The Brookhaven leader., 1883-06-28

week. ....
Portions of Missouri and Ohio
were visited ty destructive lorna
does last week. ..-
Rev. d. /. Purser, of Hazlehurst,
was married this week to an Alaba-
ma lady worth $4,000.
The Crystal Springs camp meet
ing will commence Thursday, Au-
gust.16th, continuing one week.
A Drunken young man 10 Ohio
murdered his aged mbther last
week. Whisky-what blessingl
Hon HoRArio OapEN, of New Or
leans, died on the Goth inst. He
was a native of Mississippi, and a
graduate of Oakland College.
DR.. FREDERICK II. KNAPP, q well
known and distinguished dentist
of New Orleans, died at his home In
that city last Saturday. He went
to New Orleans in 1910.
We hope Mr.. "Franklin"(f( will
read the article copied from the
Vicksburg Evening Post 1t is an
other paper which is "vile' enough
TO tell the truth about mobs.
Editorially, the Times and In
telligencer is still "studiousl" silent"
about the lynching Of Amos Bailey.
Now garble and give that another
misirterpretation, Mr.. "Franklin."
AS will be seen by referring to the
notes of our correspondent "Dot,"
there are several worthy and capable
gentlemen announcing themselves as
candidates for the various offices in
Franklin. gr.. .
City taxes in Jackson are one and
a half per cent. On account of high
taxes the Building Association re-
Gently organized, is thinking of ts-
tablishing its domicile outside the
corporate limits. ......
A good many of our exchanges arc
noticing in very complimentary terms
the candidacy of Hon. A. C. McNair
and Capt. R. B. Withers, for the off
ces respectively of Dislrict-Attorney
and Representative.
Mr.. Walter L. Birdsong, until
recently one of the talented editors
of the Crystal Springs Meteor, and
Miss Lillian Deaton, were married at
Hazlehurst last Wednesday. Cur
congratulations, friend Walter.
THE LEADER is a '',ile" sheet and
its editor is "heartle>s." For par
ticu,ars, address dear Mr.. Crank
din" ~ at Summit, who worked him
self into a rage last week because we
do not endorse q certain little tea
party of lynchers.
A certain Mississippi editor al
luded to the recent hanging of a
poor, od-forsaken wretch-a cruel
eynching-as |'fun-" We will no;
wound his friends by calling his
name. We next expect to hear of
his ordering a pair of human-leather
'bosts from Tewksbury.
The Missouri river and the upper
Mississippt,ape on a boom. 1t is
believed, however, by experienced
river men that the "Juae rise" will
not materially affect the;lands along
the lower Mississippi, but that it
will keep the river in good navigable
condition throughout the year.
THERE can be no mistake, Mr..
~'Franklin." re- in assuming that
the great Executor of the moral law
is 'infexible," and for your souls
sake we hope you will remember
this the next time you are tempted
TO garble one of our sentences to
make it fit your false Interpretation.
Hon. A. H. LONGING, the talented
young Senator Of Lawrence, deliver
ed the Aanual AID lress before the
Literary Societies of Mississippi
College and Central Female College
at Clinton on last Tuesday. We
learn that it was one of the most
brilliant and eloquent ever heard on
a similar occasion.
WE have not been in the least ner-
vous, neighbor, AMI we were fully
conscious that to some there was
the appearance of irreleyancy in our
aliusion to there being "a material
Judge Lynch behind the throne"
ETC., but it was aaly an appearance
the irrelevancy was not real Shall