The Brookhaven ledger., 1882-08-24
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A little rain Monday.
More rain on Tuesday.
See corrected time table.
The new depot is being painted.
Cherokee street is now being worked.
Are you going to camp meeting Sunday!
The first bale Will be anxiously looked
for.
Horse swapping in the rear lot is on the
wane.
We are having dearth of amusements
just now.
DIR. Clarence Matthews was in the city
this week.
The whooping cough-is prevailing among
the children.
Mr.. Sam Magee's son, Joe, is i'll with ty-
phoid fever.
Z Wednesday morning was dank, dark and
i disagreeable.
Farmers, why don't you bring in few
sweet "taters ?"
Capt. Jack Hardy has been on visit to
Paducah, Ky.
: The marriage boom has commenced. Who
will be the next?
Bagging and ties will soon begin to roll
ont to the country.
Mrs. c. Deuchert of New Orleans, isvis-
iting her sister, Mrs Heucl.
Mss $ Bert. Bowen and Ada Session S
were visiting at Hazlhurst last week.
We learn from ne Durant News that Miss
Vic. Pickens j. on her way homewards.
Mrs. Lev and children, of New Orleans,
are ON . visit to Mr.. Kohlman's family.
Tle Presbyterian church has member
eithty- weight years of age-Mrs Mary Graf
ton.
Judge Chrisman and District Attorney
Cassidy are now holding court in Pike
county.
Mr.. and Mrs J. J. Warren, of New Or
leans, are visiting Mr.. Jesse Warren and
family.
Miss Mary Norman, graduate of Whit
worth College is on visit to Miss Ada
Sessions.
Brookhaven is about the only town in the
State that has not marriage insurance
company.
Miss Agnes Chrisman, of Beauregard, is
visiting the family of her uncle, Hon. R.
II. Thompson.
A shell walk extends from St. Marco Ho-
tel to the railroad, greatly to the conven-
fence of pedestrians.
Several of our citizens speak of attend
ing the Crystal Springs Camp Meeting,
which commenced to-day.
Mrs. Frank Larkin has returned from
Holmesville, where she has been on a visit
to her daughter, Mrs. Bishop.
Miss Ella Bethea has gone on a visit to
Franklin county. We expect there is
some attraction out that way
Chicken raisers are complaining that
their poultry is troubled with warts.
Does any one know of a remedy?
All interested in organizing a choir at
the Presbyterian church, are requested to
meet at the church tomorrow night
Mr. Potter LeGette, of Franklin county,
was here last week for medical treatment
He stopped with his sister, Mrs Bethea.
One day last week Dick Bethea was very
badly scalded out at Ferris mill. He is
improving, though suffering severe pain.
The singing at the different churches on
Sunday evenings is becoming quite attrac-
tive. 1t is good way to pass the evening.
Capt. Powell is in the best humor imagi-
nable, on account of new arrival at his
house-a boy baby, said to look like its
father.
Chas. McNair, who has been visiting his
relatives here for the past two weeks, has
returned to his duties as telegraph operator
at Orange, Texas.
We had a War of Roses, Saturday-the
white and the black rose. No red blood
was shed, but an aroma not altogether love
ly was emitted by the black rose.
We have learned that Senator Longino,
accompanied by his brother and the But
Ter brothers, of Monticello, intend visiting
the Deer Creek country on a prospecting
tour.
Mr.. Russell Rogers, telegraph operator at
this place, accompanied by Miss Hattie
Martin, is on visit to his home in Jack
son, Tenn. We wish them pleasant visit
and safe return.
We neglected to state in our last issue
that Miss Annie Henry had returned from
Yazoo City, where she had been visiting her
brothers family. She speaks in high terms
of the city and its people.
A new building is going up adjoining Mr..
McGrath's store, which will be occupied by
the postoffice. We learn that the room
now occupied by the postoffice will be ex-
tended and used by Mr.. McGrath as gro
cery department.
Rev. Mr.. Bingham preached very in
teresting sermon last Sunday, it being the
twenty-ifth anniversary. He also read "a
history of the church frura ITO O. s..rinutiur.
to the present time, which we will lay be-
- fore our readers next week.
Rev. Mr.. Zealey, who assisted in the re-
cent Baptist protracted meeting at this
place, will take charge OF the McComb City
High School, lately conducted by Prof. J.
NJ. Sharp, who has accepted position in
Mississippi College, at Clinton.
THE LEDGER has been highly compli-
mented for publishing the proceedings Of
the Bar Meeting in full, containing the ad-
dress by Jadge Mcmillan and eulogy by
Mr.. Bridges. Extra copies were in de-
mand, both here and at Summit.
The Presbyterian church looked very at
tractive Sunday. The chandeliers, pulpit,
Library and windows were tastefully deco
rated with festoons of evergreen, while va
ses of beautiful flowers were placed on the
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