The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-02-22

TINS is the birthday of Washing

Ex.TRrAsuRER PoLK's bond has
been reduced to $4,000.
THE people along the Mississippi!
river greatly fear an overflow.
THE Lumber business on our sea
coast is reported booming"
Mr.. BLAINE is now writing the
political history Of the country from
1861 to 1881.
MRs. DOUGLASS, of st. Louis, owns
chair which was once the property
of Thomas Jefferson.
THE Bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church will meet in
Nashville next May.
The United States Court of
Opelousas, La, found forty indict-
ments for political offences.
The editor of the New Mississip-
plan says his paper Is worth $z'oo a
wear. He is correct. tbs.
There were 141 cases on the crimi-
nal docket in the second district OF
Kinds when Circuit Court met
THE Cincinnati News estimates
the property loss to that city on &C
count of the great food to be over
million of dollars.
Among the pall-bearers at the
funeral of Gov. Morgan, OF New
York, were President Arthur. and
ex-President Grant.
THE Oxford Falcon states that the
health of Mrs. Lamar has been re-
stored and that the adjournment. OF
Congress she will accompany Senator
Lamar home.
The damage done by the flood in
the Ohio to Louisville and Portland
has been carefully estimated by the
Courier-Journal. The losses aggre-
gate $4,000.
Mn. b. MILAN, of Marshall county,
is the owner of the famous maidstone.
In consequence of the number OF
mad-dogs at large, there is great de-
.mand for his maidstone.
JUDGE FREDERIC SPEED was elected
by an almost unanimous vote as
special representative of the Grand
Chapter of Mississippi to the Gener-
al Grand Chapter that meets in Den
yer in August next.
MARK TwAlN's new book, Life on
the Mississippi" will be out of press
in few days. 1t will be sold by
subscription. J. II. Chambers Il
Co., St. Louis, are agents for its sale
in the South and West.
MRR. LANGTRY gave a matinee
benefit in Cincinnati on Friday last
for the benefit of the sufferers from
the food. The gross receipts of the
performance amounted to SLOT 25,
all of which was turned over.
The Arkansas Legislature has
passed law prohibiting the sale of
intoxicants for two years within
three miles of any church or school
house, upon petitins of majority
of the inhabitants, irrespective OF
sex.
AT recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Peoples Bank in
Meridian, Mr.. Chas. A. Lyerly was
elected President, w. w. George,
Vice President, and A. j. Waite,
Cashier. 1t is to be mode national
bank.
The Fayette Chronicle of the End
records the death of two valuable
citizens of Jefferson county, Mr.. R.
X. Scott, of Red Lick. aged % years,
and Mr.. c.. HI Forman, aged 81
years. They were both universally
esteemed.
The remains of John Howard
Payne were expected to arrive in
New York yesterday. They will be
taken to Washington and inferred
in Oak Hall Cemetery. "Home,
Sweet Home" should be snng at
his funeral.
ME CARLIsLE's home paper, the
Covington Commonwealth, an
nounces, on good authority, that Mr..
Carlisle will accept Mr.. Blackburn's
proposition TO leave the question of
the Speakership of the next House
to q majority of the Kentucky dele
cation.
The New Mississippian tells q
good joke on jackson barber and
banker In connection with a bogus