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The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

TEE first snow Of the season fell at Con
cord, n. H., on the 10th. Mount Moosa-
Link, Mount Prospect and the Sandwich
range of mountains are covered.
THERE was a severe earthquake shock at
SummervilIe, s. c., on the 10th.
FURTHER particulars of the great disas
ter at Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou
are constantly being received. The situa-
tion has not been exaggerated In the least.
THE switchmen's strike at Minneapolis
promises to be long and bitter one and
will probably stop all shipments for
while.
BLIND Tom, the colored pianist. is said
py his mother, Charity Virgins, to be of
weak mind.
THREE colored men were lynched near
Carrollton, Ala, on the 10Th for arson.
THE President on the 10Th appointed
Benjamin Folsom, of New York, to be Con
sui OF the United States at Sheffield, En-
land. Mr.. Folsom is cousin of Mrs. Ceve-
land.
THE postofIlce at Brown, Clay county
Ark, has been discontinued. Mail t.
Greenway.
THE six States having the largest mum
ber of postofiices are: Pennsylvania, 40Ol;
New York, 32l5; Ohio, 27G2; Virginia.
228l; Illinois, 2229; Missouri, 2057.
MEssRs. HEWITT AND ROOSEVELT have
written formal letters accepting, respect
lively, the Democratic and Republican
nominations for Mayor of New York.
The aggregate loss by fire at Eastport,
Me-, on the 10Th, is placed at $4,000.
THE annual book of cotton statistics,
compiled by Messrs. Latham, Alexander
& Co., estimates the total crop of this
year at 6,202, ,70S bales.
AT the sale of blooded horses at Glen
view, KY, on the 18th, over $4,000 worth
were purchased by Tennesseans.
THE Vicksburg and Meridian and the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Companies are
ignoring the tariff established by the Mis-
sissippi Railroad Commission.
LINsY McKINTRY, of Henderson, KY, a
guest Of the Merchants Hotel, of Evans
vile, Ind, shot and instantly killed John
Martin, an italian, another guest Of the
hotel, on the night of the 18th.
THE death of Senator Pike makes the
death roll of the Forty Ninth Congress
eight in number already.
JAMES G. BLAINE made a speech at Phil
adelphia on the night of the 10th, and will
canvass the State of Pennsylvania for the
Republican State ticket.
FATHER SHERMAN, the Brooklyn priest
who created a sensation fewmonths ago,
by marrying Miss Tillie Mccoy, has left
his wife and entered q monastery in
Philadelphia.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21
HEALTHY GROWTH.
Wonderful Progress of Manufact turing EIr
terprise In the south During the Past
Nine Mouths.

Wonderful Progress of Manufacturing Er
terprise In the south During the Past
Nine Months.
BALTIMoRE, Md, Oct l5.-The Manu-
dct,rers' Record publishes a three col
umn article on the industrial progress OF
the South during the past nine months,
based upon advices from all Southern
States. 1t says that new enernrlses OF
gigantic proportions are following one
upon the other so rapidlv that there
seems to be no limit to the possibilities oi
the South in the development OF Its
enormous mineral wealth.
The centre of interest is in the pro-
gress OF The iron and steel industry. Ar
rangemrnts have been m de for The
erection Of sixteen furnaces, three rx-
tensive BrSsemer sleel works, hrce
large pine works, Il bi-ic steel works,
"A large steel ra | woriS AMI two stove
worSs, IN nv o which are now III course
OF construction
These new en'e pri~e~ are scat cred all
over the South, the IN st import mt he.
ing in Alabama mud Tennessee The
uum uer of nev machine shops, tioE
works fOundreS, bridge works AMI sim
liar enterprises is very large an Sleillly
increasing Several new coal mines have
heen OPP ned.
During tre last nine months the IN
du>trlnl growth has dde TO 'hc number
of manufac uring AM mining enter rises
IN The South A. ice fa"tnri :, ran !ihg in
cost from 5 5000 10 8 ,000; ST tonn'
di les and ma hiue shop%, | II 50 mel
steel rail mall, Ii mi ccllancou' iron
works, stove toun 'rieS, 10 @as works,
23 electrtc light companies, S"g irulluraI
implement lac ori :, III mi Id
QUAR-, in! enterprises, 9 cot On mills, Is
furniture factories, 81 wafer works, ~
tobacco fncluries and II A 'ur mills.
cumming up the amount Of canita'
.tock represented NV the NV enterprises,
the enhancement Of cd plants and lie re-
Luildlng OF de-lroyel mills lor The first
months of 1856. we have:
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

