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The leader., 1901-01-23
Sanitary Ordinance.

Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the city Of
Brookhaven, Miss, That all persons
within the corporate limits of the said
city of Brookhaven, Miss, and within
five miles thereof who have not been
heretofore successfully vaccinated or
who cannot produce satisfactory evi-
dence of such successful vaccination
to the county health officer, city ply
sician or other competent physician
appointed by the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen of the city of Brookhaven
for that purpose, shall at once report
to his or her family physician to be
vaccinated, and in case of poor per-
sons to DR.. J. T. Butler, county health
officer, for vaccination.
Be it further ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the city of
Brookhaven, Miss, That all persons
within the corporate limits of the city
of Brookhaven and within five miles
thereof who have not been heretofore
inocnlated or successfully co-occu-
lated, or who shall be unable to pro-
duce satisfactory evidence of such in
oculation or successful vaccination and
who shall fail, neglect or refuse to be
vaccinated when called upon shall be
fined by the mayor in any sum not ex
ceeding $50 or be imprisoned and SEN
fenced to work on the county convict
farm for not exceeding 30 days, or
both, at the discretion of the mayor;
provided, however, that all such per-
sons as may have been exposed and
who fail to be vaccinated may be sent
to the pest house or detention camp
until a trial of the case may be had
without danger to the court at such
time as the county health officer or
city physician may deem safe.
1t shall be the duty of all physicians
in the said prescribed territory to re-
port the names of all persons by them
vaccinated, and upon failure to do so
he shall be fined in any sum not ex-
ceeding $40, or be imprisoned not ex-
ceeding 80 days or both, at the discre-
tion of the mayor. The foregoing or
dinances, having been first reduced to
writing, were read by the clerk and a
vote taken thereon which resulted as
follows: Ayes, Moreton, Seavey,
Scherck and Willoughby. Nays, none.
Schnorrenberg absent and not voting.
Be it further ordained by the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen of the city of
Brookhaven, That because of the i'm
portance of this ordinance the same
shall be in full force and effect at
once.
Brookhaven, Jan. %, 1901.
]. B. DAUGHTRY, Mayor.
w. H. SEAvEY, City Clerk.
The leader., 1901-01-23
A New Opera House,

Mr.. Chas. Heuck has ordered plans
for new opera house, to be erected
on the site of the building that for all
these years has been used as one; but
that must of necessity, yield to the
pressure that pervades other progress
i've institutions of the town, and be sup
planted by the new and handsome
prospective structure. The new op-
era house will be completed during
the summer and ready for occupancy
by Nov. 1st. Special attention will be
given interior plans and decoration
Opera chairs and boxes and stage OF
desirable proportions with attractive
scenery will be provided.
This item of news will be greeted
with qualification by our play loving
people.
The leader., 1901-01-23
TREMENDOUS CoNFLAGRATIoN.
Norwood a ButterfieId's Immense PIai

Norwood 4 ButterfeId's Immense Plan
ing Mill and Dry House Destroyed.
AT IL: o'clock tonight Thursday the
large planning mill, lumber shed and
dry kiln of Norwood & Butterfields S
saw mill at Norfield were completely
demolished by fire. entailing a heavy
loss on the proprietors. Eleven /. G.
Railroad freight cars standing on the
side track, one of which was loaded
with corn and another one with cotton
seed hulls, we're also totally consumed.
The saw mill proper was saved with
great difficulty, and after strenuous
efforts on the part of those present.
The fire is stated to have been of in
cendiary origin, but we do not know
that any special person is suspected of
having committed the deed.
We could not learn whether any of
the property destroyed was insured or
not, but presume Messrs. Norwood &
Butterfield carried some insurance.
The loss to them, however, is bound to
have been heavy one, and we trust
that the scoundrel who committed
the deed, will be found and properly
punished.-SummH Sentinel.
THE LEADER learns that on last
Saturday night the engine shed of
the Norwood & Butterfield Co. was set
on fire by incendiaries and the shed
destroyed and an engine badly dam
aged. The plant is now being closely
guarded at night The total loss is
quite heavy, but we are glad to learn
is largely covered by insurance.
The leader., 1901-01-23
ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R.
OF INTEREST To
STOCKHOLDERS
Free Transportation to Attend the Special wee,ino
at Chicago.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS.

