The Brookhaven leader., 1884-10-23
BRoOKHAvEN.
Its Location, Population, BUSH
ness, Institutions Hoalthtul-
ness and Future Prospects,
A SPLENDID SHOWING.
LOCATION.


miles south of Jackson, the State
capital, and 7S6 miles sou h Of Chit
cago. 1t is 500 feet above tile
water and is the highest point on
the /. G.. Railroad he wcrn Now
Orleans and Holly Springs, Miss.
u Is the county site of Lincoln
county where all county business
is transacted. and is the only towr,
besides Bugue Chittn in the county.
The c"rp"rIte limits embrace a
~quare mile, of which the Railroad
depot is the centre.
SETTLEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH.
The fist settlement OF the place
was in The fall of 1856 aud spring of
81. John Storm, who closed use
ruI and well-spent lie only few
years ago, after having raised a
large family who are now among
our most active and respected
citizens, and Mr.. jesse Warren.
who also raised large family and
s sill useful and highly respected
citizen Of the town, now and for
several years past holding the
position of Circuit Clerk OF III,
county, were among the tir-t SET
tiers. Messrs. Warren AMI Storm
were also the first regular merchants
of the town. what few shops existed
before they opened business in tn"
~pring of 81, being OF very in
ferior aud unpretcntious order.
For year or two the railroad tx
tcndc no furt her from New Orleans
than Summit, which Was IT. north
IN terminus and the distributing
point, for freights for all Of the sur
rounding towns and counties.
Finally, however, the road was com
plrtel To this point, and il Nav,
| 1857. the first train reached Brock
navrn. L, was n freight, and Mr..
\. O. Cox, pX-shriitf OF the county
and 9 i'll living within II lew miles OF
town, who was the first Stari N
Agent of the Railroad, states that
the tariff on the cargo f,r deliver,
at this place was 1880.
For y or 10 months Brookhaven
| continued as the northern terminu,
of the Railroad, and during Thu
line growth was very rapid and
its business enormous. The first
wear it was a railroad town the
shipment of cotton amounted t.
! $4,000 bales But The Railroad wa
soon com pleted. to Beauregard. Ha-
z,ehnrst and other points father
north, thus divi ling the business
up, and from that time its grow II
WINS more gralnal and business
settle down to he permanent ha' is
which it. has since maintained. Th'
following figures display the steady
increase in wealth ~ shown bN the
assessment rolls for he last thie,
years.
1852 Realty. .......... .2Oo.OO7
Personality $50, 74j-3 rs!
1885,! Realty. ..Gl9, loJ
Personally. l i6, 800 6, 1903
1884 Realty. .25t,js3
Personality. .167, 547-4lS,92O
A loiat iYc e." during The TIRE
yeats ol $63l6S.
THE POPULATION
of he city has continued To incrras'
since its fist set lrmenl; aud tx
cept when the corporate Limits wert
extended under carpet-bag rule and
included Cwo large c"l"red settle
,nt.nls knCwn as "Pr'er>hury, AMI
..Fnrrs' - Wa never sc, large ~ Al
,Ir asrnt Bl the celsus oi 1880, tn
total population within the city l.
SHOWN t. he 1,6l5-ihe whites he
ing largely in the majority. :
this line the number will n" fl.
below 1000, and if We except Tie
manufacturing town Of w sson, III
miles north, it IL the largest "i
ANY town on the Illinois Central bs-
tween New Orleans and jackson
AS rule, the people are III, elii-en'
highly cultured, industrious. social
and hospitable. Nearly all If The
f"rei4n p"pn ation of the county l.
concentrated here, emDra iu9a MI H.
her If ,itftrrnt natiunaiitI"-, huj All
harmonlzing AMI mingiing 10 'ethet
As rilIzens OF common country
without the least dlsc Tn,
Jewish is the pr"pOn'lera;ing foreign
element, and here AS elsewhere it's
representatives are numbrred anon
our most responsible, en"rg tie and
public spirited merchants and bn,i