The Brookhaven leader., 1884-07-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

and bachelor.
The Seashore Camp Meeting
commenced hast Wednesday.
The summit Sentinel has received
q cabbage head Weighing Is pounds.
A negro woman was beheaded in
+. xieksburg last week by locomo-
tive.
Senator Lamar made a speech TO
the Mississippi delegation favoring
Bayard.
A mad dog was killed in Canton
ON the 18th inst, after having bitten
several parties.
Tie Crystal Springs Camp Meet
ing has been postponed from July
2lst to August 7th.
The Mississippi Baptist State
Convention will meet at Kosciusko
Wednesday, July GARD.
The Supervisors of Warren county
contributed $500 for a county ex
hibit at the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton.
Several Mississippi papers are
now devoting as much space to the
discussion OF Prohibition as TO party
politics.
1t is said that the Mississippi
State library is the third best in the
Union, and her librarian, a lady, is
:'first best"
The SUBJ committee on the plat
form was Morrison, Watterson, Nor
ton, Hewitt, Davis, Burke, Butler
and Converse.
The people of Liberty have de-
cided not to allow the sale of liquor
in that corporation in less quantities
than one gallon.
MAJOR Geo. NJ. Govan, OF Pike, is
favorably mentioned for our next
Secretary of the State. He would
fill the position most acceptably.
Chalmers says he will be elected
next time by 5000 majority instead
of l 500 and that Mississippi cleo
toral vote will be cast for Blaine and
Logan.
South Mississippi will have can
didate for Acknowledgement and
Secretary of the State, at the State
Convention next year. She has the
material for both.
Mr.. j. r. Reeves, editor of the
Optic, who shot and killed Lloyd
Ford, of lockwood, recently, has
been tried and acquitted. He was
necessarily compelled to kill Ford or
be killed himself.
Up to June 30th, the Mississippi
Railroad Commission had cost the
State $2,7703I. Since the granting
Of the various injunctions, the Off
GERS of the Commission have little
to do but draw their salaries.
The Republican News, Republi-
can campaign paper, has been
started at jackson. 1t is published
by the Republican News Company
printed by Chas. Winkley, with G.
w. Millett as Business Manager, and
no accredited editor.
Capt. B. L. Henderson, ex-Sherif
of Lauderdale county, has been dis
covered to be defaulter, on his tax
collectors bond TO the amount Of
about $4,000. He has fed to parts
unknown, without leaving word as to
bis destination TO even q member of
bis family.
The candidates for the Chairman
ship of the Committee on Platform
and Resolutions at the Democratic
Convention were, Morrison of ILL
nois, aud Converse of Ohio, the
Democrat who moved to strike out
the enactiRg clause Of the Morrison
Bill. The vote stood 18 to IS, Col.
w. A. Percy, Mississipprs member
Of the Committee, voting for Con-
verse. Hurrah for Percy.
jackson is very much excited
just now over wild man who fire.
quents the lakes back of the State
Capitol He has been seen by several
reliable citizens and is represented
as being seven and half feet 10
height; his body nude and covered
With coarse hair six inches long,
while the hair of his head and beard
fall below his waist. He is said to
fec from the sight of man, with the
ia ed Of the wind. The whole story
saslls louder than campaign lie.