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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
THE MEMPHIS ROUTE.
What the NettletOn System Has Done in
Developing a Large Section of Country.

What the Nettleton System Has Done in
Developing Large Section of Country.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. 9-The gem
eral passenger department of the Mem
phis calls atten ton to the recent CEN
sus reports from Missouri and Arkansas
as an illustra ton of what railroad can
do in the way of increasing the
population of a section of country.
The facts presented show, per-
haps more clearly than any other
case that could have been cited for ten
years, that the development of coun-
try almost altogether depends in these
days upon railroad advantages. The
Memphis was not built east of Spring
field when the census of 1880 was taken,
and at that me the population of the
South Missouri counties, through which
the road passes, was as follows:
Wright 10. 4s2. Texas 10, 2o7, Webster
12, 176, Howell s,765. Oregon 5,77S, Shan
non, 8, AL. Compare these figures with
those of 1890: Wright IA, 500. Texas 10.
Ia Webster IA. 792, Howell $500. Ore
gon O,0Sl, Shannon S,709.
This is what a railroad has brought
about in Missouri and the utter absence
of means of fast transportation before
the building of the Memphis makes
this case particularly interesting one.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
A MisapproprlatIon.

TAHLEQUAH, l. T., Aug. 9.-In 1868
the Cherokee Council appointed dele
CATION to go to Washinston and negoti'
ate with the United States for a loan
of $50. 900 to be appropriated for the re-
lief OF certain destitute Cherokees.
The Government in making this loan,
let the Cherokees have $4,000 of Choc-
taw annuities without authority of law.
The Choctaws only recently discovered
that their funds or so much of them had
been misappropriated, and instituted q
claim before Congress for the amount
which has been allowed with instruc.
tions to the department to deduc!
1t from the Cherokee annuities now due.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
SAD DROWNING GS.
A Party of Joyous Bathers Carried Out oil
Their Depth BY the Deadly UndertOw.

Party OF Joyous BaIhers carried Out Oh
Their Depth BY the Deadly Undertow.
BALTIMORE, Md, Aug 9.-Mrs Mol
lie Storm, wife of S. 7. Storm, and
Edith ", his fourteen-year-old daugh-
ter; Mrs. ]. r. johnson and Carroll,
aged nine years, son of j. S. Grayam,
were drowned yesterday in St lngoe's
creek, St Mary's County, while bath
ing. The bodies were recovered and
were brought to Baltimore this morning.
The drowned were members of party
of fourteen Baltimoreans-Mrs. Storm
and two children, Mrs. johnson and
three children and nephew, Miss Nettie
Grayam, her three nephews and niece,
and Mrs. Stevens The party, with the
exception of Miss Grayam, who stood
on shore. went bathing in the creek
about quarter of mile from the house
where they were stopping.
The steamer Sue came along. The
delight of the children at the sight of
the vessel found expression in hearty
cheers and waving of hands, which sa-
lutations Captain Geoghan acknowl-
edged by several whistles. The Sue
was about a quarter of a mile from the
bathers- The undertow from the
steamer caught the women and
children and swept them hey ond
their depth. Miss Grayam cried out
SO loudly that Captain Geogham heard
her, but before he could reach the
bathers number of oystermen went to
the rescue and saved nine. Mrs. John
SON and Edith Storm lost their lives in
efforts to save Mrs Storm and Carroll
Graham. Mrs. Stevens, when carried
ashore was insensible, but was resusci-
tated.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
POPULATION OF MISSOURI.
Census Returns For All the Counties OF the
stste-An Increase OF Nearly Half = Mil
lion In Ten Years.

Census Returns For All the Counties OF the
stste-An Increase OF Nearly Half Mil
lion in Ten Years.
Reports Of the supervisors OF the va
rlous census district OF the State show
the total population of Missouri to be
2,659,741. The figures have still to be
verified by the Superintendent OF the
Census, but the official count at Wash
ington will make but little, IL any
change. The increase in the last de-
cade has been 400, $50, or about % per
cent
In point of population Jackson County
heads the list, with Buchanan next,
then Greene, St. Louis, Saline, Boone,
Vernon, Pettis and Macon in the order
named, all these counties having up
, ward OF 30, 900 inhabitants. AS regards
ratio of increase Howell County leads
with 1O1 por cent and Jackson County
next with "a per cent Andrew, Holt
Howard, johnson, Lewis, Mercer, Pike,
Platte, Scotland and Warren Counties
show slight decreases.
! Following is the table showing popu-
lation of the State by counties for 1886
, and 1890:
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

