The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-12-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mrs. Grant has been voted pen
SIGN of $4,000 PER year.
Congress will take a recess until
the first Monday in January.
Col. Power offers for sale half
interest in the Clsrion-a fine chance
Tor some one with journalistic aspi-
rations.
The United States Supreme Court
has sustained decision Gf the Su
premc Court of Utah, which bears
heavily on the Mormons. BY its
decision inferentlal evidence Of poly
gamy ia held conclusive in law.
The Louisiana ring and the sen,i-
mcntalists combined managed to
bring pressure enough TO bear, TO
secure a second respite for The noto-
rious Murphy mur,leFers, and jus
tice is likely yet to be cheated oil her
own.
Col. J. L. Power, OF the Clarion
AMI Mr.. r. II. Henry, Of the State
Ledger, are thu. far the only candi-
dates for State Printer. Like thou
sands of others, we have naught TO
say against Col. p. either personally
or officially, but we think the time
has come to rotate, and no worthier
successor could be found than the
clever and handsome proprietor Of
the State Ledger.
The lessees Of the Mississippi Peni
tiary, Messrs. Hamilton and Hos
kins, have transferred their lease to
the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Company, as authorized by an act OF
the Legislature of 1884 The COM
pany assumes control OF the entire
management ofthe penitentiary, and
three or four hundred hands will be
at very early date put TO work on
the road, beginning on the coast in
or near Mississippi City.
Hon. J. McC. Martin and Miss
Mallie Miles were married on Tues
day, the 18th inst. Mr.. Martin is a
distinguished lawyer Of Port Gibson
and has represented his county in
the Senate for the last four years
He was the author of the bill estab
fishing the State Industrial Female
College, and has again shown his
appreciation of woman by wedding
one of the most lovely and accom-
plished ladies in the State.
Senator George has introduced
bills to provide public building a
Vicksburg, Miss, bill supplement
tai to an act granting lands in alter
nate sections to the State of Missis
sippi to all in the construction oil
railroads in this State approved
April IL, 1856, and q bill to protect
employees engaged in foreign ant
interstate commerce and employees
aAi servants in the District "
Columbia and the Territories Of thu
Umtcd States.
Gen. Bcauregard will give histo
ry of the Shiloh Campaign in thu
January number of The North Amer
lean II. view. He claims that Gen
Algernon- Sydney Johnson actcc
only a. corps commander at Shi
loif. Gen. Beauregard emphaticalll
asserts CONTRARY 10 the common be
ket) that he was the sole comman
der on b It'll days, and without nam
ing them, eontroverts the reports O
Grant and Sherman as to the ma
tion's troops being taken by surprise
The Editor of The LEADER spent
few hours very pleasantly at Beau
regard last Friday evening, and was
glad to note many evidences of i'm
provemenL and substantial growth
since his last visit. The Biggs
brothers have each new store houses
well filled with attractive goods, and
Capt. Ell. Cotton, l. Bloom d Co.
NJ. Daniels, and others seemed to bt
doing a good business. Cotton re
eeipts are considerably in advance
of the corresponding season las,
year. A new two story Masonic
building has just oeen completed,
and the Lodge met in it last week
f,r the first time. All these things,
notwithstanding the fact that Beau.
regard is a Prohibition town. which
j. understood To bring desolation
eI"sely akin to the cyclones.