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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26
LAWRENCE COUNTY
News Items Gathered and Re.
ported by Our Special Cor
respondent.

MONTICELLO, Miss, Jan. %. ls-a
A. J. Ledbetter, Of Wisconsin. wss
with us last week looking after pine
timber lands in this county.
Mr.. w. ID. Wilson has just compl,,.
ed the bridge across Halls Crc,l .,
DIR. Teunisson's. IL looks strony
new and neat.
Pearl river il in splendid BOATING
order, and we are expecting one ar
two steamers soon. The Earl and III.
Fulton have each made a trim IN ,bi.
place.
The election for Justice of the Peace
passed off here on Friday without IN.
usual excitement. After quite a lively
contest, Mr.. +. Daughtry was elected
by a small majority, there being No
other candidate in the field.
The Supervisors will meet to- day 10
make allowances for circuit court OK.
penses, but that item is so small This
time, the board will have very l,tlc
to do.
DR.. TeunissOn paid his family n
flying visit on Friday. lie thinks III.
session of the Legislature will be n
short one. He returned to his DOS,
yesterday.
Rev. J. W. WelbOrne preached a
very instructive sermon at the court
house yesterday, but owing to in
clemency of the weather, his con.
gregation was small. We hope he
will make another appointment.
Every body is well pleased that
judge Mayors decided to have no
court. This is more gratifying when
it is remembered the business OH hand
was not sufficient to hold court. We
hope the time may come when one
court every two years can easily dis
pose of the business.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26
RESOLUTIONS
Adopted at the Regular Meeting
Of the Lincoln County
Alliance.

Whereas, Our Legislature is about
to assemble and we wish that justice
may be done to all men; therefore,
be it
Resolred, That our delegates to the
County Alliance be instructed to in
trOduce in that body resolution re-
questing our Representatives and
Senator to introduce the following
bills and work for the same:
l. That before any person can send
his children to a public school, he
must present to the trustees of said
school the receipt of his school and
poll tax, and making it II INSIDE
meanOr for any teacher to teach a
child, or any parent to send child to
the public school, unless the parent
has paid the school tax of the year
previous; provided, they are taxable.
9. Making it a misdemeanOr to de-
duct pounds of cotton from bale
when buying it.
3. Requiring property, when sold
under mortgage or deed of trust to
bring three-fOurths of its value, or no
sale; each party to choose man and
if they cannot agree. then the two to
choose a third man to value it.
4. That Lincoln county paper be
made receivable for all county taxes
except school tax.
5. That we will not patronizc any
newspaper nor man. nor combination
of men who oppose us in our efforts to
better the condition of the agricultu-
raj classes.
Unanimously adopted by the Grange
Hall Alliance No. 222, Dec. 81, 1887,
and by the County Alliance January
9th, 1888.
Motion by S.P. Oliver:
Resolved, That our Representatives
in the Legislature be requested, if
possible, to procure the enactment of
law authorizing our Board of
Supervisors to appoint a cotton
weigher at Brookhaven; said weigher
to be sworn and give bond for the
honest and faithful performance of his
duties. Adopted.
l.. G. MAXWELL,
Pres. of Lincoln Co. Alliance.
II. w. MCNAIR, Secretary.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

Major Magruder, of Warren, who
strongly opposed the Constitutional
Convention bill, offered as substi
tute four amendments to the constitu-
ton to he submitted to the people
one to limit the office of Governor to
one term; to blend the terms of the
chancery and circuit courts, and for
one person to be both judge and chan
cellor; one to give each county at
least one representative, and another
to abolish the office of Lieutenant
Governor.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

ed out of any money in the Treasury,
not otherwise appropriated, to pay the
expenses of said convention, if held,
and the Auditor of Public Accounts
is hereby authorized TO draw his war
rant or warrants on the Treasurer tor
said amount, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, on the certificate of
the President of said Convention, in
favor Of the delegates, officers, EN-
ployers and servants of said con-
ventiOn.
SEC. 10. BE it further enacted,
That this Act take effect and he in
force from and after its passage.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

