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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1889
Page
1
A condensed list reports Grape rose departing Cannes on the 19th heading to London with improved health. Other items note exiled Havas correspondent Filien, anarchist Osean Nense seeking a pardon, and various political tensions across the Atlantic.
The Senate on the 18th and 19th debated the Direct Tax bill and a census provision, admitted North Dakota and other territories, and passed the Sundry Civil and Territorial Admission measures. The House handled the Postoffice and Deficiency bills, but adjourned amid conference reports on tax and territorial matters. Personal items note resignations, retirements, and international concerns surrounding Nicaragua and Samoa.
Explosion at Weslayan North College in New Haven rattles town as dynamite cartridge injures N C Hubbard son of ex congressman from West Virginia. Four fingers amputated after hospital transfer. freshmen blamed as authorities promise action. Washington's birthday festivities eyed with caution by faculty.
The George W. Crane printing house, the largest in the state, was destroyed by fire in Topeka at six o'clock yesterday. The blaze, fed by an elevator shaft flue, consumed the building within an hour despite full city fire department effort. Losses total about 300,000 with 74,000 insured. stock, pressed type, and legal plates suffered heavy damage. vault contents uncertain. About 275 people lose jobs.
A Cleveland couple Rollin Cary advertising agent and his wife flee the city after a weekend departure. Cary resigns from Lake Shore & Michigan Southern and withdraws about 1100 from Cleveland banks. They are reportedly headed west, with Cary’s father a railroad official and the wife connected to local banking leadership.
In a non partisan outline Gen D L Lees Papers argues Congress should foster agricultural and mechanical colleges to serve the masses. He notes old colleges favored three professions, ignored agriculture, and urges curriculums to include practical agricultural study to lift the farming population nationwide.
The article compares Europe and the United States, noting advanced agricultural education in Germany and France, rising European yields, and slower gains in U.S. farming wealth. It cites census data from 1850–1880 showing farmers as half the population yet owning far less wealth, with mortgage pressures and urban growth. It also discusses transportation, price competition, and the need for farmer education to remain competitive.
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