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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
Prison Reform.

The senate passed on Friday sena-
tor Deans Prison Reform bill with
only three dissenting votes.
The measure provides for the pur-
chase of a twenty-five hundred acre
tract of land in some healthy and suit
able locality near railroad, and the
gradual erection of buildings and
structures on the same, by convict la
Dor, suitable and proper for govern
ment farm. Upon this will be estab-
lished a small number of cOnvicts who
will be placed upon the work of con-
structiOn, and also of farming q por-
ton of the land. In the meantime,
as the work OfpreparatiOn goes on, the
greater number of the convicts will be
leased on plantations or public works.
Any money earned by them will be
used as a special fund for carrying
out the plan of changing the system
into one of complete government con-
troll.
AS the work of constructing new
buildings and structures for the ac-
commodation of the entire prison pop
ulation progresses, the convicts can
be gradually placed upon the prison
farm. And thus gradually the leasing
system will be abolished. The COM
missioners charged with the execu-
ton of the measure are directed to
report to the next legislature the esti-
mated value of the material of the
present prison buildings, and the
ground on which they are situated
that the same may be sold.
Upon the full and final execution of
the scheme, which will necessarily be
several years in the future, not a rem
nant of the vicious leasing system
will be left. The gloomy and un-
healthy old cell houses in Jackson will
be RACED, and the convicts will all be
gathered in a new prison site on n
large farm in healthy and convent
ent locality remote from any town.
A contamination devoutly to be
wished.
1t only remains for the house to
concur in this admirable reform meas
ure, so happily indorsed by the SEN
ate.-C Commonwealth.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
A Local Act.

N ACT to authorize the Board OF
Supervisors of Lincoln county to
hold regular meetings on the first
Monday in each month.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Mississip-
pi, That the Board of Supervisors of
Lincoln county is hereby author
lied to hold regular meetings
of said board on the first
Monday in each month, and that
all business transacted at such meet
ings shall be as legal and binding as
if transacted at the regular meetings
now fixed by law; Provided, however,
the members of said Board of Su-
pervisOrs shall not receive mileage
and per diem for more than thirty
days i'll any one year.
SEC. 2. That this Act take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved, January 9th, 1890.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Mr.. Atkins stated before the House
committee last Friday night that Mr..
East and family had not taken UNI
bragg at Mayor Brennan's conduct.
The card from Mr.. East in tO-day's pa
per explains his position, and while it
breathes the true Christian spirit, in
dicates how deeply wounded he was
by the unseemly intrusion upon his
stricken home of the drunken lord
mayor. 1t also shows that Mr.. East
favOrs the charter amendment, so
that BrOOkhaven may have no more
such officials.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

The Jackson Commonwealth, daily
and weekly, has forged to the front in
remarkably short time, as one of the
most influential journals of the State.
The Commonwealth has opinions and
is not afraid to express them; at the
same time, its criticisms of men and
measures are always fair, dignified
and strictly within the bounds of le-
ultimate journalism. 1t is a progress
sive paper, powerful factor in the
politics and journalism of the State,
and will succeed because it deserves
success on its intrinsic merits.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

In speaking of chartered business
Colleges, in our last issue, we failed
to mention Wyatt's reliable Business
College, of this city, which was incor-
porated over five years ago and from
whose walls hundreds of Mississippi's
most promising young business men
have gone forth with diplomas and
who are filling positions of trust in
the best business houses of the State.
Not only do we consider the Capital
Commercial College the very best in
the State, but the most practical in
the South.-Ne,C Mississippian.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
The Charter Amendment.

The bill amending the charter of
Brookhaven was called up by Hon. R.
r. Applewhite last Saturday and
passed the House by very large ma
jority. In fact, after DR.. Applewhite
had explained the situation here and
the object of the bill, the House
seemed eager to pass it and grant the
asked for relief. The bill will come
up in the Senate some time this week,
where it is apt to meet with even less
opposition than in the hOnse.
With the full concurrence of the
friends of the bill, two amendments
were added that effectually disarm a
large part of the opposition. One of
these prohibits the repeal of the exist
ing fire ordinances, and the Other
provides that if the school bonds
should be issued, that portion OF
them shall be devoted to the erection
colored school as well as for whites
A fiscal agent is also provided for tC
supervise the issuance of the bonds
In other respects the bill remains as
published i'll these columns last
week.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

