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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05
Ella e Law in Regard to the PRO
Perty Of 2Earried Women.

Under the common law, married
women could D., nothing pertaining
to the management or disposition OF
their properly without the concur
renee of their husbands. In some
States Of. the Union, the common
law is still in force in this respect,
with very slight notifications. But
in Mississippi The law in regard to
the property of married women is
quite different. They have all the
rights for acquiring, controlling and
disposing of property that a man
has, without any interference on the
part of their husbands. They can
sue and be sued without being join
ed by their husband, which was not
the case at common law. They can
even sue each other. A woman can
also make disposition of her proper
ty by will as she pleascs.
If the wife owns the homestead,
she cannot sell or mortgage it unless
her husband (if he lives with herr
Joins in the deed, and it may be re
marked that this same restriction
is placed upon the husband, where
he owns the homestead.
TIC wife and husband may trans
fer f.r rent property, either real or
p.Isonal, to each other, but snch
conveyance will not be valid as t.
third parties unless reduced to writ
ing and duly acknowledged and re-
corded.
The laws of dowry ami tenancy by
courtesy have also been abolished
in this State. Until the adoption
of the Code of 1880, the wife, upon
the death of her husband, was en-
titled to dowen, that is one-third OF
his estate, which was set apart for
her use during life, and at her death
to be. distributed among the heirs.
Tenancy by courtt sy was the right
of the husband, upon the death of
the wife, to- the use OF her estate
during the lifetime, that Is, il a
child Of the marriage had been born
alive.
In place of these rights, the laws
of our State provide that where
either husband or wife dies without
having made a will, the survivor
gets an absolute fee simple title to a
child'S portion, sharing equally with
them; or if there be no children or
defendants, the survivor gets the
whole estate in fee simple - p aa
Our Legislature have acted wisely
in making the laws in regard to
married women much more simple
ard much more liberal toward them.
--Rosciask0 Messenger. 81 - 81
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05
Drum kennesS NO Excuse for
Crime. SO says the Law.

The Supreme Court yester-
day affirmed the judgment and
order Of the Superior Court of Lake
county in the case Of the people
against William Jones. Defendant
was convicted of murder in the first
degree for the killing of Henry Long
on the 7th of May, 1882, and SEN
fenced to be hanged. From the
opinion filed it appears that "insan-
ity from the long continuous use OF
intoxicants' was the only defense
made. In substance, the Court
charged the jury that ''insanity pro
duced by intoxicatiou would not de
stroy responsibility when the party
when sane and responsible made
himself voluntarily intoxicated, and
drunkenness was no excuse for
crime, bat it was circumstance for
the consideration of the jury in de-
termining the degree of crime" The
homicide was committed on Sunday,
about one o'clock, p. m, aud the ev-
idencc given on behalf of defendant
proved that be had bought pint of
pure alcohol on the Friday preced-
ing and drank it without water
through the next day. This evil
dence certainly tended to prove vol
untary intoxication, and the charge
on the subject was relevant. There
is no error in the record prejudicial
to the defendant. r-Sqa Francisco
Examiner. Il, ~ ..,f.ss $500
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05
The Right Talk.

The Democratic party is the party
Of the people, and the people should
control its party machinery. II
'tricksters and manipulators attempt
to fix up the primary meeting, ''kick
EN- out" te.a
If an enemy invade your house
you do not desertait, t..assert your
rights and expel him. So let it be
in the Democratic party: instead of
whining and getting out themselves,
the voters shoald assert themselves
and fire out" the manipulators.-
Netc Nississippign. - AatE
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05

WASHINGTON, March 24th.-Attor-
ney General Brewster has made a
deposition in the contested election
case of Chalmers against Manning
relative to the appointment of Chal
mers as Special United States Attor-
ney to prosecute election frauds in
Mississippi. In the deposition the
Attorney General says that the ap-
pointment was made on the recom-
mendation of the United States At
torney for Mississippi and because
Of Chalmers, familiarity with the
case,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05

/ In another column we publish O
communication from Cpl. j. NJ. Yves
son, relative to the charges brought
against Hon. III. ID. Money by the
Chickasaw Messenger, which, while
it includes points that have already
been covered by Mr.. Money in his
publishe | interview and The LEAD
ER's article, also presents some 9th
er good points which are worth con-
,sidering. With this we will close
all farther discussion on the subject,
as more than enough has been showF
to entirely exonerate Mr.. Money
from the imputations brought against
him by the Messenger. Our only
object in the outset was to show that
injustice had been done this gentle
man, and to post some of our local
readers upon "a matter with which
tteY g,fe eutirciy unaeaaainte1.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05
STATE, Elk. Rel, Etc,

