The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-05-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

of murder. The twenty -four employees Of
Spies office were also arrested on the
same charge, and all, were held without
bail. 81. ...7s.-..H, t. ..s..c....f r-
THE situation In the disturbed sections Of
the country up to the morning Of the
9th may be described as, ON the
whole, encouraging. The terrible
events in Chicago and Milwaukee,
especially the former, have had a tenden-
cy to foster a spirit of Cancellation on the
part of employers and employees, mutual
concessions follow, and work is gradually
being resumed, and to large extent with
a shortening of the hours of labor. Some
on both sides remain obdurate, but it
seemed to be the prevailing opinion that a
few days would witness an adjustment of
the more serious difficulties.
CAPTAIN JEFFRY GERRIoR, on trial at
Boston for barratry, in scuttling and cast
ing away the schooner Racer, was acquit-
ted by the jury on the 9th.
Prof. II. Hathaway a lecturer in w. W.
Coles circus, was severely bitten by a
large anaconda which he was handling
during a performance in st. Louis on the
9th.
MISS CLEVELAND will be at the White
House again in few days.
A WARRANT was issued at London on
the 9th for the arrest of John Rogers,
Minnie Palmer's manager, for threatening
to fight duel with Mr.. Arnold, member
of the company.
A MOTION to reject the Home Rule bill on
it's second reading will be introduced in
the House of Commons by Lord Harting-
ton.
CHARLES RAIL, an extensive carpet
dealer of Indianapolis, Ind. is unaccount-
ably absent from home, and receiver has
been asked for his business. -s.
A BRITISH blue book has been issued
containing the important acts of Parlia-
ment of the last century in relation to Ire
land.
A PARTY of natives from Port Stanley
are reported to have massacred the off,
cials of the French New Hebrides Com
pany on Espiritu Santo island.
NOTICE was given to the Nova Scotia
Assembly on the 9th that a motion would
be made declaring it to be to the interest
of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and
Prince Edward Island to withdraw from
the Canadian federation.
THE reply of Greece to the collective note
OF the Powers is not satisfactory to the
representatives. The foreign ministers
were expected to leave Athens on the 7th.
Great excitement existed and hostilites
seemed to be inevitable. Turkish troops
are massing on the frontier
WARRANTS for the arrest of the absent
Democratic Ohio Senators were issued on
the 9th and the deputy sergeant at arms
were ordered to make an effort to serve
them. The warrants were made returnas
bic Immediately.
REV. PHILLIPS BROOKS, of Boston, who
recently left for trip to California, has
telegraphed to his parish that he will not
leave Boston to accept the bishopric for
which he has been nominated.
GEORGE Coz, nephew of the president Of
the American Exchange Bank in New
York, was shot and fatally wounded at
Englewood, N, j., by burglar on the
night of the 5th. George 'Coe, his brother
Lewis and a young man named Brinker-
hoff discovered the burglar robbing the
school house and attempted to capture
him. They succeeded, but with the above
lamentable result. -
THE straightout Greenback State Con-
vention at Cedar Rapids, Ia, on the 9th,
nominated J. o. Sauks, of Dallas, for Sec
retary of State; l.. F. Ellsworth, of Ma
haska, Treasurer; J. V. Myers, of Lynn,
Auditori j. W. Brown, of Cass, Attorney
General '-.a fH3 "a.f - ~
'@ GENERAL THOMAS H. RUGRR, recently
appointed to the command of the Depart
ment of Dakota, arrived at st. Paul, Mimi,
on the 9th, land took formal command of
the department, with headquarters at Fort
Smelling.
IT was officially announced on the 9th at
Rome that cholera had appeared in Ven
ice and Vicenzea. oil
THE Orange societies throughout Ulster
continue their preparations for fightin G.
Promises of help have been received from
England, Scotland and the colonies. 1t is
alleged that 100000 troops can be raised
in Ireland.
DANIEL DUNBAR, an oarsman, of Chi
cago, was drowned in the lake on the 7th.
NAVIGATION from the lakes to the Gulf
of ST. Lawrence is now open.
A. w. 8. MINEAR, of Athens, o., was
shot by mistake on the night of the 7th by
his clerk and killed. ... rr.. D.. ..,
THE London Daily Ne,os renews its ar
gument in favor of the Land Purchase
bill.
A WASHINGTON rumor has it that Judge
Buckner is to succeed Land Commissioner
Sparks.
Four shots were exchanged in a duel at
Paris on the 7th between Henri Rochefort
and NJ. Portalise without effect.
The strike in the Brooklyn sugar re-
fineries has not yet been settled,
JOHN MURPHY, United States soldier
was murdered on the 7th by some un-
known porson at Fort Sully, D. T.
PERUVIAN cotton exporters have petit
toned their government to remove the ex-
port duties on that article. sea- ,..
FOURTEEN of the twenty missing Ohio
Democratic Senators were reported on the
7th as enjoying life in a private ear al
Chattanooga Tenn. .-,.t,
A SERIOUS outbreak of Sioux Indians al
Rosebud Agency, Dakota, has just beer
ayerted by concessions from the agent.
The David J. Adams, an American fish
ing vessel, has been seized by Canadian
Government Steamer at Digby, Nova
Scotia. - sTH. 80 ~ ~
/, NICHOLAS HALL, a bogus, detective, OF
Grand Rapids, Mich, was sentenced on
the 9Th to five years Imprisonment on a
charge of counterfeiting. u a.au-u' 81,
MICHAEL DAvITT says that the differ
ences between Chamberlain and Gladstone
being irreconcilable, the propos ais of the
latter are acceptable. .t,1..,...tI 90
DR.. HARRIS, who killed DR.. Barton, has
been convicted at Bloomington, H., OF
manslaughter, with punishment fixed at
five years imprisonment. "a