The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

TRAINS are running all right again
on the Little J. Road.
Ex-senator Stephen johnson, OF
Carroll county, is dead.
Jno. A. Galbreth has been made
transfer mail agent at Jackson.
The Manning Chalmers mdndd-
mus case ia before the Supreme Court
this week.
Judge G. W. Shackleford OF JEFF
erson county, Miss, died at Chat
tanooga last Wednesday.
The Herald wants decent market
10 Wesson--a reasonable desire. The
town deserves good one.
CONGRESSMAN CARLISLE, of Ken
lucky, who is a candidate for
Speaker, is As years old
Rev. JoHx QU1NLAN, Catholic priest
of Mobile since 1859, died in New
Orleana on the morning of the 9th
inst.
The members Of Summit Lodge,
No. SO, !. 0. O. F., will celebrate the
anniversary of that Lodge on the
10th Of April next,
II is estimated by the frienda of
the tax lew that the burdens of the
people have been reduced at least
$45,000,000 thereby.
TIE Mississippi river editors are
now busy discussing the comparative
stage of the present high. water and
that of preceding years.
WIGe1Ns' March storm was as sig
nal failure as Tees shower Of stars
which some people lost nights
sleep on few years ago
TIE Ja:kson papers are discuss
ing Col J. ). Hamilton for State
Senator from HIDE, and agree that
he would make a good one
THE last.number Of Frank Leslies
illustrated paper has atf1ne wood cut
Of Hon Thos. W Palmer, the newly
elected Senator from Michigan.
SECRETARY FoIGER is reported very
nnwell and is unable TO transact any
business. "A change Of air. is
recommended by his physicians.
The United States stands first as
the chief producing country Of the
world with the two important arti
cles of flesh food-cattle and hogs
There is more talk of the resigna-
ton of Secretary Folger. 1t is ru-
mored that the President doesn't
consider him practical enough for the
place.
DR. Galloway will lecture in Jack
son next Sunday evening on The
Life and Labors of Rev. Elijah Stule,"
the pioneer of Professionalism in the
Southwest.
IT is rather early in the season TO
have nothing to do, but the business
men Of Westville are already trying
to raise q base hall club to while
away the lazy hours.
SENATOR TABOR, of Colorado, WHO
married in Washington short while
bef,re Congress adjourned, presented
his bride with a 5000 diamond
necklace President Arthur attend
ed the wedding.
THERE are a few editors 10 Missis-
sippi who still indulge in small sized
spiteful personalities toward each
other. Such things are naughty gen
tlemen, and do harm to yourselves,
your papers and your readers.
Senator David Davis was married
to Miss Burr, Of Fayette, n c., yes
terday at IL o'clock a. N. 1t is a
hopeful sign of solid reconciliation
between the two sections, when the
South can win the North over in
such large chunks as this.
The property owners OF Crystal
Springs are agitating the question
of supplying their town with efficient
fire apparatus. Every town on the
road should be we'll equipped in this
respect. Money spent in this way
is we'll spent, as is always realized in
the end
F. c. MCGEE, the chaste ard we'll
balanced editor Of the Enterprise
Courier, will be a candidate for the
next Legislature from Clarke. He
made good record during the SEES
sion 1880, of which he was member.
We wish. Mississippi had more such
men as MCGEE.