DAN X. Brown, County Treas.
Chief Justice Campbell delivered
the opinion of the court:
Careful consideration of all the
legislation OF the State with respect
to the maintenance of the, Public
Schools has satisfied us that the
money distributed by the Auditor oil
Public Accounts, in pursuance Of
law to the several counties, is appro-
priable to the payment of warrants
issued in the year in which theil
distribution is made. The money
distributed in January, 1888, Is .te
be applied to warrants for the year
1883. FL,
Judgment affirmed.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05

SINCE his defeat for Governor, the
Hon. Ben King has lived on his plan
tation in Lawrence county. IL is
said that his health is much inn
proved, and the report is that he
will be candidate for State Senator
from the counties of Lawrence. Simp
son, Covington and Coplah.-Neat
HississippiaG 2l-l-a4i ~. q
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05

THERE is now strong probability
that the Gulf and Ship Island Rail
lord will be built at no distant day
Col. J. S. Hamilton is the leading
spirit in the move. He hopes 70 OBJ
tain renewal Of the original land
grant IN that behalf, and has re-
ouest,d Sec'y Teller to withdraw the
same from market, who now has the
proposition under consideration.
The Guice case was confirmed BY
the ST prone Court last Monday.
The Guice brothers were convicted
at the October term, l $50, Of the vii
kinson county Circuit Court, to
which there had been. change OF
venue from Adams county, Of the
murder of Alexander Hawley, on Dc
rober 13, 1881, in Natchcz, and were
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
TIE State Ledger says that one OF
the attractive features Of Stedman's
Grand Opening, was the splendid
music by that accomplished Pianist
and charming young lady, Miss
Lizzie Cooper. All lovers of good
music were delighted with her arts
tic selections while they were feas.-
ing their eyes upon the magnificent
display of Stedman's beautiful mil
linery goods.
THE Supreme Court of Mississip-
pi has affirmed the decisions of the
Adams county Circuit Court in The
cases of jim Woods and Ben Fletc y
err, convicted of murder. and the
date Of their execution has been
fixed for Thursday, May 81, next
Woods WIS one Of the crew Of the
steamer r. f. Lee, and killej
rouster. Fletcher, while drunk
killed man named Davis for refus
ing to treat him to drink.
A relic has been found of Abra
ham Lincoln-a professional care
! hearing the inscription, "a. Lincoln
Attorney at-Law, Springfield, H.
On one end Of it is this sentence
81 am still practicing my profession
on this side Of the river, and shall
be ready at all times to crack
joke, swap horses or split rails unit
the 4th of March" 1t is thought t.
have been snub of a j,ke publish.
cd by Lincoln between the date O
his election and the date Of his en-
tering the White House.
THE State papers which have bee
intimating that the Edwards Cit,
Item is for sale because it has no
proved financial success are off
little, and have been shedding thei
crocodile tears for naught. We hav
it on good authority that tn
Schwabs have placed 81, 100 in banl
to their credit out Of the concer
since they started two years age
besides having ais, paid for th
Office out of its earnings. j. Sidne,
is now doing prosperous legal busi
ness in New Orleans, and we predI
will some fine day in the futur
| branch out Us q second Vanderbilt
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05

w. h. Merchant, the newly up.
pointed Postmaster at New Or.
leans, is a son Of Rev. Jas. Mer-
chant, of Smith county, Miss, and
is related to the Fulloses, Baughs,
Smiths and Halls. He left Smith
county after the war, a very poor
boy-drifted into Louisiana, tufned
Republican, and landed ind the New
Orleans Postofiice, position worth
$25, 00e year-Brasdoa Repabii-
can. -.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05

A man who received a specimen
copy of'the new Chinese paper pub
lished in New York, looked it over
and then remarked that he had no
objection to puzzle department of
one or two columns, but when the
entire paper was devoted to illus
trated refuses, enigmas, anagrams,
and other puzzles, he thought it was
altogether too puch,and he wouldn't
subscribe for the sheet if it was only
ten cents "a year-NoTisto,cn
Herald. e og sa' W."
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05
OFFICE STATE sup'r. PUB. Ed.

OFFICE STATE SUP'T. PUB. Ed,
JACKSON, Miss, March 10Th, 1883.
The following opinion of the Su
preme Court of the State is publish
ed for the information and the gov
eminent of all concerned. ....
j. A. SMITH, State Superintendent
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-04-05

The President has accepted Capt.
Eads resignation as one Of the River
Commissioners. sgafas AZ
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-02-17
Sfoft Grand Cards.