Public Notice is hereby given that special
meeting OF the stockholders of the Illinois Cen.
tral Railroad Company will he held at the Com
Pany of1ce IN Chicago, Illinois, on Saturday.
January S, 1901, at eleven O'Clock in the fore
noon.
=. 10 permit personal attendance at this meeting
mere VIII be issued to each holder OF one or
more nre shares OF the Capital stock of the Illinois
central railroad Company, as registered on the
pooks Oh the Company, ticket enabling him, or
ner, 70 travel free over the Company's Lines
from the station on the Illinois Central Railroad
nearest 10 his or her registered address to
ohlcagO ana return such ticket to be good for
tne Journey to Chicago only during the four days
Ihihedlately preceding, and the day of the meet
ing, and Tor the return journey from Chicago
only on the day OF the meeting. and the four
DAYS Immediately following, when properly cOuD-
tersigned and stamped during business hours
tnat Is 10 say, between 900 a. m. and 800 y. m.-
IN the oihce OF the Assistant Secretary. Mr.. w.
". Bruen, IN Chicago. Such ticket may be
OBTAINED by any registered .holder of stock on
application. In writing to the president of the
Company In Chicago. Each application must
state the fun name and address of the Stock
holder exactly as given in his or her certificate
OF STOCK, together with the number and date OF
Slch certificate. No more than one person will
De carried free in respect to any one holding of
stock as registered OH the books of the Company.
For the purposes of this meeting the Stock
transfer Books will be closed at three o'clock
p. m. on Thursday. December 20, 1900. and re-
main closed until the morning of Monday. jan
uary 4 1901 A. G. HACKSTAFF,
Secretary.
The leader., 1901-01-23
THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND BE
YOND THE SEAS.

THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND Be
YOND THE SEAS.
Queen Victoria is dead 1t is almost
like parting with the old century to
bid adieu to this time-worn monarch
during whose long earthly career,
children have been born, lived the al
lotted time of man and passed off the
stage of action. The Queen was born
May "a, 1919, and ascended England's S
throne in 1887, married Albert, her
first cousin, in 40; became widow in
81 and died January %, 1901. She is
the first English sovereign who ever
bequeathed her successors aught but
debts.
At the beginning of her reign she
paid off the very large debts contract
ed by her father, the Duke of Kent,
who had died while she was in her ear
.liest infancy. Her daughters and
grand daughters have each received
from her dowry of $4,000 on marry
ing, and she has been called upon to
settle pressing liabilities of the Prince
of Wales.
She had civil list of 100000 a
year. OF this 100000 constituted her
pocket money, of which no account
was ever asked. Besides this she had
at her disposal the net revenues of the
Duchy of Lancaster, which have
amounted to $4,000 year. She is
known to have set aside 100000 an
nually.
The war with Africa, which she
strove with all her power to avert,
made the last hours of England's
queen most miserable. In her lucid
intervals it haunted her necessarily.
The Queen is dead Long live the
Queen
The leader., 1901-01-23
BIG WRECK ON THE /. C

About 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
there was bad freight wreck between
Gallman and Hazlehurst, in which
seventeen freight cars were ditched
and $1,000 bushels of corn, 200 tons of
coal and 100 tons of fertilizer were
strewn up and down the railroad for a
quarter of mile. The train was in
charge of Conductor Kennedy and
Engineer Otty. No one was injureei
Some of the rails were driven into the
embankment and some bent into a
regular curve, while the box cars were
torn into shreds. All trains were de-
layed over II hours by the accident.
The leader., 1901-01-23
Damage Suit Epidemic,

