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The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Bureau of Commerce Suggested.

New YORK. Nov. 23.-The board Gi
directors of the Maritime Association of
this port yesterday resolved that Con-
gress be respectfully urged to establish
a Department of Commerce, with Cab
met officer as chief, to foster and pro-
mote our ocean carrying trade, foreign
and domestic, and our internal COM
merce by water and rail.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Talmapa In Greeca.

ATHENS, Greece, Nov. 23.-Dr. Tai
mage is here. He has secured corner
stone for his new Tabernacle from Mars
Hill. He preached there yesterday. He
had an interview with Premier Tri-
coupis yesterday, and will have an audi
ence with Queen Olga of Greece and Ex-
Empress Victoria, of Germany, who is
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Two of the Barnards Go Free.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 23.-Gov-
ernor Taylor has acted upon the case of
the five Barnards, sentenced to hang for
murder, in Hancock County. The Gov
ernor pardoned absolutely John, jr., and
Elijah Barnard, commuted to five years
in the penitentiary the sentences OF
Clint and Anderson Barnard, and to ten
wears that of old man John Barnard, ST.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Parrish Must Hang.

Last spring J. c. Parrish, of Raleigh,
n. c., was tried in the Wake Criminal
Court on the charge of assault on his
daughter. He was found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged on March 10.
His counsel appealed to the Supreme
Court, and that tribunal has con.
frmed the sentence of the Superior
Court, and Parrish must hang. 1t now
devOlves upon the Governor to set the
day for the execution of the sentence.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
A Young Lady Ground to Pieces.

Miss Lefty Cook, popular young
lady, who resided a few miles north OF
Birmingham, Ala, met horrible death
a'few days ago. She was walking along
running in two sections, approached
from behind. Miss Cook stepped aside
for the first section to pass, but did not
look, and failed to see the second sec.
tion. She stepped back on the track
just in front of the rear section, and heI
body was ground to pieces under the
wheels
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Infant Rnried Aliva-

WEYMOUTH, Mass, Nov. 23.-Walter
F. Prey, aged %, half idiot, killed the
three-year-old son of Philip Fisher yes
terday morning by burying him alive in
the yard. Prey himself told of the deed
and showed where the body was buried.
The corpse was exhumed last evening
Prey will be examined in court tO-mor-
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Orange Growers Consolidate.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 2S.-Prac-
tically all the orange growers of Florida
have consolidated with the Florida Fruit
Exchange. The arrangements were
completed yesterday. Out of the esti-
mated crop of 1900, 900 to 2, 100, 900 boxes
this year, at least 1900, 900 will be han
died through the Exchange.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Natural Gas Explosion.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. ga two-story
brick dwelling on Robinson street,
Braddock, Pa, was blown to pieces at
II o'clock this morning, by an explosion
of natural gas. Two persons were ia
tally burned and six others seriously
injured. The accident was caused by
leak in the main.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
TroubIe i'm Uruguay.

MoNTEvIDEo, Nov. 23-Via Calves
ton.-The members of the Ministry
have rendered their designations. 1t is
reported that this action is due to dis
mute which has arisen between the Pres
ident and the Minister of War.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Gas Struck in Kansas,

ERIE, Kas., Nov. ga vein OF nat
ura1 pas was discovered yesterday, on
farm near this town, at the depth OF
hundred feet. The discovery was made
while digging for water. The flow is
rood one, and pipes will be used to util-
ize the gas.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Drowned In the Pigeon River

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 23.-Mrs. b.
A. Profit, wife of prominent Cooke
County citizen, was drowned in the
Pigeon river at Newport last night.
She had started to ford the stream in a
buggy, and was washed below the cross
ing place, sinking within few feet of
her husband
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
A Candy Factory Falls.

NJ E. Goldsmith, candy manufacturer
of Atlanta, Ca, recently announced his
inability to meet his obligations. Ills
liabilities are estimated at $780, and
assets at the same amount. A receiver
has been appointed to wind up the affairs
of the concern.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
The Barnards win Not Hang.