Hon. J. i. Harris has written Il let
ter to the President resigning his posi-
ton as L. S. District Attorney for the
Southern District of Mississippi. Mr..
Harris was chairman of the Demo
cratic committee of one hundred that
cleaned out the jackson Republican
city government, and he didn't want
TO embarrass the, President by furnish
ing capital for the bloody shirt
shriekers of the North.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

mittee on finance to consist of three
members to he chosen from the ac-
credited delegates to the County Al
lance, who shall hold Office for one
year from such election, and be perma-
ncnt members of the County Alliance
during such encumbency.
SEC. 4th. 1t shall be the duty. of the
committee on finance to examine and
make report on the condition OF the
books of the Secretary and Treasurer
at the meetings in January and July
of each year.
SEC. 9Th. At the meeting in October
of each year there shall he elected an
executive committee to consist of five
members, one from each supervisors
district in the county, who shall hold
Office for one year and be permanent
members of the County Alliance
during such encumbency.
Sec. 9th. The election of all officers
shall he by ballot.
ARTICLE V.
SEC. LIST. The Secretary shall com
plete and have printed one hundred
copies of the Bylaws of this alliance
and distribute the same as soon as
practicable after this meeting pro rata
to the sub-alliances.
SEC. I'd. When any officer or menu
Der of the committee shall absent him
self from two regular meetings of the
County Alliance, his Office shall he
declared vacant, and election held at
once to fill said vacancy, provided no
| lawful or reasonable excuse is made
for such absence.
SEC. Sd. That the members of the
County Alliance shall be entitled to
their actual expenses while discharg-
ing their duty as such, to be paid out
of the County Alliance Treasury.
SEC. 4th. That the Secretary be al
| lowed one dollar per day for actual
service and five cents for each COM
munication, to be paid out of the
County Alliance Treasury.
ARTICLE VI.
SEC. LIST. No member shall be al
lowed to speak on any question more
than twice and not more than five
minutes at time without the consent
of the alliance.
SEC. I'd. These Bylaws may be
altered or amended ut any regular
meeting of the County Alliance, two
thirds of the members concurring
! therein.
FORM OF BUSINESS.
/. Call to order by the President.
2. Taking up the word.
3 Prayer by the Chaplain.
4. Roll call of officers.
5. Appoint committee on credentials.
6. Reading of the minutes.
Z. Report of standing committees.
8. Report of special committees.
9. Unfinished business.
| 10. New business.
II. Business with State Alliance.
II. Lecturing.
On motion, the Secretary was re-
quired to have the above resolutions
and Bylaws published in the BROOK
HAVEN LEADER and New Farmer.
The Alliance adjourned to meet the
4th Tuesday in April next.
J. w. WYLIE, j. j. benson,
Secretary. President.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

Col. w. a. Percy, one of the most
noted and influential men of Mississ-
ippi, died at his home in Greenville
last Thursday of typhoid pneumonia,
in the 53rd year of his age. The loss
of so able, honorable and high-minded
citizen will be universally deplored,
while for Greenville it is an absolute
calamity. Col. Percy was not only a
great lawyer, but Il brilliant states
man. No man in Mississippi has
welded more power or made better
use of his influence.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

4 number of the statesmen assem-
bled at jackson complimented the
LEADERS article of last week on the
subject of a Constitutional Conven-
ton. and endorsed the changes it
recon aendcd
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

Seeing there was NO chance for Bruce,
Jim Hill or Lynch, Col. John Bolts
Deason and the other Republicans in
the Legislature, mostly colored. voted
for the gallant Walthall for United
Senator.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

Gov. Lowry has re-appOinted Chief
Justice Cooper to the supreme bench.
Whatever else may be said of the
Governor. he has, in the main, given
the State a splendid Judiciary, and we
are glad to see him adhcring to his
record on this subject.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