Inc phenomenally large number of
damage suits against railroad corpora
tions filed in the circuit court of Kinds
. county within the past two months is
being made a subject of considerable
comment by the press of the state.
The unusually large number of
suits in this county is; of course, due
in some measure to the fact that
Kinds has more railroads than any
other county in the state, but it is by
no means the sole and only reason. 1t
is unquestionably fact that damage
suits are epidemic here, and an exami-
nation of the records for past years
makes the startling revelation that the
number of suits filed during 1900 is
about 40 per cent. greater than the
record for any previous year.
The Clarion Ledger does not take
the position that railroad companies
and other corporations should not be
held responsible for the carelessness
and negligence of their agents and en-
ployees, and that these companies and
corporations should not be made to re-
compense those who have sustained
injuries by reason of such carelessness
and negligence, but it does think that
the existing tendency to bring suits on
the most trivial provocation should be
given a check.
The railroad company and the cor
poration deserve the same treatment
as the individual on the question of
liability in damage actions, and the
epidemic of damage suits, many of
which are based on almost ridiculous
grounds, is greatly to be deplored by
every fair. minded citizen. 1t is an un-
healthy public sentiment which finds
expression in hostility to railroads by
the setting up of preposterous claims
which go before the jury often with an
appeal from the plaintiffs attorney
that the rich corporation should not
be allowed to thus treat the poor and
defenseless Individual bid for sym
pathy that is nothing short of conniv-
ance at highway robbery in many in
stances.
Over in Texas can be found a paral-
lei to the conditions that are rife in
many parts of this State. The Texas
statistics, however, show that the rail
roads have paid out more money on
judgments in damage suits within the
past year than was paid out by two
thirds of the other railroads in the
United States.
The levying of this damage suit
tribute on railroads necessitates high
er transportation charges to meet the
demands of the legal department, and
thus the people defray the judgments
in the end When railroad is mulct-
ed on trivial action the money event
ually comes out of the peoples pocket,
and it might be we'll for those who
have the disposal of such cases to bear
this in mind.-CldriOnL Ledger.
The leader., 1901-01-23
Homestead Notice.

LAND OFFICE, JACKSON, Miss. Dec. 26, 1900
Notice is hereby given that the followlng-naned
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
final proof In support Of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the Chaneery Clerk OF
Lincoln county. at Brookhayen, Miss. on Feb-
ruary 3, 1901 viz: w. w. Hall for the heirs of
Daniel b. Hall, deceased. homestead entry No.
1868. for the SO y ne u section Is, township 6.
north; range 8. east.
He names the following witnesses TO prove bis
said land, viz: j. 5. Bowman. q. G. Hampton.
of Wellman, Miss; Jesse Ryals, Isaac Bush. OF
Brookhayen. Miss. JAMESHII4L. Register.
The leader., 1901-01-23
Commodious Family Residence for Sale

Commodious Family Residence for sale
On account of removal | desire to
dispose of my property in Brookha-
ven. The house is commodious and
substantially built, and is surrounded
by about 3-ss5 acres of land, well
fenced. The property is in a thor
ough state Of repair and will be sold at
bargain. A very material portion of
the purchase money may remain on
security of the property, if desired at
fair rate of interest. | will also sell
some furniture as we'll as couple of
high grade Jersey heifers.
Apply on the premises.
JOHN MASON.
The leader., 1901-01-23

Mr.. II. P. Lotterhos purchased the
grocery business of N. j. Copmann
Monday and has moved into Cop
mann's old stand, where he is now
ready to supply the public with the
best In his line. Give him call.
The leader., 1901-01-23

The old postoffice building is being
moved to the Mcmillan lot and will be
placed on First Street, opposite the
Baptist church. 1t will be occupied
as a law Office by the new law firm of
Mcmillan & Hyde.
The leader., 1901-01-23

The official table furnished by Audi
tor Cole for the year 1900 shows an III
crease of Is banks and of capital paid
in an increase of s744,420.29. There
are 13 national banks in Mississippi
which are not included in the above.
The leader., 1901-01-23
Homestead Notice.

LAND OFFICE, JACKSON. Miss. Dec. 26, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed nolice of his intention TO make
final proof in support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the Chancery Clerk OF
lincoln county. at Brookhayen Miss OH Feb
rIary ., 1901, viz: George w. Ivy. homestead
entry No. 27442. for the ne a NV 4 sectin :.
township g. north: range 9. east.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land viz: j. W. Pennington, Monroe Ready.
G. X. Robertson, " Tullos. all OF Fair River.
Miss JAMES HILL, Register.
The leader., 1901-01-23

Gen. Stephen D. Lee, president OF
the Vicksburg park commission, has
gone to Nashville to address the Ten
nessee legislature and urge the ap-
pointment of a commission to locate
the positions occupied by the troops of
that state at the memorable siege OF
Vicksburg. The legislatures OF sever
al states have made provisions for
these investigations, the commissions
of New York, Iowa and Rhode Island
having already visited these historic
grounds and marked out the positions
of their soldiers. Gen. Lee will go
from Nashville to jefferson City, and
from thence to Atlanta and Montgom-
cry on the same mission. He says 1t
will require at least ten years more to
complete the park in all its features,
according to the plans now being
worked out.
The leader., 1901-01-23

