The Brookhaven leader., 1886-07-15
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

aged respectively ten and fourteen years,
were drowned in the Allegheny river near
Kittaning, Pa, on the 7th. Mead was
seized with cramps while bathing and
Maxheimer jumped in to rescue him.
The Common Pleas Court of Clinton
County, Ohio, has ordered the Cincinnati
& Eastern railroad sold within sixty days
for not less than S670,0OO.
The window glass workers were in con-
vention at Pittsburgh on the 8th.
THE number of Tories elected to the Brit
ish Parliament up to the evening of the
9Th equaled the entire number of that party
| in the last Parliament.
SPRINGFIELD, o., contributes $500 to the
Irish parliamentary fund.
DURING riot at Cardiff, Wales, on the
| sth, the police charged the crowd, wound
| them seriously.
MIGUEL CHAcoN, the murderer, was
hanged at New York on the 9th
| REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM II. COLE, Of
Maryland, died on the 8th.
THE Postal Clerks Brotherhood has is
sued formal reply to the Postmaster
General.
The thirteenth National Conference of
Charities and Correction meet at st. Paul,
Mimi, July Il to II.
DR.. ROBERT TAYLOR, of New York re-
ports the cure of case of lock-jaw, the
only cure on record. 1t was accomplished
| by the free use of alcoholic stimulants
NEAR Princeton, Ind, on the Sth, Mrs.
Turpin killed her two children. three and
seven years old, and committed suicide.
| .
working majority in the British Parlia-
ment independent Of the Liberal Union
lists, must carry eighty-two of the remain
ing 173 seats.
| CONSIDERABLE uneasiness exists regard
| ing the situation in the East. England is
preparing note to Russia regarding the
closing of the port of Batoum.
| OHIO Republican editors held conven-
ton at Columbus, on the Sth to express
their feelings concerning Senator Payne
and the manner of his election.
The half f-breeds In the Stony Mountain
penitentiary, who participated in the
| Northwest rebellion, are to be granted full
| amnesty by the Canadian Government.
THE use of natural gas in manufactures
| at Pittsburgh, Pa, is said to have thrown
| 5000 men out of employment by lessening
| the need for coal.
A pENs1oNER named Penland, living
at Belleville, Ont, on the Sth shot and
killed woman named Mack, seriously
wounded her husband, and committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
| heart
GEORGE WASHINGTON and w. Chase
Morton, of Virginia, went over to Wash
| ington on the Sth to arrange a duel with
each other, but were arrested and after
wards made an amicable settlement.
| THE Senate committee on commerce on
the Sth reported adversely on the nomina-
tion of Herbert F. Beecher to be collector
at Port Townsend, W.. T.
THE King of Cambodia's brother, Swo-
tha, who had been the instigator of many
rebellions during the past twenty years,
has been captured and shot Another
brother of the King has been beheaded.
THE New York grand jury found an in
dictment for murder in the first degree
against Dan Driscoll, the leader of the
Whyo gang, who shot and killed Bridget
Clarity couple Of weeks ago. Driscon
pleaded not guilty in court.
| PAPAL ABLEGATE O'BRYEN sailed from
Liverpool on the 9Th on the steamer Poly
nesian. In addition to the bat for Cardi-
nal Taschereau, he carries the palium for
two Canadian Archbishops.
| THE third tragedy within two weeks oc-
| Cured at the Parker House, in Latrobe,
Pa, on the night of the 7th. During a
! quarrel a well-known character named
| Palmer was shot and instantly killed by a
person in the crowd. No arrests.
| THE bodies of H. A. Crommelin, secre-
tary of the Dutch Legation at Vienna, and
| Margrave Pallavacini and their compan-
ions, who attempted to make the ascent of
tue Gross Gloeckner Alp on June %, have
been found at the foot of Pasterze glacier,
| at Gloeckerkaar.
| SAMUEL ARCHER was hanged according
| to programme at Shoals, Ind, on the 9th.
HERBERT GLADSTONE predicts a new
election within twelve months.
THE Senate in executive session on the
| 9th, rejected the nomination of Solicitor
General Goode.
Troops have been ordered to Rowan
County, Kentucky, to aid in enforcing the
law.
| THE Panama Canal Company have de-
| cided to issue bonds instead of a lottery
loan.
| BEAL & Co., the New York cotton brok-
ers who failed a few days ago, have re-
sumed business.
| SATISFACTORY negotiations regarding
the New Hebrides are going on between
France and England.
MILTON EVANS, a farm laborer from
Southern Missouri, died from ny ydrophobia
at Kansas City on the 9th.
BURGLARS effected an entrance to the
post office at Minneapolis, Minn., on the
night of the Sth, and robbed the safe oil
$20, 900 in stamps and small amount in
| cash.
THE closing of the port of Batoum, it il
officially stated at st. Petersburg, does
not constitute a violation of the Berlir
treaty.
ONE HUNDRED negro miners have beer
put to work in the Danville Ql.) coal
mines, supplanting white men.
A STORMY scene ensued in the Spanish
Cortes on the 9th, when member referred
to the alleged bourse speculations of the
late King Alfonso.
AN attempt will be made to tow raf
of 3,5OO,OO0 feet of logs from st. Johns
New Brunswick, to New York.
The 100000 damage suit of the Bank
ers & Merchants Telegraph Company
against the Western Union is nearing ar
end.
AN insane man fired a revolver in the
French Chamber of Deputies on the 9th
the bullet passing close TO the head of th'
president of the chamber.
F. NJ. MARSHALL, of Stark County, Ohio
| was hazed in q brutal manner bY his tel