The first regular issue ofthe Clarion
Ledger made its appearance last
Thursday. 1t is IA large thirty
column paper, well printed and edited,
and promises to be great improve
ment on either of the old papers. Mr..
Henry will he the managing editor
The paper has our best wishes for
success and generous support.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

We are reliably informed that Hon.
Geo. 5. Dedds, Of Copiah, will be
candidate for Congress from this dis
trict. 1t is now certain that there
will be three or four contestants for
the fruit of this congressional tree.
--Neu MisSissippidn.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

Iou may all read such things "a good,
given away, but will find out when YOU
get there WIN. Abshagen will treat you
right, and always gives the host shoe for
yonr monoy.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

There il talk of elccting Speaker
Mitchell to Congress from his district
this year but if this should be done,
it will spoil mighty fine piece of
timber for Governor in 1889.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26
The New Orleans Times Democrat,
speaking of our Constitutional cOnven-

The people shan't have a chance to
say whether they want COnstitu-
tIonal Convention or not. They
haven't the sense to tell what they
want. LOwry.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26
Lincoln County Alliance---Call-
ed Meetings.

A called meeting of the Lincoln
County Alliance was held last Satur-
day. Another called meeting has
been set for Tuesday, February 18th,
for the transaction of important bust
ness and full attendance is especially
urged.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

Powell begins the new year with the
biggest stock of Groceries he has rvtr
offered.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

And still America progresses. The
Governor of Washington Territory
has signed the bill recently passed by
the Legislature allowing wonaD's
suffrage.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26
The Governor NetOeS the Com
YentiOn Bill,

Last Tuesday the Governor return
ed the Constitutional Convention Bill
(Which we publish in another column
of to-day's paper) to the Legisla
ture with veto message. We have
not seen the veto, but learn that it
contained nothing but the usual
stereotyped arguments against Con-
stitutiOnal Convention--nOt an Origi-
nal idea. 1t is quite likely the bill
will now be passed over the Gov
errors veto, and it should be. There
is no way to prevent this, in fact, ex
cept by a few Democrats combining
with the Republicans in the Legisla-
turc and going against the great
majority of their party and the will of
the people. The bill passed the Sen
ate, as the record shows, by vote of
20 to !, and the House by &C to 80.
The New Orleans Times-DemOcrat,
speaking of our Constitutional Onven-
ton, says:
"The opponents of the convention
attempted to defeat the bill by cor
recting the recognized defects of the
present organic law by means of
amendments. The experience of
Louisiana and other States has shown
this to be difficult if not impossible;
and the majority wisely decided that
the convention was the better way
of reforming and correcting the law.
We do not suppose that any one be-
lieves that the Democrats of Mississ-
ippi cannot frame "a better constitu-
ton for the people than that now in
force in the State, made by the Re-
publican party during the melancholy
days of reconstruction"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

The noble mother Of the lamentcd
Garfield, died at her home in Mentor,
Ohio, ON the 2lst inst. aged So years.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

UFFICE-Lca,irr Building, ~. cherokee 81
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-01-26

chants IN regard TO the establishment
of House of Trade ut Monticello,
and to cooperate with the committee
of the surveillance as far as practical.
Bylaws offered by DIR. j. A. Rowan:
ARTICLE |.
SEC. LIST. This body shall he known
as the Farmers County Alliance of
Lawrence County, Mississippi.
ARTICLE III.
SEC. LIST. The regular quarterly
meetings shall be held commencing on
the 4th Tuesday in January, April,
July and October.
SEC. I'd. The President shall call
special meetings at any time upon II
written petition of five sub-alliances
or when emergency requires.
ARTICLE III.
See. LIST. The basis of representa-
ton shall be one delegate from each
surveillance to every twenty members
in good standing or majority frac-
ton thereof; provided, each alliance
with less than twenty members he
entitled to one delegate.
SEC. I'd. In the event of a call
meeting it's membership shall consist
of the accredited delegates to the last
stated meeting.
ARTICLE ".
SEC. LIST. The elective officers of
this body shall be President, Vice
President, Lecturer, Assistant Lee
turer, Doorkeeper. Assistant Door
keeper, Chaplain, Secretary aud one
County Business Agent.
SEC. I'd. The election of officers
shall be at the regular meeting in
July of each year, and shall hold office
one year.
SEC. Sd. At the regular election of
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-12

