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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

NEWS from Ounaiaska con firm the re-
cent reports of the loss of the three whal-
ing shooners, James 4. Hamilton, Otter
and Annie. No trace OF them have been
seen in the Arctic and it is generally bs-
leved they are lost. They carrie about
sixty officers and mer.
The Chinatown district of Sacramento,
Cal, was destroyed by fire on the oath.
THE impression prevailed at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, Md, that the
court martial which tiled Commander
Harrington for grounding the Constella-
ton had found him guilty. 1t was Tu-
mored that the punishment was some-
thing like years suspension.
DrNGUE fever is reported at Gainesville,
Fla.
A NEWLY INVENTED knapsack has been
under examination in the War Depart
ment. Two thousand were ordered for use
in the army as an experiment. The ad-
vantage over the knapsack now in use
consists in having the weight transferred
from the shoulders tn the hips of soldiers.
WILLIAM BUSHNELL, The noted embezzler
of ten years ago, who was recently ex-
, tradi:ed from Chill, escaped from Detect
i've Reilly at Iquique while en- route
home.
THE ground under two blocks of houses
and barns in Scranton, Pa, gave way
early the other morning owing to the
collapse of q vein in a mine and the
people who were asleep were badly
frightened.
The Standard Oil Company is said to be
buving up the natural gas lands of Ohio
and Indiana at about ten times their
former value.
A wRECKING company has recovered the
cargo of the bark Midway, which was
wrecked in 1858 off Cape Henlopen while
hound from London to Philadelphia with
tin. lead and speltsr. The metals are val
ued at S150,00
Two false Christs, IT is reported, nave
appeared in Liberty County, Ga. A child
has been sacrificed and three persons ia"
tally hurt. A negro revolution was feared
| The sheriff went TO the scene with an
| armed posse.
HARVESTING of wheat has begun IN pa
ko.a two weeks earlier than usual Ihe
quality is reported first class
A SEVERE storm swept over MorrlstoHh
| and other places in Minnesota on 1he
| az ernoon of the 10Th.
The Russian Government is buying up
| an the Polish raiwaysfor strategic put-
p9sss.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
SWEATING SHOPS"

What Committee of the Boston Tailors,
Union Found In an Investigation of the
"SweatIng shops" in New York where
Ready-Made Clothing Is Manufactured
for the Wholesale Trade.
NEW YORK, July PA committee sent
here by the Tailors' Union of Boston has
been investigating the condition of the
sweating" shops where ready made
clothing is manufactured on the east side
of this city. From time to time these
places have been described in the coll
umns of the daily press, whose readers
are tolerably familiar with the character
OF tenement houses, but the Boston men
were startled by what they saw and
heard. When the Boston tailors struck
six months ago, their employers told
them that competition with the Sweat
ers" of this city was impossible. This
story could hardly be believed.
Hence the committee. Yesterday
the delegates visited some houses
in Hester and adjacent streets,
and every place was simply a repetition
of the othors. No. 75 Hester street, which
is a six-story double tenement, was
found occupied by contractors, or
''sweaters," on every floor. Here were
being made mems and boys clothing,
trousers, vests and coats. Every room
was occupied by scantily dressed men
and women, boys aud girls. The princi-
pal work rooms were 7x0 feet, and all
contained red-hot stoves, on which the
food of the "bosses" and their families
were prepared and the irons of the press
ers were heated. In tnese rooms were
crowded eight to ten men and women.
No word or series of words can be found
to express the amount of dirt or the quail
ity of the atmosphere. Both were awful
and Overpowering to an ordinarily clean
person. Here the slaves of the Sweaters"
worked from daylight to ten and twelve
O'Clock at night many of the men rarely
going home, but throwing themselves
down on the heaps of clothing and rags.
Most of the men worked on the 'task"
system and all the hours given them
were required to keep up with their
'stent." "Greenhorns" are frequently
brought in and start as low as eighty
cents a week. Nor are the sweaters"
themselves 50 much to blame. They
work as hard, or harder than many of the
others, getting up at two o'clock Ill the
morning to prepare the work for the day.
and their earnings are comparatively in
significant. The stories heard by tho
Boston delegates had q sameness about
them that enforced the truth. The COM
mittee said they would begin crusade
against the New York ready cloth
ing when they returned to Boston.
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ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

