The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1876-10-05
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kyonng inan.in New Haven cancelled o.
thfsa months board bill the Other day, By
marrying his landlady. 4 saw bsa y1aasn
| A ex-co,rn ty treasurer in s,ficMgan,@ be-
| .ng ngeighty1fve Thousand dollars short in
| bis .nccounts, committed suicide one day
lastweek. H. .-s ,.s.,.a.sg..4 = + b.
An organ-grinder was run over by o.
runaway horse attached to a wagon. in
East Broadway, N. T.. the other day. and
his neck was broken causing instant death.
Of twenty-sixa shousand eight hundred
and forty Welshmen who live in Liverpool.
twenty-three thousand three hundred and
| eighteen are church-goers. t.s ~
The recent great collapse in mining
stocas,, in California, rreacneu sacnya @ uo'. I.
structiye -igure that the shrnkage OF
values in three weeks, is said to have.
| been over ninety.soven millions Of dollars.
A fagman on the Baltimore and Potomac
railroad, while attending q switch at Bowie
Station, the other day, slipped on the ice,
fell under passing train, and was crushed
and mangled to death. ..., :, ...... az ,..
Mrs. William Pluntz of Albany sepa-
rated from her husband after only two
weeks Of wedlock because he snored so loud
| l., @bo+ Oh ~ oln
served him right. 3rs-e %+s 5rHi
The Duchess de Medina.CGi is said Il
possess a pearl nee cklace which is a family
heirloom. 1t is composed of twelve OF
fourteen strings of large and beautiful
pearls and is valued at 100000. When
she wears it, the upper string fits around
her throat, while tac lower falls below hcl
| waist. - ..s-- &C.,
A train on the Albany ana sns11uehan-
nah railroad was lately thrown from the
track, near Bnghtn.ton, by 'brpkeu rail.
The palace car was thrown thirty feet and
smashed, but fortunately the passengers
escaped without serious injury. 9' j.. .
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Some of the settlers of the Cape Of Good
hope have gone extensively into ostrich
raising. The birds feed on grass like cat
tie, and require but little care. They are
dangerous, however, and iil-tempcrea. and
sometimes attack and hurt their owner.
severely. ......- -.
! Two robbers were shot near 'Mooresville.
| in Licking county, Ohio, one night lately.
by farmer and peddler who was stay
ing at his house. One Of the robbers was
killed on, the spot; the other. who WAS
wounded, died next day. LIE WAS the
| farmers brother-inlaw.
| A girl only sixteen years old was arrest
cd few days since in Boston, for having
raised a certificate of railroad stock from
one share to sixty The apparent value Of
the certificate was increased from S6S to
s4.oSO, and $1,000 was obtained on it before
the fraud was discovered.
On Saturday of last week man who
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tain, four miles from Altoona, Pa, fired at
and killed another hunter, whom he mis-
took for a deer. The homicide gave him
self up to the authorities, and was exoner
ted by the verdict of coroncr's jury.
There is man under scntei,e OF death
in Paris France, who cannot be executed,
because there is a technicality of French
law which forbids the carrying out Of an
| execution until the real name Of the cul-
prit is known, and this mans name is
secret which tho authorities have thus far
been unable to find out. .-s ,,..-...
There was an explosion Of gas in
| street sewer, at Boston, one day recently,
which occurred whiletw men wore examin.
ing the pipes with lighted matches. A
hole, twenty By f.ty fent, was made in the
street, and the men, who were thrown a
considerable distance, were sc badly in
jured that their recovery is doubtful.
Not long since, at Sehoharin, N. Y,
mouse crept into bechiv1 to teal ionav
but was caught in the aG5, and stun ~
death by the irate bees. His decay
body becoming offensive, and the bees not
being able to remove it, they set at work
and sealed it up Theoretically in wax en-
velope, so that not the least o1or coull es
cape. ~
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The superintendent Of a silver mine in
Nevada, who had absconded with large
amount belonging to his employer. was
followed, and his remains were found after
three days's pursuit. 1t was supposed he
had fallen victim to a grizzly, or some
other wild animal. The remains were
identified by knife and revolver lying
near them. tr.t sv.FL te g
On. Wednesday night of last week,
man was caught in the act of fastening a
! cross-tie on the trestle-work over Hickapola
Bottom, on the Mississippi and Tennessee, R.
r. He confessed that he ehadrecently thrown
a train from tie track near the same place,
and said he expected the train to be dashed
| to pieces this time, his intention being to
rol, the passengers. ie1.. 50 .ar.1f
The mangled remains of man were
found three years since in the south branch
of the Chicago river, but there was no clue
to the murderer. On Friday night Of last
w,ek, a young man living in Chicago. made
\ sworn statement That his father had
ch ,pped that man to pieces, put the re-
mains in BARREL and thrown them INTO
the rivcr;A and upon that affidavit the faith
1 er was arrested forthe maIder. 81 -@
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p Two miners, trade unionists on strike
were tried at Carlisle Assizes the other day
for cutting the rope pf the cage used for
descending the shaft Of coal mine. They
were acquitted of the more serious ch,rge
of intent to kill the men at work, Who
W, uia have had to descend by the cage, and
sentenced for injury to the machinery to
twelve months Imprisonment. 2