The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-16

VOLUME ". s3: 8:
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
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JoHy e, OWENS, the noted comedian,
died at Baltimore, Nd, on the 7th.
gfGovERNoR LEE OF Virginia has refused
to interferein the case of Cluverius and
he wilfhaveto hang.
.JAMEsG. BLAINE, JR., made successful
debut in journalism on the 9TH as a report
or on the Pittsburgh. (Pa.l TINES.
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THE President was. somewhat improved
in health on the 7th,s and was able to pre-
side at the regular Cabinet meeting. i
QUEEN VICTORIA has forbidden the ad
mission. within the precincts of Windsor
castle, of newspapers containing reports
of the Campbell divorce suit.
STATE Departn1ent officials continue X
express gresA satisfaefien< with the adroi
and successful management of the fishery
cases by Consul-General Phelan at Hall
fax.
HESRT GROVES, Congressman-elect from
Perry County, Ind., was thrown from his
carriage on the 4th, and was so severely
injured that his recovery is very much il
doubt \ IS @ @
CONGRESSMAN SwINBU RNE, of New York
has served notice upon Congressman-elec
Nicholas T. Kane that he will contest hi
seat in, the Fiftieth Congress on thu
ground of fraud.
THE loss on the Lyons mansion at Lyons
Falls, N. Y, which was burned on the night
of the 9TH, will amount to over $5G00o ;insur
ance, 5000 1t was one Of the finest resi-
dences in the State.
THE President has accepted a section O
forty miles of the Cascade branch of thu
Northern Pacific Railroad in. Washington
Territory from the 125th to the 165th mil'
west from Columbia river.
IN uS-Aildh AilplOiddolS AllNiSo ~ 10 NC
lievcd that grave questions will soon aris'
owing to the position taken by Presiden
Cleveland in the Cutting case.
THE Secretary OF the Treasury has SEN
to Congress the estimates of appropria
tions required for the fiscal year endins
June 80, 1888. The total amount estimate
oe Ynr1,Iy,a1 fn,. .af thu Gov
crnment, is $325, 1875, 19i. ~ 81
nj. RIBEAU, for number of years, chair
man Of the committee on appropriations o.
the French National Assembly, was on thu
floor of the Senate at Washington on this
9th, and was presented to a number OF
Senators by Senator Allison.
THE issue of standard dollars from. ths
mints during the week ended December
was s5S1.011. The issue during the CORE
spending period of last year was s199,393
The shipments Of fractional silver coil
during November amounted to S7f7, ,49l.,
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THIS Government has received, through
the British legation in Washington, an OF
fetal Invitation to participate il an inter
national exhibition. which is to be held il
Manchester, England, next year, to cefe
brate the jubilee of her Britannia Majesty
reign.
THE Comptroller of the Currency say
that M. Serbia was asked to resign onac
count Of his incompctency. The Comp
troller regrets that Mr.. Scrba's persist
ence shoald make it necessary to revea
the true cause Of the desire to make
change.
ARTHUR A. THOMAS, who has been ap
pointed membel. Of the Utah Commis
sion. issthe prcsenb Secretary of Utah Ter
ritory re succeeds sex- Senator Paddock
who resigned for the reason that his pri
vatc interests demanded his presence il
Nebraska, -ts so~+s~:t es-. ..s.. ~
HENRY G.. FLEDDERMAN, sheriff of Balti
more, Nd, has been presented by the
grand jury for attempting to bribe col
ored votor at the polls Of the, Third pre-
cinct of the Tenth ward at the recent con
grcssioltal election Fledderman denie
the charge. Z 49, ..ttgs .ssFE...3
THE threat Of the helpers and engine
men in the local yards of the Burlington
q Missouri railway at Omaha, to ceas
work ifstheir wages Were not raised, was
put into effect on the 9th. A force of mel
was ordered from Lincoln to take the
place o: the strikers. r = 't@s .E
Mr.. T. MERCER, the celebrated Alaskan
traveller and explorer, is in Ottawa, Ont.
on business connected with the geological
survey. Mr.. Mercier spent fourteen year:
in Alaska and has attained awide reputa
tion research in the history and Gus
toms of that country.
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4 WOMAN at Brussels revealed the
place where a number of the letter!
recently stolen from the Ostend express
had been hidden. They were found in The
Rue Blanchissere in drain. The Englsl
police know who stole the mail and are OF
the track of the robbers S
THE. steel dispatch vessel Dolphin lef
Hampton Roads on the 10th with Rear Ad
mirrl James E. Jouett and the rest of th'
board Of inspection on board, to steam out
side the capes of tho Chesapeake to Try
her machinery for speed, and to exercise
the new battery recently placed on board
LIEuTESAST- GENERAL SHERIDAN has is
sued a notice, that the Society of thu
Army. of the Cumberland will hold it,
eighteenth reunion at the city of Washing
ton on the 18th and 18th of May, 1887, OF
which occasion the statue in memory o
its lamented eomrade, General James A
Garfield, will be unveiled"
IT is learned On the highest authorit,
thatthe Government will renew its sui
againstthc Bell Telephone Company il
Boston. An unfavorable decision in TIL
lower court is anticipated, but it is be
lieved that is matter of no particular i'm
portanee, the main point sought being K
get theea into the Supreme Court at thl
earliest possible date ~
The collector of customs at New Yorl