The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-09-27
EDITORaAL NOTES.


City, is dad.
JUDGE HoADLEY is about to rem
ter the Ohio canvass.
The report ii the race conflict
in Gregg county, Texas, was mostly
wind.
AN exchange: sarcaSticAlly sug-
gests "Hon. Frank James as the
next Governor of Missouri"
A one-legged tramp named John
Williams was jailed in Magnolia
last week for trying to rob store.
JUDGE A. II. HANDY, and wife, an
aged and distinguished couple, died
at their home in Canton last week
MISS MARY ANDERSON recently re-
fused to be introduced to the Prince
cf Wales, which is all the more to
her honor.
PROF. SWIFT Of the Warner OBJ
servatory, has discovered another
new comet, the second during the
present year.
MINOR ELMoRE, city editor and
one of the proprietors of the States,
died in New Otlcans last Thursday
of brain fever.
Mrs. MARY R. LESTER, a most
estimable Christian woman and
aunt of Major Bark sdale, died at
Jackson last week.
Hon. j. J. Whitney, of Jefferson,
has been declared, unanimously, the
choice of the Democracy of Jefferson
and Franklin counties for State Sena-
tor.
The Twins gave concert in Jack.
son last Friday night. Their re-
oeption everywhere amounts to an
ovation. Mrs. Bridges will visit
Louisville with item soon.
JUDGE JACKSON, of the Supreme
Court Of Georgia, says, "the grog-
shop and the concealed pistol are
the roots of the evil'' of violence and
private vengeance in the South.
Col. Deason might stand some
chance of being elected if he didn't
have such a man as McLain to run
against him. AS it is he's wasting
his sweetness on the desert air.
THE number of commercial trav-
elers in the United States is, accord
ing to statistics, 100000. The
average cost to the employers is
$4,000 for each salesman, or an
aggregate Of $G0O,0OO,OOo per an
mum.
THE President of the United
States hae issued a proclamation
recognizing the Worlds Cotton Elk
position, and announcing that the
Exhibition will be held in New Or
leans from the first Monday in De
cember, 1884, to May 81, 1855.
THERE was a warm contest be :
tween Amite and Pike for the nomi-
nee for Floater. After one thousand
ballots had been cast, Col. Moses
Jackson, of Amite, withdrew,
and Maj. G. NJ. Govan, # Pike, was
then nominated by reclamation.
II is told of a country editor who
went on the late Press excursion,
that while in Cincinnati, seeing a
young man engaged ia sprinklng the
streets he ran two squares to tell him
he had hole in the bottom OF his
barrel ard was wasting his water.
Col. F. C. Morehead, President Of
the Mississippi Press Association.
vas presented at Cincinnati with a
handsome gold-headcd caine by the
members on the late excursion. The
presentation speech was made by
Mr.. r. II. Henry of the State Ledg-
er. Col. Power was descrvedly com
plimented also, as will be seen by our
correspondents letter,
Tue Democrats of Monroe have
split on account Of frauds in the
primary election. The "bolt" is led
by Judge Gholson and several other
men of like character. When
Democrat get their hand in at bal
lot-box stufflng to such a degree
that they stuff ont each other. COM
mon decency as well regard for
the principles of republican gov
ernmeut, demands that they call a
bait,