The Brookhaven leader., 1886-09-30

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of office. {
/ DR.. SALMON. United States veterinar-
! ian, declares the disease affecting the cat
tie quarantiucd at Chicago to be pleuro-
pneumonia.
! THE probate of the will of the late Sam
uel J. Tilden was again adjourned on the
22i for one week in consequence of the abb
sence Of Mrs. Caroline b. Whittlesey.
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TREASURY officials predict large issue !
of one dollar silver certificates, as it is |
thought they will take the place of some
the larger denominations of greenbacks. '
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ENGINEER BREWER of the excurs ion , =,
train recently wrecked on the Nickel
Plate road has turuei up at Buffalo, and :
was to appear before the coroner on the
23l.
TURKEY will demonstrate against the (
action of Russia in impeding the BulGa t
rian court martial, and will strongly up r
hold the Porte's suzerain rights over Bull I
garia.
THE Supreme Court of the United States , :
will convene for the October term on Mon
dav, the 18th prox. The number of cases =
on the docket steadily increases from year
TO year. il.
A NEW commercial treaty between En- i
gland and the United States by which '
Canadian trade relations would be greatly L
affected is said to be about agreed upon c
by both countries.
ADvICFS from New Laredo, Mex, of the .
2oth state that Colonel Juan Rodriguez
Martinez (El Coyote) is still alive, though
wounded. notwithstanding the reports OF
his killing by Mexican troops.
THERE were received at the Treasury 4
Department on the 2)th, for redemption,
500, 900 of uncaled three per- cent bonds, v
making the total amount of such bonds 4
surrendered to date about 81 ,00O,000 t
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THE business failures occurrinG:throueh-
ont the conntry in the seven days ended 7
tn oath numbered for the United States
1G5, and for Canada %, or a total of 49,, as
compared with total Of 1S5 for the pre- !
vious like period.
TIE British war scare of 1885 cost the /
English Government 111700) pounds for |
the hiring of transports which were never /
used. For the America they paid $1,000
pounds, the Unibria $4,000 pounds and the /
Rosetta 80 600 pounds. c
WHITAKER, of Chicago, in bicycle {.
race at Craw fordsvilIe, Ind, on the "A h.,
against time, made one hun lred miles in
six hours three minutes and tifty-nine r
seconds, teating the worlds record by one
hour, seven minutes and one second.
THE great charity concert for the bene- r
fl of the Missouri Masonic Orphans /
Home in st. Louis on the 22d was grand I
success. 1t was preceded by an interest I
ing friendly competitive drill by several
commanderies of Knights Templar. The |
attendance is given at about 10000. t
RIGHr REV. J. r. SHANAHAN, Bishop of 9
the Roman Catholic diocese of Harris burg, q
Pa, died at his residence at Harrisburg
on tn "a h. He retired on the night of the p
90 | in apparently good health, but in the Y
morning had an acute attack of conges- =
tion of the brain, which terminated fatally 4
before noon.
Four retail grocers were arrested at '
Cincinnati on the "A h on warrants, issued I
at the instance of Deputy Food Commits
sioner Gegan, charging them with an I
offense under the law which provides that I
imitation butter shall not he sold without I
having put up notice that imita tion but
ter is for sale.
MANY people were unable to secure ID |
mission to the Metropolitan Opera-house j
at Columbus, o., OH the night of the 24th, G
on the occasion of Governor Foraker's J
speech, which was not much political /
as an exposure of the brut alities, robberies t
and outrages at the Ohio penitentiary un- I
der Governor Hoadly's administration I
prior to last January.
EX-PREsIDENT ARTHUR has decided to (
leave New London. He win return to New
York and occupy his house on Lexington
avenue this winter. Sherman w. Knevals
spent day with him recently at New !;
London. He says that the Generals health ,
does not show any improvement, neither :
can be be considered any worse than
when he left New York.
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PRoF. WIGGINs predicts that the goth J
inst. will witness one of the most terrific {
subterranean upheavals ever known on q
this continent. He says the disturbance
will be confined to the thrtieth parallel l
of latitude and extend from ocean to 1
ocean, and that New Orleans, Macon and
Mobile will he ruined. The disturbance, l
he says, will be accompanied by violent
meteorological agitation further north.
The annual pageant Of the st. Louis S
Trades Display Association on the night |
OF the 23d presented another brilliant and |
interesting spectacle to the thousands of o
visitors in the city. The streets were so
densely packed along the route of the !
parade as to be in some instances almost |
impassable, and along the entire line the I
beauty of the floats and their appropriate {
designs were the subject of commendatory |
comment gz---.-
AN electric and wind storm was central
over Lima, O., ON the 23d, and extended
over the counties of Wyandotte, Seneca. )
Champaign and Allen. At Urbana the
wind blew the roof off the Catholic con-
vent and did considerable damage to
fruit and shade trees. The railroad sta
tion at Bluffton and at least a dozen barns
in different sections of the counties above
named were struck by lightning and de-
stroyed by fire. e i fC"H~
Mr.. CHARLES Pope made his re-entry on
the stage at his own theater in st. Louis
on the night of the Goth, In "virginius,"
before large and critical audience. His
success was almost instantaneous, show
ing that instead of growing rusty by his
retirement, his powers have deepened and
,,,aIloy,ad and lovars of legitimate his |