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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

THERE was a report at New York re-
Gently that the Barings, of London, would
financially back the Santa Fe to prevent
its falling into the hands of Jay Gould.
The London interests were suspicious of
the outcome if Gould got control of the
property.
The will of the late Justice Stanley
Matthews, made on the day of his last
marriage, leaves all his property to his
wife and chi dren.
BY fierce wind storm at Chipley, La,
the other evening. the Methodist Church
and other buildings were destroyed and
much other damage done.
THE South Pacific storm which caused
the disasters at Samoa extended to Tahiti.
At Tonga great havoc was created Many
persons were drowned by islands being
submerged.
FIRE destroyed the five-story brick
building, IS to "A Canal street. Chicago,
recently. Loss about $3.50, 600. fairly in
sured.
A TORNADO struck the southeastern part
of Bridgeton, n. j., on the evening of
the 3D..
LATER reports of the destructive prairie
fires in Dakota show that several lives
we're lost. The farm property destroyed
vas immsnse. A wind storm accelerated
b flames which proved so destructive.
SwIFT's packing house. Chicago, took
ire on the morning of the 9th, resulting
in loss of 100000.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

THE Drake Hotel at Aberdeen, Miss, was
destroyed by fire on the 7th. Loss $4,000
DAVE l.. HANGERS. one Of the oldes
citizens OF Little Rock, died on the It'll
very suddenly of diphth eria, aged sixty
years.
ABOUT seventy-five ex-Confederate
soldiers met at Birmingham, Ala, on the
7th and organized permanent association.
The objects Of the association are to bring
all the veterans living in Birmingham and
vicinity into closer communion and &c
care for all such as are needy and decrepit.
THE Attorney General has received the
resignation of J. E. Williams, Assistant
United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
THE extensive ak, shovel and saw fac.
tories of Hubbard & Co., of Pittsburg,
were completely destroyed by fire on the
7th, entailing loss of fully $5OO,OOo.
TIE moonshiners about Hurdman, Ky.,
are so well organized that the contemplated
raids of United States officers have beer
abandoned for the present.
THE Board of Penitentiary Commits.
sioners of Arkansas, after three days. de.
Liberation, finally decided that John C.
Carroll. of Franklin county, was the proper
man for the position OF Prison and Convict
Inspector.
News Of rich placer diggings in the Bear
Paw Mountains, fifty miles north of Fort
Benton, Montana, has just been received.
A RIOT occurred at Hartor's Creek, w.
Va, on the 7th, in which eight men were
wounded with clubs and stones. Fortu-
nately none of the participants were
armed, or some lives would certninly have
been sacrificed.
MRS. BRIDGET CURLEY, aged seventy.
FIVE, living at Louisville, KY, was burned
to death on the 9th.
| chester, Va, on the 7th.
TIE business portion of the town Of
Clarksdale, Miss, was destroyed by fire
on tho eth. Loss, $4,000.
SENATOR VANCE, of North Carolina, is
threatened with total blindless. He lost
one eye recently by a surgical oper alton.
and now is threatened with the loss of the
other also.
Property valued at s., ,00o, 900 was swept
away by fire, wind and water at Norfolk,
Va, on the 7th.
MORE than 100000 worth of property
was destroyed by fire at Savannah, Ca,
on the 9th.
AN Agriculture Convention will be held
at Calhoun, La. on the 25th Of April. Gov.
Nichols will be present and address the
people, and the necessity of agricultural
education in North Louisiana will be dis
cussed BY Prof. Dayton and number OF
practical farmers.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
ALL KNOBBERS.
Testimony y4oing to Show That the County
Omcials of T&aey County Are All Bald

