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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

lHE PRESIDENT Is not near so III 4 rc-
ported; he is subject to fnfrequent attack
of rheumatism which usually settle i'll the
| tendons about the knee.
THE commissions of sixty presidential
postmasters will expire during the pres
snt month. On the reassembling of Con
| gress the Presidsst will have the appoint
ments of about $50 possmasters made dur
ing the recess to sand to the Senate for
confirmation.
JOHN MILLER, aged 80 years, was frozen
to death in Summit county, Ohio, ON the
3D.. He attempted to cross a swamp, and
fell into the nirs. When found his body
was frozen fast in the mud.
CITIZENS of Chicago are organizing To
build an opera -ho.se to cost $l,jO0,OO0,
greatly exceeding the usual size.
The steamboati st. John dropped her
guards on the 4th forty miles below Non-
roe, La, precipitating 1000 bales OF cotton
into the river.
Snow fell at Huntsville, Ala, on the
9th to the depth Of eight inches.
ONE HUNDRED AND sEvENrY-TwO bales OF
cotton and a box car were burned 1T
Greenville, Miss, on the 4th. The fire as
the work OF an incendiary.
The steamboat Charles Morgan, plying
between Cincinnati and New Orleans,
burned at Fulton, KY, on the 4th. Loss
5000; partly insured. She had not made
any trips this fall
IT is understood that the President will
recommend payment Of the Freedman's
Bank creditors in full.
THE fftieth Congress consists. OF lis
Democrats, 1862 Republican. and four IN
dependents.
PLEURo- PNEUMONIA is said to be spread
ing rapidly in Hudson county, M, sew
eral deaths having already occurred.
Ex-Gov. B. r. PERRY died at & Greenville,
S. c., on the Sd. He was born Nov. 20,
1905. He was always a leader Of the
Union patty in South Carolina, and w,ls
appointed Provisional Governor by An
drew johnson fn>ls65.
The amount of bail in the ease OF the
Adams Express messenger. FotheriDg ham,
was Sxed by the criminal court OF ST.
Louis, on the Sd, at $4,000.
In, the case OF the Natiopal Soldiers
Home against Gen. Butter. the jury on the
Sd found verdict for $i6,o31.5o ngainst
Gen. Butler.
NEARLY every available tract OF land
within ten miles of Bear Mountain. Ark,
has been taken up and locsted under the
mining laws rf
THREE attempts were made on tue
night Of the Sd to burn tho town of Colum!
bus, Miss. A reward of 500 has been
offered by the mayor for the apprehen-
sion of the 6re bug, aud II caught it will
70 hard with him.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
JUDICIAL MuRDEh.

Ubx a PromIaent 81 Louis Citizen Has No
Faith In Cireumstantlal Evidence.
I have little faith in circunstaniat
evidence, having seen SO many instances
where il was in error. in direct testi-
mony witness may distort the truth,
but in circumstantial evidence he has Q
double opportunity to lie, and no way
of tripping him up. remember case
in Mississippi, happening when was
bov, that has made me chary about
using circumstantial evidence since L
have boen engaged in the practice OF
law. This victim was a poor man, who
came there from the North, got hold OF
q small farm TO cultivate, and construct
ed a log hut down by the river, in which
he lived all alone. Near him resided =
rich planter. Around his hut the coun-
try was very soft and swampy. 1t was
off the main road and was not seen fire.
otiently by Travellers but bridle-path
leading tesr the Int was used consider
ably by people around there TO cut on
the distance TO town. This rich planter
one day. in closing up his season 8 crop,
went TO town to settle up with his agents,
and it was expected would have consid-
erablc money with him on his return
The time passed for him to return and he
did not come. Later his horse arrived
home, riderless. A search was insti-
.uted. and earlt the next morning the
body of the planter was found IN the
5wampy land off the bridle-path. HIS
pockets had been r;fed, and 1t was
clear that the murder had been commIt-
ted for robbery. Beside the body was
found derringer. with the name OF the
occupant Of the hut engraved on 1t:
Leading to tie body from the hut and
from the body back to the Eut were
well dafned tracks At the hut tie
man was found sleeping. the mate to
the dcrringer by his side, his shoes
muddy. and his hat filled with papers
taken from the dead mans pockets.
The shoes fitted the tracks n cely, and II
very strong case of circumstantial evil
dence was made out He was tried.
convicted and hanged. He protested
his innocence so strongly ON the scaf-
fold that the sheriff delayed the per-
formance OF his duty. Within twelve
months after that hard case IN that
county was mortally wounded, and on
his death-bed he confessed 10 having
committed the murder. and gave up
money and papers he had secured. lie
sad ne had crossed from the road to
the hut in his stocking feet. had put ON
the poor mans shoes, armed himself
with his derringer ana laid in wait for
the planter. and after committing the
murder had fixed the evidences of guilt
around the still sleeping occupant OF
the hut-Thos 3. H0rrey, IN 81. Louis
GEobe- Democrat.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
GERMAN LIEUTENANTS.
Men Who Have to Work Hard Except La
Time of War.

