The Brookhaven leader., 1888-05-24

stone quarry near Stockton, N. j., the
other morning. One man was killed and
number of houses were wrecked and con-
siderable property wac destroyed. The res
port was heard twenty miles away Thfee
hundred kegs hf powder exploded The
explosion was caused by wOrkmen dropping
a keg OF powder
TiE ccntenn al meeting of the Prcsbyte-
rian General Assembly, the supreme ec-
ces a't!cal court of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States. began in Phil
adelphia on the 18th. There were over 800
delegates in attendance.
A BREAK occurred in the Sny levee, two
mics below the Hannibal (Mo) bridge on
the 18th. The territory covered by the
floods was f0rty-hve miles long and six
miles wide. The damage was immense and
could not be computed:
ADviCEs from the island of Tahiti says
that party Of natives surprised a French
patrol and killed an officer of marines and
two sal ors.
The Dublin Exchcquer Court has dis
missed the appeal of Father McFadden, of
Gwcedore against the doubling Of his sen
tence on appeal The court held that a
county court has the power to increase
sentence.
Two-TnIRDs Of the young TOBACCO plants
in Western North Carolina nave been killed
by recent frosts. The weather was very
cold.
The rates between Chicago and Louis
vile for the round trip have been cut 10
eleven dollars.
The court house OF Sydney, the county
seat of Fremont County, Iowa was burned to
the ground the other night and the records,
except the treasurcr's, were destroyed. An
attt mpt was made few years ago to blow
up this building and destroy the records to
cover up a She rtage of the officials, but
fai c |. The fire was incen liary.
THE German Government is trying to In
fiuence the leading banking houses against
a Russian loan. 1t is expected that loan
of 5)O,O0O, 900 roubles will be emitted in the
autumn by French syndicate.
Four horse thieves were hanged recently
by vigilantes on the western border OF the
Cherokee Strip. Two of them were noto-
rious criminals, the other two being un-
known.
THE f. f. Baker Post, G. A. r., Phlladel-
phia, has got into hot water with the order
for admitting the Confederate General,
Joseph Z. Johnston, to membership.
FRED KING and William Kinney, aged
fifteen ard thirteen years respectively,
were killed by train while crossing a
Pro, idence a. Boston railway bridge near
Providence, r. l., recently.
JUDGE LAWRENCE. Of New York, after q
brief hearing n the writ of habeas corpus
in the case Of Mrs. Scofield Charged with
b, ing concerned in the death of Broker
Hatch), grant ed her discharge. Delancey
Nicoll con ended that the committal of
Mrs. Scofield was a most unhcard OF pro-
ceeding
HEAVY rains at Fayetteville, Ark, have
caused an overflow of the White river. At
Alma, Ark, the r.vcrS were oyerflowing
and it was feared several lives had been
lost
THE conviction of McQuade, the New
York city Doodle alderman, has been con
firmod by the Supreme Court.
BUSINESS failures CDun's report) for the
seven days ended May II numbered for til c
United States, 163; Canada, %; total 1S9,
compared with 900 the previous week and
$50 the corresponding period Of last year.
The eraser Baltimore, now building at
Cramps yard, will probably be launched
on July 4, and the Secretary of the Navy
has been advised accordingly.
THE village of Zarnikou. Pomerania, has
been destroyed by fire. There was no loss
of life.
JACoR VANDERBILT, at New York re-
Gently, in giving his side of the story Of his
relations with his wife, who is SUNG him
for limited divorce and alimony, said that
he net her in ii house Of ill-fame, and as he
was young and inexperienced lie became
her dupe and consented to a secret mar
rIfge. He sad the girls name was Mary
NTH, but she called herself Viola Ward.
Ter family lives at Cazenovia, N. Y.