The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-11-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

FoTtERINGHAM the Adams Express mes
senger on the Frisco road, who was re-
Gently robbed of nearly 500, 600 has been
indicted by the st. Louis grand jury a
sensational feature of the case is the pub
lication in the Globe Ucmocrdt of long let
ter from the actual robber describing the
robbery and enclosing wrappinSs Of money
packages stolen.
SAM PURPLE, a farmer living III the
southeast corner of Hodgenan County,
Kan, enraged at his wife the other MORN
ing murdered her and two of his children.
He also shot his sister in-law, suppose
fatally, and seriously wounded two moro
children. He then started out to murder
two other persons, but meeting with oppo-
sition surrendered himself at Jetmore. lie
was soon after given over to mob who
hanged him up.
Two HUNDRED farmers recently tried to
prevent the Galway Qreland) Blazers
hunt. With police assistance the hunters
were enabled to start, but they soon met
with more formidable opposition and were
compelled to withdraw their hounds.
A CATHOLIC curato named Szitar has
murdered DR.. kereggario, at Jaisz, Kara
jenoc, Austria. The doctor had asked the
Bishop of the diocese to dismiss the curate
on account of his irregular life. The
curate has been arrested.
TIE steamboat Northerner, loaded with
lime, ran ashore at Kelly's Island in Lake
Erie on the l2th and was burned
ZAMBEsI advices say that the Austrian
explorer Hnklemann was captured and
murdered by native chief. Hinklemann's
companion, a young Englishman, con
trived to escape.
EIGHT hundred coal miners at the Erie,
Marshall, Fox and Louisville mines, Colo
RADIO, have quit work on account of re-
duction in their wages of r. cents per
ton.
THE bodies of seven 10 srsOns burned to
death were taken out of II barn at Fuss
dorf, Moravia, the other day. Sixtee
other persons were missing and were sup
posed to lie dead.
THE Alabama National Bank of Birming-
ham, Ala, has been authorized to begin
business with capital of S50O,0CO.
Ex-PosrMAsTEK VEAzY, of Baltimore,
Md, is reported to have fled to avoid d s.
barment for professional misconduct in
misappropriating trust funds.
The Farmers Loan and Trust Company
of New York, having secured judgment
for foreclosure of the 100000 mortgage
upon the property of the Bankers and
Merchants Telegraph Company, it has ap-
piled to Judge Van Brunt for the appoint
ment of a receiver
Jim CUMMINGS" who committed the ex-
press robbery, is carrying on rather vol
umious correspondence for one in his posi-
tion. First he wrote to Frank James, the
ex-outlaw, then to the editor of q news
paper, now to Fotheringham's mother, en-
closing in the letter $50, which he suggests
may be of use in clearing her son of the
suspicion now resting upon him. All OF
these letters are in the hands of the detec-
tives.
The coroner's jury, which has been in
vestigating the recent railroad disaster at
Rio, Wis, has returned verdict holding
C. ii. Wells, the brakeman, responsible for
the loss of life.
AT meeting of the Connellsville pa
coke syndicate on the 10th, tue advisab bill
ity of advancing the price of furnace coke
twenty five cents per tor was discussed.
but no decided action was taken.