The Brookhaven leader., 1891-11-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.


for II months.
The National Alliance stood pat on
the Ocala demands.
Lawrence county will have stock
show at Monticello next Saturday.
The campaign of lies against the
Alliance will soon take fresh start.
Miss Pegnes, mistress of Latin i'll
the State industrial College, has re-
signed.
The Choctaw Plaindealer thinks
the negro is back number in Missis-
sippi politics.
McAllster and his little squad of
malcOntents received cold comfort at
the Natoual Alliance.
There hasn't been an original OBJ
lection to Prohibition in ten years.
They are all chestnuts.
President Jamisons address is Il
regular knock-doWn argument to the
VI IlIC AIIIttIiCt'
Ifyou owe the LEADER on subscrip-
ton, settle up and take a fresh start
by paying in advance at the reduced
price.
The Tupelo Ledger says: "Several
car loads of corn have been shipped
from this place to st. Louis during the
past ten days"
Washington City was visited 10y Il
big hurricane last Monday. Seven
persons were killed and the damage
to buildings was great.
The New Delta says: "This lottery
issue has hopelessly divided the white
people of the State. 1t has riyen the
Democratic party in twain.'
Lawrence, Miss, a little station on
the =. & NJ. railroad in Newton
county, w!as visited by a cyclone Mon
day and effectually demolished. One
person was killed.
Henry Watterson has agreed to de-
liver his lecture, ''MOney and Morals"
before the Literary Association at
Lexington, Miss, during the second
week in January.
Messrs. John Jay Knox and a. Z.
Randle, of New York, James II. Will
lock, of Pittsburg, Pa, and j. p. Will
son, of Washington City, visited Car
rolltOn and Greenwood last week.
The Bolivar Democrat says parties
who wish to vote in next years cleo
ton should begin to study the consti-
tuition at once as the understanding"
clause will be in effect at that time.
Mississippi was represented in the
Supreme Council of the Alliance bv
Hon. w. d. Gibbs and w. C. Cope
land. Major Barksdale and Capt.
Burkitt were detained at home on ac-
count of important business.
District Attorney r. n. Miller was
highly complimented by the bar and
grand jury of Copiah comfy at the
late term of the circuit court, which
was the last of his brilliant and useful
official term.
j. F. Chesney, prominent pension
attorney at Natchez, was sentenced
last week, by Judge Niles, to a term
of six years in the house of correc-
tion at Detroit, Mich, for swindling
negro women out of their pension
money.
The Democrat Star runs at its
masthead, as its choice for 1892.
Grover Cleveland for President, and
Herace BOies for Vice President.
Grover is the pet of Wall street, and
Horace of the Iowa blind-tiger and
saloon element.
In late interview President Polk
of the National Alliance said that if
Mr.. Cleveland was nominated for
President, no Alliance man conld vote
for him, and that he will stump the
State of North Carolina himself
against him.
"Only he who feels a destiny upon
him, the woe is me- of st. Paul. the
here / stand of Luther, the Il will
be heard of Garrison, has gained
from God the momentum of soul that
will enable him to take each wave as
it comes toward him, and though like
some strong swimmer in his agony to
win the shore of victory at last"