ROLTA Brown, cOlored, died at Louis
vile, Ky, on the 2Sth, aged 105 years
She was born in Virginia.
CHARLES S. CRYsTER, of Independence,
Mo, noted politician and well-known
lawyer, is reported to be short in his ac-
counts to the extent of $4,000.
IT seems pretty certain that the great
White Earth Reservation of 100000 acres
will not be opened this year.
A PARTY of fifteen men visited he farm
of Milt Barclay, near Somerset, KY, and
called out a negro tenant who was accused
of stealing from the surrounding neigh
borhood. The crowd gave the negro a
sound whipping and ordered him to leave
the State, which he did without further
ceremony. Then they called out Mr.. Bar
clay and gave him sound thrashing for
keeping such tenants on bis farm.
TUE State Assembly of the knights of
Labor of Mississippi will meet at Meridian,
Tuesday, August 6.
FOURTEEN out of twenty-five patent
leather manufacturers of New York have
options to sell to English syndicates on
cash terms, but an option to take one-third
instead is given.
FIVE store houses and two hotels were
burned at Homer, La, on the 9th. Loss,
$4,000.
THERE has been an excess of rain during
the past week along the Atlantic coast
from Maine to South Carolina, and over
the cotton region from the Atlantic coast
westward to Northern Texas.
Four women are looking for Charles A.
Lewis, at Newark, n. j. Three claim to
be his wife, and one expected to be.
IT is reported that the Governor of Mary
land issued a warrant for Kilrain's arrest
and that Kilrain will be obliged to go back
to Mississippi, although the Grand Jury
of Marion county, Miss, has not yet found
an indictment against the pugilists.
A SEVERE storm passed over Natchez,
Miss, on the 2Sth. Trees were unroofed,
telegraph poles Frustrated, and much dam
age done to both cotton and corn crops, the
stalks being blown down.
JoHN STRocKER, aged seventy-five years,
is in Jail at Steubenville, o., for brutally
abusing his children. 1t is alleged that he
has been in the habit of hanging his sons
and daughters up by the thumbs and whip
ping them with a hickory ramrod until
their flesh was reduced to jelly.
TIE value of imports of merchandise
during the last fiscal year am ounted to
SAG, 127, ,476, and of exports to S742, ,401, ,799
an excess of imports over exports of S2.
725,6 ,677.
A TRUE bill has been returned against
Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, the
American, ON the charge of having
poisoned her husband, James Maybrick,
who was a wealthy cotton broker of Liver
pool, England.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Mr.. Butterworth may speak OF
the South as "a man in a fever" but
he is inaccurate in so expressing him
self The fever" is only the heat
from the blast furnaces which are
giving cheaper iron to the over-bur-
dened people of the United States
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The appointment OF William
Walter Phelps to represent the coun-
try at Berlin shows that Mr.. Harrison
is anxious to impress the Germans
with American elegance. AS type
of American elegance, with its hair
parted in the middle. William Walter
is Il pronounced success. Detroit Free
Press.
Mr.. Robert p. Porter's claim
that he has been an earnest advocate
of protection ever since he was old
enough to have any opinions is con-
troverted by the Albany Argus, which
calls attention to an article written by
Porter for the Galaxy Magazine of
December, 1877, wherein he expresses
unmistakable free-trade sentiments.
President Harrison replies to
the carpers about his Sunday excur-
sions: They know that / have no
other time for rest, and they know
that must have rest if l am to keep
on with my work" So far as appears,
this work is exclusively finding places
for friends and good people. He might
take day or two off in the week.
Paul Globe.
After Mr.. Clarkson, Corporal
Tanner seems to be doing more than
any other man to shape the policy of
the Administration. The President
may preach virtue in the White House
| and his Cabinet may turn up the whites
of their eyes as he discourses of the
loveliness of reform. but the people
will Judge by performances and not by
promises. Clarkson and Tanner are
men of action.-Philadelp Record.
Ono proof of the advance of the
Democratic party on the line OF tariff
reform is furnished IN the attitude OF
dissidents within the party lines, who
quarreled with the evasive platform
of 1884 because of its protective lean
ings, and who now insist upon the re-
adoption of that platform for 1892.
Even the laggards are unwillingly
marching forward. drawn by the
movement of the masses in the right
direction. Philadelphia Record
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
The Secretary of the Tennessee State
Wheel "a DefauIter.

