The Brookhaven leader., 1891-10-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Mississippi Supreme Court met
last Monday.
DR.. j. J. Goss is practicing medi-
cine in Lawrence county.
A National Woman's Alliance has
been organized in Kansas.
Frank Bellenger has retired from
the Covington County Journal.
If you took part in the Democratic
primary, stand by the nominees and
vote the ticket.
George johnson, a young man about
10 years of age, was murdered i'll the
woods near Flora.
An inquest over the body drowned
in Wyoming some months ago, proves
it to have been Robert Ray Hamilton
C. ID. Lancaster has been nominated
for Floater from the counties of Har'
rison and jackson, vice w. G. Evans
resigned.
Hon. Roger Q. Mills, tariff reformel
and rampant anti-Prohibitionist, is
the leading Democratic candidate fol-
Speaker.
Gen. W. II. +. Lee, second son of
Gen. II. +. Lee, died at his home,
Ravensworth, Fairfax county, Va, on
the 18th inst.
Gov. Stone has committed the sem
tence of Jerrey Meyer, sentenced to be
hung in Sharkey county, to imprison-
ment for life in the penitentiary.
The people of Alcorn and Tisho-
mingo counties were shaken up by an
earthquake on the 18th inst. Every
body frightened, but no serious dam
age done.
Col. b. f. Jones, of Bay st. Louis,
is being favorably mentioned for Ser
geaut-at-A of the Senate. He
served in that capacity for years, and
made fine officer
GOV. Stone has been reelected
Grand Commander of the Mississippi
Division of United Confederate Vet
Grams. jackson was selected as the
next place of meeting.
1t has been "resolved 10y the Conn
ty Alliance of Lawrence county, that
we memorable our next Legislators to
pass an Act to make all deeds of trust,
or other liens, on all exempt property
hereafter null and void"
1t has been decided by the Chan
Gerry Court that the bondsmen Oh none
of ex-Trcasurer Hemingway's bonds
except the last one on which judgment
has already been obtained, were liable
for any part of the defalcation.
Barksdale addressed a large mass
meeting of Democrats at Tupelo
Tuesday and resolutions were enthu-
siastically adopted endorsing him for
the Senate. Mind you, Tupelo is Pri-
vatc John Aliens headquarters.
Senator George doesn't feel that he
has votes enough to elect him yet, de-
spite the vast amount of blowing that
has been done by his partisans. He
and Private John Allen are now saw
ing the air for dear life in Marion.
Maj. Barksdale is announced to
speak at the following places and
times; Tupelo, Lee county, Oct. goth;
Boonville, Prentiss county, 21st Pop
larville, Pearl River county, 22nd ;
WaynesbOro, Wayne county, 24th.
Mr.. II. Sidney King has again as
sumed the editorial control of the Me-
ridian News. He was continuously
the editor of the paper for five years,
until within the last six months he
was superseded by Mr.. ID. b. Harris.
The Franklin County Advocate
SAYS that Hon. j. c. Lamkin of Pike
is before the people of the 9th Sena-
t0rial district as an independent, as it
considers that Hon. j. II. McGehee
was nominated 10y the Senatorial Con-
vention held in in Summit on the 18th
of September.
Among the candidates nominated
for the Speaker of the lower branch
of the Mississippi Legislature are Hon.
james X. Vardaman, editor of the
Greenwood Enterprise, Hon. Hugh NJ.
Street, of Meridian, Hon. James S.
Madison, of Noxubee, and Hon. L. V.
holland, of Wilkinson. Mr.. Madison,
who was the last Speaker and made
fine one, will probably be the favOrite.
All propositions looking to settle.
ment of the Louisiana Lottery ques-
tion by white primaries have been
abandoned. When the ants indicat-
ed their willingness to refer the ques-
ton, the Lotteryites sought to grace
fully retire and returned a counter
proposition whicll they knew the antis
would not accept.