The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-04-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.


ml-tce TO Investigate tie labor trou
h.e-
Tie Summit I. o. o. F. will have
tier usual anniversary celebration
On the 20 h.
Fred Douglas, the most noted aud
abe negro in Anerca, has come out
for Prohibition
Mr.. Pow1erIy only gets $500 8
year for acting as Master Workman
oftae I'm tights Of Labor.
Hon. J. W. Fewell. q M-riiian,
las d cleared himself a candidate for
Congress Z tie fifth district
1t : stated that the months work
# sam Jones AID Sam SINAI in
c .!csgo Eet:ed tLen about 80 900
zach.
Tae grand jury Of Wilkinson
county was il session days, ex,
am aed 156 Witnesses. fou1d So
tue bills, ignored Il and coa,in.
ued l
TIE sermon Of Or. Talmage on
new.PaPors slows the Do:esf preach
er 70 Lave = maryeIous'y correct
know ledge Of his suuj CT. It coz
tains great chunks Of truth. Read it.
Ga the 7;h Rhode Island adopted
Trohibitory amendment to her
Constitution by three fifth vote
The Prohib.tionists also elected
their candidate for Attorney Gen.
crsI.
The latest ee DIT is that President
Cleveland is soon to end his life Of
single b.essedness and marry Miss
Folsom, the daughter OF h:z old laE
partner The gossips FIX the date
Of tie wedding 10 June.
Miss Birdie Lowry. daughter Of
Gov. Lowry, AMI j. L. Harris Of
Brentwood. Texas, but formerly Al
jutant Gen. Of this State and Private
Secretary to the Governor. were mar
ricd at Jackson Tuesday night.
Advocates Of the liquor traffic are
wont to say that Prohibition doesu' I
work satisfactorily when tried. II
the license system hss worked sat
i~factoriIv, then why in the thunder
al this agitation through"ut the
country in favor # Prohibition :
William Cox colored man If Va
200 county, has written Senator
Walthal letter OF thanks tor dis
tribution among himself and neigh
bors of a lot of seeds from the Agri-
cul ural Department by the Senator,
thus showing how much the negro
a .Jpr, cia,es small favOrs.
The Carro.iton Conservative
states that the late grand jury ex-
aninci l6j witnesses on the recent
kii,Irg there and found no i4dict-
ment-. OF course not Nobody
was fool enough to expect such a
thing But so much the worse for
Carroll county and for Mississippi.
Ne one has ever Vet been wise
enough to comprehend. and analyze
the workings Of FOOLS mind, hence
no one can Anticipate his (the
fool J freaks and fuibIes regarding
any given proposition or principle.
lie seems TO reach foolish coDulu-
sions by "a entirely original process
If reasoning.
A correspondent Of the Franklin
County HeI aid i disguised with
the New Mississippian's sentimental!
gu>h about the sentence and execu
ton Of the Murphy surderers, and
says, "lhe people are sick Of hearing
such stuff as these little 'kildcc'
editors get up" Bro. Martin is
wi lanced On most things, but
we are inclined ourself TO think he
iras lost his head On this subject.
At meeting of the Executive
Committee OF the Press Association /
at jackson last week, E. II. Dial, of
tie Meridian News, vas selected to
respond u the address Of welcome
TO lie delivered by Hon. A. F. Fox
IN behalf Of West Point. j. II.
Martin, of the Jackson New Mis-
sissIppian. was se'eeted'tn respond
Ia tie address of welcome proper to
lie delivered by Miss Mand Exum
NJ Della APplewhile, Of the Val
d.n Press, and Miss Eva Franiz. Of
"a, Brandon Republican. were re
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