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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1886
Page
3
Local notices report town meetings, school events, and church plans. Residents discuss city fixes, weather impacts on early crops, and thanks to visiting guests. A Brookhaven native, J Coltharp, unites in marriage to L Downes in Millikens.
In Brookhaven, a celebration marked the first anniversary of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union with a graphic presentation of its history and mission. Members explained aims including total abstinence, youth education, and legal prohibition, inviting听 men to attend meetings and pledge support.
City council meeting notes several street commission proposals, a pending street commissioner appointment, and tax delinquencies for 1845. The minutes show authorization for clerical support, a grant for a schoolhouse, and various accounts approved. Also includes assorted advertisements and patent medicine notices.
Local ads promote Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Shiloh’s remedies at Dwaightey Smylie and Kohlman’s Great Cash House in Brookhaven. Claims promise cures for bruises, skin eruptions, catarrh, consumption, and digestive issues with cash-only pricing and limited stock.
A fragmented obituary recounts a death, marriage, and grief in a Southern town. It laments loss, mentions a husband and wife, sorrow at the grave, and calls for divine pity and solace amid mourning. An 1856 county act is described, detailing warrant registration procedures and legal deadlines.
Public notice announces a mortgage foreclosure sale to satisfy a judgment. The sale covers described parcels in Brook Haven town, Lincoln County, including lots in Block Q and surrounding tracts, to be held at the Lincoln County Courthouse on a specified Monday in May. Sheriff McNair and Solicitors oversee the process with April 13 as the notice date.
Notice is given that a claimant filed papers to make a final proof for the property in section six, township five north, range as indicated, with witnesses named. The hearing will address continuous residence and cultivation requirements and will be before the assigned register. Named witnesses include Smiths, Rollins, Gather, Munticella, Lawrence, and others.
Notice for publication states that the claimant will make final proof to establish a land claim before a chancery clerk in Lawrence County Mississippi by a given date. Witnesses named include Baul, Lander Boyd, We Le Marbary, W. 8. Bays, all of Sartinsville Pike County Mississippi, proving residence and cultivation.
Notice is hereby given that settlement by Lewis Mikell for final proof of homestead No 1052 in section 1 and 24 township 20 west range 20 west will be made before the Judge or Chancery Clerk at Monticello Mississippi on May 1. Witnesses to prove residence cultivation and occupancy include Richard Santer Selonien Porrest Burt Thither and others all of Silver Creek Mississippi. JAMES STEWART, Registrar.
The notice describes a bay pony about five years old with a white spot between the hind legs valued at twenty dollars and a black browsed home male colt with gray hairs also valued at twenty dollars. No other marks or brands are noted. Property owners must prove ownership and pay charges or risk disposal under law.
The notice states that Laco ly is to make proof on a land claim in Lawrence County at Monticello on April 30, 1886 before the Judge or Chancery Clerk. Witnesses named include Amos Walker Handy Powell Thomas Wint Calvin Norwood and Lebron. Jurisdiction is for Section 21 Township North Range 19 West.
Sealed bids for building Lincoln County Court House are invited as per law and specifications. Bids must be filed with the county clerk by 10 o clock on March 3. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. P. M. Magri, Clerk.
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