Under this heading owners Of brands may publis
Steck Cards similar to the following at $40 pr aal
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-02-17
VARIETIES.

The bill granting pensions to- certain
soldiers and sailors of the Mexican. Creole
Florida, and Black Hawk wars viii coat
probably about 81 500, 900 to meet it's re-.
quirements F"
Memory is tickle jade. A man NAV
distinctly remember loaning schoolmate
half dollar twenty-five years ago. and
forget all about the S. he borrowed from
friend only last December. Nor7sstoun
Herald.
I'm choosing wife," says the Phreno-
hqscnl JourhlnI, be governed by her chin. y
Have no personal experience; but we have
always understood that that is the way
they are always governed.-INiatldphi
Bulletin. a-
Late statistics indicate that the con-
sumption of alcohol in France has increased
within forty years fifty per cent. while the
population has somewhat diminished, and
that the use of light wines is giving way to
stronger beverages.
Let no young man despair. Mr.. j. T.
Farley, who has been elected United States
SCI. tor in California. was once clerk
i'll dry goods store at Gallatin, in Davis
County, Missouri 1t might be remarked.
however, that Farley PAL ted his hair on
tho left side OF his head.-Nep Orleans
!lcayune.
One reason why no persons photograph
ever exhibits half his ,ood looks is because
there is one hundred per cant. profit in tho
business. The photographer is too busy
bringing out the profit to bring out the
Grecian lines distinguishing college pro
mt f)2f1
Press. <~
At the beginning of the present century
Napoleon had return made of the probable
number of Jews in the world. It was com
puted that there We're q million in the
turkish Empire; in Persia, China, India,
30 900; in Europe, Africa, and America,
100000.
Nicholas Stroll, German, of Lancaster
Pa, has had three wives and thirty children.
twenty seven of whom are living and nine
teen are married. One son has seventeen
children. The family, children and grand
children, number more than two hundred
persons.
The total amount of opium imported;
ITO the United States for 1877 was 1850,
02l.3S} grains Dc,:ucting fifth TO;
uhC(lCtl uHcS, lICLc ICiil.tAii AoA op'"1
eaters Gl25.}S3 grains daily. If thirt;
grains are taken as IL daily dose, there ar.
in the United States over zoo, 900 men wis
eat opium.
Miss Esther Alice Merklcham, Jefferson
great granddaughter, holds IA 81 600 clerk
ship in the copying division of the lnterlo'
Department. Sh. unitcs the blood of tn.
J:jfcrsons and Eantlolphs in her veins, J:
a., occasional writer for the papers, and tEt
author of Il pomlar little Sunday-schoo
nook. "Lost Pc:,rls.'
Jnsclh Faulkner. who has just died Il;
N,.!snr, y. s., 4: the age of one hundree
aud three years. WIS one OF the crew y!
In. >z.un>;; w!,cn size fought her celcbra
:-'i hnt.!e witt, me Chesapeake. one OF th'
,,..>t snr::u::.ary naval combats Of the Wa;
,: 1872. in Which the gallant L.wrenc.
Tel, =scuin.i:s, " Don't give ny the ship
Si,n,ut,,,n. which WAS buried by earth
q,ukes. has been n,:-:,tked by AL Italian
, i:sco:vr,r. It, is in the vicinity OF Man
s,-,ionia. !iG uiles nortl-rcrthwest 81
Brrlsi. A!'e .ly tb" discoveters have
Wrought to light . temple Of Diana and
,o'oa:.ads at,'";t ~ feet ana have
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CHC
- - -

