The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-05
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

in New York last week for a purse
Of $4,000.
NEXT to Col. Richardson, Col. B.
s. Kicks, of Yazoo county, is the
argest cotton planter in the South.
GEN. MARTIN is opposed to allow
ing his railroad to be sold to a for
eign Syndicate. 1
WE learn D. S. Hurlbut, mer-
chant at Hazlehurst, failed last
week for $4,000, and has run off.
THE firm of Beiach has failed for
an immense sum. Bejachs we never
liked the name of that house any
way.
LAST Monday Jno. McGlll was
reelected Mayor of jackson, over
his Democratic competitor, H. NJ.
Taylor.
JUDGE L. o. BRGDEwELL, of Beaure
gard, we learn is candidate for
the office of Superintendent Of the
Penitentiary.
W. r. SMITH, at Crystal Springs,
has failed for $4,000. r. b. Sims
K Co., OF the same place has made
An assignment.
THE Sardis Star appeared last
week, looking as bright as ever, not
outstanding the fact it was burned
out n few days before.
THE Feet of Clay" noyel writ
ten by a lady of Vicksburg, is hav-
ing q large sale. 1t is reported to
be a novel of great interest.
WHISKY is not allowed to be sold
in Tangipahoa parish, La, as the
thirsty passenger learns when he
stops at Hammond for lunch.
REPRESENTATIVES, Hooker and Chal-
mers have The LEDGER's thanks for
Public Documents. What has be-
come of the Congressional Record :?
ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER will
authorize the bringing Of civil suits
in the star route cases as soon as
he assumes the duties of his office.
THOMAS COLLINS, not the ubiqui-
tous individual, has sold the West
Point Echo to L. A. Boyle We will
now hear an Echo from the Bogle's
blast.
THE chairman of the committee
appointed to audit the claims grow
inc out of the illness of President
Garfield, thinks 100000 will cover
all proper demands.
The Matthews Hargraves election
contest was compromised without
trial, Hargraves paying Matthews
$500 to cover his expenses. That's
all right, we suppose.
IT is now thought that neither of
the delegates from Utah will be adj
mitted to seat in Congress, and
the case will be remanded to the
people of the Territory.
Col. II. S. McCoMB, formerly
President of the New Orleans and
jackson Railroad, died at Philadel-
phia, Pa, on the 30th ult. He was
the founder of McComh City.
CAPT: HowGATE, who thought it
not wrong to steal 100000 from the
government, was released from jail
on the 1st inst. to be allowed to
spend New Years Day at home.
WE have received the Rural Mis-
sissippian a monthly Journal pub
lished at Winona, by w. A. Hurt.
1t is elegantly gotten up, and con-
tains valuable and we'll written arti-
cles.
THE Vicksburg Herald wants the
Legislature to prohibit the sale of
the Police Gazette and similar pa
pers in this State Mr.. Clarke, of
our Railroad, thinks about that
way also.
THERE was collision of two
freight trains on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad Wednesday morning,
Just above Lockhart, wrecking the
engine and several cars. Nobody
was hurt.
IT has been learned that eleven
of the twelve jurymen in the Gui-
teau case are in favor of conviction,
while the other wants to acquit him.
1t is supposed the twelfth juryman
is crazy, and has fellow feeling.
A. S. HEwETT, a manufacturer of
steel rails. is for low tariff, and is
willing to have the duty reduced at
once to fourteen dollars a ton. He
saws that one steel rail firm with a
capital of 100000 last year made
profit of 50 900, 900.
Young Malone and Bayard. sons
of the Senators, were arrested in
Washington few nights ago. for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
They will have to reform if they
want to one day fill the seats now
occupied by their fathers.
The General Manager of the Chi
cago, st. Louis and New Orleans
Railroad has issued an order not al
lowing the newsboys to sell the