The Board of Examiners of Jackson
and Saturday for the examination of ap-
plicants for certificates to teach in ou1
common schools.
The Standard, through Prof. Kinnison
of the Board distributed among the ap.
plicants the following circular. with the
request that the questions thereon be an
swered, as far as psssible:
1. Do you expectto teach this year?
2. If so have you engaged your school Z
8. Where do you expect to teach?
4. For what length of time does your
term continue?
5. What wages are you to receive?
6. How many terms have you taught
7. How long do you expect to follow
teaching?
Answers were received from twenty
five of the applicants as follows: j. W.
Jones, J. L. Workman, F. E. G. Kirken-
dali, James H. Patterson, John H. Jen-
kins, S. Estle Miller, Geo. E. Morgan, 1.
I. Parry, A. E. Arthur, j. F. Henson,
Alice B. Ward, Ona Carnal, Clara M.
Robbins, Kate Reagan, Lida P. Carr, o.
III. Kinsel, Annie Church, A. j. Calm, A.
Karn, D. II. Whetsel, j. r. Jacobs, Jessie
Clark, W. J. F. Neal, and John I. Her
bert.
From their answers it appears that J.
W. Jones is to teach at Wellston, for nine
months at $50 per month and that he has
taught six terms. il. Workman expeets
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-12
JACKSON sTANDARD.JOURNAL.

About July 25th the Standard and
Journal will be consolidated and will
thenceforward be published as an eight
page, six column quarto.
The Standard-J ournal will be under
the editorial and business management
of Messrs. j. NJ. Lively and Thos. c. Ger
ken. III
1t will be Republican in politics, and
will do what it can, within the circle OF
its influence. for the success of its party
While giving the general news, special
attention will be given to home and local
affairs. and it will be made the best paper
ever published in the county.
All payments on subscription to either
paper, where subscribers are in arrears
will be credited at the old rate of $1.0C
per year. All payments on and after this
date IN advance will be credited at the
rate of S15O per year. Subscribers to the
Standard or the Journal, whose subscrip-
tions are paid in advance, will receive the
Standard-J ournal to the date to which
they have paid for the paper to which
they are now subscriber.
Terms $50 per year in adc0alce
Now is the time to subscribe.
1t will be by far the best advertising
medium in the county. We are ready to
contract for advertising space, and those
who first apply will have choice of loca.
tion.
THE STANDARD-Jo Co.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-12

On Thursday last workmen engaged
in digging the well for the electric light
plant in the bed of Salt Greek, at depth
of about twenty feet, came upon some re-
mains of the now extinct mastodon.
While the depth from the surface is
but about twenty feet, the well is situat-
ed in the bottom of the basin below the
| town, which makes it some seventy or
eighty feet below the level of the town.
The bones discovered are tooth, part of
bone of a foreleg, part of rib, and per-
| feet rib.
Literature on the mastodon subject is
not very abundant, and it is not possible
to compare the specimen found with 9TH
ers so as to determine the relative size to
a certainty, but the conclusion arrived at
! by the savants about town is, that this is
the largest specimen ever found. Tie
tooth, which is in the possession of DIR.
Kitchen, is ~ inches in length on the
surface, inches wide, and the depth of
the concavity where the tooth was brok-
en- out of the jaw-bone, more than IL
inches The circumference of this toothIis
Is inches; there are three sets of grind
ers, two in each set, and the depth be-
tween them two inches. The concavity
of the tooth holds over half pint of wa
ter. 1t seems from the authorities on
the subject twenty-six ribs of the masto-
don have SO far been found, the largest of
which measured 46 inches. The rib found
measures 4s inches, and if allowance is
made for what is evidently portion
broken off the end of the rib, it was orig
inally so inches in length.
Estimates made, put the girth of this
animal when living at from 20 t025 feet.
Readers who are familiar with the size of
the rib in the largest OK, will know how
this animal would compare with an OK.
Information has been sent to Prof. Orton
of the discovery of these remains, and he
will probably be here soon and further
search made.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-12