liiE big medical men of Vienna havo
iuSt been thrown into panic, by the
a'Scoyery that for sixteen months they
nave been allowing young dry goods
,iefk to treat patients in the large city
hospital The clerks name is Patroner.
ne got his position in the hospital by
means OF forged diplomas. During the
usy ne sold thread and ribbons and at
rIs1' he made the round of his ward.
ne has never studied medicine and is
therefore supposed to be responsible for
any number of deaths The swindle
was was . scoyered in consequence of his
sileSt Tor forgery and embezzlement IL
MS ury goods business. He is in jail
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
Miscellaneous.

J. w. CUTRER's bond was fixed at S2O,-
900 last week, and was promptly given.
The combined wealth of his bondsmen
amounts to over 500, 200.
FIGURES compiled for the census re-
ports of 1890, show the States indebt-
ness to be $3,246, 1887. In 1880 the
amount was 50, 235, s56 40.
LAWRENCE COUNTY, which is off the
railroad and strictly agricultural, shows
an increase of population in ten years
of 1884.
THE State Alliance met at the A. and
NJ. College last week. There were 40
delegates present, representing 1910
sub-alliances. All the counties in the
State were represented except Calhoun
and Clay.
THE State Alliance Committee, in ses-
sion at Starkville last week, on the sub
ject of memorializing the Constitutional
Convention, reported against property
or educational qualification for suffrage;
provided, that this is not to be construed
as in opposition to the Australian bal
lot; declared against trusts and asked
the adoption of constitutional amend
ment against them; asked that the
terms of the State and principal county
officers be limited to four years, the in
cumbent to be made ineligible to sue
ceed himself.
Miss Rosa LEE TUCKER, the accom-
plished librarian, had the hall of Repre-
sentatives rearranged for the Constitu-
tional Convention so as to make more
seating capacity.
CAPT. II. J. ROOSEVELT died at Look
out Mountain recently and his remains
were inferred at Natchez. He was
assistant superintendent of the Natchez
& Jackson division of the Louisville,
New Orleans & Texas. .....
THE payment into the State treasury
last week of 81, 600 makes s11, 200 the
Board of Control has paid in as net re-
ceipts from the penitentiary this year.
CROPS have suffered near Durant, in
Holmes County, from too much rain,
YAzoo CIrY's increase in population
is 331S per cent. for the past ten years.
Gov. STONE last week appointed the
Hon. James I. FAINT, of Holly Springs,
Circuit Judge of the Third Judicial Dis
trict, to succeed Hon. William Rogers,
deceased. The new Judge is regarded
as one of the best jurists in North Mis-
sissippi, and was strongly indorsed by
the bar and the leading citizens of the
district.
The citizens of Winona have organ
lied Board of Trade.
LINCOLN COUNTY shows an increase of
population in the past ten years of
3,O3S.
Mr.. j. w. BILLINGsLY, a planter, liv-
County, ordered last week at one time
125 pounds of paris green, stating that
the cotton worm had made its appear
ance and was at work in his cotton.
A CHANGE of venue, from Lauderdale
to Clarke County, has been secured for
the Irby boys, who are on trial for hav-
ing committed several burglaries.
The largest gathering of people over
congregated in Newton County were
present at the Patrons Union last week
THE executive committee of the State
Alliance met at the Agricultural and
Mechanical College on the 5th inst.
THE Meridian Circuit Court adjourned
last week. The Grand Jury returned
lSo true bills, mostly for minor offenses,
and recommended that the courthouse
be completely oyerhauled and repaired.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