Governor Taylor of Tennessee has
acted upon the case of the five Barnards,
sentenced to hang for murder in Han
cock County. The Governor pardone
absolutely John, Jr., and Elijah Bar
nard, commuted to five years in the peni'
tentiary the sentences of Clint and An
derson Barnard, and to ten years that oi
John barnard, Sr.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
MY OLD DEA
a Pathetic Life Picture. Thanks
giving Study.
written for This Paper.1

HE farm W a s
shrouded in No
vember twilight
and had a for
lorn air, but this
was by no means
an air of unthrift
or neglect. A
ty pical oh i o
farm-h ouse Of
the better sort,
with evergreen
crowded from t
yard and out
b IL / | d i n q s
$ t r Q t C h / n G
away from the
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Killed by a Woman.

New YORK, Nov. 23.-Stephen Pettus,
secretary and treasurer of the Brooklyn
Elevated railroad, was shot and killed
by Hannah Southworth. The killing
was the result of repeated deception and
persecution of the woman by Pettus.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
I,awyers Locked Up.

COUNCIL GROVE, Kas., Nov. 2S.-Two
prominent lawyers, who had a personal
encounter in court here, were locked up
in iail all night and heavily fined.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Rendered Desperate by Disease.

New YORK, Nov. 23.-James Smith, a
New York letter-carrier, driven desper-
ate by disease and the cruel treatment
of his wife, tried to kill himself and his
two babies. One child is dead and the
other dying.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
.,ty Name Is smith.

In Marshall County, Ala, few days
ago, a man armed with Winchester,
and who was hiding in the woods, was
shot by posse under the supposition
that he was Rube Burrows, the outlaw.
He gasped: my name is Smith, and
died,
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

A DISPATCH from Havana, of the 22d,
savs the rumors prevailing in European
canitals of revolution in Cuba are wholly
without foundation, as the island was
never more quiet or its people moro
contentcd than now.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

THE celebrated London brewing es-
tablisbment of Guinness e. Sons has do
mated the sum of $4,000 for the pur-
nose of erecting dwellings for the labor
inc moor of London, and G50,000 for q
like purpose in Dublin.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Wifs Murderer Convicted.

PITTsBURoH, Pa, Nov. 2S.-William
H. Smith, colored, who shot and killed
his wife, and then attempted suicide
about two months ago, was convicted of
murder in the first degree.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
nesnerate Letter-Carrier.

New YORK, Nov. 2S.-James smith, a
New York letter-carrier, driven desper-
ate by disease and the cruel treatment
81 his wife. tried to kill himself and his
two babies. One child is dead and the
other dying.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

THE reports representing danger of
arevolution in Portugal were greatly
exaggerated, being based merely on the
vaporings of irresponsible persons
thrown off their mental balance by
heated discussion of the Brazilian situa-
tiOn
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

Moy. SArALII, the Pspal delegate,
who arrived in Montreal, Can, on the
10Th. confirmed the statement made by
Archbishop Fabre that Rome would not
raise the ban against the Free Masons
and other secret societies.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

Tur latest news from Stanley direct
;rdicatcs that the great explorer and
nartv arrived at Mpwapwa in the terri
torv Of the German East African pro-
tactoratc. All were well.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Razed by a storm.

A fearful storm struck Newberae, N.
c., few days ago, coming from tho
Southwest. The plate and pulp factory
of S. H. Gray, in which there were sixty
hands, was leveled to the ground. One
employe was instantly killed, another
mortally wounded and eight others in
jured. The factory was valued at $780,
OOO
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Justice in Edgefield County, 8. c.