We have read with pleasure the
speech of Senator J. II. Jones, of Will
kinson, favoring the State appropro-
priation of $4,000 to complete the
Confederate monument. 1t is an ell
oquent and scholarly effort. Col.
Jones was himself one of the bravest
and truest soldiers of the Lost Cause,
and as a legislator there is none more
patriotic and conscientious in the adj
vocacy of whatever he cOnctivCs to be
for the honor and prosperity OF
Mississippi.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

OF the $2,072.26 net collected as a
revenue fund for the last fiscal year,
81 $3.50 went to our town officials
for salaries and commissions, while
only $514.96 remained for side walks,
bridge building, lighting streets and
various other objects. And this sort
of thing has gone on for years with
out change. When these facts were
presented to the House Committee ON
Corporations last Friday night, coup
led with an insight into the kind of
official service the town has been
treated 10. the committee eOnld not
suppress an "sndible smile"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

The New Orleans Picayune of last
Saturday contained an article "with
% heap of truth" on the "Maiesty of
the Law is the Majesty of the People"
It is the old story of the "offcer be-
hind the law" Let us have the best
laws possible and then, in the name
of our State and country, enforce them
There is a long step taken toward
an educated public sentiment
when criminal is justly punished.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
An End to Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, ILL.,,
saws: "Having received so mueh benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have
had q running sore on my leg for eight
wears; my doctors told me 1 would have to
have the bone scraped or leg amputated.
/ used, instead, three bottles of Electric
Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now round and
we'll" Electric Bitters are sold at fifty
cents a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica
Salye at 25c. per box by I. t. Meade &
Go.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

The Commonwealth says: Hon E
Barksdale will be one of the delegates
sent by the democracy of Kinds
county to the constitutional cOnven-
ton. We heartily agree with Oul
Jackson contemporary, that it goes
without saying, that Major Banks
dale is as we'll equipped to help make
a constitution as any man in the com
monwealth. He has fought for years
for convention, and his presence in
that body will rebound to the good OF
the entire state and people.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

A pleasant variety in the way or
entertaining delegates is reported
from the w. C. T. U. State conven-
ton lately held at Harrisonburg, Va.
A vacant house near the church was
rented for a week, and parlor, kitch-
ell, and dining room neatly furnish
ed. There delegates and visitors
were made thoroughly at home all
day, generous luncheon being dis
pensed at the noon hour by their hos
pitable Southern hostess, the local
union.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Now that the charter amendment is
1t moral certainty, those who have
opposed it need indulge in no dark
forebodlgs. The sole object of the
advocates of this measure is to re-
move the occasion for local strife, Sc
cure a good, efficient, economical and
progressive city government, and
thereby subserve the best interests of
the entire community.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

verify it.
See what those who have used it sayI
Ia bout it in the few following extracts
kfrom Testimonials:
\ New Orleans, Dec. II, IL, 1883.
Messrs. TichenOr & SheTrouse, 230 Can
al st., New Orleans.
Gentlemen-It affords me pleasure to-
add my statement to the great numDer1
which YOU already have of the value
of Your Antiseptic. l have witnessed
it's effects and know its value and cam
Therefore conscientiously recommends
lit. S. d. McENERT,
Ex-Governor and Associate Justice
Snip. Court Baton Rouge, La. l.
"FOr cuts, wounds and injuries it II
kinvaluable." o. b. STEELE,
Baton Rouge.
II have used it extensively in my
practice and in every case it has given
perfect satisfaction. Its efficiency VIII
Twin any one who gives it an impartial
ktrial." II. B. HARTMAN, NJ. D.,
New Orleans, La.
81 tried it for a severe case OF granny
ScOlic, and it knocked it into "cocKec,l
That" IN less than ten minutes. L sci
more of it than all other patent medi-
cines combined" j. b. GILBERT,
Oakley, Franklin Ph., La.
at not only does all, but even moro
than You claim for it,"
Fl. ii. ROTTAKER.
: Fish Commissioner, State of Ark
sTICHENOR & SHERROUsE'l
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For sale by Druggist.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
NATCHEZ DELEGATION.

NATcHEz, Jan. 30.-The Natchez
Cotton and Merchants exchange met
tonight and selected the following
delegates to represent the city in the
Meridian, Brookhaven and Natchez
Railroad convention to be held in
BroOkhaven on the It'll proximo: S.
E. Rumble, Jas. w. Lambert, VIM.
G. Benbrook, John Rawle, Pat
Burns, Cassius l.. Tillman and VIM.
II. Mallory. Resolutions were also
adopted strongly endorsing the pro-
posed enterprise and promising such
aid from the City of Natchez as it can
reasonably give.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Only Democrats should be support
ed by Democrats for delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, and we
doubt not Lincoln county's Executive
Committee will proceed on this idea.
Let us have a primary, restricted to
Democrats, and decide who shall be
nominated.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

We wish to say to the Y's that one
of our most dashing widOwers has
sent us a note of inquiry concerning
the Valentine Party and states he will
be in attendance. Girls, do be sure
and prevent his being q wall flower.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

We have a speedy and positive Cure for
Catarrh, Diptheria. Canker Mouth and
Headache, in Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy.
A Nasal Injector free with each bottle.
Use it if you desire sweet breath. Price
so cents. For sale at City Drug Store. (2)
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
70 Young and Middle AGED Kas.

