The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-03-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

TYLER & Allen, Of bog, Chittc,
have sold ont and quit business.
The CITY Of Natchcz has contract
ell Tor electric lights for its streets.
Will Copiah and Yazoo please
PASS over those "horns" To Carroll
and Leforc2
In 1885, fnrty-eight counties in
This State paid 1920, 600 for retail IL
quor licenses.
The Governor has appointed his
son-in.law, Capt. WIN. Henry, Ad-
iutant General Of The State.
"Old Sorre'," Stonew all Jackson 8
*ar horse, died recently at the ad
ranced age flor = horsc) of 81 years
Beat 3, Copiah county, has now
been Laid in the shade" and no mis-
fake. IT. must surrender the horns
The Legislature placed such a
heavy privilege tax on the sale Of
pistols that the Jackson hardware
men won't keep them.
DIR. T. e. Rec was renominated
by the Governor for Superintendent
of the Meridian Insane Asylum and
the second time the Senate confirm
ed him.
The new privilege license Act
taxes regular drummers $25, and
whisky drummers $3.50. It was
pretty good anti whisky Legislature
after all.
The Legislature adjourned SINE
die last Thursday at II o'clock. 1t
performed some good work during its
sitting, and for this should receive
due credit.
The editorial utterances of the n.
0. Times Democrat on the Carroll
ton outrage will be heartily approx
ed by every law abiding citizen of
Mississippi.
The West Point people are taking
steps to entertain the Mississippi
Press Association, which meets in
their fourishing little city the Sc
cond Wednesday in May.
If "white boss" or two had been
laid as cold as a wedge in the Car
rollton affair, the felicity Of the
esteemed Commercial Herald would
no doubt be without alloy.
The Gulf Il Ship Island Railroad
Co. have accepted the conditions OF
the transfer of the Penitentiary con
victs imposed by recent act of the
Legislature and are preparing to
begin work at the Ripley end at
once
Major J. F. Sessions was chosen
President Of the new Railroad Com
mission at it's organization in Jack
son last week. The honor was most
worthily bestowed Mr.. Finley
Scruggs, of McComb City, was cleo
ted Clerk.
The Voice, of New York, should
be taken and read in every house
hold in Mississippi. National 10
its scope, it is by oil odds the Invest
and ablest Temperance and Prohibi
ton paper in this country. Sub
scription price, 81 90 a year; sample |
copies sent free.
The Sword and Shield renounces
it's official connection with the State
Prohibition Executive Committee
and says it will hereafter be con
Quoted "as an Independent Prohibi.
ton political paper" The State is
to be congratulated on having at
least one paper at the Capital that
doesn't wear q boss's collar.
1t is stated that Gen. A. z. Stew.
art will tender his resignation as
Chancellor Of the University at Ok
ford at the meeting OF the Trustees
in June. DIR. Chas. b. Galloway
has been mentioned as his probable
successor, and we take occasion TO
observe in advance that the mantle
Of the present Chancellor could not
fall upon more fitting shoulders.
Three men entered the house of a
Mrs. Schandler, living near Tchula
and forced her by threats and abuse
10 tell where she had 81 300 secre-
ted, which they took and made of
with. They were soon pursued by
the officers Of Tchula and one killed,
another wounded, and a part Of the
money Zee yered. Later advices
state that the wounded r0bber and
his remaining partner, named Tay-
lOr and Allen, were subsequently
capture ut Durant, and altogether
about 5000 recovered. The robber