The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-10-14


PIKE died at bis home at Franklin Falls,
N. H., on the Sth.
THREE miners were badly injured by a
gas explosion on the Sth in a mine near
Beaver Falls, Pa.
MINISTER JACKSON, on the occasion o
his departure from Mexico, received the
greatest ovation ever given an American,
with the exception of General Grant.
The American Board of Missions of the
Congregational Church closed its work at
Des Moines, Ia, on the 6th and adjourned
THE Knights of Labor convention at
Richmond, Va, finis he'd the work of or
ganisation on the 8th, and proceeded to
business.
Mrs. ANNA KozYANsKI, of Detroit,
Mich, was denied Christian burial on ac~
count of connection with a rebellious fac
tion of her church. She was partisan
of Father Kolasi in sky.
AN inquiry into the facts concerning the
conservation of the colors of the Irish Fu-
sileers by Catholic priest has been or.
dered by the British Government.
JOSEPH CRAWFORD goes to the peniten-
tiary for five years from Dallas County,
Missouri, the charge against him being
the burning of the town of Urbana.
PREMIER Won TAAFE announced in the
lower house of the Austrian Parliament
on the Sth that there is no occasion to APP
prehend disturbance of the Austro Ger. I.
man relations.
LEAvITT, who was arrested at Chica go
for the murder of Rev. Mr.. Haddock, at
Sioux City, Ia, has made a confession,
charging John Arensdorf with the shoot.
ing.
FIVE THOUSAND pork packers, butchers
and other employees of the Chicago pack
ing houses went out on strike on the 8th
against return to the Ten-Hour system,
throwing 1900 others into involuntary
idleness.
A RELIGIOUS riot at Delhi, in which
many were killed, was caused by Hindoo
sectarian leader tying pig within Mo-
hammedan sacred edifiee in such posi-
tion that it squealed all night.
Acknowledgement GARLAND has been
telling some of his friends how much he
enjoy ed deer hunts down in the vicinity ot
Hominy Hill. He says that he was for
tunate enough to kill several, and has car.
ried back to Washington some of the ant.
lers.
PLEURo-PNEUMoN1A recently made Its
appearance near Vincentown, Burlington
County, N. j., and it has spread to ar
alarming extent. The State Board ol
Health has attempted to eradicate 1t by
killing infected animals and quarantining G
herds.
JOHN w. NORTON, the st. Louis theatri.
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the Sth was we'll enough to take drive
His friends are hopeful that he may pull
through, although he is very weak mar
yet. He is still in New York.
HENRY BANKS was found dead in his
bed by his nineteen-yea ar-old son at his
home, at Jersey Heights, N. j., on the 8 tn.
An empty bottle labeled "laudanum" in
dicated suicide. He had been suff ering
with rheumatism for some months. His
wife died year ago and his four children
are destitute and friendless.
THERE has been a sharp advance in the
prices of iron during the past week in the
Chattanooga (Tenn.) district, and iron
men are much encouraged over the out
look. Bar iron has gone from $160 TO $3.50
within ten days, and the demand grows
heavier daily. There is not an iron in
dustry in that section but what is in full
operation.
DANIEL DRIsCoLL, ex-leader of the
WhYo gang, who was convicted of the
murder of his mistress, Beezy Garrity, in
a Hester street New York; brothel, on
June 26 last, was sentenced on the Sth to
be hanged on the Sd of next December.
He took his sentence very cooliy.