The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1884-07-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

CONGRESS adjourned sane de last
Monday at P. NJ.
The Courier Journal has invented
another political cuss word 1t is
Liripoon.
THE State Ledger and the Times
Democrat couldn't make Tilden have
il. How sad
'Bhe nomination of John NJ. Allen
for Congress in the First District is
is now assured.
Garter Harrison, Mayor of Chicago
has been nominated by the Demo
Gratis for Governor OF Illinois.
Congress worked all last Saturday !
night and part Of Sunday. The
OK WIS in the ditch, so to speak.
DR.. J. Edwin Cummins. promi
nrnt young physician of Qnitman,
Mise, died suddenly on the 3rd
inst.
The House and Senate agreed on
an appropriation OF 100000 for the
Government exhibit at the New Or
leans Exposition.
According to the Meteor, truck
farming hasn't been as remunerative
TO the Crystal Springs gardeners
this season as usual. The Chicago
market is elutted.
The Statue of Liberty enlight
ening the world" the gift of France
To the United States, was formally
presented to our official representa-
tive on the 4th.
The LEADER is for a prohibitory
liquor law. but until Prohibition
is an accomplished fact, it Will in
Fist upon the strict enforcement Of
the whisky laws we have.
The congressional convention for
the nomination of representative
in Congress TO succeed Hon, II. 5.
Van Eaton will meet at Mississippi
City, on the 2Oth of August next.
The Inter state Commerce bill
and the bill pensioning the Mexican
War veterans have been postponed
by Congress until December, owing
TO inability OF the two houses TO
agree.
The grand jury at Grcenville has
returned indictments against Frank
Montgomery and James Bell, for
the murder of Taylor Rucks, and
assault with intent to kill Herman
Gottschalk.
Hon. w. NJ. Morrison, Of horizon
tol tariff renown, couldn't get the
delegates of his own State to the
National Democratic Convention
instructed to favor a platform for ga
tariff for revenue only"
Judge j. B. Morgan declines to
90 into Joint discussion with f.
NJ. Watson, his Democratic competi-
tor for the nomination in the Sc
conl Congressional District His
reasons are sound ones,
Mr.. F. MCSHANE has resigned the
agency at Crystal Springs, Mr.. J. +.
Whitcombc, of Osyka, has taken
Mr.. McSbane's place, and Mr. B. f.
Bee has taken the agency at Osyka
Railroad hands all round.
Gen. A. NJ. West of this State,
has formally accepted the nomina-
for Vice President on the Green
back ticket with Ben Butler. Mean
time Butler is at Chicago fishing
for a whale in the shape OF the
Democratic nomination.
Father, what is politics..
Politics now, my son, is an ever
lasting, Unreasonable, iucompre-
sible, unlimited, unmitigated,
incoherent, irresponsible, mux, with
out wisdom or the spirit of under
standing"
Last week John Barley Corn laid
out John L. Sullivan, the great
slugger, amidst the Kisses, jeers and
denunciations of large New York
audience. In other words, Sullivan
was too drunk to meet his engage
ment with Mitchell, the English pu-
silist.
The Oxford Falcorn saws, "from
all accounts the sermon of Rev. DR..
c. b. Galloway, inaugurating the
commencement exercises of the A.
and N. College, on the Goth inst,
was one of remarkable brilliancy
and power, and deserves TO be pre-.