Time OF war.
No student of law, physic or divinity,
no city clerk or shopman. no skilled
operative or handicraftsman WORKS as
hard, or for as many hours daily. as
does a Lieutenant in any branch of the
German military service, says the Lon
don Telegraph, making statement
which will seem Incredible to those who
know these officers only by their smart
appearance In the literal sense Of the
expression, he is a slave TO duty. 1t is
more especially in time of peace that
his labors know no interm!sS' on-save
during the brief intervals allotted TO
him for his meals-between the hours OF
seven in the morning and nine at night.
War time he regards as. a comparative
holiday, the relaxations of which would
be altogether delightful were they not
accompanied by the urgent probability
of getting shot AS long as the Father
land continues to be on friendly terms
with its neghbors. the German subai-
terms life-week in, week out, from the
open:n to the close Of the years
what Mr.. Mantalini would have called
lone Gem'd horrd grind of teaching
his men every item OF their duty
in barrack and field. The constant de-
mand thus made upon his time. intellI-
gence and professional aptitude is the
necessary outcome OF the German COM
pulsory short service system, which
only keeps the conscrpt two years and
seven months with the colorS, but re-
ouires that he shall he converted into q
perfectly efficient soldier by the expira-
ton of that period. TO achieve this
end his officers have to be at him all the
time. They drill him, instruct him in
the construction and use of his weap-
ons, indoctrinate h III 10 certain eX-
tent in tactics, inspect him in many
several WAYS with relation to his d ct.
habits and general conduct; in short,
look after him with benevolent severity
from rosy morn to dewy eve. With
such q we ght of duty and responsible
inv ever hanging to their shoulders, it
NAV we'll be understood that they have
no time for recreation, and that their
DAYS work done, they are only too glad
to seek in well-earned slumber brief
rest for their welried bodies and minds.
Yet these owe; worked men are notori-
ously the bast military officers in the
world. although with respect to pay,
leave and promotion. they are at dis
advantage compared with their conf
rades of every European army; to
whom, however. their untiring devo--
ton to their conntry's service and
splendid self-sacritice. set an example
which, we sincerely trust British subal-
terms will not hesitate to follow.-LIU-
erp0ot Globe. ,i 81 .F. ,"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
Doomed Cluverius.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 4.-There has been
much talk about statement to be made
by Cluverius, but up this time he has kept
his usual discreet silence. He has
been condemned to be hung on the leth Of
this month, and the only power that can
save him is executive clemency. Thurs
day might Governor Lee expected to hold a
conference with the State prosecutors in
the case, but they did not appear. Cluverius'
counsel seem TO rest theircase and are moi
busyihg themselves in the matter. II is
expected that Cluverius will write his owr
statement and present the same in few
days 1t is not improbable that the Gov
ernor will grant a respite, but pardon !,
not expected. IL. -. -.-,f, ..,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
.It.isfn Xyork~o of,art.