CHICAGO, Oct. 15.-The National Coun
ell of the Congregational Church met in
this city yesterday. The total report OF
the Secretary shows a total OF ALI
hurches, with $50 900 members; receipts
pi year were S24, ,937, and disbursements
sl7,36l. The election OF officers re.
ulled as follows: Secretary, Rev
lenry A. Hagen, Auburndale, Mass.
reasurer, DR., L. Perrin, Torrington,
'onn.; Auditor Hon. David A. Camps,
ew Bri ain, Conn. Registrar, Rev. w IL
am III. Moore. Ila u ord, Conn.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21
A Wife Murderer LYnched.

MONTICELLO, Ills, Oct. l5.-Wednes
lay night about one O'Clock about two
hundred disguised men oVerpowdered the
sheriff and broke into the Jail, and tool
therefrom Henry whitman, the wife
murderer, and hanged him 10 4
small shade tree near thu
Jail. After hanging him theI
then shot him eleven times TO make surt
of their work. Wiidman cut his vi e's
throat on the Sd of july last near At
wood, H., and has been in jail here since
that time.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21
AMI IN nner,

THF German Government has received
q Ion" dispatch from Herr Thilmann, the
German apent at Sofia. He describes the
position Of affairs as extremely critical.
l. is reported that Russia has notified the
Powers Of the necessity for the immediate
occupation of Bulgaria.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THE biennial session of the Supreme
Council of the Thirty-thir1 D,gree Ma
sons for the southern iurs licti0n Of the
United States will begin in Washin gton
on the 18Th inst. This is the Srpre me
Council of the Scottish Rite, of which
General Albert Pike is Grand Command
ar
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

AMONG the persons who graSped the
band of the President on the 11th, at the
public reception, were several tvp'cal
Eprlishm m, who seemed highly DELIGHTED
to meet Mr.. Cleveland, and who created
some merriment by their peculiar actions
and m nners.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

SAMUEL FrELDEN, one of the condemned
Chicago Anarchists, sends a letter TO the
papers in which he speaks of the assault
ma le on the informer Waller in a Chicago
drinkin~ saloon, AMI intimates that the
as ault w1s arranged by the police to
M ke certain the doom of the cond emned
men.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

TIVE State Departnent has received a
brief dispatch from the American Consul
Gen raj Mt Halifax c0nfrmatorv of the
reports touching the recent seizure by
C'nadian customs officers of the Am mnri
can schooner Marion Grimes at Shelburne,
N. s.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THE negotiations between the Standard
Oil Company and the proprietors of the
Empire and American oil refineries were
concluded on the 14th by the former pay
ing the latter 81, %, 900 for their plants.
The purchase includes the indep ndent
pipe lines running from the Butler and
Washn ton (Pa.) oil fields.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THE report of the Egyptian Cotton As
socintion shows that the crop is fully M
to tie avera"e. The worms have disap-
raored. The vinld is estimated Mt 3100.-
OOO canters. mi arrivNls at Alexandria
show il to he Of superior quality.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THE town % Sabine Pass. Tex, was
totolly dee'rovel bv the water Of the
Sabine river on the night Of the 10Th.
Sixtv-fv lives are koown to have been
lost. A hotel with fifteen or twenty guests
was swept out into the bay and all were
lost.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

TuF director Of the French Catholic mis-
sions has heon informed that seven hun
Dire Christians have been massncre1 In
Tanho, Tonquin; also that thirty VILLAGES
in that district have been hurne and nine
thousand inhabitants are starving.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THE second COMPTROLLER of the Teasurv
has decided that where a claim agains t
the government once decided has been
reopened and reheard, second rehear ing
should not be granted, except upon the
strongest evidence of irregularity in the
former proceeding or new discoveries of
essential fact,
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THE coal mine owners Of Fifeshire,
Scotland, refuse to concede the demand
o. the miners for an increase Of ten per
cent. in wages. The masters throughout
Scotland are in favor of a general lockout
unless the men ahate their demand.
Thirty-five THOUSAND miners would be in
volved in such a lockout.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

RUMoPs orio ioinating in the United States
Of the assassination % General GNnzales,
ex-Presidpnt of the Republic of Mexico
and now Governor Of the State of GUIANA
tuato, prove to be entirely without foun-
dation.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

