The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-08-20
EDITORIAL NOTES.

IN AnclIca.
Natchcz and GrccuNille have II
cciycd Tie inst new bale.
The indications are that the wheat
crrp viii be over 2OO,O0O,Oo0 short
o. las, wears crop
Dr.. j. p. Wise of the Union
Church, is being urged by i,iends
il Jefferson for the Office of Floatcr.
The present prices OF .cmons i,
sometmng phenomenal. They arc
about three times as high now as a
1his time last year,
kicl, the leader of the ,alclebell
ion in Canada, has been found gull.
" OF high treason and scutcncCd to
he hung, en- the lS.h Of Scptcm Der.
Thc PHILADELPHIA Times recently
contained an able article oD The part
borne in The battle of Chancellors
willie by Po>c> : Mississippi Brigade
written by MI Frank H. Foote, of
Port Gibson.
Capt. Frank BWkttt is orc of the
Democratic nominees for tie Legis-
laturc IN Chickasaw county. He re
ceived the highest vote Of any of
the gentlemen who were aspiring for
the position. J. a. Macarthur is tue
other nominee.
A story is told as coming F.om ex-
Speaker Randall. He said there
were two accidents in the G rant pa
geant that had not been noticed 10y
the papers. Mr., Randall vas asked
what were they: His rep7y was,
Hayes and Arthur.
1t is said that the appointment of
Col. Shannon as postmaster at Me
ridian was made upon the recon-
mendation of Secretary Lamar and
Senators George and Walthall, and
in face OF the opposition of Con
gresham Singleton.
The person WHO wrote the IN
rythmical dog9er,l in last weeks
Summit Sentinel on the different
candidates for State Offices, should
hire a stout man 10 carry him out
and kick him. We woall even con-
tribute something O9rseif to make
the job success. The stuff was
simply cXcrurlating.
The supernatural cheek and frozen
effrOntery Of the State Liquor Deal
ers' Association in declaring that
Prohibition is "ielIimchtal to the
merchants. farmers. mechanics a4d
the community at large, and Ivy in
ference that sne liz .sor traffic i vice
versa, i an exhibition of the above
named qualities rarely witnt ss..l.
Major i;:.l h>date Wa, Recently
c)a>>rJ 10y The Washington COR, $
POI dent OF Dhr Times Democrat as
being on" of number Of Democrat
ic Cong! @ - .sen who would lead in
revolt against the administration.
In Il card recently published in that
paper, he states that no word utter
ed by hlm would justify such views
as those attributed to him.
Hon. c. X. Dale, of Monticello. ac-
eompah!ed hy Mrs. D, was in town
Monlay and Tuesday, and favored
The LEADER with a pleasant call.
Mr.. Dale has reason to be proud OF
abe manner in which his services in
The last Legislature are recognized
by his people, and the more so be-
esase he has just been renomin ell
fy majority OF 243 over one of the
most popular men in Lawrence, who
himself is an eX-membcr of the Leg
i-lature.
The following officers were elected
'"r Tie ensuing year ny the Grand
Lodge OF tie Knights and Ladies' Of
Honor which met in kosciusko last
week W. Fl. Kcr, OF Port Gibson
.Fa"d protector I. c. Lyle, Lau-
d"rda'e, vice grand protector +: w. \
aitner, Sardis, grand secretary :;
/" ID smith. Wesson, grand trcasur-
81 ; Mrs. l. Schoolcr, Columbus,
grand chaplain ; L. A. Schooler. Co
mmtn~. grand guide j. G.. Hast
m2>. Port Gibson, grand guardian :;
-. j Cohen, Starkville, grand senti-
a"l W. Ii. Wall, Sardis. and +. j.
Wood. Starkville, supreme represen,
ialirr>, with \, b. Wagner, AFerid-
'au. aud Jno. ". Yeargain. Canton.
sF"rnates Jno. W. Yeargain. OF
anton, Z. J. Hcuck. of Brook haven,
sd AEs. NJ. A. Charpin@, Of Kos
ia k", grand trustees