The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-09

the Vice. Presidency.
THE American schooner Highland Light
has been scizel by the Canadian Govern.
menta for fishing within the three.mile
limit.
BEACH defeated Teemer with ease in the
deciding heat of the international scuiling
sweepstakes, on the Thames at London on
the lst.
THE Comptroller of the Treasury has au-
thorized the DcadwooI National Bank of
Deadwood, Oak, to begin business with a
capital of 100000
A COMPANY of English capitalists have
secured possession of an old concession
for the construction of railway from
TuXampto, Mexico, to the CITY of Mexico.
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A DEPuTATION of Irish ladies, headed by
the wife Of the Lord Mayor of Dublin, will
present to Gladstone a declaration in
favor of home rule, signed by 100000 Iri sh
women.
THE natives of the Eastern part of the
province of Sechuen, China, and those OF
Cochin China have risen against the Chris
tians and are massacreing them and de-
stroying property.
AT about half-past nine O'Clock on the
night of the 31st very perceptible earth
quake shock was felt in st. Louis. Dis
patches from all over the country show the
experience was general
THE importations of dry goods at the
port of New York for the week ending
September ., 1856. were II ,O25 packages
valued at $2,9370"G, against 9,5OS pack
ages valued at 4, So, 80, for the preceding
week.
The article published in the North GER
man Gazette stating that "Germany must
always keep her eyes on France because
France is making rapid preparations tc
fight" has caused much excitement in
France.
WORD was received from Lawton's camp
on the 1st that Geronimo and twenty
seven bucks were in the hands of Lawton,
who was en- route to Bowie with them.
Geronimo has his right arm broken and in
a sling.
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upon war footing, and triple alliance
is limited at between Bulgaria, Serva and
ROumania to resist Russian encroachment,
which, in the event of war, would also ar
ray Turkey, Austria and Germany against
Russia.
SUPERVISORS Larkn, Carroll and GAL
lagher, of the Brooklyn Board of Super
visors, were served on the 30th with war
rants directing them to appear before Po-
lice Justice Walsh to answer q charge of
conspiracy to defraud the people of Kings
County.
ANOTHER earthquake shock was felt
about eleven O'Clock the night of the Sd at
Charleston, and created great consterna-
tion. 1t extended from Jacksonville, Fla,
to Washington, d. C. Several houses al
ready damaged in Charleston collapsed,
and one woman was killed.
A RUMOR reached Tombstone, Ariz, on
the %, that Mexican troops demanded of
American troops the release of Geronimo,
The atterrefused, aud fight ensued, in
Nhich five Mexioans were killed and two
Americans wounded. Geronimo escaped
during the melee. There were no means
of verifying the acts, as the wires were
down. 30
FRANK PATTERSON, the + opera house
manager at Asbury Park, N. j., who was
convicted of forgery and has been con-
fined in the Monmouth County Jail for two
years, was released on the 81 on s., 900
bail, it having been decided by the Su-
preme Court that the County Court, before
which Patterson was tried, was illegally
constituted. Z
THE Governm entcounsel in the teleph zone
suit are busily engaged in preparing an
answer to the demurrer filed by the Bell
Telephone Company in the Columbus case,
and their brief fs practically completed.
The arrangements will begin on the Goth
of September, and the Governments case
will be presented by Messrs. Thurman,
Lowery and Chandler.
THE acting Secretary of the Treasury
has issued circular calling the attention
of all officers and employees of the Treasury
Department to the Presidents order of
July II, 1886, warning the Federal officers
against Interference in politics. The cir
cular contains no sinstruc tions or orders,
but simply calls attention to the order of
the President, which is printed therein IN
full. s@ ~ ~ u t
A LARGE number of immigrants was
landed at. Castle Garden, New York, on
the 31sta The steamer Degonis from
Glasgow breunht s232; the Grecian Mon
arch, 1856 the zEfbe, 400; ana the Wyom-
ing, $40 Among those by the last-named
vessels were 401 Mormons, many of whom
will be returned to- Europe as persons
likely to become a burden on this country
if allowed to remain. arl1-' .H
A. G. SEDGwICK, United states Envoy
to Mexico to investigatethe Cutting case,
is said to have been rather prominent in
Washington under the Board of Public
Works regime. In 1870 he went to WASH
ington at the suggestion of Sunset Cox,
whose influence procured him position
under Governor Shepherd. He became in
volved in quarrel with a contractor,
however, and resigned, going back to
New York to practice law. -..s-s
PARRoTsvILLE, in Cooke County, Tenn,
is in wild state of excitement over a
frightful epidemic which has made its ap-
pearance there. The disease, which in
in every case proves fatal, resembles fux,
except that the victims are attacked with
severe pains in the head and at the same
time with pains in the abdomen. The
physicians are, unable to cope with the
disease and those striken with it succum
within a short time. Twenty seven
deaths had occurred up to the night Of
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