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The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

TIE present river and harbor bill carries
appropriations for two years, making the
amount for each year little over Sll, ,O0O,-
600.
A TERRIBLE collision occurred on the
Norfork and Western Railroad, on the 22d,
between freight and material train, kill.
ing both of the engineers, one fireman and
five of thelcrew. Both engines are COM
pletey wrecked and seven cars de-
molished.
THERE is a good deal of talk ut Washing
ton among members of Congress as to
what the fate of the river and harbor bill
will be when it gets to the President All
the best authorities, however, agree that
the bill will become law.
THE first bale Of new cotton, which was
received at Houston, Texas, on the Goth,
was sold for 20 "a cents per pound. The
sale was made at public outcry. Fully
seventy five members of the Exchange
were present and christened the first
bale" with several gallons of champagne.
The cotton classed strict middling,
A SYNDICATE has been formed ut Laredo,
Texas. composed of some of the leading
pose of buving oil the vacant blocks from
the City of Laredo. The title to the town
site rests in the city government. The pur-
chase amounts to 100000.
SEVEN cases of yellow fever were re.
ported at Plant City, Fla, on the Odd.
SOUTHERN Illinois farmers are complain
ing of ravages of chinchbugs, hich they
ella lost fiXya
than ever before.
Two black demons wrecked the limited
passenger train ON tho East Tennessee
Virginia and Georgia railroad at Blue
Springs, near Chattanooga, Tenn, on the
l2Oth, and if they are not lyuched they
have their necks in n Moose which will
soon be tightened by the law.
SERIOUS damage has been done to crop:
in Oktibbeha county, Miss, from the very
heavy rains of the past week. More water
fell during the night of the 2lst than ha.
fallen during the same length of time in
that section in years. The crops are still
very fine and the prospects are better thar
for many years.
DIRT and disease find their victims In
New Orleans, where, in fifty cases of diph.
iberia in June, twenty -four died.
RECENT revelations in connection with
the dressed beef monopoly has caused q
good deal of comment by cattlemen at St
Louis, and movement has started to cal
a convention 10 be held in st. Louis during
the coming fall.
CASHIER HAAS, OF the Capital City Bank
of Atltuta, Ga. who followed TIE default.
Ing ank president, Nelson, to Canada,
teleg arhed his bank on the e?d that he
had !l.!ade settlement with Nelson.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26
Personal AND POLITICAL.

THE president of the National Assoca-
! ton of Democratic clubs has selected the
! following executive committee Charles
| Ogden, Nebraska; Bradley &. Schley, Wis
consin: Alexander T. Ankeny, Mime
sofa; Harry Welles Rusk, Maryland; r. &.
Monroe, New York; Harvey n. Collision,
Massachusetts: Lawrence Gardner, Dis
trict of Columbia.
THE JOurhai de 81. Petersburg welcomes
the visit of the German Emperor to Russia
and says il is a confirmation of the policy
| of peace which the two powerful empires
are trying to consolidate,
Hon. p. DARDEN, grand master of the
National Grange. died at his home in JEFF
fersOn County, Miss, recently.
A REVOLUTION is reported in Venezuela
with DR.. Juan K. P. Paul leading the vic
torious forces.
THE Eighth Indiana Democrats have
nominated Elijah V. Brookstine for Con-
gress after casting l39 ballots
CALVIN S. BRICE has been selected chair
man of the Democratic National Campaign
Committee.
THE State Prohibition convention was
called to order at Jackson, Miss, on the
18th by B. T. Hobbs, of Brookhaven, and
Judge +. &. Peyton was made chairman.
against an electoral ticket.
COLONEL LAMONT reports that thieves
have broken into his house in Northern
New York and distracted papers having
reference to the Hill and Cleveland cam
paigns.
GENERAL FORNEY has been renominated
for Congress by the Democrats of the
Seventh Alabama district.
THE President has approved the Agri-
cultural and District of Columbia Appro-
prRtion bills.
The Kansas Prohibition party has nomi-
mated full State ticket headed by Rev. J.
ID. Botkin, of Wichita, for Governor.
THE Democrats and Greenbackers Of
Michigan have nominated fusion ticket,
headed by Wellington K. Burt, of Saginaw,
for Governor.
GENERAL BoULANGER is making rapid
progress towards recovery. Friends who
have made speeches in Ardeche in behalf
of Boulanger have been received with
great hostility. When NJ. Laguerre at
tempted to address a meeting, his voice
was drowned with groans and Kisses.
THE Emperor of Germany and the Car
of Russia met at Cronstadt on the 10Th.
THE President has recognized j. 3.
Hartnek as Vice Consul of the Neither
lands at St. Paul for the State of Minne-
sofa, and n. B. Borden, Consular Agent of
Spain at Fernandina, Fla.
THE Senate confirmed the nomination of
Melville w. Fuller for Chief Justice by a
vote of Al to 20.
EDWARD p. Roe, the novelist, died sud-
denly at Cornwall on the -Hudson, n. Y,
ON the Goth, aged fifty. He was born at
New Windsor, N. Y.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