A SURE CURE. The awful effects Of
early vice which brings organic weak
ness, destroying both mind and body,
with all its dreadful ills, permanently
cured.
URETHRAL STRUCTURE permanent
ly cured Removal complete, neither
knife, caustic or dilation; without pain
or injury. Proof indisputsble.
DRs. BELTS address those who have
impaired themselves by improper indul-
gences and solitary habits, which ruin
both mind and body, uniting them for
business, study or marriage.
MARRIED. MEN, or those entering on
that happy life, aware of physical debili-
ty, quickly assisted.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

The bill amending the city charter
of Brookhaven passed the House Sat
urday, and viii doubtless be passed
by the Senate, as it should. 1t pro-
vides for the appointment of the May
or and five Aldermen by the Govern
or, who shall hold Office four years
- Clarion Ledger.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Gov. Store has appointed Judge
p. T. Kimbrough, of Oxford; chancel-
Tor of the Third judicial District, vice
j. G.. Hall, deceased.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

The burning of Secretary Tracy's
residence in Washington City by
which his wife, daughter and servant
lost their lives, was frightful affair.
The Secretary himself narrowly es-
capped suffocatiOn. A defective fiue is
said to have been the cause of this
fearful calamity.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Senator Vest says if the contest
for the worlds fair were between
Chicago and hades he would gladly
vote for hades.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

A. II. Coleman, grand reporter of
the Knights of Honor Of this state,
died suddenly of hemorrhagc at Can
ton last week.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Read the Constitutional Conven-
ton bill which will I've found in this
issue.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Durant has had fatal case of grip,
r. G., Sargent, drummer from St.
Louis, being the victim.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Remember the Valentine Party on
the evening of the 14th.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

The chief corner stone Of our State
is the hearth stone.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

Jake KilraiH whipped Felix Vague
lin, the New Orleans pugilist, last
Sunday on the 4th round.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

The US will meet at Mrs. Hobbs
home tomorrow evening at A o'clock.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

We publish the excellent poem,
"Ben Hazards Guests" for the US.
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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
w. G.. T. u.
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
THE BRooKHAvEN w. G. T. U.

"For God, and Home, and Every Land -
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06
DIR. TICHENOR'S
ANTISEPTIC.

For Wounds, Burns, Bruises, Scalds,
Collie, Cramps and Flux and for Collie
and Bolts in horses, and Mules, stands
without peer, and we are prepared to
verify it.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

This beautiful poem has been going
about the country mutilated. and with
some of it's most beautiful lines omitted.
We have obtained from it's author a
copy of the original, and with her kind
permission give it to our readers in full.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-06
CROSS-CUTS.

A head line in our morning contemporary,
'edited by old soldiers" reads, Zone More
Veteran Less" The writer possibly meant
to say, Zone Less Veteran More. ''-Madi-
son (Wis.) Journal.
Farmer Carrotfoot-Is that the old suit
of clothes you had when you first came
here? Farmer squashead-No, it's the new
suit I bought in the spring of '5O.-The
Epoch.
One feat Of salesmanship which is always
effective with a woman looking for shoes is
the calling of her attention to the fact that
abe has been wearing size or half size
too large.-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
If you have boy to whom you want to
| administer the seyerest possible punish
| ment, kill him, but do not, If you possess
any bowels of compassion, have his hair
cut at home.-Cinclnnati Enquirer.
Brakeman (extricating passenger from
the wreck of the smoking car)-Are you
hurt?
| Passenoer-Hurt? I should say I am
1 The accident smashed my hand. Held foul
aces and was Knocked in heap before
had chance TO play them.-Bunale
Courier.
Very many people who are taking in sum
mer boarders are people who have seen bet
ter days and lived better. So have thei
, l,oarlers.-New Orleans Picayune.
Census Enumerntor-Well,F I've finished
big days work and I'm tired.
His Wife-rm 20 sorry / can't help you
Now sit down, dear, and tell me all you
found ont about our nei2hbors.-New Yorl
I Sun.
/ A grocer in New York was fined 325 tn
lother day for giving short weight TO !
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-06