WAsHINoTONs Dec. -Jadge sAicCue, So
licitorof the Treasury, has given an opin,
ion that the facsimile note painted on
block of wood and Recently seized by Off.
Gers Of the secret service in New Yorkis .
work Of art, and not a. counterfeit. He
suggests, however, in order to avoid any
possible complication which might arist
from the circulation Of paintings of this
kind, that the artist who painted the note
in question be requested 10 refrain from
painting any more, and to employ his tai
ent in another way.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE Presidents message again formed
the only subject of discussion at the meet
ing of the cabinet on the 30th All the
members were present 1t is understood
that the message is complete with the sim
gle exception of that portion relating to
the naval establishment.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

SEVERAL English and American travellers
have been greatly annoyed by the action of
the Belgian authorities, who, suspecting
them of being implicated in the recent
mail lrobbery, subjected them to rigid ex-
animation. In future a guard armed with
revolver will travel in the mail van.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

LIEUTENANT JOSEPH POWELL. Of the Sig
nal Service, has been detailed to proceed
to Omaha to organize the meteorological
service of the Union Pacific railroad,
which is TO cooperate with the United
states Signal Service Bureau. About
thirty stations will be established along
the line of this railroad.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

TBt President has been confined to his
room for some days by a slight but annoy
ing attack Of rheumatism and mas ior tliS
rsason been obliged TO deny himself to all
callers except Cabinet o1neers' no MAS W.
feeling somewhat better On the ls@ !ne
President has suffered IRON rheVIIat,s1n
basore mt this is the first attack he has
had ~inee he entered the White House.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

TIE London DGily AeGS says the Kerry
landlords are evidently furious at General
Buffers appointment as under secretary
for Ireland, but dare not speak out. The
practice Of sending raightforWard, i'm
partial Englishmen TO responsible posts in
ireland can not be too highly commended.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE w. c. T. U. of st. Louis adopted a
resolution at a meeting on the Sd, express
ing modification that Mrs. Whitney, wife
of the Secretary of the Navy, gave din
ncr which was attended by Mrs. Cleveland
and other ladies, and whereat all drank
Wine.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

Tue Comptroller of the Currency reports
the amount of National bank notes out
standing S299, ,0l6S7l, being a decrease dur
ing November Of s2,21S, $40, and during the
last year s3ls,i30,2 24s. The increase in the
deposits of legal tender notes during No
vcmber was S6,96S, 10j, and the increase
since December /, 1885, $47, ,165, $50.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE Presidents rheumatic leg was
worse again on the Sd, so that ne was con
fined to the private apartments Oh the
White House, and did not receive vlsitors.
He suffered severe pains in the tendons run
ming from the calf Of the leg up under
meath the knee, and has SO far been una
blet to find any remedy that would quite
meet his case. .-.---- - |.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

REPRESENTATIVE JAMES, of New York,
has secured the Endorsement of various
prison reform associations and philan-
thropic organizations for his bill to estab-
lsh a National penitentiary and will en-
deavor to secure its passage this winter.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE Secretary of the Interior has direct
cd that Frank a. Bidwell, of Mitchell, d.
r., and Geo. w. Neunum, ofJamestown, D.
T., be no longer recognized as attorneys or
agents before the Interior Department
or any bureau or oftico connected there
with.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

OFFICIAL returns from the two disputed
counties in Washington Territory are re-
ceived and make the Legislature Repub-
hcan ON joint ballot by two votes. The
official vote on delegates gives Chas. $.
Voorhees, (Dem.) plurality of 2,192.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

DrPnTHERIA is epidemic at Wilkinson
burg, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh,
Pa. over two hundred cases have been
reported, many of them quite serious. The
cause of the trouble seems to be a defect
i've system of drainage.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

REPORTS from Upper lake ports show the
close of navigation. The straits are filled
with ice, which is closing tight fast No
vessels can now get through. The Saginaw
river is frozen solid and ice has formed in
St Clair and Detroit rivers.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

IN the will OF James Gordon, a wealthy
retired Cincinnati merchant who died re
Gently, which was probated on the 3D.
there is bequest of 5000 to the Home of
the Friendless, and like sum TO the col
orcd Orphan asylum at Cincinnati.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

A Jersey City man recently sold his
wife for twenty dollars. 1t is difficult
10 understand. what makes New Jersey
women SO valuable. In many places
they ara given away.-AOrr'stoto"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
-.sThen Won wouldn't, advise me

--"Then you wouldn't advise me TO
buy a sealskin sack this winter, would
you?" asked Mrs. Shuttle of her job.
I'm not going to advise anything about
ii. You have a bank account, / be-
licve?" bat so have you" .'Ob,
yes; but there is the point 1 wouldn' t
have after the sealskin-sackfeyer had
swept over the household. d."-RarJord
Post
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

