The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-06-14

TEN passengers were crossing the river
In row boat at Bay City, Mich, the other
day under tho tow line Of tug, when
Frank Sklesks and another Pole, name un-
known, being afraid Of being caught by the
tow line, jumped overheard and were
drowned.
TnE destructi n caused by the recent
storm In Canada was widespr cad. Enor-
Elots damage was done to crops just peep
ing from the Erotnd and young apple
orchards in nearly every l6cSlity were dc.
strOyed. Hundreds of barns were dcnoi-
Isheg ard cut buildings In scores OF cases
were blown away. The loss can not fall
short of $3O0,OOO. Three persons were re-
ported killed and a large number seriously
injured,
A CAKRfTxa pipe OF the Standard OIL
Company sprang lehH at Grcenpolnt av-
cnue and Oakland streets, Long ls.anI
Ci,y, the other morning and a srarh from
a blacksmith shop ignItcd the oil; the pipe
broke, and the burning AYil spread raI idly
over the ground, threatening destruction
Of properly. The flames were exiting Jished
after hard fight.
SILVER has turned up in South Africa 10
a degree TO produce a new mining fever.
TIE law providing for quinquennial ses-
sions of the Prussian Diet has been oftici-
ally published.
THE whole line of the Nicaragua c1na!
will be located in a few days inC.u ing
complete through surveys of the two pos
sibie locations on the cast end kn 'wn rs
the lower route. surveyed by COmmandeT
Lull 1s72-3, and the upper route, surveyed
by Mr., MOnveal in 1850.
TIE Doncastcr EngIand) spring handI
cap, straight mile, was dead heat be-
tween Lord Eliesmere's Felix md Lord
Arlir gton's King Fisher The stakes ;Te"e
divided.
C4prAIS ANsOS and his Chicago Basc-
Ball Cub went to Danbury Conn, the
other day, and during his absence report
gained some prevalence that he had dropped
dead. There was no cause for the rumLr
KotAstNsKt, the depcscd Po ish priest
has returned to Detroit, Mich, where his
followers threaten trouble II lie IS not re.
instated by the new Bishop.
IL Bloomington, Charles MXCounty. Oak,
the other night, two young farmers, Baby
and Wilson. quarrelcd over an Oil grudg3,
when Bailey fired at Wilson. bat killed his
own father. wilson i'll turn shot young
Barley dead.
ALICE WooDnALL, cxtradltcd for forgery
quilted of the charge but detained in
custody on another complaint. Her COun-
sci complained bitterly cf her rearrest,
asserting that she was under the protection
of the Brit sh Government, the charge for
which she was extra1Ited having fallen
through.
THE comm ssioners of Allegheny County
Pa, have been notified by County Comp
troler Speer that there was Gcticit OF
$l5, $50 in the accounts of eX-Shcrif Joseph
Gray.
BUSINESS failures GDun's repor) for the
seven days cndei June numbered for TIE
United States, 207, Canada, -; total, 231 {;
compared with 2o5 the previous week aud
l73 the corresponding week last year
WILLIAM LITTLE, a lumber merchant C!
Montreal. has failed with 81, 10000 habLi-
ties and 1925, 900 assets.
BY cyclone and thunder storm at Mant-
sell, Nicaragua, the other night eighteen
houses were wrecked and five persons
killed.
I. HARRISON GARRETT, brother of Robert
Garrett was drowned from a yacht at
Baltimore, Md, recently. The steamer
Joppa had colidcd with the yacht and Gar
rett attempted TO climb on to the steamer,
when the bow chains gave WY and ne was
drowned
TIE general freight agents Of lines inter
ested in the Iowa traffic met at Chicago CO
the Sth TO consider the new stance tarIfis.
The Inference resulted in the framing c:
vigorous protest against the promulSatlcc
of the proposed rates.
MIsCREANTs attempted to rob the cXprcst
on the Cincinnati, indianapolis q ChiGslGG
at Delhi, twelve miles west of Cincinnati,
on the night of the h. TIE bIggagensH
ter was fatally shot, bat the robbers SGi':
beaten off by the fireman and engineer.