The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-09-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.


and best Prohibition paper in the
United States, will be sent on trial
s weeks for ten cents.
The great clothing house Of c.
Lazard & Co, Of New Orleans, was
destroyed by fire last Saturday
night. Loss about 100000.
The Kosciusko Star, John Ander
sens paper, will not resume publ
cation. A brilliant light has gone
out, but Johns genius will shine
with increased lustre in other fields.
Over three thousand bottles of
beer was confscated and poured out
on the ground by the Sheriff at Bis
marck, Kan, q few day ago, and
still the whisky Annaniases Of this
country persist in saying Prohibi,
ton in Kansas don't prohibit.
Advertising agents and the COM
mercial drummer system have done
more to pull down the newspaper
business of the country than hard
times and all else combined.
IIenceforth, THE LEADER shall have
very little dealings with the former
class of gentry.
Hazlehurst has an Assembly of
the Knights of Labor. The Signal
Copiahan says the Assembly num-
bers about seventy five and
is growing. The membership of
the Lodge is not composed of the
riff raft, but good, solid, reasoning
men. Some of the best citizens
are members.
Jerc Burney assassinated Rev.
Antony Smith about 6 miles from
Monticello, on the night Of the 3rd
inst, by shooting him with shot
gun; both colored. 1t is said Bur
ney was maltreating the wife OF
another negro named Brown, when
Rev. Smith interfered, after which
Burney went of and returned with
a gun, killing him as stated.
Capt. Ed. McShane, the veteran
conductor of the l. c. Railroad, died
at his home in New Orleans last Fri
day after brief illness. Thousands
who knew and loved him for his
courteous manners and genial ma
ture will receive the news with sad
dened hearts, for few of the great
travelling public cannot recall with
especial pleasure "a ride on Nc
Shane's train" Peace to his gener
Gus soul.
Senator Joe Blackburn thinks
that Cleveland and Blaine will be at
the head of our respective parties in
18sS-unless Gov. Hill grows too
strong in New York. But in the
latter case cit would never do to
nominate Hill over Cleveland's head,
but he might get the second place
with o Western man." And ."it's
time the Democrats took man
from the West anyway"
Col. J. j. Thornton, one of the most
noted men in Mississippi, died at
his home in Pass Christian, last Sun
day morning. Col. Thornton, as
member of the secession convention
of 1861, strenuously opposed the
passage of the ordinance of seces'
sion and afterwards made his name
famous by being the only membar
of the convention who refused to
sign it. He, however, was one OF
the first to raise regiment which
he valiantly led till shot so badly
at Shiloh that he had to retire and
was, as commander of the Bloody |
Sixth" succeeded by Col. Robert
Lowry. He was at the time of his
death one of the trustees of the
Girls College at Columbus.
We were greatly gratified to note
last week the much improved make
up and subject-matter of the New
Our esteemed friend
John III. Anderson, formerly Of the
Kosciusko Star, who attained such
q splendid reputation throughout
The State as a brilliant and gifted
writer, will hereafter be connected
with the New Mississippian as
\ staff correspondent, and will de
vote several months to writing up
The Delta country, including that
lying along the new branch of the
|. G. Railroad. The N. NJ. is richly
of large and widely ex-
ended support, and more partleu-
arly should it receive . liberal pat
onage from the people of Jackson
nd Kinds county, for whose best
n,ercst it is at all times willing to