The trial of Whitfield Murrell and
VIM. Carpenter, for the murder of Pres
ton Yonce, has closed at Edgofeli, S.
c., resulting in a verdict of guilty, and
the death penalty assessed. All parties
concerned are white. The accused are
young ''toughs," who, during a ipree,
killed Yonce in the public road, ''just
for fun" as they expressed it. This is
the first instance in forty years wherein
a white man has been convicted OF muir
der in Edgcfield County.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
A Wife Murderer's Punishment.

In the Webster County Ky.) Court
the trial of Lazarus Nicholas, charged
with poisoning his wife, ended by the
jury returning a verdict of guilty, and
sentencing him to the penitentiary for
life. The parties were among the most
prominent people in that vicinity.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

TIE North German Gazette, comment
Ing on the success of the issue of Italian
railway bonds, says that no less than
1000, 900 marks of tho bonds were ap-
piled for in tho German and Dutch mar
kets, Notwithstanding the fact that
money was dear
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

THREE dynamite cartridges were ex-
ploded under the Alcazar Theater at
Hurley, Wis, on the night of the 18th:
Fortunately the explosive was SO placed
that the building was but slightly dam
aged, and no one in the audience OF four
hundred WAS killed.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

THE Knights of Labor, in convention at
Atlanta. Ca, on the Goth, passed reso-
luton asking that days of National cleo
tions be made legal holidays, with a
nenalty for employers violating the law.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

GOVERNOR FLEMING of Florida, on the
18th, forwarded to Secretary Blaine the
report of the Key West Board OF Trade,
charging the Spanish Consul at Key
West with fomenting the prolonged
strike of cigar-makers at that place.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

IT is not certain at which port tho ves-
sci conveying Dom Pedro from Brazil
will arrive, but it is believed to be i'm
probable that she will go to Lisbon. 1t
is expected that she will call at st. Vim
cent and proceed thence according to
circumstances
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

TIE new flag of the United States of
Brazil, which takes the place of the i'm
perial emblem, with it's crown and cof-
fee leaf, is composed of green and gold
stripes, with blue field, on which are
emblazoned nineteen stars.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

TIE Tammany convention for the
sixtb (Now York; district, on the 22d,
dominated Charles II. Turner Qknown
80 .,Tbe Ice-man') for Congress.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Shot Himself.

b. A. Meyers took his own life a, lis
home in Holly Springs, Miss, few
days ago, shooting himself through the
right temple.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

GENERAL ALGER has proposed that the
census takers also secure tho individual
cords of all old soldiers.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

cu.rrEs II. WELLS, editor Of Dixie,
= sentiment trade journal of Atlanta,
"a q died at Saranac Lake, N. Y, on the
O0th
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

Tur movement on foot to form q re.
.ubiic in Australia is rapidly gaining
rrnnnd.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
The Cotton Crop.

Fifty-nine men prominent in the cot
ton trade in New Orleans have made es'
Inmates on this seasons crop by bales
with the following result: Lowest, T.
200, 600; highest, 1880, 900; average, y
500, 900.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

THE Mormon Endowment-House oath
Investigation was continued at Salt
Lake CITY on the goth. Editor Penrose
of the Descret News renewed his refusal
to- answer how many wives he had, and
was taken to the penitentiary to remain
until purged of contempt.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
A Fight Over u Corpse.

Over corpse is gruesome place fol-
murderous blows, but custom and selfish
ness made three men at Louisville, Ky,
forget the presence of death. William
Miller, Charles Carey and George
Wright are employed in an undertakers S
shop. They were working over a
corpse, and each man wanted to be the
one to drive the hearse TO the funeral.
that position being the most desirable
in the rainy weather then prevailing.
They quarreled, and standing above the
body of the dead man, they came tc
blows. Wright's hand was badly split
open by hatchet in the hands of one
of the men. Miller received terrific
blow in the back of the head which
felled him to the ground. The men
were engaged in the struggle when the
officers arrived and transferred all the
contestants to the station.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

YALE students held meeting, on the
22d, and decided to confer with the
Harvard students on the general sub
ject of athletics. A number favored
Withdrawing from the football league,
but it was determined to take no action
until after the game with Princeton.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
THANKSGIVING EVE.

