The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-10-19
EDITORIAL ITEMS.


Ohio has hit the Republicans square in
the face.
Swell the column for Barksdale and white
supremacy.
Most of the Day Marriage Companies
have collapsed.
Rally around the standard-bearer, boys,
with the war-whoop OF 1875. .--
Henry Ward Beecher has Withdrawn
from the Congregational Association.
The negroes are "rising" to elect Hill.
Will the white people sit down on them?
We must elect Barksdale, white men.
Negro domination is thing of the past
We want no mongrel Representative in
Congress. Therefore we must defeat Hill.
If the white people go to the polls on
election day they can easily elect Barks-
dale.
Madame Nilsson left liverpool for New
York on the steamer Gallo on SATURDAY.
last.
A hotel clerk in Cincinnati, named Sex.
ton, robbed the house of $I,S45 last Sun
day, and left.
This is white mans country and Barks-
dale will go to Congress if white men are
true TO themselves. ...
Aside from his color, Barksdale is far bet
ter qualified to represent this district in
Congress than Hill. ..., .s,..
Only those who have changed their vo.
ting places since last election will be re-
quired to register.
1t is the duty of every Democrat to sup
port Barksdale. He is the nominee OF the
party and white man.
The Yazoo City Herald says that al
though Col. Money is not blood-thirsty
man, still he is after Gore. a
The result of the election in Ohio will
bring Thurman and Pendleton permanent
ly forward for the Presidency.
Hill is vulgar and obscene and half.
breed. Barksdale is a polished gentleman
and white man-vote for him.
Simon Cameron says he believes the next
House of Representatives will be Democrat
10. There is not much doubt about that.
The Tilden income tax case has been dis
missed. No further proceedings will be
had in the United States Supreme Court.
The Republicans count this as doubt
full district. The Democrats will set all
their doubts at rest by the day OF the cleo
ton.
In his speech last week Hill said the
next Congress would be Republican. He
had not then heard from the Ohio Water
loo
Barksdale stock has advanced several
points since the Ohio election. Repuhli-
cans as we'll as Democrats now concede hi,
election.
That old hero, Hon. J. w. G. Watson
delivered a, political address at Helly
Springs last Monday. 1t was able and
pointed. '
Phe negroes are holding night meetings
in theinterest of HILL White men, are you
going to sit supinely and allow Barksdale t.
be defeated?
White men, the color line is drawn ant
it is your duty to march to the polls in 5
solid body on election day and vote fol-
Barksdale -
1t is announced that IN his report t,
Congress the Postmaster General will re
commend the establishment of posta
telegraph system.
Vernon White. accused of the killing O
NJ. Leigh, at Charleston, has surrendered
He says he made his escape because he wa
afraid OF being lynched.
The Republican Convention for th,
Fourth Congressional District endorsed S
NJ. Roam for Congress, and called upon al
Republicans to support him.
Oscar Wilde was arrested at st. John
New Brunswick, for breach of contract witt
the Young Mems Christian Association
and paid 500 to settle the case.
Geo. Randolph, OF Ripley, Miss, died
suddenly at Holly Springs last week. HI
is supposed to have died from the effects o
an overdose OF morphine.
Pattison, the Democratic candidate fol
Governor of Pennsylvania, is travelling
through the State in a special car and ad
dressing the people from the platform.
The Sheriff OF Calhoun county offers
reward of fifty dollars for the capture o
ore C. c. Clements, who is charged with as
sault and battery with intent to kill a Dicl
Flanagan. ..........z.
The Kosciusko Messenger defines The
matrimonial insurance business as a Gas,
of two boys who "shut themselves up in ;
room and snapped jackets until they boil
got rich" 1.....
The negroes are organized in every coun
ty in the Seventh District and will make !,
big effort to elect Hill. They will fail il
the whites turn Out en- massc and vote foi
Barksdale. ........ g. a.
The usually correct Holly Springs South
says that the editor OF THE I.Ep,ER wa,
once President of an insurance company
That is one honor-if such it be--tliat h
never enjoyed. * - stSs
The Times-Democrat says this is Dem
ocratic year. Ohio has sounded the sigma
and New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana am
all the larger States will join the Democrat
ic ranksin November. s's
The World correspondent at Cairo, in
letter dated Sept. "a, says: Arab is dread
fully treated in Jail. He is kept,in chains
forced to lie on rotten straw, and receive
only black biscuit daily as rationa." p.
A letter was recently received by tn
Prince of Wales threatening to assassinat
him in the same manner ~ wasthe lat
Lord Frederick Cavendish. II has beer
traced to William Brookshaw, traveller
THE yellow fever shows no signs Of abb