The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-12-02

A RUN on the German Savings Bank at
Davenport, Ia, on the Goth caused some
excitement in that city, but it was coun-
teracted by heavy deposits by its friends.
LAWRENCE BETHUNE, Of Amargo, N.
NJ, has been sent to the pententiary for
robbing the mails.
INVESTIGATION shows that the Conti-
mental Hotel fire at Chicago, on the 25th,
was the work of incendaries. The build
ing was fired in six places.
JOHN MALLORY, a Missouri Pacific Sec
ton foreman, was killed at Leavenworth,
Kas., on the 2jth, by walking off trestlo-
work
AN agreement has been entered into be-
tween German and English steamship
companies whereby emigrants' rates will
be advanced.
ST. Louis ranks seventh among the
cities of the country in special letter de.
livery business for the past year.
A WEALTHY citizen of Birmingham,
Mich, was lately the recipient of a letter
from the Cuban sharpers who swindled
the Philadelphians.
THE inside history of the packers strike,
as published at Chicago, places Master
Workman Butler in tie unenviable posi-
tion of having worked the strike for po-
litical Advancement.
A NUMBER of German Socialists who
took part in public demonstration have
been sentenced at Berlin to various terms
of imprisonment at hard labor.
A SYSTEM Of weather service sim liar to
that of the Government is to be estab-
lished by the Union Pacific Railroad Com
panv all along its lines.
EXTENSIVE preparations are being made
for the celebration of the sixty-fiith an
niversary of the independence of the 18TH
mus of Panama.
HERMAN BL1CKENDoRFER, whose home
was at Lebanon, Mo-, while out with a
surveying party in Oregon, on the 25th.
was killed by the accidental discharge of
| a pistol.
| PROCEEDINGS have been commenced
| against John Dillon, NJ. p, for his utter
| ances on the rent question in speech de-
| livered at Woodford, Ireland, on October
| IS.
| The Winn Parrish (La.) court -house
burned on the 26th with all the records.
ABOUT one-half of the damage claims
growing out of the Rio disaster have
been settlel by the Chicago, milwaukee,
and st. Paul Railroad Company.
IT is reported that the Poe family, who
were thought to have been burned tc
! death in Knox County, KY, month ago
were in reality murdered by neighbor
and his wife. The crime was witnessed
| by their young son, who has told al
| about it.
IT is intimated that Secretary Manning,
| in his report, will recommend two per
| cent. refunding bond for the benefit OF
National banks wishing TO continue their
| circulation.
ALICE GRIDLEY, aged four years, fell
! upon u stove during the absence Of her
mother at Akron, o., on the 2Gth, and was
so severely burned that death ensued
| shortly.
ROBERT HILL shot and killed his bro-
ther, Tony, at Atlanta, Ga, on the Goth,
and then, placing the pistol to his own
temple, killed himself The trouble was
caused by whskey.
MRS. CHARLES SMITH met with horri-
Bile death at Charlotte, Mich, on the 26th.
While working about the house her cloth
ing caught fire and she was burned to n
crisp.
A MOST remarkable haul Of fish was
made a Peoria, ILL.,, on the 26th by Walters
& Co. At one haul of the sein they
brought in $1,000 pounds of fish. The
largest three were catfish, weighing to.
gether sixty-fve pounds, the largest
weighing forty pounds. The entire catch
was shipped to Kansas City.