The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-01-03

BEFORE withdrawing entirely from
Suakim the British will build strong per-
manent forts on which guns will be
mounted so as to sweep the plains. The
black regiments will be left to garrison
the place.
The weather was so mild In Austria that
excursions were being made to Schnee-
berg and other tourist resorts which usual
ly during the winter season are barred by
ice and snow.
THE detective service of the Missouri
Pacific, in charge of J. o. Furlong, has
been abolished. The cost Of the service
was $4,000 a year, which General Man.
ager Clark thought was more than 1t was
worth.
The London Times impIores the Gov
ernment to endeavor to procure an early
settlement of the Newfoundland fisheries
question and the controversy between
France and England, which are in an
anomalous and unsatisfactory position.
CHRIsTMAs, 1888, will be long remembered
in the United States for its many disasters
In addition to the burning of the steamer
John II. II ,nna a. Plaquemine, La, by
which thirty lives were lost, the Left
Ericsson steamer was burned near Seattle,
Wash. T., with loss of seven lives,
lage, N. H., six pleasure seekers were
drowned in the bay of San
Francisco, the freight steamer Silver Star
was sunk Off b ir Harbor, N. H., two train
men were killed in a wreck on the Midland
road at Lime creek, Col, the Olympic
Theater at Ashland, Wis, was burned,
Charles Stackl'r perished in a tenement
house fire at New York, seven young boys
were badly burned while firing toy can
non at Augusta, Ca, q baf million dollars
was consumed in fire at Cincinnati and
three firemen were injured. and Marble
head, Mass, was almost entirely destroy
ed by a terrible conflagration. In addi-
tion, there was quite a list of minor fatali-
ties and disasters.
REV. DR. BoYCE, chairman of the South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louis
vile and n not ed divine and scholar, is dy-
ing at Paris. France, whittier he had gone
for the benefit of his health.
The cotton operatives and factory own
ers of Bolton, England, are engaged in a
dispute, which will probably end in a lock-
out because the masters think bad work
is being done.
Two Russian emissaries have been ar
rested at Vastlesti, Roumania. Efforts to
incite the people against King Charles are
becoming frequent.
BOMB was exploded the other evening
in front of the Madrid residence of Senior
Silva, a noted Spanish Conservative. No
damage was dcne.
NJ. BETz, the Paris copper speculator
who failed recently for 1900, 900 francs,
committed suicide in Switzerland by
drowning himself
THE new French powder is far more
effective for rifles than any previously
used, makes no smoke and is not damaged
by water.
THE Emperor of Germany has sent to
the Duke of Cambridge telegram of con-
gratulations of the Suakim victory.
A CHANGE for the better has again oc-
Cured in the condition of John Bright, the
noted British statesman.
SIGNoR MANCINI, formerly Italian Min
ister of Fore gn Affairs, died recently, aged
seventy three.
A NUMBER of Soudan dervishes have
arrived in Constantinople on a secret mis-
sion.
GENERAL LoRIs MELIKoFF, the famous
Russian officer, died recently, aged sixty
four.
IT is stated that Henry j. Page, general
agent of the Cincinnati, indianapolis. St.
Louis & Chicago Railroad Company, the
Big Four" will resign and go to
Chicago as traffic manager of the West
ern Indiana & Belt Line railway.
THE British steamer Storm Queen has
foundered in the Bay of Bscay. Her cap
tain and five other persons We're drowned.
THE second official inquiry into the cir
cumstances of the late alleged accident to
the Cars train at Borkia, has resulted in
ascribng the disaster to crime and not to
accident