The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-12-05

A REPORT was circulated in Halifax,
n. S., on the 2Sth, that the cable steam
er Nina, from London for Halifax, had
been lost. The report is not believed to
be true.
WM. HoDGMAN, farmer living just
south of Greenville, n. H., fatally shot
his wife, on the 2Sth, during domestic
brawl. The murderer fed, and at last
accounts had not been captured.
II is estimated that by March Italy
will have a stock of 40, 900, 900 smokeless
cartridges.
Az explosion occurred in a coal mine
at Berchumm, Westphalia, on the 2sth,
by which fourteen miners were killed
outright and four were badly injured.
WALTER DE FOREST DAY, sanitary
superintendent of the New York City
Health Department, and a prominent
physician for many years, died on the
9th, aged ffty-four years.
WM. III. EDWARDS, a private in the
Morris Guards, of Atlantic City, n. j.,
was accidentally shot by Lieutenant
Russell g. Bing, on the 2sth, while the
guards were shooting at a target.
lie sun VI DuuRo huNhtl
Harvey Young for one-sixth interest in
the Ashton mine, was decided at Den
yer, Col, on the 29th, in Fuckers favor.
Young sold the option on this interest to
Rucker for SIS, 900, but rich vein was
struck, and he refused to complete
the trade. The decision gives Rucker
property worth 81, 900, 900 for S15,0
Two more Boston firemen, Michael
Marham, driver, and John Brooks, pipe
man of Hose No. 7,were reported missing,
on the 29th, and are believed to have
perished in the ruins of the Brown
Durell building.
THE house of Widow Abner, thirty
seven miles east of Bridgewater, Ont,
was burned, On the 2Sth, and twelve
year-old daughter of Mrs. Abner
perished in the flames.
THE steamer Idaho, from Alaska for
Puget Sound, was ashore at Victoria,
B. c., on the Goth. 1t is not known
whether she can be floated or not.
SECRETARY BLAINE was confined to
his house, on the Goth, with a slight
attack of lumbago.
TRAFFIC on the roads centering in
Fort Wayne, Ind, was greatly delayed,
and in the case of the Nickel Plate, en-
tirely suspended, on the night of the
2Sth, by heavy fall of snow.
ESTIMATES of losses by the Boston
fire are being rapidly reduced. Mr.. c.
E. Cotting, after careful study of the
situation, places tho loss at only So, 000,-
900. Mr.. John c. Paige says that no in
surance company will be seriously en-
barrassed by the fire.
Tue aggregate collections from GUS
toms duties in the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1889, were S225, ,041, 49, and the
expenses Of collection, St, 553, 300.
THE condition of the son of Mr.. Rob-
| ert T. Lincoln, American Minister to
London, who was lying i'll at Versailles,
was greatly improved, on the Goth, and
hopes were entertained for his recovery.
The Pan-American Congress, at its
session on the Goth, resumed considera-
tion of the parliamentary rules to be
adopted for the government and guild
ance of the conference. Considerable
progress was made.
BosToN bankers look for no bad finan
cial effect from the recent great fires.
The well-known convict Harry Hall,
who escaped from the Nebraska peni-
tentiary two years ago, was captured in
Provo, Utah, on the Goth, and taken
back to finish life sentence.
RODNEY NJ. CURTIS, of Binghamton,
N. Y, died suddenly, on the Goth, while
driving in carriage with his wife to
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. The
couple were on wedding trip to Wash
ington, having been married the day be-
fore.