The Department of State has infor-
nation that the incendiary fires at
Port au Prince, Hayti, July 4 and Z,
started by rebels, destroyed about one
fifth of the town, including many of
the public buildings, such as the
Chamber of Deputies, the Department
of the Interior, the War Department,
the new law school building, the civil
court house, the Government printing
office, the Protestant Episcopal Church
and the residence of the Bishop of
Hayti and OF the Minister of War. The
French and English Legations were
guarded by French sailors from the
war vessels in the harbor. A detach-
ment was offered by the French Minis
ter FOR the protection of the American
Legation. but the offer was declined by
the Minister.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26
DEMOCRATIC GROWTH.
\ Chart Showing the Progressive Change
by states since 1872.


by states since 1872.
Mr.. Samuel j. THden, before his
nomination for the Presidency. be
lieved that the country had become
Democratic. and fixed 1872 "a the date
Of the change The results in 1876 and
since show the accuracy of his calcula-
tions. Fourteen State have given
their electoral votes 10 the Democratic
candidates in the elections Of ls16,
1880 and 1884 and Il have bsen Demo
cratic in both 1850 and 1881, while in
1884 the number Of Democratic states
had increased to -.
The Democratic gain in States with
resulting Republican loss has been
steady since 1876. In that year u
States were counted for Hayes a. against
Il TO" Tilden; in 1880 it was a tie be-
tween Hancock and Garfield, l9 States
voting for each; in 1854 Blaine had only
Is States against % for Cleveland.
Tne States that have voted the Re
publican National ticket without Il
break since 1860. are Illinois. Iowa.
(Kansas since 1868, Maine, Massa-
chusetts. Michigan. Minnesota, (Ne-
braska since 1868. and Nevada since
1860. New Hampshire. OAio Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and
Wtsconsin-l2 without Kansas, Ne
braska and Nevada. which have been
Republican in all National elections
since their admission a. States. Cali
tornia has been Republican since 1860,
except in 1880: and Oregon except in
1868
The States which either We're or be
came Democratic in 1876, and have re
mained so. are Alabama, Arkansas
Delaware. (Florida counted for Hayes
Georgia, kentucky. louisiana counted
for Hayes, Maryland, Mississippi
| Missouri. New Jersey, North Carolina
(South Carolina counted for Hayes
Tennessee. Texas. Virginia and Wes
Virginia-l4. without Louisiana. Flor
/ ida and South Carolina. New jersey
/ has been Democratic since 1860. eX
cept in 1872. New York voted for the
| Democratic ticket in 1868. 1876 anc
| 1884. Connecticut and Indiana wert
Democratic in 1876 and 1894: ant
Nevada and California in 1880. In,
! following chart exhibits the progres
| sivs changes by States since 1872:
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

TIE New York Legislature in extra
session has abolished the use of ma
chinery in the penal institutions of the
State, and convicts will be employed
only at hard labor upon goods required
in the prison system. The Legislature
also abolished the New York City
Aqueduct Commission which has been
under investigation by the Senate.
prompted by charges that Governor
Hill had relations with the commission
and contractors on the works. The
creation of a new commission of seven,
upon which should be three city Off
cials, was delegated by the Legislature
to Mayor Abram S. Hewitt.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

THE Commissioners of the State OF
New York in charge of the Niagara
Falls reservation are planning for an
establishment roadway from the
reservation down the bank of the river
to the whirlpool rapids, and also the
construction of a bridge across the
river just below the whirlpool to the
Canada side. which will afford the
public unrestricted opportunity to Wit
ness all the majestic features OF the
natural scenery of the river, the falls,
he rapids and the whirlpool.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26
NOTES ANo COMMENTS.