>.p't.a. although 1t the present time
., ,., r.l,laI OF Il sI.uja Ak anu VI uppe.
,.sa.tu. was f, rln ry the Oh Ell town o. Iiie
.olo Of BU lara. III u" year ''ff a c'le'
. ted council assembled there, and SUD-
nrntIy The town was rebuilt by the
,Ip,ror Jusrinian. In 500 1t was captured
IS the Bulgarlans, and named by them
'rjaditza =, name which was converted ny
~. Crusaders mLo Straiitz or Srrnitz. In
- the town fell iHLo tie hands OF the
.u,,,s. and aftc- t'laJ tine began to de 1iihe
. inheritance. According to the Cologne
,..Er. sophia has now population o.
a, 40, one-half Of whoa are otto-
Ms. Du, other authorities give the num-
Of it's inhabitants at about ~, w.
Iaa surrounding country Is eXceeolns'!
..rlle, producing corn, rice, tobacco lax
and wine. while its pastures Tea large
Groves of cattle and tlocks OF sheep.
Two GOOD roads lead from the valley OF
the lskcr. in which Sophia Is situated
sulo the valley of the Martha, the one
running through the Ichtiman Pass, the
mher making detour to the sonth' oy
way of SamoAou, to Tatar- Bazardjlk.
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There were fifteen Of them, five
own sh'l. Va, killed during the conflict. ~
having oee arr;nc the Dorset stood away
That . l..I; While | put my. head once
for Ans'la', NV course. We arrived safely
,ucre uP'., where | delivered up my
ii Ca!cu''"B Before | was ready to set sail
prisoners. +,rn voyage. Captain Bumstead
fer the 'e' and very shortly thereafter we
inthi NV. .,,t;necrs suffer the extreme pen
Il" t''e ,he laws which they had outraged.
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.-1ER1cAN GOLD
,cI SKETCH OF THE VARIOUS
G's' ,urKlrAN GOLD COINS.

,,c,1 SKETCH OF THE VARIOUS
H'S'' AMERICAN GOLD COINS.
sorowinc historical sketch of our
IRE ro ;s co,1nr.el from an exhaus-
ed c'" ,,nr Of Mr.. O. W. Wright in the
'r ' ,,tee ,JournM Of Commerce., of last
"reS RIO dorl!c e gle. or $50 piece. Coin.
J. .he doulle eagle was authorized by
20 (" Of March 3. lS49. Its weight is
.,; rronS. It's tineness Is 9oW. (lhls
-, ,sl fo~s! ot expression means that 900
.''' IN Gee ere prrc metal, the other 100
'ro olinv,l Tie total coinage Of the
',i1 ,ic,c m to .)u 30. 1877, tho
r. the lat !:>cal year. was 1865, sos.
D. ~, a,rount is far greater than that
u tive nlrr coinage Of the United
M Il, u fact. is the imperial coin Of
,..rv. at once MASSIVE, Weighty and
'.uarcar%nc".
Th,. ra,-lr @" so ,icce. It's coinage
- ami or z"l by e act of April :. l1"2
,:r'ur:yht v..> fist established by law at
=. ,rainS but was changed forty-two
-. gttervnrl, 10y the act Of June IS,
80, "a o7S Grains. where it has remained
.>ncr lis tineress was in the begin
~, made 9lG}. but was changed by the
.''7 II J1ne -. lN:'4, the same act that
..arrl its weight. to $50 22j Two years
In half Subsequently its tincness was in
o.rl-ls~- than one part i'll j thonSand-
eco It, weight and fineness have re.
..ia,d tlu~ fixed t. the present day. The
IA r,i,,ate Of this noble piece Of Ameri-
50 money up to j ne 30, 1871, was 500,
., oo-irsS nan one-fourtecnth of the
~ coin9.re o! the imperial double eagle.
The half eagle, or s. piece. This elc-
~ .,,iu ha. undergone the same viciSs'
q, ., the eagle. It's coinage WIS author
u by the same act Of April :. 1892 Its
IN wa, l:;l ora us and its fineness 9lG,.
.. :l act oI .Junt %, 1894. its weight was
rcG to I9j gr,.ils and It's tineness T."
..,92j BY the act Of January Is, 1851.
aucqc>s was slightly raised to the uni
m standard Of 800. Its weight and fine
..,, have thus rem. aimed to our time. IL
al co nlrt. III, to the close Of the last
~,,al year. was S6J, 4l2,SlO.
The uuartor-caye, OF 500 piece
r,j> fine com belongs to the same family
,rh the cag,c and half eagle It's coinage
GAS authorized. its weight and iineness cor
r,pon.l y.y altered by the same acts. me
salute of l;'3 made its weight of 90
.rru, a;d its tinencSs olGi. Its weight
Vi, reduced to 6i.5 grains and its tincnc>s
+, 500 22, by the act OF 1881. The act -
~, raised its tincncss to 800. Its tota'
...nayc up to June 30, 1877, was $2G.9'"
30.
The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1883-02-17

