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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1887
Page
2
The Brookhaven Zeater by B. T. Hobbs appears as a local item set in Brookhaven. The piece notes an entry at the Brookhaven post office as second class mail matter and references the Leniler Building and Cherokee street on a Thursday in April.
A garbled 19th century style notice urges support for Maxwell as Representative in Lin County. It mixes editor appointments, Senatorial district disputes, a fatal shooting of Aaron L. Page near Clinton, a defense of Major Barksdale, and praise for Mississippi press figures and the Times Democrat Mississippi edition. The text also references the Kosciusko Star and Kosciusko area editor roles, plus society invitations and a railroad incident with a bond.
The Spring elections in Michigan Wisconsin and Rhode Island produced mixed results with Republicans, Democrats and the Labor ticket competing in key cities. Chicago saw a large Republican victory fueled by anti Labour fears, while Cincinnati and Denver also swung Republican. St Louis and Springfield favored Democrats, Dubuque and Fort Worth backed Labor. Municipal races reflected local dynamics more than national partisan lines. The article notes a spike in anti Prohibition rhetoric and discusses local races in Texas and Mississippi areas.
Friday evening April 15, in Cluwtox Miss a Hermenian Anniversary program featured Rev L Kall opening with prayer and J C Hardy introducing first orator D J Harrison who spoke on Echoes of the Nineteenth Century. Miss Susie Nelson sang Ruby, then W By Mixon spoke on Pyramids not all Egyptian, TJ Swanzey on Knowledge, and Miss Edin Taylor sang. The Anniversarian T J Lowry spoke on Peace the F of Necessities. Flowers adorned the speakers, and celebrants wished the Hermenians continued growth and fellowship.
The Brandon Republican narrator laments a bitter local option election. Heo Frantz voted a narrow ticket amid church and crowd pressure while a Prohibitionist pushed an illegal vote. The tale ends with Frantz marching home in sorrow as bystanders reflect on his distress.
Citizens in Brookhaven claim dramatic relief after doctors formerly said incurable cases of throat lung disease improved with Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption. Trial bottle offered by T Grave Co s Drug Store with large posters advertising relief from coughs asthma and similar ailments.
State Gleanings reports a Mississippi context of public library plans in Corinthia and electric lighting for Vicksburg Baptist church. It notes a May 17 prohibition election in Wayne County, a Wilkeson grand jury with 119 witnesses and 12 true bills, a Natchez physician’s year of death, and remarks on senators Walthall and tenjlered at Jackson and Port Gibson. The piece cites burglaries in Jasper County and Brandon, a proposed residence for Bishop Galloway in Jackson, and arrests under Local Option law. It covers a Brandon–W&M railroad subsidy, a Jackson Methodist church dedication, bank asset settlements, weddings, and local misfortunes including a fatal shotgun accident near Durant. It mentions a storm in Yazoo Delta, the State Sunday School Institute gathering in Jackson, and Jackson Medical Association officers. It also includes questions about iron deposits and regional political endorsements. It closes with notices of voter petitions, and local business advertisements.
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