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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1886
Page
2
Brookhaven Leader reports from editor B. T. Hobbs on a local mail route dispatch and a Thursday March date as plans for a rural delivery improvement are outlined, with community implications for residents.
Editorial notes recall political shifts in Rankin county and Gettysburg era figures, with legislative adjournments, prison numbers, and a Grant monument bill. Mention of marriages, railroad concerns, and prohibition in Indian Territory, plus sharp critique of sensational church scandal coverage.
Volume IV page notes bold aims for the new year as The Leaven celebrates its growth and thanks readers and advertisers. It highlights a Supreme Court ruling on merchant contracts tied to privilege taxes, rail strike actions by brakesmen and ship hands, legislative looseness on Sundays, and calls for lawmaker reform. The piece mentions ongoing subscription settlements, freight disruptions, and a Hanging near Rockport involving an escaped convict.
The Mississippi Supreme Court in Phoenix Insurance Company v Pollard & Co holds that contracts made for stock kept in an unlicensed store fall within the reference to the business carried on under the law. The decision rejects narrowing the phrase to only active license violations and states that any contract relating to a legally noncompliant business, including insurance on stock, is unenforceable. The ruling, delivered by Judge Campbell, reverses prior interpretations and emphasizes that illegality extends to all dealings connected to the business and its stock.
A historical notice advertises a March contest by Rutledge's Monthly offering 20 dollars for naming the middle verse of the New Testament excluding the revised edition. Entries must be sent with 20 cents, by March 10, 1486, and the winner to be announced March 16, 1886. multiple correct answers split the prize.
A string of testimonials from prominent physicians and citizens in Crawfordville and surrounding areas praise B B B as a tonic and alterative. Claims include relief from rheumatism, scrofula, and carbuncles with several patients noting dramatic recovery after using two to four bottles. The letters, dated 1585 to 148%, come from doctors A. R. Lilodrs and A. M. Farmer, with local editorials attached.
A mixed freight train runs northbound to Lhaven Brookhaven at 9 00 A M. Another mixed freight departs Brookhaven southbound at 2 50 P M. Freight trains do not run on Ban day and none operate on Monday. J C Clarke manager J W Coleman A G P Agent.
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