AN order went into effect on the Della
ware, Lac1awanna Western rail
road on the Both suspending all
fircmen in the employ or that
company who are under twenty-one
wears of age The object is to give employ
nient to married men in the service OF tho
company who have suffered from snort
time ~
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE total vote for congressman in Colo
radO as gived by the State cavassing board
Oh the 3Oth is: Symes (Rep), 2"132; Reed
(Dem.) 26g29; Murray (Prohib), 3,72G.
Symes' plurality, S03 as against 6,726 two
years ago. The vote of the State was s.3J3
less than in 1854.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.

SEVERAL arrests have been made at
New York for attempts 10 tamper with
the McQuado jury
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

GENERAL MILES has left Washington for
Omaha, having received, it is said, a hint
that his prospects would be injured by
rcmainin 2 at the capital.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

JUDGMENT was rendered at Boston on
the 81 against Ben Butler in favor Of the
Soldiers Home for over $4,000. lie will
ppDpll
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

WH. KNAPP, of Groyeton, Ind, applied
to the Government for back pay as sol
dier, and is now locked up as dcserter
during the war
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

REPORTS from Albany, n. Y. are to the
effect that thirteen grain-ladcn boats en-
route for tidewater are frozen in the canal
between that point and Little Falls.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE customs officers atSan Francisco on
the I'd seized so, 600 worth Of opium on the
steamer Rio Janciro, recently arrived
from China. The drug was found in the
coal bunkers.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE convention at Philadelphia laid out
plan for celebrating the centennial Of the
signing of the Federal Constitution.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

THE San Francisco mining boom con
tinues unabatcd, the excitement permeat-
ing all classes. Several failures are re.
ported.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

Two hundred aud sixty men were dis
charged on the 30th from the department of
construction and repair in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

a DELEGATION of tobacco men are in
Washington urging the arriving Congress
men to modify the tariff provisions in ref
erencc to leaf tobacco.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-09

"A half dozen rich young men in
New York have banded themselves to-
gether by vows not TO wear oyercoats
This winter. NJ y MaiL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-28
Women and Newspapers.

San Fraactsco chronicle.
An Eastern lady visiting the elegant
home OF the proprietor OF an influential
newspaper says TO her husband:
"Why don't you own q newspaper,
dearP Just lanCyl To havea newspaper
10 go for people in and home like
thisI" After a pause-"And think I'd
rather have the newspaper than the
home."
That seems to bc all women think a
newspaper is for anyway, to pitch into
people and print fashion and social news.
l wonder how many OF them ever read
the telegraphic news or the local news
Sometimes, when 1t is a big murder or q
big scandal, they devour 1t greedily, but
II women we're the aTbiters It would be q
very extraordinary paper they would de.
mand. have known women who read
editorials, sometimes, but they were gen.
orally cranks in some direction. think
there are exceptional cases who read the
police reports; but 1t ia astonishing how
long woman can look at newspaper
and not know anything that is in It after
she gets through. A thing has to have a
connected story in 1t before she can grasp
1t. A bare fact clips her, an accident may
catch -hGr, but a good, strong story In q
kind Of complete form she remembers ev.
cry detail Of, and when she is told how the
woman is dressed the whole thing lives
before her, and she never forgets II.
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BREAKFAsT BUDGET,