Y boyhood's home oe-
fore me lies,
Just as II looked
when life was
young;
Ere / had spread my
tiny sail,
Or TO the breeze my
pennons flung;
The blue smoke climbs
the hill beside,
The brook goes sing
ing on its way.
And voices near and
far proclaim
The coming OF
Thanksgiving Day.
A thousand welcomes
as OF old
Ring out upon the
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

SIR HENRY JAMES finished his argu-
ment in behalf of the Times before the
Farnell special commission on the 22ds
justice Hannen congratulated the sew
eral counsel on the completion of their
respective tasks, and added: ''We must
Dear the burden little longer. The
one hope that supports us, conscious
mat throughout this great inquest we
nave sought only the truth, is the trust
mat we shall be guided to find it and set
H1orth plainly in the sight of all men.
WILLIAM I. DoRTcH, one of the lead
ing citizens of North Carolina, died at
ooidsboro, on the 22d, of heart disease,
aged slxty-fve. He served as Speaker
oi the House and President of the Sen
ate OF North Carolina and was also {
prominent member of the Confederate
States Senate.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

LAWRENCE & BROWN, of the Ma
hanoy Plane (Pa.) colliery, made tre-
mcndous hit, on the 10th, in striking a
new mammoth vein of anthracite coal,
said to be 200 feet thick and to contain
millions of tons. 1t will go on record
as the greatest accidental find" of pure
coal ever known. The vein was struck
while making q drift 44o feet under
ground
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28
Badly Dlsarranged Vital Organs.

Thomas b. Davis, white man twen'
ty-six years old, formerly brakeman
on the Georgia Pacific railroad, has sued
the company at birmingham, Ala, for
$4,000 damages. Davis, while riding
on top of a car in the discharge of his
duties last November, was struck by a
projecting rock. lie alleges in his bill
that by reason of that injury his heart,
intestines and entire interior mechan-
ism were misplaced He will prove by
physicians that his heart is now on the
right side of his body, and his bowels
have been turned around. Physicians
say his heart can be plainly felt and
heard on the right side of his chest
From robust man of one hundred and
seventy pounds weight Davis has dwin-
died to mere shadow of his former
self. 1t is believed. to be the first case
on record where a man survived such a
arrangement of his vital organs.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

THE trial of number of Socialist
Deputies and others for seditious acts
and utterancesl in belonging to and
addressing secret societies is proceed
ing at Elberfeld, Rhenish Prussia, and
exciting considerable local interest.
The testimony against the prisoners is
not very strong, but the exigencies OF
the occasion, embracing approaching
elections, will doubtless insure the con-
vlctiOn of most of them.
The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28

THE centennial celebration of the
ratification by North Carolina of the
Federal Constitution began at Fayette-
vile, N. c., on the Goth. Governor
Fowle made a stirring and patriotic
speech, in which he paid a glowing
tribute to the Constitution as an immor-
tai instrument, the work of pure pa
triots and sagacious statesmen, and by
lar the best model of civil government
Which human virtue and wisdom has
ever devised.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-03

