The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-07
THE switchmen's strike at Memphis,

gine exploded sixteen miles east Of
Grafton, Oak. Israel Sheppard, the
owner, was instantly killed, Engineer
Crittenden, his fireman and another
man were badly wounded.
A COAL train on the Illinois e. Indi-
ana Southern road was ditched by a
broken rail at Sullivan, Ind. Engineer
William Evans, of st. Louis, was in
stantly killed. An unknown tramp was
fatally hurt.
SAMUEL w. GRIGGsBY, sheriff of Dick
son County, Tenn, was shot and killed
at Nashville by James c. Arledge, a
distiller of Winchester, in saloon row.
No cause was assigned for the deed. Ar
ledge escaped.
| l.. j. NEwALD, who absconded from
Chippewa Falls, Wis, several months
ago with 100000, has been located in
Brazil.
LAWRENCE =. DAWSON, son of the ex-
| National Commissioner of Education,
has been arrested in Washington on the
charge of having stolen sol worth of
postage stamps from the bureau where
he was employed.
AT the conclusion of Michael Davitt's
evidence before the Parnell Commission,
Judge Hammer complimented him for
his ability and for the information af-
| forded the court.
THE profits of gang of Pacific coast
opium smugglers are put at 100000.
THE Palace rink at Pittsburgh, Pa,
| burned down the other night during a
ball. The dancers escaped in full dress.
Four persons were slightly injured.
THE brutal method of dealing out live
beef for the Indians to barbarously hunt
and shoot is to be abolished.
THE public debt statement showed
decrease during the month of October
of SO, ,1O4, ,S53.72.
THE reports of destitution in North
Dakota were said to be greatly exag-
gerated, and while there were some iso-
lated communities in need of assistance,
| the statement that lover a hundred
thousand people were in want does the
State an injustice.
A SERIOUS mutiny occurred on a rail-
way train near Vera Cruz, Mexico, re-
| Gently. A number of forced recruits
| turned on their officers and after killing
sergeant escaped. One of the mu-
| tineers got caught under the cars and
was mangled todeath. The others were
recaptured, and, it was said, would be
shot.
THE Indians of the Wind river reser
vation, south of the Yellowstone Ma
| tional Park, were reported suffering for
want of food.
BUSINESS failures Oun's report) for
the seven days ended October 81 num-
| bered, including Canada, 261, compared
with 225 the previous week and 275 the
corresponding week of last year.
JOSEPH III. Brown, wholesale grocer
les, Fort Worth, Tex, has failed with
an indebtedness of 100000
A TORNADO passed ten miles west of
Sherman, Tex, on the 31st. The path
of the storm was in the direction OF but
few buildings. Isaac Whistler, howev-
er, was in his barn when it was swept
off and he was killed.
A SYNDICATE was reported forming in
London to buy the Chicago elevators.
THE two women arrested as old Mrs.
Bender and her daughter were generally
thought to be other persons. They
had no trace of German accent in con-
versation while the real Mrs. Bender
was German woman. The woman Nc
Cam, who caused their arrest, talked
glibly of her impressions" and dreams
and her detective work.
A WALL fell on Templeton & Co.'S
carpet factory, Glasgow, Scotland, on
the 1st. The workroom was filled with
employees, mostly girls, fifty of whom
were killed