The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-07
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Michigan lake shore TO ths noythward In
The direction oi t5eewatef. hesr Chicago.
TIE great vault constructed In the north
court Of the Treasury Department build
ing at Washington for the storage OF
silver coin has been found to be so damp
as. to rot the canvas bags. in which the
silver Is stored ard. sotiseduehtlt 10000
isree wooden boxeAhave been ordered In
which to store $50, ,0O0, 900.
IT Is stated In Paris that the Austrian
Crown Prince was shot by the husband Of
lady who was staying at the Misrling
chateau.
TBy Net,orsl .rofuTlttee appointed t6
Inquire into the late British naval Than:
euvers state that the ships, with q few eT:
ceptions, are unsuitable for modern war:
fare-indeed dedcient-and thAt the exist
ing seet Is unfit to command the seas
against an enemy.
TWENTY steamers are now detained at
Glasgow, Scotland, by the strike OF the
seamen and hreipep.
II Is stated chat Annie Eisenhart, the
head nurse at the hospital at Camden. N.
j., who was found terribly cut and beaten,
inflicted the injuries on herself while
temporarily insane.
THE engine house and coal breaker of
the Northland colliery, Ashland, Pa, one
Of the largest in the State, were destroyed
by fire recently. :. -
pleted by the House Committee on Agri-
culture proposes an appropriation of ST.
636, ,01o as compared with estimates Of ST.
$50. 100 and an appropriation for the pres
ent rear Of 81. 715, s26 Seeds in the future
will not be distributed to Con ngressmen
but to State agricultural experiment
stations.
GstKRAb jbsEtH wHEEtkR, , St. Ale:
baIna, was elected ptesidentj Charles s.
Hill, OF Washington, secretary, and Aaron
Vanderbilt, treasurer, OF the American
Shipping and Industrial League at Wash
ington on the 31st.
THE total receipts of the Patent ONCE
the past year were S1,11s,516 and the total
expenditures 1914, ,loa There were %, 420
original patents issued duriRe tie yeat.
tNttAN AcENf OWEN has issued instruc.
tions for all who have not proper permits
and for all intruders to leave the Chicka-
saw Nation within thirty days. This
order is aimed chiefly ut the non .citizens
who are now holding cattle in the Chicka-
saw Nation and who refuse to pay the
cattle tsx OF 81 per head per month.
The warehouse of the Graniteville Is.
c. Manufacturing Company, containing
2,438 bales of cotton was destroyed by
firs recently. Loss 100000, insurance
$99, 900.
DR.. CHARLES P. BURNS, of Baxter, Ark,
we'll known in the southern part of the
State, was shot and killed the other night
by Deputy Sheriff Chi.ders, who had gone
to the DOCTORS house to arrest him on a
warrant The doctor had resisted arrest
and drew pistol on the officer. =,
totiN O. SULLIVAN, county clerk OF In.
dianapolis, Ind, who failed for SIS, 600 re-
Gently is missing, and is supposed to be in
Canada. His flight was occasioned by the
discovery that he had issued fraudulent
warehouse receipts for large consign.
ments of poultry, produce, etc.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended January 81 numbered
332, compared with 3i2 the previous week
and 279 the corresponding week Of last
year.
FIRE the other morning in the four story
building at 305 East Third street. New
York, occupied by building contractors,
Graham e. Sons, resulted in estimated
losses of SIS, 900. The fire also extended
to the privats dwellings opposite.
Az heroic bronze statue Of General
Stonewall jackson, to cost $50, 900, has
been ordered for Lexington, Va
DURING riots at Tipperary. Ireland, on
the 1st, nine civilians and thirteen police
men were injured.
THE high school building in Johnstown.
N. Y, was destroyed by fire the other
night causing $16. 500 loss Next. day the
east wall Of the building Tell, killing one
fireman and badly injuring another.