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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1890
Page
1
A scrambled dispatch notes a ship Dinapoor wreck off Spantsiy coast with six crew lost, Catalonia grape efforts, contraband Chinese laborers in Arizona, Canadian fast Atlantic service talks, and Irish press on church warnings. Reports cover Berlin war politics, Mexico Chinaman rumors, Chicago bond plans, and a San Francisco strike-driven bid scene.
The week closed after long debates on silver coinage and free coinage with Senator Morgan, Aldrich, and Teller speaking. House actions included pension bills, the Sun dry Civil Appropriation, and a post office appropriation. Other notes cover resignations, nominations, and international events, including Haitian martial law easing and Canadian political developments.
Telegrams report a tornado at Sibley Town on the 14th injuring about six people, none fatally, while in Calhoun the 15th a 17 year old boy shot his brother during a school drill, killing him instantly. Also noted are a richmond Bak ers trust formation, a Middlesbourgh monument project, weekly business failures, a Mayersville storm with drownings, antique silver discovery in Camden, Ala boy’s fatal woods accident, Auburn looting and sewer bursts, and river project funding details.
Grand jury returns two indictments against ex Treasurer Hemingway in a Mississippi case charging embezzlement and failure to deliver state funds. Proceedings note continuance debates, bond set at 25000 each, and subpenas issued for telegram and express-company records. The case timeline spans June trials, venue questions, and book discrepancies cited by both sides.
Mrs. Horton wife of Henry Horton an engineer of the Alabama 4 Vicksburg Railroad died at Forest three weeks ago. While sorting her trunk last week her husband found 1954 dollars and a life insurance policy for 1500. Horton, poor, says she saved the money and kept the policy paid from his monthly household allowance. Menibias has organized an Exposition Association.
Rev. T DeWitt Talmage preaches from Revelation about Noahs ark and a rainbow round the throne as a sign of Gods covenant. He argues disaster on earth yields heavenly glory and that only those in the ark through Christ will see the eternal rainbow. The sermon blends biblical imagery with the hope of salvation and divine mercy.
The Atlanta Constitution muses on tiny geniuses who sing brief, tender notes that please today even if forgotten by history. Their work nourishes human hearts, and the world still needs humble voices for soft listening, simple songs, and everyday solace.
A Vermont marvel called The Floating Island sits in Sadawaga Lake Whitingham. The 150 acre island drifts across the lake daily from north to south or east to west. It bears tall trees and thick cranberry bushes and rarely sinks its base. Pinkfishers frequent the island as a spectacle and winter fishing through the ice has been observed.
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