Testimony y4oing to Show That the County
officials of T&aey County Are All Bald
KnObbeis.
FoRsY rHR, Mo-, April 6-The case
against William Miles and James 8. Berry
for the mur rder Of Captain MAI N. Kinney,
the JJald KnoLber leader was called
Thu sday in the district court, when tn
def ,nse filed q motion for o change OF
venue. Judge W. d. Hubbard allowed
81 steon witnesses on each side.
James Miller, school commissioner for
fauey County, was the first witness for
the defense. He stated that he knew
there were some hard feelings against
Mics. He had heard quite a number Of
people say that Miles could not get fair
trial. The county was divided into two
factions called Bald Knobbers and anti
Bald knobbers Defendant Miles was an
aDti-B Bald Knobber and belonged to the
militia in Taney County at the time of the
Bald Kuobber excitement Captain Nat
Kinney was the chief Of the regulators in
Taney County.
w. K. Wright said he had heard people
say that Miles and Berry could not get o
fair trial in fancy County. Being asked
what kind ct feeling existed in Taney
County between the two sides he replied:
'Quite a hard feeling. l think that it
would be hard to get jury in this county
chat would do justice to Miles and Berry.
DO not aim to say that there are no
honest men in this county. but the major.
ity are Bald Knobbers aud anti Bald
Knobbers."
DO you attribute the killing Of Captain
Kinney to the part he took in organising
Bald Knobbers Ia fancy County,"
Il do"
"Was he called bad man!"
she was"
w. J. johnson said there were two
parties in his county-Bald Knobbers and
anti Bald Knobbers. He did not believe
other party could get a fair trial in this
county. There were two sides in this
county and each one would hang the other
il they could.
Judge w. Lindsey, a member Of the
county court and q Bald Knobber, being
asked: Judge, do you know whether or
not al of the county officials belong to
what is known as Bald Knobbers or noti"
answered. Il think they do"
After DIR. Ba dwin, an anti Bald Knobber,
had said he did not think Miles and Berry
could get a fair trial in Taney County.
Judge Hubl ard said he had heard enough
testimony and would grant Q change Of
venue to Greene County.
Miles and Berry were surrendered by
their bondsmen and put in jail, bit Miles
gave a new bond in a few hours, but Kim
ney's friends were all at court and trying
to keep any one fr, m going on Berry's
bond They seemed to think he was the
uiIty one and that he planned the whole
murder.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
THE CHINESE WALL.
sixteen Hundred Miles Of Massive Masen-
~ structure.


/ have just returned from a trip TO
the Chinese wall, and I have seen
enough to say there is no doubt Of its
existence and greatness. Built 1,700
years before America was discovered,
when our ancestors, half-naked and al
together savage, wandered throughout
France, Germany and England, when
Rome was in the height of her Repub-
lican form OF government, and when
the Roman empire had not yet begun
o be, these massive towers still crown
the parapet5, and the 1.6OO miles OF
wall still stand. It Is two
days ride by donkey from Pekin,
and one goes through the north
ern edge of the great plain Of China
and meets it in the great chain OF
mountains which separate China from
Mongolia and Manchuria- Manchuria
and Mongolia lie directly north Of
China.
They are both subject to and gov.
erned by China, and they equal in size
about one-half the whole territory Of
the United States. Above them lies
Siberia, and south of their western
edge is Thibet and Iii, which are also
Chinese countries as to govern
ment All are sparsely settled.
and Mongolia has less than
two people to the square mile,
while it's whole population Is not
greater than the city of New York.
Manchuria has 12.00O,0 900 people. and
both countries are far more savage
than the Chinese, and the Mongoliaus
live largely in tents. The trade OF all
these people, however, comes north
from Pekin and passes over the
mountains and through the great wall
at the gate which / visited. The wall
was built originally to keep them out,
but they have swarmed through in
hordes again and again, and it is o
Manchurian emperor that now sits
upon the Chinese throne.
What a wonderful structure it is!
As | stood upon its ramparts could
see it climbing the mountains and 60
ing down the valleys as far as my eyes
could reach. 1t did not diminish in
strength nor size at the various points
l visited, and its masonry would have
been good work for the American
builders of to-day. 1t is about twen-
ty-fve feet high, and at the top 1t is
so wide that two carriages could drive
abreast along it and the hubs OF one
would not touch those OF the other. Its
exterior walls are of blue brick of such
size that they look like massive
stones, and these are filled in with
earth and paved with brick at the top.
The grass and the moss have now
grown over the top of this great wall.
No archers now guard it, and it stands
amid the snowy mountains monument
of the almond-eyed men who thus,
1000 years ago, sought to protect their
homes and those of their descendants
for all time to Gomez. G. Carpenter,
in Boston Herald.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
PROCLAMATION.
TIE Centennial Of wsshington's Inaugn-
ration Proclaimed q National Holiday.


