The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-02-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The steamer Earl Is again plying
tho lower Peall.
Amos Parker, venerable citizen
Nf Amite county, died last week.
Senator Dodds has introduced Il
local option bill FIR Cop;ah county.
The fire proof vault of Green 5
bank withstood the heat of the late
fire.
The Legislature is or q visit to the
Girls Institute at Columbus and vii
stand adjourned till Saturday.
Eidridge q Morris, of B,aure gard
arc building a large dry house at
thCir mill in that town.
Representative Watts has intro
duc.d q bill for the relief of Mrs. NJ
+ Wcsson, of Lincoln county.
Senator Blair, of New Hampshire,
recently introduced petition from
OK Union soldiers 10 New York, ask
ing an appropriation for home fer
ex Confederate soldiers.
Congressman BarksdaIe and Van
Eaton failed in their efforts on The
9Th ult. to obtain renewal of the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad land
grant, but, nothing daunted, they
will try again.
SeLa'or Ingalls,, of Kansas, be
!ieves that the issues in the next
Presidential campaign will he the
relations between capital and labor
the protection of American indus
tries, the control OF railroad corpora
tlons and the currency.
Thos. Jeferson's grand daughte
is pauper in the land her grand
father loved 80 well. An attempt tt
secure subscription for her from
m embcrs of the last congress nettec
about seventy dollars. 2,public'
are at least ungrateful.
Tie announcement If Co. Single
ton that he is once more in The
haLds OF his friends for Congress il
not meeting the hearty endorsement
Of the political leaders and ncwspa
pers of the 9Th district. The Kos
ciusko Star says it is in for chang
with big c.
The Virksburg Commercial Her
all pertlnently suggests that before
The New Orleans Exposition closes
it would prob; bly,, be well to com
nernoratc 'Houdlum Day Thu
Governor Of Louisiana should be il.
vited 10 make the opening address
SnbJect, mysteries and miscrirs 0
the Ieprieving power"
The agricultural committee of thu
Senate recommended that the IOLst
bill pealing section 1859 Of The
Code known as the agricultural lier
law, do not pass. Mcssr>. Dean anG
= Bnturd made minority report ia
voring the bill. The House rel ca.
ed the law by vote OF 53 to 43
h,.,,-t "a
We sympathize with our esteemed
contemporaries. The Baptist RECORD
and the Sword and Shield, in the loss
oil their Office by last Monday morn
ing'S fire. Having but recently
moved, neither had any insurance
Both will resume publication at III
ear y day, and we hope receive al
the more liberal support on account
Of their heavy misfortune.
Miss Kate Bayard, whose sudden
death had scarce ceased to be the
subject of daily comment, was fol
lowed to the tomb last Sunday by
her mother. The loss of his oldes,
and favOrite daughter, followed SC
soon by his wife, it is said has quite
cruehed Secretary Bayarl, who has
the warmestsympathies Of the whole
country.
1t is quite needless TO say that
The LEADER is not in accord with
the article of its correspondent
Anti Puritan" To be found in
another column, wherein he makes a
Wholesale attack upon the Sunday
laws now on the statute books OF
our State, aud those who would
have them enforced. Indeed, we
may say, that his communication
contains much of error both as To
fact and reasoning. However, the
liIniied space at our disposal this
week makes it impossible Tor US 30
enter into a discussion uf the merits
~ tla ftup-t,nu ut thIs iiuta