The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

CHARLES LABEL, the principal witness
against the recently arrested opium SNUG
glers, escaped from the officers near Port
Huron, Micr.,. tho ethei hight and got
safely into Canada.
BROTHERHOOD engineers declare that the
dynamite conspiracy is concoction Of
Burlington detectives and that most OF the
men arrested are in the employ of Pinker-
ton.
O. b. NJ. HART, the boycotted smpldSs
discharged by t4ardinef x Estee, shoe
manufacturers Of New York, has received
unite a substantial recognition of sympa-
thy. His cause was espoused by Mayor
Hewitt.
THE old officers OF the National Prison
Association We're reelected. The next
meeting will be held in Nashville, TENN,
in October, 1889.
THE Charleston, the first United States
war vessel ever built on the Pacific coast,
was launched at San Francisco on the 10Th.
THE tercentenarv ot the destruction Of
tbs Spanish armada was observed at
Plymouth, England, on the 10Th.
The shooting contest for the Elcho shield
at Wimbledon resulted in favor bf the
Irish team. The score was as folluws !
ireland, l,6J9 points; England, 1,642; Scot
land, |, ,56S.
FIRE at Kentland, Ind, recently de-
stroyed two grain elevators, the railroad
depot and eighteen freight cars,
IT is reported that all the members OF the
Holy Synod Of Servia except two opposed
the granting of King Milan's petition for
a divorce from Queen Natalie
THE Senate has passed the House bill
fixing the age for consent of all females in
the Territories at sixteen. The offense
under that age is termed rape; punishable
with five years in the penitentiary:
THE Carson INev.) Ippetl says i hears
froii feliable authority that John Mackay
has disposed of his cable to Jay Gould for
$1l 900, 900. Negotiations have been pend
ing for some time. Mackay originally
asked Sl3,OO0,000 but Gould refused, the
cable at these figures and finally offered
Ni;Wj,O0d, which was accepted.
FIFTEEN workmen were mangled to death
on the Mexican National railroad at Front
recently.
THE ship Farragut, from Calcutta TO New
ynrh, has beeh long overdue. She had
twenty two Boston seamen on board.
JACK ALLEN was hanged in the court
house at Monti ,ello, N. Y, recently for the
murder of Ursula Ulrich at Jeffersonville
last October.
THREE more elopements we're reported
at St. Louis on the Goth.
GOVERNOR GUY, of the Chickasaw Ma.
ton, was reported marching on Ardmort
with large body of men and proposes tc
run the non. citizens who have been intm.
idating the militia in that vicinity out Of
the country.
YELLOW fever has made its appearance
at Tampa and Manatee, Fla.
BONANZA MACKEY denies positively thai
he has sold his cable property to Jay
Gould or any one else.
The Commission appointed to negotiate
with the Indians for the opening Of par
OF the Sioux reservation in Dakota begar
work on the Goth. The opposition was re-
ported growing.
THE steam-pipe of the tug boat Convoy
exploded near Louisville, KY, recently
Seven men were scalded to death.
DR.. JAMES RIDLEY, the medical officer
in attendance at Tullamore jail during
Mandeville's incarceration there. and who
was subp9naed to appear at the inquest
at Mitchelstown into Mandeville's death
has committed suicide.
1T is reported that the Shinwanis have
killed sixty men sent with an envoy from
the Afghan commander in chief.
+. H. AND s. w. JACOBS, president and
cashier of the Madison National Bank, Da-
kota, have been arrested, charged with
perjury and other croOkedness in connec-
ton with their bank, which is now in the
hands of a receiver.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report for the
seven days ended July 10 numbered fGI
the United States, pa; Canada, IA; total
22s, as compared with 240 the previous
week and l72 the corresponding week OF
last wear