The Centennial OF Wnshingtons inses~
ration Proclaimed q National Holiday.
w.sutxaror Anril 6-The following
,xoaI.r...io. I..r.d I.,. xes,ardav
.. a. p-.s.. =, .h. rrnit.d
s, sse y,
oteVes Oh Amerlca'
Proelamstion.-A hundred years ss.e
passed since tne government Snich ooI 'Vi
iatnes FOUNDED was iormAly orss
noon on Apfii ~ I'os IN tne CITY oi NeN ,o,N
ana 10 tne presence OF an essemoihso Y, sus
heroic men whose patrotic oevotlon nso Ieu
tne colonies 70 Victofy ana oinoepenoehce'Seo'ss
washington took tno oatn oi onice - ~.
megisuste OF tne neN-oorn hepuone ~.
pres i've act was preceoeo ~ hlno c'oeA IN Wv Wy
morning 10 al tne cnurches OF 'ne cI'y " pre-
.Or Soo Dressing on tne hePuOhS anu "'
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
THB sENATE-ExECUrIyE SESSION.

Tnb sENATE-EXECUTIVE SESSION.
In tho Senate on April l Mr.. Teller Of
fered resolution that hereafter all nominations
be considered in open session, and made a short
speech giving bis reasons for so doing The
resolution was referre Several committe es
were authorized 10 sit during recess. The Sen
ate confirmed Louis Wolflcy, Governor Of Ari-
zona; L. III. Terrill, Minister TO Belgium: J. l.
Abbott Minister to Colombia, and number Of
other nominations. The President sent in the
following among other nominations: William
F. Wharton, OF Massachusetts, TO be Assistant
secretary OF State; James N. Huston, OF
Indiana, Treasurer Of the United States; George
H. Shields. OF Missouri, Assistant Attorney
General; l.. Bradford Piincc, to be Governor OF
New Mexico: James T. Kelley, TO be receiver
OF the land office at Bloomington, Neb.
TWO memorials were presented to the
Senate on the 2d, one in favor OF special privi.
leSes in regard to public Office for honorably
discharged Union soldiers and the other against
trafic in intoxicating liquors. Sc ator Stew
arts resolution IN regard TO the death OF John
Bright was laid before the Senate, which after
quite debate was referred. The Vice Presi-
dent announced that he would vacate the chair
during the remainder of the session and Senator
ingalls, was chosen President pro tenn. In exec
utive session the Senate confirmed all pending
nominations and adjourned sine die.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
Lynched.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, April 6-John Wolf
enboI ger, the escaped convict who shot
aud killed Sheriff Cooke. of Granger
County. Wednesday, was taken from the
county Jail at Rutledge yesterday and
hanged by the cit gems. When captured
las night he was suffering from a wound
inflicted by the sher,h's posse. The citi-
gems surrounded the Jail. but decided to
wait for daylight The Jail was strongly
guarded by citizens to prevent any escape.
At noon yesteI day nearly half the male
population OF Granger County was in Rut-
le ,ge and the jail was broken open and
the prisoner taken ou, and hanged. The
hanging was as orderly as legal execu-
tinn,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
The Ounce of Prevention.

