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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1883

Page

2

Turff Bill Note and Local News From Yazoo Area

Tariff news notes the new tariff bill leaves entros ties unchanged. Reports from New Orleans mention Judge Davie on a bridal tour and Bishop Thorpeva preaching at Port Gibson. Obituaries and local notes include Mrs. Sarah Sandel near Jobneau Station, Mr K Nicholson with smallpox at Dry Grove, and Walter M Walker obituary. The Texas Treasury holds about two and a half million. Local politics, railroad mortgage disputes, and church construction updates fill the page with scattered items from Crystal Springs to McComb.

Davie Ly New Jenne Thorpeva Port Gibson Sarah Sandel Jobneau

Amite Court closes week with clear docket and sentences

In Amite County Judge Chrisman finished a week of court with a clear docket. Two colored defendants were sent to the penitentiary one year for burglary and two years for assault with intent to kill. An indictment for killing Benj. G. Wall resulted in acquittal. District Attorney Cassedy prosecuted vigorously, with his closing speech delivered at 3 a.m. Friday.

Chrisman Amite An Mun the Ich J. A. Belton Benj. G. Wall

Distant Echoes of Political Turmoil and Local Crime

The notice compiles varied items: former officials and residents of Mississippi communities die or move during late years, a plan for refrigerating cars in transport is announced, debates over tariff policy surface amid political candidacy rumors, and a Terry store burglary yields a reward. The piece mentions Governor Stephens estate, a doctor license list, and mixed local happenings including editorial critiques and community letters.

Odd Fellows Anniversary Proclaimed for April 26 1883

Col J L Power Grand Master of the Mississippi Grand Lodge proclaims the Thirty Fourth Anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America on April 26 1883. Lodges are urged to observe the day with thanksgiving and praise to God for the Order and its members. Proclamation dated March 1 1883 in Jackson signed by James M V McVown and J L Power Grand Sec Grand Master.

J. L. Power Order TJ L Power Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Mississippi Odd Fellowship America City of Jackson McVown Power

Jackson Colum bus Railroad financials and plans

The Jackson and Colum bus Railroad reports total cost to January last of 1 005 480 14 with funded debt 201 000 and floating debt 170 560. Gross earnings to January last reach 104 188 38 with expenses 65 865 28 leaving 38 323 10 not earning. November December freight and passenger receipts totaled 34 978. Cost of 1882 equipment 18 755. Telegraph line to be completed this month at 2 872 60. Trains run daily between Jackson and Natches with the passenger train taking five hours forty minutes. Interest on debt paid as matured.

Jackson Natches Mississippi

Contested seats bill relief discussed in Boston Herald items

The Boston Herald reports on House Bill No. 7 479 providing relief for members of Congress with contested seats and for unsuccessful contestants. It details payments to listed individuals, notes Missouri and Louisiana cases, and critiques the practice as costly to the public while noting partisan patterns and a Senate balance in the upcoming 48th Congress.

The Clarion Congress Jim Boston Herald John. R. Lynch James BR. Chulmery W. M. Mackey Samuel Dibble Carlos J. Stolberas D, Wyatt Aiken, Ie George C R. Graham Fros Gustavia Missouri South South Carolina Alabama Florida Louisiana Mississippi Virginia Kloyd King B. H. Lanier D. Wyatt Aiken Carlos J. Stolbrand United States House of Representatives Treasury House Senate New York Sun New Hampshire John W. Sandifer Henry II Spain India Henry III

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