LIE order of the Secretary of War re.
esucihg cavalry and infantry regiments
from from ten to eight companies is being
~ pTs IN lorce in Arizona, and companies
each regiment are being distributed
anlong the other companies. Army Off.
.e,S ueclare that this order of the Sec
Iesary OF War is in violation of law; that
Sogess Songress is the only power which can
Sectease the number of companies in
~ ts'ments prominent officer said: "Ii
.H tHe secretary of War has power to reduce
.oe number to eight, he has the power
~ ieauce them to one, and thus reduce
croy sno army to few companies. The in.
,o"se or decrease of the army requires
a. act OF Congress. There is much feel
.h IN army circles over the action o.
'ne Secretary"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

lN the English Commons Mr.. P.
oBrien, member for North Monaghan,
asked whether the Governmentintended
to prosecute the poet Swinburne for
writing poem inciting the murder of
the Gar Mr. O'Brien was proceeding
to read the poem when the Speaker
called him to order, saying that Parlia-
mont could not control the poems OF
Swinburne.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

A PORTION of the army service corps
attached to the garrison at Chatham,
England, mutinicd recently. They al
lecpd that their sergeants we're impos-
inc vexatious and needless duties upon
them without authority from their su-
perior officers. Twenty were arrested
and placed in prison.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

loNvICTS at work in the shoe shop at
the Massachusetts, State prison, becom-
Ing angered at the punishment inflicted
upon Chicken Walsh" for attempting
10 escape, created disturbance the
other day. They cut up the manufact-
ured stock, damaged the machinery and
smashed the windows of the shop.
Twelve of the ringleaders were placed
IN solitary confinement.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

REPRESENTATIVE ENLoE, of Tennessee,
naslntroduced resolution in the House,
which was referred to the Committee on
Mules to further extend the investiga-
uon OF the charges against commissioner
Vi fenslons Raum so as to inquire into
tue business relations existing between
inc Commissioner and his son, John
naum, who is engaged in the prosecu.
"oA OF pension bounty claims.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

A DISPATCH has been received from
England to the effect that the Iowa,
from Boston, had landed at Liverpool
with cargo Of swine of which 315 had
swine fever. The Kansas, also from
Boston, brought another lot of 357, of
wh ch 23 were afflicted with the same
disease. All were Immediately slaught-
cred on landing
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
Civil Service Examination.

JACKSON, Aug. 6.-Commissioner 6. Wal
lace, assisted by Postmaster Gibbs
and Marshal Matthews, conducted to-day
a civil service examination. There were
about 100 applicants, the majority of
whom were females. There were two
colored men in this crowd of place-hun-
ters. There were applicants for posi-
tions as copyists, clerkships, mail ser
vice and pension examiners.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

TIE bronze statue Of Confederate
soldier erected by the Confederate Me-
mortal Association to the memory of
those who went from Baton Rouge Par
ish to serve the cause of the South, was
unvailcd at Baton Rouge, La, on tho
9th, the day being the anniversary Of
the battle of Patton Rouge.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
Hurricane at Boonville.

BOoNvILLE, Mo-, Aug. "a hurricane
passed over this city last evening, do
ing considerable damage to the houses
and trees. 1t was probably the worst
storm this city has experienced in many
years. Notwithstanding considerable
damage was done. The corn crop will
be greatly benefited, as an immense
amount of rain fell.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

W. C. Bronson, who has just been
elected by the faculty of De Pauw Uni
versity in Indiana to the chair of
rhetoric and English literature in that
institution, is only twenty-five years Of
age. lie has however, taken the high
est rank at Brown, Harvard and Cornell
as brilliant student and scholar
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

IT is said that in Shakespeare's time
the Midsummer Nights Dream" was
once played in the quadrangle at Will
ton House, Salisbury, the seat of the
Earl of Pembroke. In the same quad
rangle has just been performed "As You
Like It," for the delectation of the pres
ent Earl and Countess.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

TIE new revenue cuttor "inona'
.,med after Secretary WINDOWS home,
h"s h",' boen successfully launched at Will
D;n,ton. 10 Del, from Puzzy Il Jones
no,5 I She is l4S feet over all, IS beam
and Q deep
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

TnF American party holding its State
convention in san Francisco nominated
General Ridwell, OF Chico, for Governor.
A long platform was adopted advocating
ner,ect freedom for Americans, but ex-
cluding foreigners from our shores.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
A Fine Old Farm.