v. T. Davis, secretary of the Tennes-
see State Wheel, Is, according to state
ments OF this secret order of agricultur-
lists, a defaulter for a large amount. II
has been ascertained that when the State
Wheel met in the State House to consider
the question of consolidating with the
State Alliance, Mr.. Davis W as absent,
and it was necessary to elect secretary
pro TEN. A bOmbshell was then eXplOd-
ed. A letter from Davis acknowledging
that he was short in his accounts, and
saying that his body would be found in
the bottom of the Cumberland river, was
read This startling Information gave
the assembled farmers something to con-
slider besides the proposed consolidation.
They discussed the matter, and came to
the conclusion that there was no doubt
about the defalcation but they discred-
tied the statement that tho defaulter in
tended suicide. Officers of the organiza-
ton kept the matter quiet, but it leaked
out, and the officers at last consented to
give the facts to the press. According to
the information thus obtained, the de-
faulting secretary has lived at Gleason
Station, Weakly County. He is almost
thirty-three years old, and has wife
and three children. He was q farmer,
afterward becoming a teacher, and last
January he was elected county superln-
tendent by the County Court over strong
opposition. He has bcen considered an
upright man, and has been highly es-
teemed in his community. He has been
elected secretary of the State Wheel
three times, and has just completed his
third yearly term. He came to Nashville
and wrote letter to a. Z. Gardner and
E. A.GOwau, acknowledging his shortage.
Mr.. Gardner is secret tary of the National
Wheel and treasurer of the State execu-
tive committee. Mr.. Gowan is State pur
chasing agent for the Wheel and Alli-
ance. The latter, in addition to mention
lug the writer's shortage and his
intention to commit suicide by drowning
in the Cumberland river, said that he was
tired of life and that he could not bear
the disgrace and face his friends. He re-
ferred in aaectionate terms to his fam
lily. He did not explain how be hadspont
the money. The amount of the shortage
is not known, but it is stated that it is
fully covered by Davis official bond for
5000, and that the order is perfectly
solvent aud has sufficient money to pay
all its obligations. The suicide statement
finds few believers. 1t is thought that
Davis left the city, and detectives are fol-
lowing clews which they think may lead
to his capture.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
A SOUTHERN MACHINE.
The Indiana Man Brings Forth a Nous
Instead of Mountain.

Instead of Mountain.
One of the most offensive features
of President Hayes administration
was the indifference with which he
permitted his Secretary of the Treas
ury, Mr. Sherman, to build up a
machine in the South. 1t was based
on the spoils system, and Government
patronage was distributed in SO
shameless a way that the feeling of
indignation then aroused did much to
keep the South solid. But the Sher-
man machine, in spite of all its de-
fects, was effective in securing dele
gates to the Republican National con-
vcntion of 1880.
The friends of President Harrison
seem to be most actively engaged just
at present in efforts to rehabilitate the
Sherman machine. They know that
it is a gross misuse of power for the
President to appoint to office dis
honest carpet-baggers who do not
represent in any sense the people in
the localities whore they live; but such
q SObAo 90 thSJ lAAAAh' AOOhAh5 O4SA
az the result in 1880. may bring
their chief votes in the National con-
yention in 1892. So the offices are di-
gided up as they will do the most good.
This proceeding naturally results in
serious scandals in some places. as in
North Carolina, but the Harrison
manages console themselves for the
present by dreaming of the future.
In view of the rose-colored prophe-
cies that were made as to what Gen
eral Harrison proposed to do in the
South, the result is very disappointing.
He was to build up great protective
party there and to break the solid
Democratic party. And now, instead
of any OF these great things being &C
complished, We are simply to have the
oid Sherman machine res3scitated !.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
Nogrocs Crazcd by q False Christ.

