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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1886
Page
2
The piece chronicles a volatile legislative mood with adjournment talk and party infighting. It notes deaths including Congressman Haten, Mrs. Horatio Seymour, and U.S. Senator John F. Miller, plus court actions, temperance pushes, and local political cartoons. It ends with a quip on a whisky town and a sensational incident in New Orleans.
Major J F Seasons wins a railroad commissioner seat amid legislative votes on Thursday. Hon William McVillie from Madison and Hon J C Kyle of Panola elected to the commission from their districts. Ex Gov Stone defeated, seen as due to Supervisionists preferring original Supervisionists on the board.
A formal announcement endorses Hon E Barksdale for reelection to Congress subject to the Democratic District Convention. The piece praises his service, voting record and fidelity to people’s interests and urges voters to return him to the seat he has filled with diligence and regard.
Ford and Murphy faced death by hanging after a botched suicide attempt in their cell the night before their execution. They were found after taking atropia and were moved to complete the hanging, life nearly extinguished. The incident serves as a stark warning to would be murderers nationwide.
Rev J H Gambrell and Mr J N Gambrell of Brookhaven spoke at a Presbyterian church on Monday night in support of prohibition. The Liberty Herald praised Gambrell as a good talker well suited to his mission and wished him success in the work.
The Senate approved a bill making Railroad Commissioners the Board of Control of the Penitentiary and authorizing lease of convicts for railroad and levee work. It also permits leasing to Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Co for 20000 a year to first mortgage bonds, with convicts not to work on snaring. Vote was 29 to 7 in the Senate and dh to 23 in the House.
A Senate special committee reports on the Penitentiary leases and contractor payments in 1883 84. It finds many contracts lacked governor approval yet credits lessees, cites mixed testimony from Gov Lowry Major McQuiston and architects, notes potential need for written approvals, and estimates total unreconciled sums around forty thousand dollars. Col Ham Hooker is mentioned as a congressional candidate in Mississippi.
An advertisement larded with testimonials touts a patent medicine call it a tonic for rheumatism. Doctors cite improvements in dozens of cases across the south, including J M. Barfield and S J Parmen. Separate notes cover a cock fighting arrest and a shipboard case where Dr King’s New Discovery aids a cough and is offered as a free trial at a local store.
J C Clarke manager and W Coleman agent outline passenger and freight trains. Trains arrive at New Orleans at 4 20 p m and stop at regular stations with connections to IC line. Southbound No 7 mixed departs Brooklyn at 2 30 am. freight trains do not run on Sundays.
State or Mississippi Lawrence County notice to all claiming any title or interest in the following land portion described as the west half of the west half section 6 township 7 range VA cant. Citizens must appear in the Chancery Court on the fourth morning of March for confirmation of a tax tithe involving G. Carlisle. Clerk of the plaintiff's solicitor.
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