TIL business Foi'uraS occu RING THROUGH =
GU the country du"ing the seven davs
ende Tho 18Th numbered for the United
Stotes 100, AMI for Canoda 10 total Of
179 ms compared with total OF 100 for
the previous like period.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

TIE remains of the late Chipf-Justlce
Salmon P. Chase, which were hnried at
Oak Hill, WASHINGTON, Nav 10, 1873, we're
transferred from the old casket on the 11th
o a new one prepared for their reception
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

REAR-ADMIRAL EDWARD T. NICHOLS
diel at Pomfret, Conn, on the 18th, after
a shor illness. Admiral Nichols had been
spending the summer at Pomfre-, and had
been in usual health. He was founl on the
morning of the 9th suffering from an ap-
opletic fit, and was unconscious until his
death. He was sixty-f -four years old.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

Henry WARD BEECHFR delivered an ad-
dress at London on the 18th on "Pulpit
Work." an1 created intense excitement bv
his answers to questions ms to his idea Of
the doctrine of retribution.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THE recent Treesurv order reducing the
rte o. dra whnck on dried refined su~.r.
does not affect the existin~ rate OF four
cents per "nllou lnss ten ne~ cent. for sir
urs resul'n~ from the refining Of import
cd raw SUGAR.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

THr extensive glass factory of King
Son & Co. at Pittsburgh, Pa, was par
tiallv DESTROYED bv fire on the night of
the 18th. Los, $4,000; fully insured.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

GFRMAN oficers have bovcotted Metz
tradesmen on account OF their hostile atti-
tule durinr the visit of Crown Prince
Frederick William to that city.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SHERIDAN had a
con ference with the President on the 18Th
on the Geronimo matter, and at the con-
clusion he said he was unable to tell how
soon there would be any action on the
subject. Every thing that he had seen
published about the Miles report he char
acterized as speculation of rather wild
description,
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21
SECRETARY MAKN1Ne visited the Treas,

SECRETARY MANNING visited the Treas
ury Department about noon on the 18th,
and remained there for two hours. He
had conferences with Assistant Secretaries
Fairchild and Thompson and few other
officials in regard to the affairs of the de-
par ment. He denied himself to general
callers, and gave particular instructions
against The admission Of othce- seekers.
The Brookhaven leader., 1886-10-21

A COMMUNICATION from Minister West
has been transmitted by the Department
of State to the War Department, calling
attention to the threatening state of af-
fairs on the boundary line between Mon
tana and the British possessions, and sug-
gesting the adoption of measures calcu-
lated to prevent raiding across the line by
hostile Blood and Piegan Indians
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-02
PKoGRxss Of IHE H1RV1RD ANNEx

IFS INCORFogAtIoN Win IHE COLLEGE HOPED
FOR ~ TUE PRESENT YEAR.
CAMBRiDGE, Mass, Jan. 1.-The sixth an
nul report OF Secretary Gilman OF tho Society for the
Collegiate instruction OF Women at Harvard presents
this year some interesting facts In the present
de mical year OF the society house ample and well
adapted to use "a recitation building purchased
by the society. Tho building and land cost
with the improvements made by the society. the mod
est sum OF $50 600 OF which $4,000 has been paid
This building contains excellent recitation rooms and
reception rooms, and presents home like appearance
A Is well known at Cambridge, when the endowment
of this society reaches the Of 100000 the society
will be incorporated into tho university At present
the society entirely separate from the university.
cet far It's Instructors anl professors taken
from the University Faculty.
There are this year "a students st the Annex. and
In the college ITSELF most OF these come from Aassa-
chusetts The list Is as follows From Massachusetts
A from Maine 3; from Kansas. Connecticut NewYork
Ohio and Pennsylvania, each and from Minnesota p
The famous girls from Texas who have been given
much local fame In the song called the Annex Maid,
have gone back Texas These two girls were specially
remembered because In order 10 get the means to come
to the Annex they and with the proceeds
OF the sale sought for Harvard education. There
howeveraways at the Annex girls who have ;rinmphed
obstacles just difficult as the Texan asscs had TO
meet. TO the Annex come grls from the Girls Latin
School, from the Cambridge High school, from Brad
ford Academy, from wesleyan University, from
Smith College ana oven from Nassaf
Only one student completed full four
years course last Two young Indies took sec
Oud honorB IN the classics and one took nnal nigh
eat honors the classics IL seems TO ne rule that IN
the classics the young ladies stand fully ms high as do
the students the college by. But the former do
with great success In the seyorer economical
and historical subjects In political economy for ex
show love or pure reasoning Tor It's own
sake bat their interest Is confined merely 10 the social
aspect OF the science. The Annex M,ils arc often
seen at the evening lectures and concerts held by the
college, but they not prone to lcyity ns general
rule IL Is therefore somewhat rare even Win
Seniors be able to point 10 acquaintance with al
Annex girl The Annex may be said 10 be- almost upon
permanent footing II has It's own rooms now, and II
has many the abcst OF Harvards instructors aud pro
fessor 1t has succeeded ia interesting phauthrnpc
men Ia the work. and its peeunlary standing
Is gradually becoming more and more solid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-02
THE GIBBS COMRITTEE'S ELLIS
PROPOSING sINGLE-HEADGD CoMMis IONS AND
OTHER EXTENSIVE CHANGES

