The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-20

THREE soldiers OF Company A. Eleventh
United States infantry, were drowned in
Lake Ontario, near Sackett's Harbor, N.
Y, recently while net fishing.
TuE Canadian Governptent PROPOSES I'd
1890 to reform the banking system so as to
conform to the American style as regards
circulation.
OUrRAGEs by Whitecaps were still being
rerpetrated ii the Ti5inity of Toledo, o.
a man being half hanged and then cut
down and numerically lashed.
TELEMAoUE L. TIMAYESsIs, formerly
professor of Greek at Harvard University
and a noted author, was recently arrested
or the alleged charge ofratins committed
extensive embezzlement Of money belong
ing to the Minerva Publishing Company:
THE Central Interstate Baseball League
held a meeting at Springfield, ILL.,, on the
18th. Six cities were admitted: Spring
field, Peoria, Quincy, Davenport, Terre
Hante and Evansville. Henderson
Ridgely Of Springfield, was elected prss'
ident of the League, and ]. G. Corbitt, Of
Peoria, secretary. Another meeting will
be held january II at Peoria and two
cities admit tied.
"WHITEy" RYAN, OF Brooklyn, who
fought such desptrato ring battle With
Jack Murray, on Berian's Island; last
September, was again seen in ring cos
tune on the 18th, his opponent being Jim
Farrell, Of Philadelphia. He succeeded
in knocking Farrell out in nihe r5utds.
purse of $3.50 was awarded the winner.
THE cotton gin in G. W. Turner's place
at Mont tgomery, Ala, recently exploded,
killing f. o. Turner and two negroes out
right, and wounding several others.
L. L. HARPER, vice. e-president Of the late
Fidelity Bank, OF Cincinnati, now In the
penitentiary, has become suddenly Insane,
and has been removed to the prison asylum
and locked TIP.
REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM II. MARTIN,
of Texas. recently charged with assault on
| George H. Harris, reporter, on the Eren-
ina Stnr at Washington, pleaded guilty
| and was fined SIS.
| H. F. HOWE, an old expressman, was
| recently arrested at Denton, Tex for rob-
bing the Pacific Express Company Of 70, 700
| last September.
A DEPUTATIoN representing the Canada
| Pork Packers Association waited on the
Minister of Customs at Ottawa3 Ont. on
! the i3tn. They wanted the Government
to adopt measures to prevent the importa-
ton of American adulterated lard. They
also sought to have the duty on Ametiear,
pork fixed at two cents per pound for
barrel pork.
r G. DUN & Co.'s review of trade for
the week ended the l4th stated that the
prospects Of business were very bright
| and on q sound basis, with very little
speculation anywhere.
E. L. HARPER, the ex-banker and con
| vict! who beearte derangAd recently al
| the penitentiary at Columbus, O., was re-
ported better on the 14th and talked ra-
tionally on almost all subjects, He thought
he was in a trance which caused his Pc
culiar action. He claims to be well, but
| it was noticed that he was at times slightly.
! JAMES MEnHAN, one Of the evicted Des
| Moines river land settlers, has brought
suit against Thomas Smell, of Clinton, tC
recover the value of the improvements
made on the farm from which he was
elected. This suit is to be made a test case
and if he RECEIVERS damages suits will at
once be instituted on a similar basis by
every evicted settler.
! ALBECK's wooden mandatory at Leu.
munster, Germany, was burned to the
ground recently. Fifteen persons were
killed and ten others sustained fatal in
| juries.
THE Chicago speculative markets werE
captured by the bears on the 14th and al
the close wheat, corn, oats and provisions
were found sharply lower than on the pre-
vious day.
| ASSISTANT POSTMASTER MICHAEL A.
SHELDON, of Hudson, N. Y, who was re-
Gently convicted of robbing the mails, has
been sentenced to three years. imprison-
ment at hard labor in the Erie County PEN
itentiary. During the six weeks he has
in prison his hair, which was auburn,
| had turned almost white.