The Brookhaven leader., 1888-11-22

drawn from through west bound business
and would not take any freights at the
cnt rates, -.
fHz statns n William II. Seward; Iins
coins Secretary of State, was unvailed at
Auburn, N. Y, on the 18th in the presence
of huge crowd,
CLAIMS for over so, 900, 900 against the
NeSiean Government and la favor Of the
estate Of tbs late Charles Buttetfeld have
been presented by ex-United Ststss
Minister John roster.
ABOUT forty manufacturers Of straw
wrapping paper from various parts of the
country were in secret session in Chicago
recently endeavoring to arrange pool Or
truef.
THE body of the late Bishop Seghers, of
Alaska, has been brought to Victoria, B.
c., by the United States man war
Thetis.
THp eh'et IT the Bureau of Statistics rss
ports that the total values Of the exports
Of d6mestic breadstuft3 during the ten
months ended October 81, as eohipatsd
with similar exports during the corre-
spending period of the preceding year,
were: 1888, $92,9l2 S3l; 1887, $13S 5l5, ,93S.
CONLEY, a brakeman, left a switch open
recently on the B. & o., ninty three miles
west of Wheeling, W. Va, causing the
wreck Of a freight train and the killing of
seven men, five belonging to the train and
two being tramps
A hRCENf letter from Port All Prince
says that seven American vessels are in-
der detention there; Anarchy PREVAILED
all over Hayti, aud the necessity for inen=
ofswar to protect the foreign residents was
urgent.
THREE young girls were caught on a
bridge by train at Crclevile o., the
other day, Two were BILLED. The third
eacaped by clingng to the stiiiigers,
A HEAVY shock of earthquake was expe-
rienced at Guayaquil on the 10Th. Thou
sands fed from their houses.
TIE strike of the brakemen on the Louis
vile, New Albany & Chicago railway has
been compromised, the men getting in
creased wages.
Ir is positively denied in Washington
that ex-Minister Foster presented tlein's
fof $40, 900, 40 against Mexico on his re-
cent visit to the City of Mexico.
The coasting steamer Nonvairo, which
left Clutch, India; Notembet With go na-
tites on board, was reported overdue and
it was feared she had foundered in re-
cent storm.
ED MCDONALD, the most famous of the
Chicago boodlers, has secured a reversal
of his case by the Illinois Supreme Court
and it is thought that he will never go to
the penitentiarS.
Two young sons of John Marvin, a
farmer living near ST. Cloud, Mimi, were
drowned recently while skating over thin
ice.
THE men from Live Oak, Fla, claiming
to represent the relief committee of that
place and asking for aid are denounced as
frauds, as the place needs nothing.
PORTUGAL has decided to send vessels to
aid Great Britain and Germany to break
up the East African slave trade.
VIOLENT gales on the 10th caused nhmer.
Gus wrecks on the west coast of Great
Britain. Among the vessels which met
with disaster was the Norwegian bark
Hypatia, but no lives were lost.
TIE Public Ledger blames the Inter-
State Commerce law for the demoraliza-
tlon existing in railroad rates. 1t says
the prohibition of pooling forces the
weaker lines to cut rates as they are not
allowed to make amicab!e arrangements
with their stronger competitors.
LOUISVILLE, KY, has been chosen for the
next meeting of the National Board of
Trade, to be not later than October, 1889.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for the
seven days ended November Is numbered
237. compared with 226 the previous week
and 225 the corresponding week last year.
c. ID. BIRDsALL, editor of the Hartford
Comm Telegram, was cowhided the other
night by Allen Wyley and L. p. Smith of
the Sunday Globe, as the result of long
article in the Telegram accusing the G!obc
of blackmailing operations.