PROPOSING sINGLR-HEADgD COMMIs IONS AND
OTHER EXTENSIVE CHANGES
The Senate Investigating Committee on
Muuicrpal Affairs at the head OF which was Senator
Frederick Gibbs has framed nearly dozen bills as
result of ia inquiry the management OF the city
den rtments The committee has consulted with Mayor
Grace Controller Lnew and the Corporation Counsel
The bills haze drawn by Lawyers John H. strahan
Thomas Allison ahd 4. d. Williams. Tle prepared bills
we're courteOusy referred to Lawyer Charles T. Miller
but his strained relations with the committee, growing
out of his disposition to things his way and to
supersede the committee, have prevented his taking
prominent part framing the results Of the invesga'
ton into proposed laws.
One OF these is act to regulate the letting
out Of for work under the Department Of Pub
lie Works. The purpose Is TO prevent repetition OF
the unbalanced bid offences which prospered greatly
under the ndminIs ration OF Hubert o. ThompsOn and
which we're exposed in THE TRIBUNE Another relieves
the Mayor the Of cOuutersignng warrants and
only the signatures OF tho CITY Chamberlain and Con
trner required. Another aboishcs the Board for
the aud correction or assessments and pro
vdes thai hearing shall nc had upon the proper vau-
atoms before the assessment confirmed at which both
the and the property owner shall bc repre-
seuted Another provides Tor the investment or the
pal building. criminal court building aud schoohouse
Another limits the time AFTER alleged cause when
jnrs sustained 10y accidents for which the city may be
alleged to be responsible Another provides Tor the pay
ment of snch part OF the citys debt was incurred
before the Constitutional Amendment limiting the III
de Jtedness OF cities went into effect.
Tue important OF the proposed measures Is that
which creates singe-hsaded departments except for
elections assessments and taxes. This would put an
end TO the partisan character OF the Board The act
is TO 20 into effect Immediately upon its but the
present commissioners are TO receive their salaries n
the EN- ~ OF their respective terms
proposed transfer the powers and duties OF the
Commissioners of Excise TO tho Police Department.
IL is believed that the service can be more economically
AND as honestly performed In this way.
NTo the Commissioner of Public Works Ia to be given
as much authority IN the Twenty-third and Twenty
Wards has I'm the other parts of the city
other now under consideration
One of reduce the present ratio ot the
State tax which NewYOrk CITY has now To bear by more
strictly defining the powers AMI rights OF the State
Board for the Equalization OF Taxes. the second pro
ves for the OF local from state and National
elections. by having thepI in the spring.
The committee will meet TO act definitely on these
bills Oh next Friday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-02

