The Brookhaven leader., 1889-08-22

suited in q steady increase of the treasury
surplus, which, accorning to the Treasur-
er's statement, now amounts to $40, 300, 900
being the highest point reached since
October last The pension payments for
August are estimated at Sl3, 000, 600 and the
surplus will be reduced accordingly.
THE trial of John L. Sullivan, the
puglist commenced at Purvis, Miss, on
the 18th.
1T is rumored that an important agree
ment has been entered into between En-
gland and the Shah by which the passage
of British troops through Persia will be
permitted.
A TERRIFIC cloudburst occurred at Pat
erson, N j., the other morning. Streets
were washed out, cellars flooded and the
sewers choked so that the waters spurted
out Of the manholes.
AT a curve on the Reading railroad near
Hamburg Pa, the Williamsport express
ran into the rear end of a freight train
standing on the track. Seven cars of the
freight train were completely wrecked.
JANIS ID. LEARY, the ship builder, of
New York, will soon build timber raft
in British Columbia and tow it to San
Francisco. He was the builder of the two
Joggns RATS, one of which broke up
Scotia.
THE price of pig iron at Pittsburgh has
been advanced 81 per ton because of the
high prices of coke and freight transpor-
tation.
THE Monon railroad has made a cut in
Grand Army rates to Milwaukee to one
cent a mile
THE American branch of the High
Court of Foresters severed its connection
with the parent organization in England
at Minneapolis, Minn.. on the 18th. The
name adopted was the Ancient Order
of Foresters of America"
A GAS explosion at Grand and Clinton
streets, New York, caused the fatal in
jury of two or three persons and the Sc
rious injury of quite n number of others.
A crowd had been attracted watching
operations to discover a leak.
SULLIVAN, the pugilist, was found
guilty at Purvis, Miss, on the 10th.
JUDGE FIELD was arrested in the United
States Circuit Court at San Francisco on
the 10th for the killing of Judge Terry.
He was arraigned before Justice Sawyer
who released him on S., 900 bond.
THE pressmen employed on the New
| York World struck recently for better
wages and new foreman.
THREE passengers were instantly killed
and many others injured by an accident
on the West Pennsylvania road near
Freeport, Pa, recently.
WILLIAM SPRY, a Mormon Elder has
been arrested at Chattanooga, Tenn, on a
bench warrant issued by the United States
Court, charging him with bigamy and
| adultery. SDry was in charge of the Nor
| mon proselyting in the South
In the United States Court at Austin,
Tex, Gus Wilke and Abner Taylor pleaded
guilty recently to the importation of
skilled laborers from Europe to work on
the new capitol, and were fined 81, 900 and
costs in each of sixty-four cases.
EBEN s. ALLEN, the former president of
| the Forty street railway, New
York, who was convicted of fraudulently
issuing the company's stock, has been
sentenced to fourteen years at hard labor
| in the States prison. The prisoner had
entered plea of guilty.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended AuPu,t Is numbered
2l3 compared with 3 1 the previous week
and 219 the corresponding week of last
year.
| AN attempt to wreck an excursion train
near Cambridge, Md, recently, failed be-
| cause the engineer was running slowly at
| the time.
THE new cruiser Boston's damage by
running aground off Newport, h l., is
quite serious, extending over a space of
thirty-six feet long.
| WILLIAM TRAINER, the young man who
entered Broker Leb's office. 269 Broad
way, New York few days ago pointed
| a pistol at him and demanded his money
aud fired at him when he refused to
comply, has been sentenced to fifteen
years and six months in the State prison.