The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-09-26

MISS SUSIE GATOR, Of Georgetown. aud
Miss Ella Atwell, of Alexandria, Va, two
well known young ladies' were accident
ally drowned recently near the latter
place by their carriage being overturned
while endeavoring 10 ford a swollen
stream.
TIE new dry dock at the navy yard at
Norfolk, Va, was formally opened on the
18th in the presence of a large gathering.
The Yantic was the first vessel to enter
the dock.
TIE recent yacht disaster on Lake Erie,
by which nine lives were lost, was be-
lieved to have been due to an explosion of
naphtha-
The Alton railroad was reported con-
sidering the purchase of the Missouri,
Kansas G. Texas.
THE residence Of Mrs. Lanbower, al
Oakland, Nd, was destroyed by fire and
her two children, three and six years old,
were burned to death. Mrs. Lenbower
was absent at the time.
BY the burning of Mrs Beacon's frame
cottage in Los Angeles, Cal, the other
day three small children were burned to
death.
THE police within the last few days
have shown an increased activity in diff
suspected Nihilists. The students every
where are objects of suspicion, and twenty
attending the university at Ki.ff were ar
rested en- the 18th.
The John Grouse memorial college for
women, connected with the Syracuse
University, New York, has b9en dedicated.
1t cost s. 900.
The Boston Globe has offered 81, 900 to
the Boston base ball club if they win the
pennant this year.
The second trial of General Lester B.
Faulkner, charged with wrecking the
National Bank at Danville, N. Y, was
begun in the United States d. strict Court
at Buffalo, N, Y, on the 18th.
THE Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd
Fellows will hold its next session at To-
peka, Kan.
THE Pacific express car on the NJ. K. &
I. was entered and robbed of $40, 600 al
Bolton, Tex, on the Goth. There was no
clew to the robbers.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended September 10 numbered
1853, compared with 1913 the previous week
and 22S the corresponding week of last
year.
THE Secretary of War has determined
to remove from Fort Meade, Oak, all but
one company of the troops to Northwest
ern Montana. This virtually amounts to
the abolition of the fort which was one
of the most important west of the Mis-
souri,
The British gunboat Lily struck a rock
Off Point Armor, N. F., recently and sunk.
Seven of her crew were drowned.
FAST freight train collided with
switching engine on the Lake Shore road
at Cleveland, o., recently. Both engines
were badly damaged and several cars
smashed into bits. Patrick Moore, a sail
or who was stealing ride, was killed.
AN accident occurred on the electric
street railway at Mission Ridge, Tenn,
recently, and ell of the passengers jumped
off the car. Mrs. Mary Adams. of Casey,
H., died from injuries received. Seven
teen others were injured, none of them
seriously.
The annual session of the American
Prehistoric Society convened at Washing
ton on the Goth with thirty delegates pres
ent Scientific papers were read by DR.
Huber, of New York; D.. Earl, of Chicago
and DR.. Grille, of New York.
BLACKMAN BROTHERS. big saw mill, sash
and door factory and lumber yards. Sno-
komish, Wash, were destroyed by fire
the other night causing $3.50, coo loss with
no insurance.
THE noted suit of Augustus l. Amber
against Rodney NJ Whipple for infringe
ment of patent, involving $12)0,000, has
been finally thrown out of court in Chica-
so, under the provisions of the statute OF
limitations.
MRS CHARLES LAPAGE, wife of a wealthy
stockman, burned TO death in her bed at
Chou eau City, Mont The fire was COM
municated to the bed clothes and before
the woman could be rescued she was
burned to death. Her sband was in The
East