Even the revised edition = oppose 20 tiaTri-
son: And the LORD ,mote Benjamin before Is
raeL"-L LeHfsr .Nsrs.
The Republican party tbs year viii Be
hypoCri,ical party ~ lpoloV.sts It's capital
stock VII consist 90 unadultsrated gall gold
and gin Lssia.,f Fi,ia "'.r
General Harrison is making bid for the col
Orcd vote. That sail right, but be can not w.nIt
OY way.uz the bloody shirt The coIorcd peo-
pic hay" leaned to prefer the red bandana-
B,s0a Gi,bs.
Il have been a Republican for years. but
like cx Mayor Lo" and others, I intend to sup
port and vote for Grover Cleveland says Rev.
stephen De fLs Of CT. cnpolnt Long Island.
y. i IOg
Benjamin Harrison was nominated by the
mOuOpolists. II he is elected the monopo-
lists will control hs adm nIstrat3OH. Here are
two reasons amoug many why he won't be
elected and oughtn.t 10 De.-LHdianap0te' Sfa'
ftasi.
American labor should not strike these days.
but 1t should orgaHiza against tne man and
party who want 10 have hnamen enter into
competition with them. The maa = Harrison,
and the party the Rel iuDlica1.-bIHa!o I"'&.
The Republican tc,et 5 thus designated:
Pedigree and Pocket BOOK. " Grandson and
Barrel II ppecano4 ard Free whisky too.
BenJ.e and the Barrel. Ancestry ana
Money Bag. .''-f fstrio.d PiJja D+Iter.
Inc i's-t o. t'' eaL' y'''E" n'1' y .'9''9
u'e'-" =. f'--' 81 - r. L,,..'-,,-t .,,rb
a. they have enjoyed for over three years, 70
the representatives, Of aut..fTee labor aHd tho
oar'l "A bJsy As14s
A p~oyerb old enough 10 be bald headed as
serts that =" there > honor among thieVe' II
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stripes over lh7 3o' 81
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fected IN any way oy the bloody sh'r' 'etieh' t'
me employ mem Vi "'4'S'i =! IHA ,. -
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The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

SENATOR CHASE has submitted an
exhaustive report on his bill to reduce
:he postage on fourth class matter He
says the bill proposes. in effect, to
merge the third and fourth classes,
with uniform rates of one cent for each
two ounces or fraction thereof. The
fourth class embraces merchandise,
samples, seeds and an infinite variety
of small articles Of almost every con-
ceivable class.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

THE explorer Burton in an interview
at Paris stated that he believes the
White Pasha who has arrived in the
Bahr-el-Gazel province is Emin Bey
and not Henry NJ. Stanley, He thinks
that Emin Bey is striking northwards.
Mr. Burton is of the opinion that Stan
lcys force is not strong enough to at
tempt an attack upon Khartoum,
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26
MISCEIIANEOUS.

FOREST fires are doing much damage
about Coral and Howard City, Mich, and
the towns are in danger.
TWENTY lives were lost by the wreck of
the Star of Greece near Adelaide, South
Australia, recently.
BY an explosion of petroleum ON the
Spanish steamer AsturianO, at Rouen re-
Gently eight sailors lost theip lives.
The lone highwayman who robbed the
stage near Miles City, Mont, some few
days ago has been captured
THOMAS w. HALL, a heavy de aler in wool.
Chicago, has assigned with, ,$l5O, 900 liahili.
ties and $4,000 assets, - ---''
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

GENERAL GfEELY, of the Signal
Service, said recently that he had ne
present intention of asking to be re-
lieved, but he was unwilling longel
than the interests of the service abso-
lutely required to hold an uncertain
tenure of Office in a bureau which
must steadily deteriorate unless reor-
ganized under strict examination as to
cOmDetpnrv
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

THE man who represented himself
as Artist Remington, of RWpcr'S
Weekly, and killed himself at Triai=
dad, Col, recently, ia fully identified
as Baron RaymOndston Rhoski, of
Germany. His father is Colonel in
the German army and OF noble lineage
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

THE Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill as reported to the Senate has been
increased by the Senate Committee
from $23, 800, 900 to $27, 300, 900, but is
still Sc, SOC, 900 less than the estimates
1t exceeds last years bill by nearly
s., 900, 900
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

