The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.


We hope 1t will get it.
HAzLEHuRsr will have masquerade
ball tomorrow night.
THE Masonic Grand Bodies meet
at Jackson again next year.
RICHARD WAGNER, the celebrated
musical composer, is dead.
THE government will pay the heirs
OF the Lee estate $4,000.
MAD dogs are getting in their
work in various parts of the State.
PETER COOPER is 90. He is the
oldest inhabitant born in New York.
AT Jacksonville, Ind, 5000 peo-
pie are rendered homeless by the
flood
Mrs Mary LOVE, an estimable
lady of Natchez, died in that city
last Thursday.
Gas B. LEToN, editor Of the New
Orleans Bee for the past two years
died last Saturday.
COMMODORE PARIsoT has resigned
the Presidency of the steamboat line
that bears his name.
TIE telegraph wires will soon be
mp along the little ~" road betweeL
Natchez and JacksoS
Gov. LOWRY will delSYer the adj
dress at the COMMENCEMENT Exer-
ercises of the A. d NJ. College.
MARSHALL JEWELL was atelegrapb
operator, and at one time worked in
Columbia, Tenn, and Jackson Miss
THs LEADER doesn't believe fE ~
dependent candidacy for office, :.
doesn't believe in packed nominal.
conventions either. ts
AT Handsb pro oysters are opef
and delivered at thirty cents
hundred. The trouble is, er ~.
live ut Handsboro. ,,@b"' 'OA
THE tariff bill paseG
o oy vote ,'a..9 Of - @5ss19. Eight Demo
-, - e :, for the bill and only one
Republican against it.
NEw ORLEANS is receiving the ma,
tefials for the shot tower, which is to
he constructed at the corner Of st.
Joseph and Foucher treets.
Queen VICTORIA has twenty two
grand children. She lays aside
100000 q year to be received
by them at the age of maturity.
THERE will be vast amount OF
land sold in Mississippi next Mon.
day. The Sheriffs of the different
counties are the ones who are going
to do the selling.
GIN. GRANT has recently made a
statement of the advantage to this
country of a ship canal through
Nicaragua instead of the Panama
route.
JUDGE G. c. CHANDLER, former
ly of the Mississippi Coast, has been
confrme United States District-At
torney for the Northern District OF
Mississippi.
We return thanks to Senator La
mar for copy orhis excellent speech
on the Tatitf question also TO Senator
George for speech of Hon. James
b. Slater, of Oregon, on the same
subject.
N. G. BCssEy, President of the
Eagle and Phoenix Mills, of Column
bus, Ga, and Col. Oliver, of the Yves
son Mills, both say that they do not
need or want any tariff to protect
their mills.
We regret to announce the death
Ct Dr.. f. Bright Young. a talented
end rising physician Of Edwards
He was only p, and had but fairly
begnn career of great promise and
usefulness.
Bishop HUGH MILLER THoMpsoN
will become one of the editors of the
Church News, a well edited journa
published ut Natchez under the an
spices of the Protestant Episcopa
cirurei, Of the Diocese of Mississip
pi.
THE Office of the Meridian Mercn
cy was DESTROYED by fire on the night
OF the l7lh ult. Insurance, $4,000
Nothing dismayed, brother Horn got
Gus the paper again in a few days.
There is no holding the Mercury
down any how.
THE Senate has voted to reduce
the tobacco tax from Is to cents