The Brookhaven leader., 1888-08-09

AT Cannon, q small town in GraysoT
County, Tex, the other night, Rev. q
Harrison, Methodist minister, killed his
son-n-law, Ben Pervin, and then killed
himself. Cause, family trouble.
N.NEIEEN Chnese pirates were Killed
recently by Chinese troops. They had
been the terror Of the seas for five years.
A SPECIAL from st. Cloud, Mimi, says
that twenty houses in all were struck by
lightning during the recent storm. Two Of
Mrs. Klinkert's children were fatally hurt.
Two valuable horses were also killed.
BY premature blast of powder on the
Baltimore a. Ohio railroad near Hancock,
Md, recently, j. II. Shackleford, foreman,
was killed and William Stottler, Andy
Smith and Henry Green were seriously in
iured.
FHE seizure of railroad property by the
Peruvian Government caused energetic
protests The roads were built entirely by
foreign capital, a good deal of which was
American.
CHARLES MORGAN, alias "Blinky Nor
gam" concerned in the celebrated fur rob-
berries and the murder of Detective Hulli-
gan at Ravenna, was executed in the Ohio
penitentiary Mt Columbus early on the
morning Of the Sd. He left long state-
ment asserting his innocence:
BY fall of u span NJ the ralt5ad bridge
near C0nnelsville, Pa, the other day an
engine and one car fell into the river No
one was hurt. Cause, rotten timbers.
THE cigarmakers of the East PROPOSE to
appeal FROM the decision of the New Jer-
sey Chancellor that any one can use the
international cigar label.
A HAIL STORM on the Sisseton Indian
reservation in Minnesota on the lst, rufed
the crops in section mile wide and ten
miles long. One man was killed by light
ming.
1HE meeting Of the grievance commit
tees Of the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
glneers, Fircmen, Brakemen and Switch
men of North America, which was ap-
pointed for Kansas City, has been changed
to st. Louis and the date fixed at Au-
gust 9.
THOUSANDS of dePthe from sholera in
Chang Chon, China, have occurred iii the
past three months.
HENRY NJ. NIMONr, of Millersburg, KY,
has been sent to an insane asylum, his
mind having been destroyed by excessive
cigarette smoking.
DRY goods merchant ShOtwell, of Min
neapois, Mimi, who recently failed, has
been held to the grand jury for obtaining
money under false pretenses,
An alleged editor named Eisfelder, pub.
fishing a small paper in San Francisco, re-
Gently demanded 5000 blackmail from ex'
Senator Fair. He was promptly knocked
down and after threatening Fair with .
pistol took his departure.
THREE persons were killed by lightning
which struck the house of Lawrence Nc
Iaughlin at HazelwOod, near Duluth
Mimi, during the storm of the Sd.
THE Treasury Departments monthly
statement showing the changes in circula
tion during July past notes net decreas,
of II, 49,, 1I6 during the month.
BUSINESS failures tDun's feport) for th'
seven days ended August numbered l60
compared with POI the previous week.
CoPIOUs rains fell in Kansas and Mis-
sour on the ID and Sd. insuring the corr
| crop.
| II is reported in Valdosta, Ga, tina
James Williams, the negro desperate whC
| killed the station watchman there five
| years ago, has been arrested at last Owe
| fifty men resembling him had been ar
rested since the crime.
Two boys were buried in the ruins of {
| barn near Richmond, ILL.,, recently, anC
great damage was done to crops by
| storm.
EIGHTEEN persons were burned to deatl
and many more injured by a fire in tene
ment house at 197 Bowery, New York, OF
the afternoon of the 3D.. The unfortunate'
were principally Polish Jews, engaged il
the occupation of tailoring.
HALF million dollars worth of damage
has been done by forest fires in the vicinity
of Ottawa, Ont.
THE Canadian Government proposes II
prevent Mormon settlers in the Northwes
Territory from practicing polygamy.