JOAQUIN MILLER is living the exist
ence of IA hermit in the mountains Near
Oakland, Cal. He /. engaged upon \
poem of some length, entitled Leg
ends of Christ" embodying quaint
stories picked up by Miller when he
lived in the Levant
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

TIE ortier for the dispatch OF Brit
fish reinforcements to the Cape has
been countermanded, owing to an i'm
provement in the condition of affairs
in Zululand,
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

THE richest discovery of gold ever
made outside of the Comstock lode is
reported to have been made at the
Lake Superior Iron Company's shaft,
near lshpeming, Mich, 800 pounds of
quartz carrying free gold at the rate
of $50, 600 to the ton being uncovered
by one blast and brought into the city,
where it created the widest excite
ment. The quartz was worth fully
n1n pnn
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26
The Issue in a Nut Shell.

The ChriStian Union is one of the
fairest, as well as one of the most in
huential, religious papers in the coun-
try. In well-considered article it has
placed before its readers, and they
number many thousands, the antag-
onistic propositions of the Democratic
and Republican platforms. 1t puts II
in this way:
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

SIR CHARLES RUSSELL made the state
ment ON the trial of Jockey Wood that
only two Jockeys on the Erglish turf
have unblemished regulations Tom
Cahnen and John Osborne.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

IT is reported in New York that Ed.
ison has sold his phonograph TO an
English syndicate for $3.50, 900
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

TIE population Of California is now
placed at n million and II haG-nearly
double what it was in 1850
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

CANADA at pNosent has no murder
ers unaer sentence of death. The fact
lie almost without precedent.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

THE Savannah steamers for the
mouth of juno delivered almost quar-
ter OF a million of watermelOns at Now
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26

No more candid statement than THIS
can be made. No conscientious man
can consider it without believing in his
heart that the Democratic party has
the right side,-Chic4go Herald.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-07-26
CURRENT COMMENT

CHOLERA prevails u an alarming ex-
tent among Eu'Hreans at Hong Kong.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-21
In. Ccrtilicntc Of ncnosit.

As queer thing, happen sometimes at IN"
banks as anywhere else Ii was not long
ago that a galoot.sh lJollng fcLow walked
into the First National and asked for a
certificate Of deposit tie counted out his
money and handed 1t through the window
Tn teller took it. counted 1t, and threw IL
into hi, box. Then taking his great canvas
covered book, wherein are entered tue sigma
lures of the thousands Of people who hold
certificates Of the First National, be threw 1t
around and passed it through for the galoot
TO sign The next instant, when the teller
looked up, the dcpositor was half way down
the biz banking room with that great book
nnder bis arm and making for the door
There were the money DOxes 10 look out for
and the drawers 10 close, and the ci,rl. could
yet out Ia pursuit only by running down and
around 100 feet OF counters He diin't try 70
DO all these things lie heiloed to the near
est customer he saw outside 10 run and stop
that fellow with the great canvas covered
book That was no difficult matter The
man was making his way painfully and
slowly down Dearborn street and came back
cheerfully lie thought that that forty
pound book, be SAID, was hi, certificate Of
deposlt.-ChlcagO Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-21

The people profess kind OF Chrlstiah'.,
almost identical with that OF the hopu
and Syrians, and very similar TO that o'
the Greek and Russian orthodox flie>.
They are Monophysites, who recognize oa'
one nature in Christ. The head OF III,
Abyssnian church bears the title o'
"Abouna," or "Our Father, ana takes
rank as patriarch Of the orthodox 'reek
church He is always consccrated al
Alexandria. in Egypt, by the senior
patriarchs Of the Coptic church IN iha'
country. The whole country swarlhs
with priests, monks and nuns whose fe,
lgion consists in the performance ol
utterly unintelligble and monstrous cere'
monies. Altogether, the AbysslIlah
church j. the most utterly debased form
Of Christianity, just as the habits ana Gus,
toms Of the people denote the remnants oil
Il most dcbased form Of CIVILIZATION.
Nevertheless the churches are full OF
souvenirs valuable in ecclesiastical his
tory. Among the souvenirs which are III
much repute are the insignia OF the order
Of Solomons Seal, which consists OF two
interlaced triangles incl0sing a cross with
in the large central aperture, ring ana
guard being attached 10 the upper apex.
Philadelphia Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-21
STORIES OF GRANT AND LEE.
A Famous Reiic-Gen. Lees supply
Traiu.A Piece OF Marble.

