The Brookhaven leader., 1889-09-05

| ored editors Of the Selma, Ala, Independ-
ent proved incorrect
Two ladies, Mrs. Dodson, Of Wauw atosa,
and Mrs. Dennet of West Granville, were
killed at Milwaukee, Wis, while crossing
the Vliet street crossing OF the St Paul
railroad. They were sisters and were
visitors to the encampment
The village of Tscherach in St. Gall,
Switzerland, was destroyed recently by
the fall of portion of Mount Rubisberg.
| The villagers escaped.
| CONSIDERABLE typhoid fever Is reported
| at Johnstown, Pa.
MICHAEL PossEY, of Shelby County, o.,
is defaulter to the amount of $l3, 900. lie
was county treasurer.
JAMES M. NEwBAKER, a politician of
local note, was assassnated at Satita,
Miss, recently.
| II. II. WARNER, the head of the large
proprietary medicine establishment Of!
Rochester, N. Y, has agreed to sell the
| business to a British syndicate for FL, 000,-
600. The guarantee money has been put
| up.
Two freight trains on the Buffalo, New
York & Pennsylvania road came together
| at Cole Grove station near Bradford, Pa,
recently. The engine of one of the freight
| trains ana three tramps were buried un-
| der the srsa sh up.
| The Secretary of War has awarded the
contract for the construction of double
barracks at Fort Smelling, Mimi, at cost
of $5S 00o. An expenditure of $4,000 has
been authorized for sidewalks and drive
ways at Columbus barracks, o.
| 1T appears to be probable that when the
| point of settlement is reached between the
Navy Department and the contractors for
furnishing the new dynamite cruiser,
| Vesuvius, some intricate legal questions
will have to he disposed of.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended August 80 numbered
| 2ll, compared with 2O6 the previous week
and 226 the corresponding week of last
year.
Two unknown girls who were rowing in
the harbor at Milwaukee. Wis, the other
morning were drowned by the capsizinS
of their boats from The swell of a passing
| tug. The bodies were not recovered.
JACK SPANIARD and William Walker
were executed at Fort Smith, Ark, on the
9th. Spaniard, a Cherokee, murdered
| Deputy Marshal Owen; Walker, negro
murdered another negro. Both crimes
were committed in the Indian Territory.
ROBERT ARMSTRONG, a colored school
teacher, complains of having been
whipped by masked men on account of
] politics near Napoeonvllle, La.
| THE POST office Department will pay n
reward of 81, 900 for the arrest and con-
viction in the United States court Of any
person found guilty of making an armed
attack upon any stage coach or railway
mail car having the mails in transit.
MRS. CATHERINE SULLIVAN, mother of
John L. Su livan. the pugilist, died at
Boston on the 30th after a long illness.
She was fifty-two years old and a native
| of Ireland.
THE San Diego (Cal.) Water Company's
works have been sold to an English syn
dicate for ST. 400, 0O0
| A DISPATCH from Shanghai says: Ten
ders have been received for the construc-
ton of the first section of the railroad
| from Chinkiang to Pekin. 1t is estimated
that the rails and plant will cost So 00), :
| 900.
A MEMBER of the Chickasaw Legislature
named Benjamin Cunning Chubby has
| been assassinated.
FIVE persons were killed in the City of
Mexico the other day by the falling of the
wall of a private residence.
BY the upsetting of ladle of hot metal
in Carnegie's steel works at Homestead.
| Pa, recently two men were instantly
killed and seven others severely injured.
THE new Hamburg American steamer
Columbia recently concluded the fastest
trip on record from the Needles to Sandy
Hook, her time being days, IS hours and
20 minutes. This beats her previous rec.
ord, the best, of 6 days, 27 hours and Is
minutes
JOSEPH ARMSTRONG jumped from the
board walk into the water at Atlantic
City, N. j., the other day and broke his
neck by striking the sandy bottom.