Under the above heading the New Yorh
Word of Feb. 10th. contains an editorial,
Of which the following are few extracts:
physicians and unprOfessional men OF
sense agree that il people would take little
of the pains to prevent diseasethat they do
to have it cured that the civilized world
would be much less like a vast hospital than
it is now. y But the idea of q regular
and stated physical examination, even OF
persons who are apparently well, is an ex-
cellent one. The approaches Of pulmonary
complaints, kidney troubles, and many OF
the other ills that flesh is heir to are SO in
sidious as not to be apparent to their victim.
#* = In nothing Is it truer than in dis
ease that 'an ounce of prevention Is worth
pound of cure"
There is a great deal of wisdom in what the
World remarks. Individuals, as q rule, do
not give their physical welfare attention,
and 1t is only when alarmed by the presence
of disease ltself-the consciousness OF fail
ing strength-that attention is given tosuch
matters.
Much has been said and written in recent
years concerning the extreme and often
times fatal danger which results from de-
lay in the treatment of kidney diseases.
Physicians admit that they can not control
advanced disease in those organs, and 1t is
doubtful whether they can control 1t in any
stage without the assistance of Warmers
Safe Cure, which is established as the only
known means which will reliably prevent
and cure this class of disease.
Besides, it has been definitely ascertained
that kidney disease is the real cause OF i'll
health in most cases where consumption,
heart, brain or nervous disorders are sup
posed to exist, and in consequence OF such
belief many fatal mistakes have been COM
mitted by our best physicians in treating
such disorders, which are but the synp-
toms of the disease, whilst they have al
lowed the real disease-disease Of the kid
neys, to escape their notice until too late.
There is no safer or surer way by which
health can be preserved and disease averted
than the occasional use of Warmers Safe
Cure, which will benefit the ''engines of
life,"-the kidneys, even If they are in q
normally healthy state; while the good that
will result in case disease is threatened. or
is already present, cannot be overestimated.
The most careful examination made by .
skillful physician sometimes is unreliable,
since this class of disease is extremely de-
ceptive, and seldom openly manIfests itself
until the unsuspecting sufferer Is beyond
assistance.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
Destruction of Paint. and Oils.

KANSAS CRY. Mo-, April 6-At 9:15
this morning Merchant Policeman Nc
Nichols discovered fire In the rear of 6l0
Delaware street, occupied by John c. Nc
Donald & Co, pain and oils. The alarm
was sent in, but it was fully ten minu es
before the first stream of water was
thrown. and in the meantime the flames
bad obtained such headway that before
they were brought under control the en-.
tire upper three stories were consumed
Fire communicated to the crockers AID
china store OF Irwin. Eaton & Co. No. el2
and N. J. FIR ng's Excelsior trunk fact
ory, 6 Q and 6Js. the contents OF both of
which were badly damaged by smoke and
water. The loss will be about S75.0 .000
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

PRINCE BISMARCK. in reply to the
birthday congratulations offered him
by the Central Manufacturers Associ-
alton. said that he looked forward to a
continued maintenance of peace. This,
he believed, would lend increasing i'm
pctus to the present gratifying devel-
opment OF German industry. In his
opinion guarantee OF peace was to be
found not only in the monarchial insti-
tutions of the country, but also. and in
a special degree. in the monarchial
sentiments Of the German people.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

GENERAL BoULANGER has issued a
fresh manifesto of defiance from Brus-
sells. In replying to the action of the
Chamber of Deputies sanctioning his
prosecution. he .epudiates the charges
made against him. In interviews he
says he will not disclose the secrets of
his faction, and says that an election
will decide the question between him
and the French Government.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
AT one of the recent Moody reviva

AT one of the recent Moody revival
meetings on the Pacific coast the Gus
tomary reque st was made that those
suffering from any particularly heavy
burden should stand up and ask for the
prayers of the assembled multitude.
After a few moments silence a tall.
meek-looking man arose. and in q voice
choked with emotion, asked that the
prayers of the congregation might be
offered for his mother-in-law. Instead
of praying, the congregation first be-
gan to litter. and finally roared with
laughter.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
AMONG the incorporation licenses is

AMONG the incorporation licenses is
sued at Springfield. Ill. the other day
was one to a company with capital
of sos, 600. 900. and carrying the fol-
lowing "brief' name: 1.-The United
States Vogel Kazophone and Electrical
Microphone Trumpet Acoustic Elec-
trometer Power Musical Car Distance
Loud Speaking Transfer Instrument
Company, Chicago. to manufacture
instruments, rent rights and priv
ileges. Tho incorporators were VIII
liam Vogel. Adolph Gray and r. IL.
Dakin.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
John G. KLEIN. the newspaper cor.

