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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1887
Page
1
A disjointed notice references the illness of the King of Holland and notes the Shah of Persia planning a tour starting in April. It mentions industrial renters of Europe and a scheduling hint for upcoming events, though details are fragmentary.
Ohio figure Rxetvy wren valued at a million. leaders at the White House discuss a broad foreign and domestic agenda. Reports cover a vast slate from Kansas City to Chicago shows, with mentions of religious conferences, political party splits, trade and diplomacy developments, and notable deaths, divorces, and legal cases shaping currents at home and abroad.
A sprawling OCR driven mix reports a sunrise photograph attempt at Pike's Peak by C F Styler, royal and literary chatter, museum offers, a Kensington Museum blaze, and a Chicago suicide permit denial. It covers miners output in 1886, social flurries around Mrs Valverart, Governor Seay’s electrified horse accident, an Empress Sabina statue find, and a Balloon jump dare by William Baldwin with verdicts on licensing suicides.
A large bonfire in a rear yard ignited a square in the city, leveling twenty to twenty five tenements and destroying dairies. About 125 families were left homeless as flames spread toward adjacent buildings. Quincy Adams and Freeman O'Brien suffered injuries amid collapsing timbers. several firemen were hospitalized from heat. Loss estimated around 200000 dollars, with insurance light and extensive property damage. Nearby residents sheltered on a hillside after sunset. In other notes, Minnesota Governor invites President to visit Twin Cities on Western tour, with formal invitation to be delivered later.
A Telegraph report describes amok outbreaks linked to Malay opium and bhang use in Hindostan and Java. It details weaponized frenzy, the path of the chase, public murders, and cases where motives range from debt to personal grievance, noting police and local guards’ attempts to restrain the violence.
The piece discusses grading homes with terraced setbacks to raise the front above street level, noting it can improve appearance but often looks less pleasing than even grades. It warns against overuse, cites cases where slight rises or street grades justify terracing, and stresses keeping a gentle, uniform rise to maintain generous grounds and accessible entrances.
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