Mr.. Warner Miller, Of New York has some
queer opinions. One of them is that Mr..
Harrison will be renominated.-St. Louis
Republic.
That isn't SO very queer. The repub-
lican leaders don't like Mr.. Harrison and
now think they won't have him for Il
second term. But they will find that
when the time comes they will be COM
PEELED to approve his administration
and the logical sequence of approval is
denomination. Mr.. Harrison, too, is at
the head OF vast machine and it
wouldn't be easy to beat him for renom-
nation even were the attempt made.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-06
This ID more glorious than
1,m, GOO Inhabitants Chicago


to have 100000 inhabitants Chicago
Tribune.
If there Is anything more interesting
in life than doing nothing, it is Watching
another person hard at work. ~ Boston
Transcript.
A freight car which passed through West
Chester, Pa. few days ago, contained the
following notice on the side, written with q
pencil: $50 Reward-The above will be
paid for the arrest and conviction Of the
man who invented work, by camp No. l,
Sons of Rest, Keokuk, Iowa"
A Maine census enumerator called at a
house in his district, where the lacy Of the
house was the only one at home to reply
to his questions. She gave the necessary
answers, and described her own children,
when she added: ''But am second wife,
and there are several children by my hus-
bands first wife," ttOh, never mind that, -
said the official, I'VE don't 90 back az far as
that."-Bangor Commercial.
We would not seem to imply that all who
make speeches are thereunto impelled by
the fatal gift of CAB; not a few are unwill
ing victims to the popular delusion that life
without speech-making is not worth living.
But the evil lies in making this habit, OF
custom, national institution, as much a
part of our existence as the food we eat and
the fluid we absorb. The evil has become
a serious one. Private talk or conversation
need not be Objectionable. If man does
not like it, he can 90 home. But guest at
a public banquet, a semi-publio reception,
or private dinner cannot decently clap on
his hat and run when the walls of oratory
are uncorked. He must stay and squirm.
Enter the Society for the Suppression OF
American Chin.-Newark Advertiser.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-06
Death of Beverly Tucker.

RICHMOND, Va, July 5.-The Hon. Bever-
ly Thicker died here last evening. He Was
born at Winchester, Va, June 8, 1920. He
was perhaps as we'll known personally to
leading politicians throughout the country
as any man of his time. He was nephew
of John Randolph, Of Roanoke. and editor
of the Washington Sentinel from '63 to '56,
and consul to Liverpool under Buchanan.
He visited England and Canada during the
war ON n special mission for the confederate
government. Since 40 he has resided al
most continuously in Washington.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-06

PROF. TYNDALL, the eminent scientist,
contributes to the July Forum an inter-
esting account Of his brief career as a
speculator which could be paralleled by
the experience of many another profess
ional man. He thus relates his sensa-
tions:
It was time of mad unrest-of down
right monomania. In private residences
and public halls, in London reception rooms,
in hotels and the stables of hotels, among
gypsies and costermongers, nothing was
spoken of but the state of the share mar
ket, the prospects of projected lines, the
good fortune of the ostler or potboy who,
by lucky stroke of business, had cleared
ten thousand pounds. High and low, rich
and poor, Joined in the reckless game. Dur
ing my professional engagement with rail-
ways endured three weeks misery. 1t was
not defeated ambition; it was not rejected
suit; it was not the hardship endured in
either office or field; but it was tho possess
ion of certain shares which purchased in
one of the lines then atioat. The share list
of the day proved the winding sheet of my
peace of mind. was haunted by the stock
exchange. Then, as now, loved the blue
span of heaven; but when I found myself
regarding it morning after morning, not
with the fresh JOY which, in my days OF in
nooence, It had brought me, but solely with
reference to its possible effect, through the
harvest upon the share market, l became SO
savage with myself. that nothing remained
bat to 60 down to my brokers, and put
away the shares us an accursed thing. Thus
began and thus ended, without either gain
or loss, my railway gambling. u
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1890-07-06
Biggest Deal on Record.

New ORLEANS, July 5.-The Picayune's
San Antonio, Texas, special says: Informa-
ton was received there yesterday of the
contamination of the biggest land trade in
the history of the American continent. The
parties to the contract were John Hancock,
of Austin, and Robert Summerlin, of San
Antonio, acting for the owners and repre-
ssntatives of an English syndicate. The
land lies all in ono body in the state Of
Tamaulipas, Mexico, and comprises be-
tween five and six million acres, and also
e5.Oo0 head of cattle. The terms are pr.
A,nfa