The negroes of Liberty County, Ga, art
in a state of excitement over the preach
ings of a man named Bell, a pseudo
Christ" who has been melting the igno-
RAM people of the country and telling
them that be will lead them into the
promised land of Canaan. Hundreds have
left their farms and occupations to follow
the false Christ. Bell was tried for lunacy
and sent TO an asylum. His successor, a
negro named James, began preaching
and telling the people that human sacri-
flee was demanded. IN a remote part of
the county a woman, who was one of
James followers, slew her little niece,
cutting symbols on the body and then
throwing it in a ditch. The woman was
arrested and is in jail. The white people
fear the violence of the excited negroes
who are following James, and Bell's teach
ingS.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
Sentence lsemitted.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The Secretary
of the Navy has RENTED the sentence
imposed by a court martial on Passed
Assistant Paymaster Henry r. Smith,
who disappeared from the Essex at Ne v
York last April, and who was not discov-
cred for several days. He was charged
with absence from his station and duty,
pleaded guilty, and the court sentenced
him to six months suspension from rank
his present number on the list of passed
assistant paymasters, with the recon-
mendation that the Secretary of the Navy
remit the sentence, because the court be-
iieved Smith not mentally responsible for
his action.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

SUIT is to be brought in San Fran
cisco by counsel representing heirs in
hungary and in Cleveland. o., against
Inc present holders of the estate Of
william Leidesdorff, one of Califor-
mas pioneer merchants, who died a
!ew years ago. 1t is now valued at
s4oooO'OOO, and comprises some OF the
most valuable business property in
San Franciscn.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
ENGLANO'S SEVENTY-FOOTER.

Probability that Lord Dunraveu's Yacht,
tho VaIkyriR, May be Brought Over to
Compete with Some of Our American
FIyers-lt Will Not be for the Americas
Cup, However.
Boston, July 27.-Yachtsmen are again
talking about the prospects of seeing the
Valkyrie pitted against some of the
American 70-foOte&, the interest being
reawakened by the published state
ments to the effect that General Paine
had already arranged matches between
her and the Titania and the Katrina.
General Paine was not in town yesterday,
but Mr.. Burgess, who knows all the i'm
| portant yachting transactions made by
General Paine, says that the announce
ment that matches have been made is a
little premature. General Paiue's law
partner, Mr.. George H. Richards, also
| denied that any matches had been made.
Mr. Burgess said: "On receipt OF Lord
Duuraven's letter, General Paine adj
dressed letters of inquiry to the owners
of the 70-footers, asking if they would en-
gage in a match race with the Naikyrie
The answers were favorable to the idea
of racing the Valkyrie, but there can be
no International racing connected with
this, and it is understood that Lord Dun
raven will not come until trial races are
held TO decide on the yacht which would
have defended the Americas cup. If he
insists upon this there can be no race.
The terms suggested by the owners of
the American 70-footers have already
been forwarded to Lord Dunraven by
General Paine. The Paine cup is an in
ternational cup, and if Lord Dunraven
really wants sport he can have enough
OF it contending for this. 1t is the in
tention of the Eastern Yacht Club to hold
trial races to select a defender of this cup
i'll case it is challenged for, and the own
ers of the four leading American 10
footers have agreed to enter their yachts
in the trials. Lord Dunraven would find
glory enough in beating the fastest of
this Quartette.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
Tho Tennessee Wheel and Alliance Com
sOtidate.

The Tennessee State Wheel and the
State Alliance met, and the unanimous
ratification Of the consolidation Of the
two orders, as ordered by the Meridian
(Miss.) council, followed. 1t requires
three fourths Of the States to ratify this
order and Tennessee is the first State to
act upon it, The Alliance of South Caro-
lima and the Wheelers of Arkansas were
notified of this action by telegraph.
The State Alliance elected j. p. Buch-
anan president and E. A. Gardner
secretary.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

treasurer HUSTON has issued new
regulations regarding the redemption
VI the currency as follows: If three
nlInS OF the note is presented the face
value will be given. If less than
.nree-hiths and more than two-fifths
presented half the face value will
oe given; also the full face value will
ve given on less than three-ffths of
'iie note on afidavits stating that the
missing portions were destroyed and
~ CAplalnlng the cause and manner of
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
Death From Lockjaw,

Stephen a. Leonard, Jr., son of an ex-
councilman of that name, died at Mobile,
Ala, in great agony from lockjaw. The
case was peculiar from the fact that the
wound causing lockjaw was a simple skin
cut on the end of the index finger with
pocket knife. Stiffening of the muscles
began and attacks of commissions set in,
growing more frequent until the end.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

COMMANDER DENNIS w. MULLAN,
late Of the United States steamship
Nipsic, was in Baltimore. Nd, re-
Gently. He said that he was off on
just as long vacation as he could Sc
cure. He denied there was any differ
ence between Admiral Kimberly, of
the Pacific squadron, and himself
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
A Cautnl.d 9Ioonshiner.