Free labor is doing good deal more fo'
the South, already, than was ever accom-
plished in an equal time by slave labor. In
the eight years preceding the rebellion save
labor produced 2S.i97,S41 bales OF cotton eo !;
in eight years since the reb. llion' IRON iso co
TO 1877, free labor has produced i,o.U
2l2 bales, showing an increase OF S,'S'311
bales. During the same time there mas
been large increase in the grain produc-
| tlon of the South.
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pna upwards made at home by the industrious. Men.
tyomen, boys and girls wanted everywhere TO work
Now is the time. You can work in spare time only
b give your whole time to the business. You can
We AT home and do the work. No other business
flll pay you nearly as well. Noone can fail 70 make
enormous pay by engaging al once. Costly outflt ana
(.rms free. Money made fast easily and honofaD!y.
Address True \ Co, Augusta, Maine. ISL
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FAT business now before the public: You
y can make money faster at work tor US
"a than at anything else. Capital not
~ k1~ needed. We will start you. &I2 day
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12
TRIAL, BY JURY.

A bill is now pending in the General As
sembly to provide for trial by jury in all
cases where either party to a suit may desire
1t, without regard to the question whether
the action is equitable" or what is ordi-
narily termed lat law" The distinction be-
tween the two classes of actions is one that
cannot be abolished. Experience has shown
that a jury cannot well deal with equitable
rights. We presume that every lawyer who
has ever tried a cause. even at law, where a
special verdict was necessary for the deter
mination of the rights of parties has found
1t necessary to write the verdict himself A
jury, as ordinarily constructed, has not the
qualifications required to embody all the
facts or if it has the qualifications, lacks means
of presenting the facts so as to be within com
mard when the special verdict has to be writ
ten. The consequence frequently is that
great injustice is done to parties.
While one object of every judicial system
is the ending of controversies another of the
very greatest importance is the doing of JUS
tice between litigants. There is no serious
dispute in this State about the wisdom of the
provision of the law abolishing the
distinction between the forms of
pleading and practice in cases at
law and in equity. The system
inures to the benefit of parties and the pub
lie. 1t is rather provision against the mis-
takes of lawyers than anything else, and a
most necessary one where to be admitted to
the practice of the law requires no other
qualification than that one seeking to be an
attorney at law possesses a good moral char
Rcter The only dispute, if it can be dign-
lied by that name, is whether all causes, of
whatever nature, at law or in equity, shall
be tried by jury. The right of trial by jury
being preserved inviolate by the constitution
has nothing to do with the question, for the
bill now pending does nothing to that end
1t is, as our contemporary, the Sentinel, we'll
says, an attempt to extend the trial by jury
by statute to cases to which neither the con-
stitution of 1916 nor the constitution OF 1852
extended it.
AS we have stated, experience has shown
that juries cannot safely be intrusted with
the disposition Of equitable rights. Take,
for instance what are so frequently brought
into court, ordinary cases of partnership and
the settlement of partnership accounts
There is probably no county in the State
which has not had before its courts such liti-
cation. AS tried by jury, there is no in
telligent juryman but has felt how utterly
impossible it was to do justice What
is the general result? The case oc-
cupies days, sometimes weeks. Attor-
neys sum up, each side making
claims which are remarkable for their ex-
tent rather than clearness or merit Sundry
circumstances calculated to impress the
jury with the nnfairness of the other side
ere. dragged in, and the jury go out without
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"FoR some time the indianapolis newspapers

"FoRsome time the Indianapolis newspapers
and other papers in other parts of the State
have been booming the scheme to discon-
tinue the State University at Bloomington,
Purdue University at Lafayette, and the
State Normal School at Terre Haute. and
unite them in one grand (?) university at In
dianapolis. This would be a great boom to
the capital, and aC something to its attrac-
tons "-Terre Haute Courier.
In order that there may be no mistake
let it be understood that the Journal does not
favor the consolidation of the State schools
and their location at Indianapolis A person
paper may be in favor of the consolidation
without favorng the location of the consoi-
dated institution at this city. At least that
is the position of the Journal.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-12

GOVERNOR BUTLER, of Massachusetts,, on
Friday ordered the instant removal of the
warden of the State prison. The charges
against him are Incompetence and excessive
cruelty. The prisoners themselves have
been allowed to testify, and some of their
stories are almost incredible but are said to
be supported by reliable witnesses. Among
other things it is charged that he caused
men to be hung up by the arms with their
toes only touching the floor, and had them
remain in that position for ninety-six hours.
One man is said to have been held there for
120 hours. Stories of the same character
could be heard doubtless, from the inmates
of very many prisons; but in our enlight-
ened charity we will not admit that any
convict or ex-convct can possibly tell the
truth; hence the cruelties of most prisons
remain untold and unremedied