JOHN G. KLEIN. the newspaper cor
respondent at Samoa, was before the
State Department recently and ex-
planned his connection with the events
leading up to the battle of Fagau,
fought December 1s. when the twenty
three German sailors were killed. His
testimony completely refuted the
charges made against him by the Ger
mans of having fred upon their sailors
and ordered the soldiers OF King
Mataaia to do so. The affidavits oi
Mr.. Klein and three OF Mataafa's sol.
diers who were with him at the bat
tie of Fagall. made before the United
States Vice Consul Blackjack at Apia,
will be taken to Berlin by the Com
missioner appointed by the United
States.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

On the return OF the Postmaster
General from the Cabinet meeting on
the I'd it was announced that he had
removed Postal Agent Dimmick at
New York for leaving his work to at
tend to political duties at Port Jarvis.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

REV. EDWARD y. BEECHER. brother
OF tho late Henry Ward Beecher. who
was run over by train recently at
Brooklyn, y. Y, was SO seriously in
1ured tha'. one OF his legs had to be
amputated. Owing to his advanced
age it was feared he could not recover
from the shock.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

JAMES w. RoMEYN, Consul at Val
paraiso. in reporting to the Depart
mcnt of State upon the trade and COM
morce OF Chilli. comments on the fact
that whilo the imports into Chilli in
1887 amounted to $4S. $50. 900 but $3,-
200, 900 came from the United States.
and that while $4,000 vessels entered
and cleared at Chilian ports the Amer
lean flag waved over only 221 OF them.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

A SENSATION was made at the meet
ing Of the board OF managers at the
Ohio penitentiary at Columbus the
other morning when Prison Physician
Clemmer filed q report charging Dep
uty Warden Cherrington with out
rageously Furnishing an insane pris-
oner named George Bates in the duck
ing tub. A legislative investigation
will probably result.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
An Acquisition BY the Rock Island.

CHICAGO, April IA general order has
been issued announcing that the Chicago.
Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
ssumes the operation Of the Chicago
Kansas & Nebraska railway in Kansas,
Nehra~ka, Colorado aud the Indian Terri
tory as a part of it. own line. Hereto
fore the latter, while virtually q part Of
the Rock Island system, was under sep
arate management
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

The temperance people and the sa
loonkeepers of River Falls. Wis., hav'
been at war for some time. The maj
ter culminaied recently in tho arres
Of two ministers and four others
the charge OF causing the wrongful
imprIsonmeut OF a saloonkeeper.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

Tie reported earnings of the Balti-
more & Ohio road for the month OF
March. 1889. show an increase of $780,
600 over the corresponding month last
year. Receipts at the Philadelphia
Office for the same period show an in
crease Of $4,000.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

TIIE French vintage OF 1888
amounted TO 797, 707, 900 gallons, an in
crease OF 10. .187.400 gallons over the
yield OF 1887, although being $4,000
gallons less than the average yield of
tho last ten years. Much of the good
Jesuit OF the last vintage is due to
American vines,
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

THIEVES broke into the old State
House at New Haven. Conn, the other
night and carried away the sword of
Admiral Jouett. held by the Historical
Society as relic. 1t was presenta-
tion sword. studded with jewels and
precious stones and valued at Sc, 900.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

EvICTIoNs have been resumed on the
Des Moincs river lands in Iowa. The
dispossesscd farmers were reported
organizing to repossess the lands and
would defy the officers.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

THERE is considerable excitement
over the reported discovery OF silver
on the Kearon, six miles north of Fort
Dodge, Iowa.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
CURRENT COMMENT.

HOG cholera In its most malignant
form has broken out near West Lib
erty, w. Va.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11
-One reason why the waltz

One reason why the waltz has
usurped the place of the square dance
is that the mental effort requisite to
keep the run of the figures is too much
for the dudes. They can waltz, how
ever. without thinking OF any thing In
particular.-Springheld Union.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

AT the closing OF the Exposition at
melbourne, Australia, recently the
United States flag was greeted with q
regular ovation.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-11

SCHUYLER DURYEE, of Virginia, has
oeen appointed chief clerk Of the
Patent Office, vice Lipscomb, resigned.