Deputy United states Marshal Sparrits
reports the seizure OF an extensive Illicit
distii.ery seven miles from Red Boiling
Springs, Macon County, Tenn. The STILL
when captured, was hot, and gave every
evidence Of having been recently DESERT
ed. Only one man was arrested, George
Cartner, on whose land the still was 10.
Gated.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
A Georgia Judge KILLED.

Judge John Clark, judge of Pataula
(Gs.) Circuit, and one of the most noted
iud yes in Georgia, lost his life at Smith
vile. He was attempting to jump from a
moving train, when he was thrown under
The wheels aud his head almost entirely
severed frcfG his body.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

The London Daily Telegraph COM
mends the Tenants Defense League.
1t says the tenants have a perfect
right to combine, and that every hon
est man ought to wish success to the
movement. The Morning Post (Con-
servativc) also approves the new
lpaClln
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT MILLER has de
cided in the case OF naval cadet who
rendered his resignation and had it
received. but subsequently obtained
its withdrawal from the Secretary of
the Navy, that the Secretary's with
drawal had no legal effect and the
cadet has ceased to be in the service.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

GERMANY has notified Switzerland
that the treaty between the two Gov
ernments regulating the settlement of
foreigners in Switzerland will not be
renewed. The treaty will, therefore,
expire at the end of 1890.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

SECRETARY BLAINE, NJ. Rousten, the
french Minister. and party spent q
day recently at Ellsworth, Me-, as the
guests of Senator Hale, returning in
the evening. The fireman of the train
bringing the party was james G.
Blaine, Jr,, who had made four trips
IN the capacity of fireman on the
Maine Central road.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
Fatal Quarrel Between Miners.

At Redding mines, six miles from
Birmingham, Ala, Ed Duncan shot and
killed Ed Cooper. The men quarreled
about some trivial matter, and Duncan
picked up shotgun and fired Cooper
who was only a few feet away The
entire load of shot passed through
Cooper's body killing him instantly.
Duncan escaped. Both were miners.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
A Young Bridegroom's Death.

Mr.. viii Brown, son of Captain Sam
uel Brown, the Pittsburgh (Pa.) coal
king, turfman, etc, died at Princeton,
KY, a few days ago, of typhoid fever.
Mr.. Brown was married more than a
moath ago. He was an engineer on the
Ohio Valley railroad, owned by his IA
ther.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

The New Hampshire judiciary Com
mittee is considering the advisability
OF reporting a bill abolishing capital
punishment as urged by Attorney
General Marnard.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

The Tradesman. of Chattanooga,
Team, has instituted an inquiry with
reference to the value of negro labor
In industrial channels in the South.
The average wages paid negro labor
is Sl.10 per day, and skilled labor runs
from $l.75 TO s., 25 per day. Employ
ers generally preferred negro labor to
white
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
Fool and His Money

Samuel Cole, a nephew of Colonel E.
w. Cole, of Nashville, Tenn, was sent to
the work house at Knoxville for thirty
days on charge of drunkenness. He
arrived there with 5000, and had a good
time. He was dead broke when sente need.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

THE Johnson-Locke Mercantile
Company's circular for July states
that the salmon pack for this season
will be about $4,000 cases less than for
1888
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01
A BrIpht Authoress Dead.

The death of Noe Eliza Loften- Phillips,
wife of w. w. Pugh, Jr., occurred at Lin
wood, La. Mrs. Pugh was we'll known in
literary circles. She contributed to the
literature Of the South many sketches uu-
der the nom de plume of Aria"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-08-01

TIE bark lvigtut, from Norway,
which recently arrived at New York
City passed forty-seven huge icebergs
on her voyage and was for week in a
huge ice foe.