The street car and carnival forces
that held the street fair at jackson
last week, have folded their tents and
gone to Natehez, after which they will
exhibit at Greenville for six days
The Clarion Ledger says the
street fair" as the exhibition Is
called, "unquestionably brought some
business to Jackson;" but it did not
come up to the expectations OF the
merchants in a material way, There
was much fun and frolic connected
with it.
Elk, sheriff Devall, of Jones county
will serve one year in the county Jai
for his shortage of about $500. III
addition to the shortage, Devall hac
flooded Jones county with forgec
revenue licenses, the blanks being
printed in New Orleans, and The
money pocketed by the sheriff.
The leader., 1901-01-23

65 acres OF good farming land one mile south
east Of Court House in Irookhayen. ffourroom
dwelling house. a good weh Of water and coiu-
Portable outhouses. large garden spot. nne or
chard. all enclosed with good fence. Can be
had at bargain either for cash or easy ra5
ments BY applying 70 the undersigned within ten
days. Owner desires 70 change residence and
win offer extraordinary inducements. CAN af
once ON E-f. BRENNAN.
or ring up phone q.
The leader., 1901-01-23

The saw mills of the Eastman, Gard
ner & Co., located at Laurel, have
started up again after having beer
shut down for repairs since Christmas
Tle entire plant is now lighted by elec
tricity and l 400 men are employed.
The leader., 1901-01-23

Last Thursday night and Fridays
rain put II foot rise on the river
near Monticello, causing delay in
the building of the bridge, as it
completely submerged the platform
below the center pier.
The leader., 1901-01-23

Work has begun on the sewerage of
Hattiesburg, for which the city issued
$4,000 in bonds. Brookhaven, too,
should provide sewerage.
The leader., 1901-01-23

Messrs. G. S. and j. S, Butteriield
we're visitors from Nortield Monday
The latter gentleman left for Chica-
go. THE LEADER regrets the recent
losses by fire of the Messrs. Butter
field in their lumber mill at Norfield'
The leader., 1901-01-23

The Brookhaven friends of Gov. and
Mrs. Longino regret the illness OF
their little son, who is a sufferer with
scarlet fever,
The leader., 1901-01-23
w. w. DAVIS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BrOokhaven, Mississippi.
OFFICE-Price & atson's Drug Store.
Homestead Notice.

LAND OFFICE, JACKSON. Miss. Dec. 26, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention TO make
final proof in support of his claim. and that said
proof will be made before the Chaneery Clerk of
Lincoln County, at BFookhayen, Miss, on Feb
ruary ., 1901. viz: James NJ Ready. homestead
entry No. 2S7lS, for NV a Sc i section 3, town.
ship 6, north; range o. east.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz: Geo. W. Ivy. J. w. Pennington, G. X.
Robertson, Obed Rollins. all of Fair River. Miss.
JAMES HILL, Register.
The leader., 1901-01-23

Mrs. Nations returned to Wichita, af-
ter incarceration and demolished two
more saloons.
The leader., 1901-01-23

TaE LEADER and Home and Farm for
l year-sl.50. Some room still on our
books,
The leader., 1901-01-23

DR.. N. S. Craig, of Manchester, Iowa,
was a visitor today.
The leader., 1901-01-23
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE.

LII DOlllllVU l Wv 1tOO liz
New Through Trains to Portland,
Puget Sound, "The Burlington North
ern Pacific Express" No. Al, from
st. Louis, at 900 a. m. for Kansas City,
st. Joseph, Northwestern Nebraska,
Black Hills, Wyoming, Montana, Wash
ington, Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound
and Portland, Oregon, via Billings,
Montana-the short line and time saver
to the Upper Northwest. To the
Puget Sound in II Hours. Through
coaches, chair cars seats Free), stan
dard sleepers and dining cars with
through tourist sleepers from Kansas
City. This is the main travelled route
from st. Louis to the Northwest.
Number S, "Nebraska-ColOradO Ex-
press, midday train from st. Louis
for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Pacific
Coast one night to Denver. Also for
st. Paul, Minneapolis and beyond.
No. IS, at S:45 p. M, st. Louis to
Kansas City, Omaha, st. Joseph, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Pacific
Coast, via Denver, also to the North
west-M Montana, Washington, Oregon,
via Lincoln and Billings.
Please write:
J. N. MERRILL L. w. WAkELEY.
General Southern Agt., Gen1 Pass. Agt..
N. Pryor St.. ST. LOUIS. NO
ATLANTA.
HOWARD ELLIOTT.
General Manager,
The leader., 1901-01-23

w. H. SEAvEY, City Clerk.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07
CHINESE AS MATCHMAKERs.
Amusing Incident With a Wedding
as a Sequel.