The Commissioners of Jackson county
are considering plans for an addition to
the Court House, and have had some sug-
gestions offered by an architect and an
estimate of the probable cost of the addi-
tion which is put at $500.
Twenty-Five years ago Jackson county
had beautiful public square and no pub
lie buildings; now it has no public square
worth mentioning and a surplus of build
ings. 1t is admitted by all who know the
situation of things about the Court
House that the Recorders Office is too
small and inconvenient for the proper
transaction of the business of the Office
and that for a number of years there has
been no Office that properly belonged to
the Sheriff, the Sheriff occupying a part
of the Clerks office. 1t is further agreed
that the records of the Clerks and Re
corder's offices need further and better
protection in the way of additional vaults.
The county is not able to build new
Court House, and it can not be said to be
necessary, but it can not afford to patch
the present Court House which was erec-
ted with reference to frontage on Main
street and general position on its present
site, and thereby further disfgure the
public square and fasten on the county a
Court House that will be neither an orna-
ment to the town nor credit to the coun-
try, and which will stand for half CEN
tury.
When money is expended for public
PURPOSES it should be eXpended only un-
der urgent public necessity and then with
regard to future as well as present
public needs. To repair the present
Court House might meet the wants of
the present situation and in ten years
from now, circumstances might arise
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-12
The Death Of Mrs. Emma Peabody
Stewart.

The saddest bit of information that has
reached Chillicothe in many months came
over the wires from st. Louis, Thursday,
announcing the death of Mrs. Alexander
Stewart, formerly Miss Emma Peabody,
known and loved by great circle of
friends in Chillicothe, her former home.
The news was too terrible for belief, at
first hearing. Miss Peabody-a beautiful
young lady, joyous, accomplished and in
the most perfect enjoyment of lovely
life-was united in marriage to Mr.. Alex
ander Stewart of St Louis, little more
than year ago. Mr.. Stewart is an arch
itect in excellent circumstances, and it
tablished his beautiful wife-a veritable
queen to HMM a magnificent new home,
that lacked absolutely nothing, in the
way of surroundings or appointment, to
make life continuous JOY. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart were devotedly attached to each
other, and the world held no happier low
ers than they.
But death came to wreck this beautiful
sanctuary of happiness-a home where
no breath of trouble had ever been felt.
On Monday last two children-a boy and
girl@were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Stew
art. The boy died, but the little girl sur
vived. Mrs. Stewart never rallied, and
the best medical skill of st. Louis labored
in vain to save her life. On WEDNESDAY
VI.
Mrs. Stewart is the daughter, as every
one in Chillicothe is aware of Capt w.
/ w. Peabody, of Madisonville. The FAM
lily burial ground is in the beautiful GEM
etery of this city, and here it was decided
to bring Mrs. Stewards remains for inter-
ment.
The death of their daughter is the hea-
West blow that has ever fallen upon
Capt. and Mrs. Peabody, is crushing in it's
force. Words cannot express the univer-
sal sympathy that goes out to them here.
for in Chillicothe, it is thoroughly under
stood how large a part of their life will
go down to the grave with their beloved
daughter. Leader.
Miss Peabody will be remembered by
many of the people of this county. she
having been a frequent visitor to the
family of her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E.
Ferree, of Wellston, and Mrs. Lucy Ben
ton, Jackson.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-12
Special Notice i!

The business of the Jackson Stand
ard, including its stock, fixtures and
good will, has this day been sold to
the Jackson Standard Company.
All the business of the Office up to
this date will be settled by ]. Fl.
Mackley, and all the business from
and after this date, including the col
lection of unpaid subscriptions, by the
purchasers.
THE JACKSON STANDARD Co.,
By r. q. WILSON, Mgr.
JACKSON, o., June 13, 1888.