A New York Chiuamsn sells birds nest
soup at 81 per plate.
New York Is to have q theater for anna
teurs, with 100000 capital.
"Hot soup and bread for penny" Ia
one OF the New York street cries.
Uncle Sam welcomes into his domain
$500 babies day, not counting thoge that
come by sea.
There Is an islet near the Isle OF Shoals
called Smutty Nose, and the Boston vlHi-
tors want to change it's name to Emerson,
In Indiana the Republicans expect to
gain four Congressional districts now held
by Democrats,
Southern saw mills are occasionally cut
ting into grapeshop embedded in trees
during the late war,
1t is estimated that the proposed bridge
across the Hudson River at Poughkeepste,
N, Y, will cost $lOOO0,OOO,
A six,inch gun made at the Washington
Navy Yard costs the Government $4,000,
an eight.inch gun less than s., 1000, and q
ten'inch gun less than $4,000,
Fred Hansell, OF Brooklyn, has recently
made a pair OF crazy shoes. They contain
$50 pieces Of leather, and each tip alone
contains 100 small shaped pieces OF Heather,
Luetta Lyman, Of 0ttumwa, Iowa, is
the smallest perfect full-aged woman In
the country, She Is 20 years OF age, re.
markedly intelligent, and has never
reached the size Of an average fOur.yesr.
old.
Milwaukee has a School OF Philosophy
after the Concord model, but that does
not Justify Milwaukee preachers in say
ing; "All things work together for the
good Of them that polarizs toward the to-
tally Of things"
A colored porter, employed at one Of the
elevated railroad stations in New York, is
said to be afflicted with the "kerosene
habit" that Is, he will drink Cupiul after
cupiul Of kerosene, habit he contracted
waile boy in Kentucky.
The apple crop, from all accounts, will
be large this year; but New York State,
where nearly every farm has Its apple
orchard, will, II Is said, market but little OF
the fruit, which is promised In abundance
from Illinois, Michigan and other West
ern States.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-28

Feeding and Driving Horses III 1Iot Weather,
Exchange
Cold Is one Of the best toniCs as an In,
viRofator Of digestion, a. well as oil tier.
vous energy and muscular ContraCtibility,
Heat, on Tho other hand, takes out the
tension from oil the tissues, chemically,
as II does out Of overheated metal and
physically, by lesssning tho appetite, and
In the manner stated relaxing, and thus
enefvating tho functions. 1.-THE owner OF
driver could but realize that ennai over.
takes the horse precisely % II oveftakes
the man when oppressed by heat and
fatigue, and however much the labh may
DO brought into requisltlon for the puf.
pose OF iniuBing new energy, the reaction
Observation-Disclosures the hurt caused
by the whip leaves the poor beast moro
exhAuSled than before. The trouble Ia
hot weather 10 that the horse, as men.
TONED, cannot FenlBnISh rapidly enough
10 enable him 10 keep up severe strain
continuously, simply because the appetite
and ipesll1n are weakened, and the re,
taxing effect Of the heat ig eneEyRung
This emergency may 30 met ny diving IL
the early morning and In the alter part OIL
The day. II The drive continued al day,
ono OF the beat modes Of relief 10 10 nov
and then got In the shade iof half An
hour, loOVening the check and, while
taking this little respite the horse
can get access 10 q bit 81 grass toI
about Eve 81 ten minutes, this Will
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-08-28
educational.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL
HoCuTION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Ga, N. Street, n, W. Washington, D. G,
MRS. NJ. STEVENS HART, Principal.

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u SaIs@ esnnIns July Is at 1880 A. NJ closing
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PUN N Articulation and ktsplmuoI 70
be ulst,b Tie Philosophical laws BY which those
grlltl WI" W., uft,cnrd and developed, ,,..,--.,
0ftaHE,s lt.y and Natural Expression Of sentiment
llT ri speech aud Gesture; including ChaI'
BY lHr ,,.n, DAmatr Reading and ReCiiAt0n'
i1,W,,fuc,ion In Expressive Bible aud SNAKES
spSl|r lpg aud In the reading 81 liymht; "a.
par 6ppoTtunily afforded Teachers loT me
AK ~ prsrticll Methods ior Teaching Arucuia,
iiai! ,s I'd ,IgbrReading, Methods based upon the
G.,y,.rriuir, Oi Dtlharss .,,A
my ", ans TOT the study Of Kindergarten and
D ~ 'SornI Methods VIII DO formed and Ses'
fim%H 4 daily from July y 70 August ~ 1850,
.Irl1s, viii be taught BY NILS SUSIE POLLOCK
Wilmington, D, G., who studied aud graduated
u IgsIG class for children will be held on three
va tEs week, free ~ charge,
a. nv Lectures Will DO given by Nm. Hart and
vi. POLLOCK, each upon The Interests oil her own
StpatnenL No.,
IS'lN'''' MRS. N. STEVENS HART, or
MISS SUSIE POLLOCK,