one of the interesting novelties of
social life of the new century is the oc-
casional appearance of our Monaghan
neighbors in society," said a ma iron.
1t goes to show how small the world
really is, and how intimate the nations
are becoming. AS yet, these visiting
noblemen from the Orient are few and
far between. but they will undoubtedly
soon be as familiar sight in our draw
ing rooms as are our titled Hlndoos in
England. Although he often speaks
English remarkably well, a Chinaman
has no idea Of what conventionally
ought or ought not to be said, and his
artless frankness in this respect is most
amusing. He also asks questions with
a direct simplicity that is sometimes
embarrassing.
"A Chinese nobleman who was pre-
sented to young lady at an evening
function not long ago began the con-
Versation after the manner of his ma
ton by propounding a seriest of ques-
tons. AT first the answers were easy.
Do you live in New York; Have you
both parents living? Have you broth
ers and sisters? How old are you?'
These being answered t. lis satis>
faction, he became more particular in
his inquiries.
Why are YOU not married.?
Perhaps the right person has not
asked me- answered the young woman,
laughing.
Have you any objection to matri-
mony?' asked the Chinaman, gravely.
" Not in the least she replied, i'm
amused at his persistence.
For the time being he seemed salts
fed, but later in the evening he came
up to her with a young American who
evidently had no idea what was in
store for him. This is Mr. Robinson
began the old man. He is a graduate
of Harvard; he, too, is unmarried, and
also has no objection to matrimony.
Why do you not marry him?'
And the odd part of it all was that
he actually made the match, for the
pair, who until then were not acquaint-
ed, were engaged not long afterward"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07

any known symptoms, from a pimple to
heart failure, and is really responsible
for most of the semi-invalids with
whom the world is largely peopled.
10 obtain the best results from water
drinking certain rules should be OBJ
served. People do not all need the
same amount, and it may take a little
experimenting to find out just how
much should be taken in individual
cases 1t has been stated by some ply
sfcians that five or six pints should be
taken during the twenty-four hours.
OF this only moderate quantity should
be taken with the meals. 1t is a mis-
take to take no water with a meal. but
perhaps it is a greater mistake to wash
food down with water, especially ice
water.
The best time for water drinking is
at night and early in the morning. 1t
is we'll to form the habit of slowly sip
ping, during the bath and while dress
ing, two or three glasses of cool-not
ice cold-water. Two or three more
may be slipped at bedtime, and again
two or three glasses an hour or two be-
lore luncheon and before dinner.
In very short time the value of this
habit will become apparent in the re-
sultant general improvement in diges-
ton, temper and appearance.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07
SCHOOL GIRLS DISSIPATION.
Those Who Sacrifice Health in Mid
night Festivities

An Irish girl, with the physique of
Venus, boosted that she could scrub all
day and dance all night, says Ethelwyn
Wetherald in Good Housekeeping. The
feat is not so much more difficult than
that performed by the average unde-
veloped high school girl who studies all
day mot nearly so healthful as exercise
as scrubbing) and goes to some form
of social entertainment at night.
Let them enjoy life while they are
young? By all means. But the I'M
rested, irritable girl, after an hour or
two of sleep and a scrap or two of
breakfast, putting in the school
hours SOMEBODY'S she enjoying life
while she is young? She has spent
most of her not very large supply of
oil over the previous evenings festivi-
~, and now the light that she sheds on
her studies is pickering, dim and un-
satisfactory. In school girl phrase she
feels as cross as a bear with no end
of sore heads" What a pity that her
mother will not let her enjoy life while
she is young Let not mothers be de-
celved. When the still hours clothed in
black find your beloved young daugh-
ter eating salad about as digestible as
the orange skin in which il is served
and the ribbon it is tied with, instead
of being fathoms deep in slumber. it
is sure indication that she is giving
not only the light of her countenance
to her friends, but the precious oil of
her present health and future physical
prosperity.
English school girls in fiction and in
real life do not have. very lively time.
They are apt to smell of bread and
butter (Which. however, is better than
smelling of pie and pickles., and they
sigh for the days when school will be
over. But as to being half -chrysalic
and half butterfly, that idea never oc-
CURED to them. When the school books
are closed and they have finished grow-
ing and have come into their rightful
inheritance of strong, solid body and
equable nerves. the glamor of social
life is not likely to excite or exhaust
them