One OF the most famous relics Of the re
beIlion was. until recently, in the possession
of Mrs. Ord, but it is now owned by Mr. Gun
ther. wealthy confectio. er Of Chicago. Tbi'
article was the identical table upon which
Gems Grant and Lee signed that famous
paper surrendering Lees entire army, and
virtually ending the great civil war. IL Is a
very ordinary piece OF cabinet work, being
made Of the cheapest materials, but having a
marble top. There can be no doubt but that
this is the table used on that memorable oc-
casion. as Mrs Ord had in her possession a
letter from Gen. u = Grant TO that effect.
Until recently Mrs. Ord refused all offers for
il, purchase, but finally sold 1t to Mr. Gun.
Their for 81 900, one-tbird Of the price originally
asked
You cannot imagine how regretted TO
mart with the table said Mrs. Ord, with con
siderable feeling Mrs. Grant wanted 1t, 50
did Col Fred Grant and many others, but
they would not pay the sum asked. Ten
Ord thought "A great deal OF the relic, and
was always pleased to talk about 1t. He was
present when the surrender was signed at
Appomattox Court House, and knowing that
it, future value would he great, set II ASIDE.
At the time of the surrender the distinguished
party did not proceed to business until fully
half an hour after they had met. They
smoked their cigars and chatted about their
families an1 other purely private matters.
Finally the conversation turned 70 the war
and the causes of Lees surrender
During this conversation Lee remarked to
Grant that he was unable to account for the
disappearance of his supply train. Had he
not have lost it Lee said that he would not be
in the situation he then was Sheridan, who
stood at the back of the noted Confederate
generals chair, was perfectly aware ot what
had become Of the supply train, for be cap
tured it, Turning to Gen. Ord, he gave
mischievous wink. that, could Lee have seen
1t, would have solved the conundrum as TO
the fate Of his supplies
In one corner of the marble top Of the
table is a nick about an inch long and proba-
bly, a quarter Of an inch deep This was
caused by the hit Of Gen. Lees sword strik-
ng the table when he rose after signing tie
paper. The marble chip fell off on the lioor,
but Gen. Sheridan picked 1t up and put 1t IN
his pocket | do not know what became of
it
Continuing. the lady said that the table Mrs.
Gen. Custer has, and which she claims was
the one upon which Lees surrender was signed
was not the table it purported to be, although
it is one Of great historic value. 1t Is the one
upon which Gen Gibbon wrote the order that
was afterward signed by Grant announcing
Lees surrender Gen. Custer was present at
the time, and. after the other parties had left
che room, seized the table and handed 1t out
OF the window, telling one OF his men 70 take
care Of It for him-San Diego Union.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-21
Exercise without Apparatus.

Very good exercise in lifting can be OBJ
tanned without special apparatus as 10y
lifting chairs in different ways. Thus the
chair may he lifted at arms length by a
front rung grasped knuckles upward or
downward. or by the lower end Of a
front leg-the back being in every ease
brought To vertical position and So main
tIined while the lift lasts. Strength may
be- tested either by the weight of the chair
lifted or by the time during which the
chair is held out. ii j. noteworthy that
often the man who can lift the heaviest
chair at arms length in some particular
way may be surpassed by another when
the mode of lifting is altered. And again
those who lift the heaviest weights in
these ways are not always those who can
maintain their hold longest. Resolution
comes in as factor in the last named
test. One will often see great and strOnG
but easy going man lift ont at arms
length weight which another cannot
bring for n moment to that position, who
vet will not hold ont half thai weight for
half the time at which it will be held out
by the weaker, whose resOlute Will enables
Tim to sustain his hold TO the very last
Richard A. Proctor
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-21
Was a Nan of His Word.

I'VE wish" says a Colorado editor, ''to
retract our statement made last week that
our esteemed fellow citizen, the Hon. Mr..
Plumley, was never known TO keep his
promise. After reading the item in ques-
ton Mr. Plumley happened to remember
that during the heat Of the recent political
contest he promised to kick us out to the
fair grounds ami he Immediately came up
to the Office and executed his promise. Ia
fact he not only kicked us all the way out
there, but he kept 1t up most Of the way
back, and If he had not run out of breath
we think he would have been kicking Us
yet Mr.. Plumley is gentleman Of his
word, cultured and polished, and can kick
like an Asiatic elephant" - Chicago
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