The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-12
AN Expedition is being formed at Berlin

for the relief OF BmIn Bey.
The severest ram, hail, thunder and
lightning storm experienced In Scranton,
Pa, for many wears prevailed on the jth
Bartholomew Reagan and John Armstrong
were struck by Il yhtnng and killed. The
rain fell IN torrents, choking tho scwcis
and floo1ing the streets and cellars.
A DISASTROUS fire. broke out at Mary.
willie, o., early OH the morning OF tho h in
the block in which the most valuable busi-
ness houses in the Ci Y were located. Loss
was 500 OOO: insurance, S90.OOO.
HARuY G.. TUCKER and his father end sis.
ter were drowned in Lake johanna, near
ST. Paul, Mimi, recently by their boat cap
Sang.
THREE mon were arrested recently and
taken to Chicago charged with being in a
conspiracy to wreck trains and destroy
property on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy. Dynamite was found in their pos
session and card of membership of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
THE disorders at Seoul, Corea, have been
ended. They were caused by stores that
foreign cannihals had abducted native
children.
TIE monument to Francis Scott Key, the
gift of the late james Lick to the city of
San Francisco, was unvailed on the 4th.
Eleven Of Keys dcscen dants were present.
Form of the principal business houses OF
Durango, Col, were destroyed by fire OF
the 4th. Loss, $50,U0J.
The war on dressed beef and packing
house products still continues with una.
bated gor and there is no immed ate
pro.pect of a settlement. 1t is generally
conceded by freight men that the rates
viii yet go lower and that the rates on
other commodities will be cut before very
long.
GUS BOGLEs, aged nineteen, was han ged
at Fort Smith. Ark, on the 9Th for the mnr.
der of William Morgan in the Creek Nation
last year.
SOLOMON NELSON and E. c. HcdberG were
drowned in Belle creek near Cannon Falls,
Mimi, the other dav while repairing a
bridge, the latter falling into the water
and the former G ing to his rescue. Mel
son was prominent businc man.
! BUSINESS failures Dun's repOrD for the
seven DAYS ended June 5numbered for the
United States, 19!; Canada, %; total, PA
| compared with 20l the previous week and
! 1874 the corresponding week last year
As a coal train was pass ng through the
village OF Dayton, N. j., recently 1t was
! struck by cyclone and Conductor John
| Dyer, of Trent on, with two of the train
men were blown from the train and fatally
! hurt.
REPORTS have been received Of the kill.
ing of three Illinois runaway lads in the
Seminole country b. Indians. The boys
had previously killed an Indian.
NEARLY 4 zoo tia ian immigrants arrived
at Castle Garden during the past s,2
months. Many of them are in a destitute
even starving, condition in New York
J. w. BROWN, the alleged polygamist re
Gently arrested in Chicago, was ARA gneC
at Detroit Mich, in the case Of marrying
Mary Benz lmin, pleaded not guilty ant
was remanded to Jail. 1t is now stateC
| Brown has been married no less than thirty
two times, and many of his dupes are ex
| pectcd to be present at the hi Il.
FIRE destroyed $4,000 worth OF proper
ty IN New York on the morning of the 1Lh
! breaking out in the Century office
East Eighteenth street.
a CONSTRUCTION train on the Elgin, JOlie
4 Eastern road was wrecked recent!
near Joliet, ILL.,, by Instructions on tht
track. Three italian laborcrs were killed
Engineer Wright was fatally scalded.
BY u collision between passenger train
near Nanticoke, Pa. the other day on
fireman was seriously and thirty passen
gers slightly hurt.
The Russian Government has signed tn
convention for the abolition of sugar boun
ties.
ARTICLES of Incorporation of the Mem
phis, Little Rock & Indian Territory Rail
read Company have been filed in Arkansas
capital stock g. 600,0
A BATTERY of boilers at the taErery o
A. q J. Groetsinger, on River avenue, Al
leghcny City, Pa, exploded recently
wrecking several buildings and seriously
ujurng six persons, three fatally.