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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1886
Page
2
A Mississippi local page notes politics, society, and business items. Mentions Satelit Pronkhaten Poste finnen and the Pearl River steamer via O. R. Singhon. Reports Judge Warren Cowar as president of a Pro Vision group, and planned events like Mark Gras next Tuesday and a Seashore camp in July. Details on assignments, school officials, and property incidents appear amid legislative updates and minor community notes.
A proposed iron bridge across the Pearl River at Lawrence would cost about 8,000 dollars and connect the east and west sides. The plan promises lower taxes, boosted land values, and greater county cohesion as commerce and immigration are encouraged.
The Local Option bill clears the House by a thin margin and goes to the Senate, offering a step forward in temperance measures. Prohibition counties rep Dale and Rowan supported it to avoid county exemptions, commended for their votes. A Jackson convention summary notes 300 delegates from the South and West shaping policy.
The Legislature pushed key measures including a constitutional question to voters, a general local option bill, and a penitentiary compromise with Gulf of Ship Island Railroad under conditions. The House debated school law changes, and a repeal of the agricultural lien law was noted as advancing toward the governor’s signature. A fencing dispute between Lowry and Burkitt led to a brief arrest and bond. other actions include a favorable judiciary report on debt relief for three years and insurance concerns amid fire losses. The Grant Commandery elected officers and a note on subscriber renewals closes the item.
The court refused clemency for Ford and Murphy, keeping the death sentence. The Board of Pardons, including Judge Baker and Attorney General Canningham, upheld the verdicts, while the Lieutenant Governor dissented for mercy amid shifting public sentiment toward convicted felons. Governor McEuery faces executing the sentence on the set date.
The article urges cotton planters to redirect to home consumption crops as prices remain ruinously low. It cites a million bushel increase in 1885 American crops, poor trade mood, and forecasted continued low prices for 1886. It notes Liverpool market lows and warns of risk unless costs are cut and better seeds used.
In a reader letter from Georgia, physicians defend and critique patent medicines, noting tested remedies and public reliance. J. Rode, M.D., recounts personal rheumatism relief from a preparation, while critics warn against untested treatments and urge caution in medical claims.
A disjointed column blends medical notes about The Safe Course medicine and patient ailments with brief political commentary on Pollard v. Insurance and river appropriation plans. It also references a Civil War veteran narrative from The Picayune and a local ad for SMITIVS BILE BEANS and a tiny note about a shaper named The Nickel in Coulreville.
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