The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
o,..ned by Telegraph and Mail
AND POLITICAL.

.o,ignation of the ruler of CASH
lhh has oeen accepted "y the Viceroy Of
ns,o ayd the country has been placed
rnder native council
uT Tuv King Of Siam has presented the
,Lnritan Presby terian mission with the
=, one of the royal palaces and the
rroupds adjoining.
nrcr Boulangist meeting was held in
rs on the 9th to protest against the
d.rnment,s d".,. action against General Bou-
w. The crowd consisted chiefly of
sincnen. The proceedings were care
WI wotched by the troops and police.
'u,y IT, Nontana Democratic State conven-
.,nominated J. K. Toole for Governor,
W WV ronrod of Billings, for Lieutenant
| n.narror and Martin Maginnis for Con-
gess. :, Oh. ,s
- Jonartment of Vermont have been
..Esd to resign by G. G. Benedict the
1 nav collector for the State.
TUX Globe. of Durham,.N. c., learns Of
.ho death of Granny" Boston. She was
20 hundred and twenty one years old, a
rsnsoner, and remembered the battle Of
Ting,s Mountain. Her corpse weighed
/ only fifty pounds.
Tar denial by the President of the re.
nor, that he had stated that an extra ses-
i;or of Congress would be called has
domnsned the enthusiasm of the candi-
dotas for offices of the House and the
newspaper correspondents. who were the
rbisf supporters of the extra session the
Ory
PRESIDENT CARNoT, of France, has
signed decree fixing the general elec-
tons for September -.
THE Ohio Democratic convention at
novton on the 2Sth nominated James f.
Campbell, OF Butler County, for Governor.
THE Chicago papers recently said that
sY.Commander- in Chief Warner had been
offered and accepted the editorship of the
Rsnublic, a New York monthly magazine
devoted to the Grand Army. Major
Warner's son says his father was offered
the place but declined it.
GENERAL RUSSELL A. ALGER was elected
by acc!amation Commander in Chief of
the G. A. r.
NJ THESE, a Boulangist member of the
Chamber of Deputies has been ar
rested for resisting the police at Bou-
git meeting.
JAMES s. MCGEE, of Kansas, a clerk in
the office of the superintendent of the free
delivery service, POST office Department,
has been appointed a post-ofiice inspector
on free delivery service.
The Brazilian Government has nego-
tated with the banks of Rio de Janeiro a
loan of $4,000, 900 at per cent. per an
mum.
D. ha1
pressed his willingness to act with the
Worlds Fair committee of New York.
The charter was defeated at the election
at Oklahoma City, Ok, by an overwhelm-
/ Ing vote.
The Government of Paraguay has ac-
/ cepted the invitation of the United States
| to attend the congress of American States
| in Washington in October.
GEORGE FACETT Rowe, the actor and
| dramatst, died of Bright's disease at New
York on the H9th.
DR. NATHANIEL EMMoNS, formerly of
| Delaware, o., who had for twenty years
been a leading dentist of Valparaiso,
| Chill, died there June 20. He was Grand
Army veteran and his last request was
/ for Grand Army headstone for his grave.
GOVERNOR MELLETTE of North Dakota,
has called an election for State and coun-
/ y officers the first Tuesday in October
next
Miss ANNIE JONES, who had been an in
valid for seventy years and confined to
her bed for sixty, died recently at Liver
more Falls, Me-, aged eighty-seven.
The British Parliament has been pro-
Iogued to November 16
EXCITEMENT was reported prevailing
among Americans resident in China be-
cause of the influence brought to bear up
on the Emperor to have ali Americans ex-
psled in retaliation for the Scott Exclu-
sion bill.
ADvICEs received from Tishomingo
lhickasaw Nation, say that the official
returns from the election for members of
tOe lower house of the Chickasaw Legisla-
@re show decisive majority for the
progressive party.