Mooney. James Mccartney, Augustus t. Docharty'
George Garfield. ]. NJ. Boyle Asa d. Kellogg, superih-
tendeDt McAvoy, Peter a. Jobes, W. W. Andrews.
Major George W. Mclean, Theodore A. Hamilton and
Jerry" HartigaB. With only one stop for wafer at
TvOli the train reached Albany at 11l0 O'Clock. max
was formed James j. Kelso acting as Grand MsrsDa,
with Richard A. Cunningham and p. H. JObes as al,es
The rear was brought MP by Jimmy" Oyer. scatter III
carriage bearing ship OF flowers with the name
"Erth's Hope" and hailing rom Paradise Park. .
Escorted by the Jackson Club the column marchea
the Governors residence. special review ~ tne
Lac with the other bodies forming the marching
column and went TO the Capltol Inc ES
ecGtye Committee wel-drcssed ana good
looking body of This seemed to be the opinion OF
many Of the who lined the streets along
the route. Their opinions rather freely expessCu
The held OF the column led by such heavy weights
ms Mcssrs. Thompson, Marine COstlgah fuifoS hoi9'
and Cunningham. 49,,
''New-York County Democracy Executive Commit
tee said bystander. reading the nsrEpton on tis
badge by each man "Well think man must
weigh least 200 pounds before he Is eligible Tor aus
sion into that crowd <-,.
As the column was on tho way to tho Governors
his eye along the hue OF silk hats and stylish OIcrcOats
one OF them remarked TO his companion; = No hod ear
rers N that crowd" Thomas toS'He ;,,v nm
the hill lcatiug TO the CAPITOL but man
fully trudged through the mud with his comIa9es. -.
Sec Jimmy" shouted an rrchin, " that fellow must
be looking good thing from the Governor TO pun his
weight up to the Capitol .....
hasty luncheon at the railroad restaurant was eaten,
the train boarded and at 100 D. NJ ~ pulIru out
from the station and started for Now YORK ohe stop
made at TvOli again for wafer ANA al 41o 'he .r'
entered the Grand Central station making the run III
three hours and quarter. -, -.
dent 10 mar 1t. There few who yentnred the sNH-
geSti0n that it would have been pehsater ha nc ocEa
been the inauguration Of Edward Cooper plt lhc
majority willing 10 consgn this to tie realms OF
" What might have Leeur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-02
IF WIS Nor A CAT

John NJ Long is popular member of Pill
grim Congregational Church IN Harlem. and is ever
ready with his hands pocketbook 10 aid in plans for
the social or financial benefit Of the church. He Is
unmarried and fdstdiOus in his dress and manners
bit of experience makes him blush every time
IL is mentioned lie walking through One-hundrcd
and-twenty few evenings ago. when he OBJ
served IA neatly wrapped parcel on the pavement, and
as he approached 1t peculiar wall sounded npon his
ears which he thought resembled tile voice OF cat He
war1y walked toward the bundle. expecting at every
step cat rush Ou and when he reached II gave
IL n slight kick. Then palntlye little cry was heard.
still felt iimd" lie said and stopped OveraDd care
fully uuiolded the wrappngs. was greatly asonlshed
when discovered the bright chubby face OF boy-now
might have been grl-but. IT was baby anyway,
and II looked up into my face aud smiled That smile
went right to my heart"
- How old was the baby, Mr.. Longi"
" Not than four or 1--WE days"
"And It smiled at you and looked appealingy into
yOnr face ."
A." 10 certainly did"
MIR. Long was u really n smile a case OF cOoi"
I'm not sure. But I couldn't leave tho poor thing
and cold. SO picked 1t up carefully and -
:" Carried IL homo 7"
No, to the Police Station"
"Why didn't you take IL home !"
" Did you read that novel, What will he do with
II r."
The babe still In charge Of the municipal authori-
ties at last report
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-02
DR. PANooAsrS ASTROLOGICAL FoREcA SITS

DIR. Seth Pancoast, of this city, a prominent
ply stefan and author Of many important works Is
great cabalist, and s recognized among scholars
OF tho Occult sciences all the world OF the
greatest living theosophists and authorities mystic
and unwritten cabasuc lore
The completion OF the current cycle OF the In 1892
lie says will he the elimination and will In all probA
bilty mark the end of the world From until tho
year 2055 at least, the world, Dr. Pancoast says will
make progress In the most wonderful Inventions
man have the secrets OF the universe in his grasp
and attain degree OF ntellgenc tnat VIII comprehend
much, II not AL of the plan OF tho physca universe and
be able to avert overcome most II not all the inlu-
ences that threaten his comfort welfare exist
ence. Al mankind Will advance wonderfully and rapid
ly In intelligence and power and the faculty Of acquiring
wealth far beyond anything OF which the Imagination
conceive Men viii not only be able discover
gold wherever IL exists. but IL will longer have the
value for chemists Will be able produce 1t.
will be common as iron.
"As to the year 1885," said DIR. Pancoast last night
looking mp at a quaint timepuce to how the old
year slipping away "nothng Is ceai as that II
country. and especially people who labor with their
hands"