The Brookhaven leader., 1883-06-07

1T Is proposed TO reduce tue mum
Der of Revenue districts from 126 to
81.
The National Board of Health has
suspended quarantines against small
pox.
SEVERAL carloads of cattle were
recently shipped from Hazlehurst to
New Orleans.
Mr. p. w. TAYLOR, section boss
of the Illinois Central, died at Jack
son last week.
Mr.. Brewer, q Crystal Springs
gardener, raised $50 bushels of on
ions to the acre.
The Colored Normal School at
Tougiloo, closed a prosperous ses-
sion last Thursday.
The lamb and the wolf lie down
together in North Mississippi-the
lamb inside the wolf.
MAD dogs are raging in Crystal
Springs. A lot of fine cows have
been bitten and died.
The Chancery court of Pike coun-
ty will meet in Magnolia on the Sc
cond Monday in June.
Tennessee has passed a bill pun
ishing by public whipping any man
convicted of beating his wife.
The friends of Capt. S. S. Mont
gomery, of Franklin county, are urg
ing him for the Legislature.
CRYSTAL SPRINGS will have fruit
canning factory. $5,100 in cash has
been subscribed for the purpose.
The store of Messrs. Levy IL
Moyse, of Summit, was robbed of
some dry goods one night last week.
LOGAN and Chandler are now
spoken of as the Republican nomi-
nees for President and Vice-Presi-
dent.
The new gas fixtures are promised
the jackson public by October first
in time to anticipate the next win
er's mud.
JUDGE HuL's Court adjourned
last Saturday. Nearly all of the
time of the Court during the term
was spent on attachment cases.
Mr.. Wilcox, the telegraph opera
tor who was so badly injured by the
storm at Beauregard, has returned
to his home in Marshall, MINI.
SENATOR DAVID DAVIS and bride
reached their home at Bloomington;
ILL.,, few days ago, where they will
spend the remainder of the summer.
The Peabody School, Summit,
closed a prosperous term on last
Thursday night. A long and at
tractive programme was presented.
Mr. JAS. SMITH, a wealthy citizen
of Scotland, and at one time resi-
dent Of Jackson, is visiting old
friends in this State. He WAS ban
quetted at Jackson the other night.
A Courier-Jourual reporter inter
viewed Gen. Grant on the political
situation, and the latter expressed the
opinion that Blaine and Logan will
each be very strong for the Republi-
can nomination in 1854.
A TORNADO visited GreenviIle, Tex
as on the 2nd inst, killing colorcd
chill and destroying $4,000 or
100000 worth of property. Mar
shall, Texas, was visited by terrif-
fc storm on June 9th, which killed
a negro man and destroyed much
property.
William Garrett Stone, the only
surviving son of the late Dr. Warren
Stone, died at his residence in New
Orleans last week, at the elrly age
OF 33 years, following soon after his
brother, Dr.. Warren Stone, Jr.,
whose death occurred only five
months ago
Judging by the report of the New
Mississippian of the closing exerci-
ses of the colored schools at Jack
son, and of the Times and Intelii-
gencer's report concerning the Wal
nut Street School, Summit, the color
ed children at these places are max
ing most fattering progress aduca-
tionally.
Henry Watterson has just given
his views on current political ques-
tions. He says Carlisle will be elect
ed Speaker; that the issue Of the
next presidential campaign will be
tariff for revenue only, and that
Tilden would decline to be candi-
date, even If he received the unani-
nous nomination of the Democratic
Convention. Kentuckians favor
Mcdonald for the head of the ticket.