(EdltOr or the Journal deS DebatcS.'D
 You might spend months in Paris without hearing of the "Journal deS Debats' or any one who writes for it.
 You might hear of many men who are really contribute" to the paper, but they do not ta. k about it. They are proud of 1t, but there is none of the air of Bohemia abo tt this staid papc- and the con tributorS uo not meet over their wine to discuss tie matters that appear in it. Charles iicaers could never have worked Or such paper. and Alphonse Daudot. who likes to be called
 the "French Dickens," has no ogreat love
 for it. However. the paper has very
 recently been ccio brating a centennial.
 for it was started in 17S9 bya Deputy of
 Auvergne, whose name was Gaultier de Bianzet, who { i'd not continue long
 in control of it. It passed through various hands to finally come into those of the brothers Eertni who formed the
 policy which with somc varia ions 1t has since maintained.
 Just off the Place de Louvre is the office of this peculiar newspaper You
 would have a hard task to find it. The
 guide books do not mention it. You
 don't see it in many oi the ''kicsls" where newspapers are sold. On the
 Place dc Louvre there is an old church.
 It is about 900 years old now and it has
 . history such as few churches in
 France have. This is the church of
 St. Germaine r Auxerroi and it was
 out of the belfry of this same church
 that the signal for the St. Bartholomew
 massacre was sounded some centuries
 ago. We have heard many stories of that tragedy since it occurred
 and most of them have differed.
 But the old church with it's
 belfry not noisy in the sense that it was, still stands as relic of former days. Behind it on street which is
 not at all impressive, but which bears an impressive name, is the office of the Journal des Debats." It is called "La Rue des Pretnes St. German r AuXerroi. A long name for short street and q narrow ere. AS matter | of fact this old street with a pretentiouS name is rather seedy and shabby. It is 1 not much above an alley. But It is the spot where the London Times" of | Paris finds, and for generations has made home, from which it has from time to time directed its fulminaIions against pretty much every sort of a government that it is possible for a | Frenchman to invent. and in this par | ticular direction the possibilities are | large.
 The 'Journal des Debats'' was | started in 17s9 but only commenced to pc a power In ls0O or thereaooutS. 1nls was at the time that the brothers Bertnl | owned it. They bought it for about | s1, ,OOC and ran it on business principles. | In other words one of the brothers | Bertni agreed with Bonaparte and the | other did not. Bonaparte was busl-
 ness man himself and he exiled the 1 Bertni who did not aecee with him. | The other one held on and supported | Napoleon and prospered.
 l It ,yaS macmillan mart that the 1 Journal des Debats' played during the l time that the Little Corporal was on l horseback. Among his other failings Ma
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-03
SULLIVAN AND JACKSON. Wealthy San Francisco Sports Will Hang
 Up 9 Purse of &2O.OOO.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3.-It now seems probable that Sullivan and Jack son will fight in San Francisco. though not at the California Athletic Club. A number of men of means, who are>dis- satisfied with the management of af- fairs in that organization, are planning the match and will hang up purse of s2O,000. It will depend much on Jack son whether the plan comes to suc- cesstul issue or not, but the men back ing the scheme boosted up the Califor- mia Club where it is and think they have sufficient pull on the Australian to win him over to their side.
 San loses offer for a big fight seems to be bona fide. w. H. Carmichael, a director of the San Jose Athletic Asso- citation, last night stated that not only was MT. Daily authorized to offer s15,0 GOO to Peter Jackson and John l.. Sullivan, but he was told to increase the offer to s2O, ,OOO for the fight to a finish in their club rooms. The club has 500 members at present.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-03
QUEER THINGS PATENTED.

There is claim in the patent office for patent of the Lords prayer, the specifications being that the repetition of the same ''rapidiy and in loud tone of voice. will cure stammering. Among odd inventions are ''chicken whopples, which walk the chicken right out of the garden when she tries to scratch; ''the lee moth excluded, which automatically shuts up all the beehives when the hens go to roost; '' the tape worm fish-hook, which speaks for itself: the educational balloon" a toy bal loon with map of the world on its surface; ''side-hill annihila tors,' stilts to fit the down-hill legs of horse when he is blowing along a sidehill: and the then surpriser," a device that drops the newly laid egg through the bottom of the nest, with intent to beguile and wheedle the hen into at once laying another. One of the latest patents is an automatic bath tub, which starts the hot and cold water at a given moment in the morn ing, to which it has been set. maintains exactly the temperature of 1t by graduat- ing the flow of water, rings a bell when all Is ready, and two minutes latter. sud denly drops the sleeper's pillow about a foot and turns him out.