The Brookhaven leader., 1888-03-08

ALoNzo DIMMIcK, the noted insurance
agent defaulter Of Buffalo, who fed to Can
ada to avoid FIVE years. term IN prison,
died recently in st. GATHERINGS, Ont
The Supreme Court OF Alabama has de-
cided the act establishing a colored uni
versity to be unconstitutional, on the
ground that the money appropriated was
part of q fund which had been declared by
the Constitution to be for common schools,
and which could not be used for a univer-
sity.
AT Sutter Creek, Cal, recently the SUIT
ter Hotel roof was discovered to be on
fire. Famed by a strong southern gale the
fire soon spread through the business
houses. The loss was between 100000 and
S2OO,0OO.
A SERIOUS fire took place in New York on
the 1st, destroying the furniture factory Of
Potter & Stimus, Forty-second street and
Lexington avenue. The loss was usti-
mated at s1,OOO,OOO. A portion of the ele-
waited railroad was destroyed during the
progress Of the fire.
The reduction in the public debt during
February amounted TO 81, 765 1856 and since
June 80 or the first seven m onths OF the
current year, aggregates $40 974,622
SECKENDoRF, MEvINo & Co., hop mer-
chants, of Nuremberg, Bavaria, Sases, Bo-
hemia and London, who have suspended,
had an Office in New York. The Iiabli-
ties of the Nuremberg house are reported
to be about &, 100000 marks.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the White
and Black River Valley Railroad Company
have been filed with the Arkansas Secre.
tary of State. 1t is to run from jackson
port to the Missouri State line.
Mpa HPATON MANICE shot hArsal
through the heart the other day at the
Leland Hotel, Chicago She was formerly
an actress known as May Carroll, and was
lady of culture and refinement belonging
| to New York family highly connected in
the East and Europe. 1t appears that she
married Heaton Manice, q wealthy New
Yorker in Europe ABOUT year ago. Re
| Gently her husband took steps to procure a
| divorce
THE British steamer Excellent, Captain
| Taylor, from Messina for Philadelphia, was
sunk at Gibraltar recently by a collision
with the British steamer Memling. The
crew were saved. The Memling was badly
damaged and was beached to prevent sink
| ing. The Excellent had previously been In
collision with and stove the bows Of the
| British steamer St. Asaph.
! AN avalanche IN the valley of Morotobid-
| da, Switzerland, has killed ten persons and
many head Of cattle, and destroyed large
| number of houses
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for the
seven days ended March l numbered for
the United States, 202; Canada, 40; total,
pa, compared with 27O the previous week
! and 273 the corresponding week last year
A TORNADO or severe storm blew down
several houses and killed one man at New.
ton, Kan, on the evening of the 1st. Storms
were also reported at Raymore, Mo-, and
other places
Two men were fatally and two others Sc
rously injured in mine near Hancock
! Mich, recently, by a fall of rock
The Supreme Court of California has re
| fused rehearing of the decision of the
| Circuit Court that Sarah Althea Hill was
legally married to the late Senator Sharon.
THE final transaction in the deal for the
removal of Libby prison from Richmond,
! Va. to Chicago has been completed and
the famous building will be removed at
| once.
CANADIAN lumbermen are especially
pleased with the provision Of the new
Tariff bill placing lumber on the free list.
FIRE in Winnsborough, S. G., the other
| day destroyed the Episcopal Church, a
| livery stable, two stores and several smaller
| buildings.
Two small children of Thomas Jones, col
ored, of Hampton, Va, were burned to
death recently.
THE Secretary Of the Treasury has been
advised of an organized movement for the
emigration OF German convicts to this
country and has taken steps to guard
against such.
SEVERAL barges and canal boats in Brook
Iyn, N. Y, were destroyed by fire recently
with their contents Loss, $50, ,0O0