DRY GROVE, Aug. Give years ago
A. Dulaney was compelled to abandon
his farm, because 1t was too poor to
make a support for his family.
1t is located south Of here, and has
been in cultivation continuously for
sixty eight years.
lie offered it for sale, but found no
purchasers. After so long time Mr..
Dulaney returned TO his old place, to
find it in much dilapidated condition.
With a determined mind he went to
work to revive it by applying fertilizer,
and to the surprise of every one he
gathered off of twenty-five acres eight
bales Of cotton and 200 bushels of corn
the first year.
The next year, which is this, regard
less of the continued drouth he will
make bale of cotton to every acre he
has in, far surprising the most fertile
land in the country.
He says he is going to make. every
acre he cultivates make two bales OF
cotton.
He now owns one of the richest farms
in this section, and would not sell it for
any price.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

u,Rrryrz SoERAL the Minister OF
roro;gn Affairs, has been thrown into
rrison by President Barrillas, OF Guate-
mala, charged with being traitor, he
horing becn detected in secret commu-
,Ication with Salvador.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

crxrRAL LEW WALLACE is using some
,rs summer leisure at his Crawfords-
" 'nIa Ia home in pushing to letion his
.ow .,' novel, the scene of which is laid in
Consiantinople.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

ARTHUR KRuPP, of the big gun famil,
u n Germany, has arrived in New York.
~ VIII make an extensive trip through
sra, To United States to study its iron in.
~ 'rrles n and will attend the convention
engineers ' '
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
Big oner For a Fight.

BosToN, Aug. a-John l. Sullivan
and Peter Jackson have been offered a
$50, 600 purse, s25,O to the winner and
$4,000 to the loser, for finish fight at
the Carnival Palace, in Ogden, Y, T.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

u.s MARY J. HOLMES, novelist Is
I"f ,-i,c nbases of San Francisco life as
s'a s"aterial for a novel that Will De her
Imontv.ninth. Next year she will visit
9. Petersburg.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

,,.s SARAH II. SWAMI, sister Oh tno
hi'.. senator Riddleberger, died at
Sdipbnrg, Va, recently.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
Ha Wnuld Not Do.

"Yes," said the president of the base
ball club, I'VE need good catcher, and
perhaps you will suit What experi-
ence have you had with the gamer"
',None at all, sir" replied the appli-
cant; 1.-THE fact is, ! have been detec-
tive"
40. you. won't do We want catch.
er who can catch."-The Jury.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

cuo,,r court festivities wore held at
,.,s.m ar Germany, in honor OF the
iC'su i,ustos TO tho international medical
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14
Big Barbecue at sardis.

SARDIs, August s.-The greatest bar
becue in the history of our city was
given to-day at this place in honor of
one of Mississippi's most distinguished
sons, the Hon. J. c. Kyle, Democratic
nominee for Congress from the Second
District. Many distinguished guests
from different States, as we'll as other
counties of the district, were present,
augmenting the very large attendance
of our own people. Mr.. Kyle, Oglesby,
of Tate, and Mr.. Howry, of Lafayette,
favored the vast multitude with patriotic
addresses. The whole affair was we'll
managed, there being a superabundance
of tempting edibles and pure ice water.
As demonstration of Democratic feel
ing and declaration of Democratic
principles it was certainly grand sue
cess.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-08-14

"A boy easy on clothes never amounts
. much; but them as they say about
spooks, there amt no sich. Ram
Horn.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-06-12
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Hon. THoMAs NJ BAYNE, Republican,
declined denomination for Congress in
the Pennsylvania Twenty-third district
A RATHER belHcose joint resolution
has been adopted by Congress against
Venezuela. The President is author
lied to secure indemnity for seizure of
American vessels by force If necessary.
PENNoYER, Democrat was elected
Governor in the recent Oregon election.
The rest was taken by tho Republicans.
Hon. JOHN C. TARsNEY, of Kansas
City, has been renominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats of the Fifth
Missouri district
NEITHER Kansas nor Missouri has a
representative on the Republican Con-
gressional Campaign Executive Com
mittee.
THE German Lutheran Anti-Bennett
Educational law convention was held at
Milwaukee, Wis, on the 4th. Resolu-
tions were adopted denouncing the law.
CONGRESSMAN SPRINGER has been re-
nominated by the Democrats of the
Thirteenth Illinois district.
THE British House of Commons has
rejected the bill for the construction OF
a tunnel under the British channel be-
tween England and France.
SPEAKER REED has been renominated
by the Republicans of the Maine First
Congressional district.
CHANCELLOR CAPRIvI had fall from
his horse at Berlin on the 5th. Wild
rumors were afloat, but he was not seri.
ously hurt.
THE President and Mrs. Harrison left
Washington on the 9th on the United
States vessel Dispatch for short season
of recreation on the Potomac river and
Chesapeake bay.
THE grand medical prize at tGoettingen,
Germany, has been awarded to DR.. d.
r. Phillips, a medical student from
LeaYenWorth, Kan.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-06-12
To Vacate Patents.

