The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-03-15

REPRESENTATIVES, OF tue Ot.r.t -
Manufacturers Association wee Ia O.;u
wa, Ont, recently for ths purpose 81 pry.
ing the Canadian Governm ut 10 grant
bounty OF 81 a ton on al! SAT- exported from
Canada.
THE extensive lace factory II Duden 4
Co, at Williams Bridge, New York Clty, q,
was destroyed b" NE the Uth"r evening.
The ioss amountei to over SlO0,OOl
T. II. ToMLINsOS, cashier of the BradfodI
(Pa.) National Bank, died on the Sth fror
the effects Of the pistol shot fired by
George A. KImball, who attempted TO rot
the bank aud committed suicide while be-
ing pursued.
A DISPATCH from Elko, New, OF the 8tt
says that the east bound passenger train
on the Central Pacific had been wrecked at
FenclOn the previous night with fatal re.
suits. Cause, b. oxen rail
A DISASTROUS accident occurred at IN"
Fishback rolling mill of tho Pottsville Pa. }
Iron IL Steel Company recently. By the
slipping OF belt the speed of the engine
was suddenly increased TO such an euOI
nous velocity as TO cause the bursting OF
the great fly wheel Great damage was
caused and Charles Treisel laborer, was
instantly killed.
A SPECIAL from Winnipeg says: Dis
patches from the West show much uneasi
ness among settlers along the Sdskat-
chewan, owing to the destitution among
the half breeds and Indians. Many Of them
| are on the verge of starvation.
ADvICEs from Victoria, b. c., state that
| a man answering In every particular tn
description of TascOtt, the alleged murder.
er of IN llonaire Smell in Chicago, has been
| arrested there.
CoRovER Levy, Of New York, held an
inquest on the 9Th regarding the death OF
| Jockey SpellItan, who received fatal in.
| jurIes on the night of November IL. The
| jury decided that he died from injuries re
ceved by falling when drunk.
ALLEN o. MYERS, who has figured sc
cOnsplcuously as defendant in the tally
sheet forgery trials at Columbus, o. and wht
| fled Columbus and the State Of Ohio a few
| days ago was in Washington recently.
| MAYER BROTHERS & Co., commission mer-
chants, of New York, have made an assign
ment. A month ago they claimed to b.
worth 100000 above liabilities The faH
ure was caused by the shrinhage in coffee
| BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended March numbered foi
the United States 1876; Canada, IS; total
353; compared with pa the previous week
and 2l9 the corresponding week OF las
year.
WILLIAM WARNER, a prospector for th,
Tahlequah, l. T.. Lumber Company, en-
gagged in surveying a stream to be used TO
walnut log RATS, has been killed by out
laws either white or Cherokee.
LATER reports from China state tina
lOO.O0 persons were drowned by the over
| ,tFf no VallnIu ryar and AA OA1
| dered homeless.
! You've WALKER, son Of the Bald Knot
Der h.ef, was convicted at Ozark, Mo, o
he oh Of the murder of Edens and Clar
N Christian County year ago.
CHARLES F. BLANoHAUM, slOp superin
endent at Maddux, Hobart & Co.'S dis
| li.lery at Cincinnati, was found dead tn
other morning In a sIop vat half filled wit
hot sOp. He lost his footing and fell int
he scalding contents.
The Methodist University at Mitchell.
Oak, was burned recently. One of tn
students was killed in jumping from
window and quite number II others wer
| seriously injured. The building was total
destroyed Loss, S75. 900; insured.
MACY WARNER, late convict, wa
hanged recently at Jeffrrsonville, Ind, 70
the murder of Frank Harris, also a cor
Wet in the prison south Of Jeffersonvi lie
The killing Of Harris occurred on April Il
1887, and was most brutal AMI unproyokeC
THE British bark LanoEa, from Lannce!
ton. Australia, for London, with cargo c
wool. has been wrecked in the Engish ChaI
mel. The captain and eleven Of the GREY
| were drowned.
The Postmaster-Genera states in repl
o charges Of inefficient mail service !
Kansas and the West generally that III
service was never in better condition tina
at present and that the charges are, ther,
| fore, unfounded.