The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-12
EDITORIAL ITEMS.


Gov. Lowry was inaugurated last
Monday with great eclat.
Hon. T. f. COOPER has been con-
firmed as one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court.
SEVERAL Southern Railroads have
reduced their local rates to three
cents per mile.
INDICATIONS are that a union of
the Pullman and Wagner Car COM
panies is impending.
Mrs. NOBLE BATE, the Govern
or's daughter, is presiding at the
Governors Mansion.
GEN. BURBRIDGE and Hon. j. S.
c. Blackburn are fighting the war
over again-on paper.
THE last Handsboro Advertiser
published a history of all..the sea
coast counties and towns.
THE Vicksburg and Ship Island
Railroad has been built to within
five miles of Port Gibson,
The wife of Attorney General
Brewster is Mississippi girl, the
daughter of the late r, j. Walker.
EMMETT L. Ross has sold the Can
ton Mail to W. Q. Calhoun, who has
changed the name to that of Demo
crat.
Mr.. ]. C. CLARK has retired from
the Kosciusko Star, and is succeed
ed by Capt H. P. Johnston, the for
mer proprietor.
THE firm of Smith, Riley d Co,
st Wesson, is dissolved. Dampeer
d Riley assume all liabilities and
will collect all debts.
CLEMENT C. CLAY, formerly United
States Senator from Alabama, died
at his late residence, near Hunts
vile, on the 9th inst.
Gov. STONE went out of office
with clean skirts. He has at all
times done his duty, and made.
probably, the best Governor the
State ever had.
WE see it reported that Senator
Lamar says he would now vote
against the bill to demonetize sill.
yer. He always votes the way he
believes right.
Work was commenced on the
New Orleans and Meridian Rail
road, near Meridian, last week.
Capt. W. H. Hardy threw the first
shovel of dirt.
SENATOR GEORGE has our thanks
for bound volume Of the proceed
ings of the Forty Seventh Congress.
1t is the first work of the kind we
ever received.
THE testimony was closed in the
Guiteau trial on the 4th inst, Judge
Cox having denied the motion Of the
defense for permission to introduce
additional testimony.
A TEXAS newspaper man ADVERT
ses for printer. He says his town
IS blooming. That is what is the
matter with most towns-they are
blooming for the grave.
The Readjusters' bill declaring
the public debt of Virginia and
making provision for the payment
of interest thereon has been intro
duced in the Legislature.
EVENTS at Albany have demon
strated that John Kelly is still a po-
tential factor in New York politics.
The boss poses as an obstruction
list, and his power is felt.
Postmaster General James retired
from his position on the 4th inst
He leaves the accounts of the de-
partment in a better condition than
they have been for many years.
SOME doctor has offered 81, 900 for
Guiteau's body, after he is hung
The assassin cody says he thinks
his body is worth $4,000, and that
he won't close out for a less figure.
Mrs. GARFIELD is living very quiz
city and comfortably in Cleveland.
When her sons leave college she
will choose between Cleveland and
Washington for a permanent home
The upper Hudson is frozen over
and navigation is stopped. Similar
reports come from other portions of
the country. There was a heavy
snowfall in the West, seriously de-
laying trains.
PATTI is to sing at the St. Charles
Theatre, New Orleans, on the nights
of the 18th and 10Th inst. General
admission $500; reserved seats S..
She will be assisted by a large COM
pany of artists.
The Tulou Rock and Rye Com
pany, of Chicago, want to pay us
in whisky and cigars for their adj
vertiscment. As we never use eth
er and have no license to sell them,
they must excuse us.
The Star Route organs have made
Blaine the heir TO the abuse which
they had begun to lavish ON Gar
field. The Cincinnati Commercial
says: "The same lot of persons
the same newspapers--that were
abusing Garfield up to the day he
was assassinated, the Star.routers