigated
with the fumes of sulphur. We cannot
reconcile the different theories. As fol
isolation, we have no objection if the
party is old and homely, but if she is
young and good looking we would rather
a confound~l sight have the smallpox
than W.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-06
GLOBE WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEcaBERe esz

the skirmish in the streets, when the rod
handed murders were swept into eternity
by the deadly Gatling. From the Marina
we forced our way along the quay to the
arsenal. There the project of police APP
preached, and said to me: 4 am the pre-
feet of police.' What did he say?' said
Gay. I replied, He is the project of police
Gay turned to the men who were following
and said: Soldiers, you have before you
the infamous project of police of the 18th
of June! Halt, soldiersv cried to the
ten or more men whose Martini Henri
rifles were leveled at him, sthis is not the
man, but his successor The poor project
sank back upon bench trembling with
fright. He had come as the advance guard
of the khedive, whom he reported as flying
from Ramleh to the palace at Ras-ei-Tin.
The day was passed in attempting to force
a passage through the burning streets to
the Place du Consul. y was impossible,
however, to effect it. We slept upon the
quay surrounded by hundred of Jews
Syrians who, hidden in cellars and else
where, had now come out to seek protec-
ton.
SCENES IN THE CITY.
''The morning of the 14th the American
marines and soldiers, $50 strong, made a
landing. We found our way over burning
buildings and debris and saw the bodies
Of a hundred victims bursting with cor
ruption under blazing July sun. What q
sight! But this has been told so often it
need not be repeated. It may interest you
however, to tell you of strange spectacle
that met our gaze in the number of cats
and dogs starving to death and feeding
upou human carcasses. I occupied the
consulate, and with the officers and soldiers
sent to me to establish my consulate pro-
ceeded in concert with the gallant Lord
Beresford and Lieut.. Bradford to extin-
guish the fires. We materially aided in
doing this, for the English troops had
enough to do In performing more impor-
tant military service; for, with the 800 men
landed it must not be forgotten that in
front of US we had the army of Arabi-at
that time reported to be 10000 strong. The
inhabitants of Alexandria have been ex-
pansive in sending their thanks. I really
believe but for the action of Admiral
Nicholson in compliance with my request
that mot one stone would have been left
! upon another in Alexandria. My recon-
pense lies in sense of duty performed
Col. Long has received the thanks of the
state department. That's all. He served
in the interests of humanity, and when he
had done that he had done what no other
man had the nerve TO do. Hope England
will do something in the matter. They
ought to; don't You think so? PILGRIM.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-06
About Thrones.

It seems that King Kalakaua has re-
Gently ordered of Boston house new
throne for his sitting room. Thrones
come high, but if man is in the king
business he has to have them.
It seems to man who don't know
much about royalty that this pride,
pomp and circumstance must have it's
drawbacks. Suppose you are King,
for instance, and after you have turned
the cat out of the back door Of the pal
ace, and removed your ermine robe and
laid it on a chair, and unbuttoned your
royal suspenders, and hung your crown
On the bedpost, and blown out the gas,
you happen to think that you haven't
wound the royal clock. You feel your
way into the sitting room and put your
eye out with scepter somewhere try
ing to find the mantel, and then fall
head over appetite over a marble-top
throne.
1t would make a man mad even if he
had the blood of the royal family flow
ing through his veins and leaking out
of his nose. Kings are only mortal, and
it occurs to us that when a kingly
snoozer who has descended from the
royal galoots away back busts his nose
on a hump-back throne, and jams a
Eastwood scepter into his eye, he is go
ing to use some harsh terms.
In this country all men are sovereigns.
Some of the royal family Of America
sit on pale-blue plush tete-a-tete, and
others sit on the floor and permit their
foo RI 1,,,% oil
Kings in our own right. We can call
the President of the United States harsh
names-if we feel like it and we are far
enough away, and we belong to the
other party. Americans are free to
tread their native heath and criticize
anybody they want to, but very few of
them wear thrones. A large 1900
pound throne would be cumbersome
thing to ship over the u. P road when
ever a free-born American sovereign
moved from Omaha to Green river.
That's why so few of us use them Nc
American is going to make himself
bald-headed wearing sheet-iron crown
with $3.50 worth of diadems on it, un-
less there is money in it. He prefers
to just wag along without attracting at
tention so far as possible and accumu-
late as much coin as he can. Still
the day may come when nc
family will be perfectly comfortable
without an $50 throne in his house. But
it viii have it's drawbacks and we hope
the custom will never attain much stand
ing in the country. A yeneered throne
in the sitting room with cracker crumbs
and bread and butter in the seat would
be Of very little comfort to a man with
democratic tastes. It would SAVIOR toe
much Of an effete monarchy and chill
the warm glow of patriotic pride. which
every true American feels in the individ
ual and universal freedom peculiar te
our national institutions.
Beside, it would be, as we say, very
awkward thing to move about and !;
poor thing to mortgage. It would hur
the family pride to mortgage the dea1
old throne or to sell it to second han6
| furniture man.
That is why we say that free-bor1
American sovereigns had better plug
along with the old style Of chair ant
thus give royalty in this country blac]
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