The Brookhaven leader., 1886-11-11
TIE schooner NJ walker sank of Che.

THE schooner N. Walker sank OFF Che.
boyan, Mich, on the 9th.
THERE were III failures in the United
States during the seven days ended the
9Th.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt through
out the Carolinas and Georgia on the 9th.
THE President has appointed George w.
Baxter, of Cheyenne, Wyo., to be Govern
or of W coming Territory, vice Francis E.
Warren, suspended.
HARVARD college foundation was COM
memorated by an appropriate celebration
on the 5th.
HENRY A. LEVY, a lawyer, was shot Sc
riously on the 9th, by Charles Steinhoff,
farmer near Eau Claire, Wis.
SPANISH exports for October show an in
crease of S5,O0O,Oo0 over the same month
last year.
A CONTEST is to be made of the will of
Mrs. Henrietta Lenox, of New York, who
made many charitable bequests.
IT is said to be probable that Rounds,
ex-public printer at Washington, will be
prosecuted for irregularities in office.
GENERAL KAULBARs demands the dis
missal of the prefect who expelled Rus
sian subject fl ON the Sofa council cham
Der.
FRANK JAMES says that Jim Cummings
was not the sort of man for the Frisco
express robbery, and he does not believe
him the guilty man.
IT is rumored that Mr.. Carlisle will de-
cline reelection as Speaker Of the House
of personalities for the reason that his
seat is to be contested.
WISCONSIN Democrats are claiming
that their loss of the Second district to
the Republicans in the recent election
was caused by General Bragg's treach-
cry.
IT is reported at Constantinople that
Consul General Heap will be appointed
to succeed Minister Cox.
A REMARKABLE storm cloud burst over
the lake district of England on the 9Th.
1t was the heaviest ever known in that
locality. The damage to property is very
large. Many cattle were lost.
SETH WILMARTH, aged seventy six
years, a man of remarkable mechanical
ability, died at Maiden. Mass, on the 5th.
! Since 1855 he has been superintendent and
master mechanic of the Charlestown Navy
! Yard
AT Loup City, Neb., on the night of the
4th, Frank Norton, son of r S. Norton, oi
Madison, Wis, shot himself in the left
breast with suicidal intent. He was not
| discovered until the morning of the 9th
when he was found in a dying condition
The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the Merchant ts' National Bank
of Lawrence, Kas., to begin business with
a capital of 100000.
Two freight trains on the Cincinnati
Washington & Baltimore railroad collid-
ed near Loveland, o., and Musselman, q
! brakeman, was killed. The accident was
caused by improper orders by the train
dispatcher.
BURKE's new building, corner of Far
nam and Fifteenth streets, Omaha, Neb.
was destroyed by fire on the night of the
9th. 1t was a five-story structure, and
one of the handsomest buildings in the
city. The finishing touches were being
| put on. 1t was not yet occupied; loss
over $4,000.
GEORGE BARRY, six years old, was play
| ing underneath one of the arches of the
Brooklyn Bridge in New York on the 9th,
when he fell into an excavation. His
head struck on sharp stone, almost tear
ing away the entire scalp.
THE reports in the Austrian press that
Nine. Gerster, since the birth of her
| daughter, had lost her voice, that her
| husband deser ted her and that she had
become insane, has elected telegram
from Nine. Gerster, declaring the story a
! libelous untruth and that she is living
happily with her husband.