The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-03-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

W. II. ScHNIDT's large sash and door fac
tory in Milwaukee was destroyed by fire
the other night Loss, t15, 900,
toHN {, ESQ, the defaulter, who has been
III Canada for some years, has made q
settlement, 1t is stated, and will roturn 20
New York. :.
Tnt rev York Yacht Club has decided
on club regatta next fall, in which foreign
yachts may compete II there is no interra-
tional contest.
.CotoNEb Il h, FAbtsxfh ahd Ieodard
Kuhn, director and cashier respectively Of
the defunct First National Bank Of Dan
vile, N. Y, have been arrested.
A LOCAL branch OF the National League
in Dublin has passed resolution condemn
ing Mayor Hewitt, OF New York, for refus-
ing to allow the Irish flag TO be hoisted
over the City Hall On III. Patrick's day,
and declaring that such refusal was an
Insult 10 the Irish race Throughout the
world.
1T was thought that, the, victims by the
recent theater Are at Oport6 numbered at
least cne hundred and twenty. 1t was be-
lieved that some English and American
visitors perished IN the disaster.
GENERAL MANAGER MCLEAN, OF the Phil
adelphia & Reading road, has ordered all
heads of departments TO give recommenda-
tions to striking ex-employes who are not
guilty Of any misdeeds.
ADvICEs from Rangoon say that the town
of Myingyan, au important military post in
Upper Burmah has been destroyed by fire.
Thousands OF persons were left without
homes, and an immense quantity Of grain,
hides and other property was destroyed,
THE five-story bull ding occupied by John
B. Babcock & Co., hat manufacturers, Bos-
ton, took fire the other night! The damage
was heavy.
AS a result of the liquor prosecutions in
Concord, N. H., every saloon was closed,
the proprietors refusing absolutely TO make
any sales.
A SPECIAL freight train going south and
a freight train gong north collided d few
miles south ~ GraVehurst, Ont, recently.
Five men were instantly killed and three
seriously injured.
THE Ohio Society has arranged banquet
at Delmonico's, New York, April Z to cee-
brate the, centennial anniversary OF tho
settlement OF the Ohio valley. Among the
expected speakers are Messrs. Sherman,
Allison, Waite, Hayes, Cox, Henderson,
Alger, General Sherman and General
Sheridan.
tuition was reported in difficulties on the
23d the treasurer hsinf ncrused OF rnisap-
preparations, The deposits aggregated
500, 900.
TWO passenger trains on the Pittsburgh
& Lake Erie collided near Wampum, Pa,
on the 23d. The baggagemsster was killed
and four othrr trainmen injured. Fout
passengers were also hurt.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended March 90 numbered for
the United States, 2l2; Canada, 81; total,
243, compared with 22S the previous Week
aud go the responding woek Of last
year,
THE bricklayers and masons employed at
Fall River, Mass, have asked for reduc-
ton Of hours from ten to nine and for 331
cents per hour after May l.
IN the case OF James w. Skies, the ex-
warehouse man of Chicago, recently con.
victed Sf iGsuing fraudulent Tatehouse
receipts, the motion for new trial was re-
fused, and he was sentenced to three years
in the State penitentiary.
THE switchmen on the Burlington system
struck at midnight on the 23d and the road
was again tied up. The reason alleged
was that their lives were placed In jeopardy
by the inexperienced engineers employed
by the cohipahy
TIE switchmen in the Erie railroad yards
in Hornellsville, NY, went out on a strike
recently. The grievances were low wages
and an Objectionable yard-master.
THE Secretary of the Treasury has dis
missed Superintendent Speer, OF the sugar
division of the New York custom house,
and FIVE Of his assistants. 1he superin-
tendent Of polariscopic tests OF sugar at the
Boston custom house has been ordered to
temporarily assume similar duties in New