JACKSON, June 2.-The Attorney-Gen-
eral is engaged in the preparation
several bills in chancery to vacate
patents held by certain land syndicates
to lands embraced in the old grant t.
the Pearl River Navigation Company.
These lands were first conveyed by
the Republican State Government to
the Pearl River Navigation and I'm
provement Company, but on account of
the failure OF that company to make
the bond required by law its title be-
came void.
About 1888 number of shrewd per-
sons bought up these lands at the then
prevailing price of 25 cents an acre, but
as the law did not permit one person to
buy more than 240 acres the names of a
legion of negroes were used in obtain
ing the patents, and their entries imme-
diately conveyed to their principals.
This fraud on the law renders the sales
made void, and it is presumed the en-
tries will be cancelled. The defendants
will be entitled to receive back the pur-
chase money and taxes subsequently
paid, which will be rendered under the
acts requiring these suits to be brought.
One syndicate alone is said to own
about so, ,OOO acres of these lands.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-06-12
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

W. ii. DAVIDSON, boss of the Green
back party in Alabama, announces him
self a candidate for Congress in the
Sixth District. He claims to be backed
by the Farmers Alliance as we'll as the
Greenbackers.
THERE is political sensation at At
lanta, Ga, in the announcement that
Col. i. +. Livingston, president of the
State Alliance, has determined not to
run for Governor, but would be candi-
date for Congress in Judge Stewards
district.
BY decision of Judge Beach, in the
Supreme Court of New York on the 9Th,
New York loses what would have been
the finest library in the world, and the
heirs of Gov. Samuel J. Tilden obtained
ing to between IS, 600, 900 and $4,000, 900.
Since 1886 a legal fight has been going
on in the courts of New York over the
will of the famous statesman.
LIZZIE PATTERSON, girl IS years old,
who lived near Gadsden, Ala, died a
horrible death from hydrophobia on the
9th. Last December she was bitten on
the hand by small dog which was her
favorite pet. The wound soon healed,
but when the weather became suddenly
very warm about two weeks ago, the
girl developed symptoms of hydrophobia.
Nothing could check the disease and she
grew rapidly worse until death ended
her sufferings.
The Louisville, New Orleans & Texas
Railroads we'll at Vicksburg, Miss, ap-
pears to be success. The stratum of sand
from which the water rises Is 40 feet
deep. On the 9Th the water rose IA feet
washed out of it from depth of nearly
1000 feet.
AN east-bound Louisville & Nashville
limited through train met with an acci-
dent on the 9th while nearing English,
KY, in which ten people were more or
less seriously injured.
JOSHUA LACY, farmer, who lives a
few miles from Birmingham, Ala, met
with peculiar accident on the 9th
which cost him his life. He fell from a
scaffold with pencil in his mouth.
The sharp end of the pencil stuck in his
throat, and piece of the lead broke off.
1t seemed very slight injury, and
Lacy returned to work, but during the
night swelling and hemorrhage set in
and next morning the man died. Ply
sicians say the lead in the pencil pois-
oned the mans blood and caused death.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-06-12
Chambers Epidemic.

JACKSON, June 4.-Glanders is raging
to an alarming extent among the horses
in this section and numerous deaths
have been reported. The matter has
been presented to Gov. etone, who to-
day received a telegram stating that a
United States Inspector had left Wash
ington and would be here in few days
to make thorough investigation. The
Board of Supervision of this county to-
day appointed inspectors for the various
precincts, giving them authority to in
quire thoroughly into the existence OF
the disease and where an animal was
found afflicted to kill the same, if the
owner refused to do so, to burn g
body and appraise it and issue to
owner certificate of it's value, when
board would issue warrant for same.