The Brookhaven leader., 1889-05-02

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q wall was blown down, killing two fire.
men and injuring others. The wall bo-
longed to tho jackson building destroy ed
by fire.
The Reading road demands that its em-
ployes shall sever connection with all
labor organizations
A LADY ffty-seven years old, fell from
fourth story window in New York and
was killed
The Emperor Of Austria has paid the
late Crown Princes debts, which amounted
to 50 500 900.
An accident occurred recently to a
freight train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road, causing fatal injuries to The en-
gineer and fireman. The train ran onto a
burning bridge over Roaring creek, near
Wilkesbarre, wreckng forty cars. One
brakeman was dangerously hurt.
BY premature explosion of dynamite
near Homer, Mich, Connor James and
Harris James were killed. The explosion
occurred on the latter's land The two
left home to blow out stumps and had
twenty-five pounds of dynamite. Their
bodies were found five rods from the sx-
pIosion.
JOSEPH Dion. the well known billiard
player, has ben declared insane by Q
sherif's jury at New York.
THE gingham mill Of the White Manu-
featuring Company at Rockville, Conn,
has been shut down on account OF q strike
of $50 weavers and its other mills will
also close, throwing 400 employees out Of
work.
THE Grand Trunk railway has Joined in
the Sunday rest movement as regards
freight trains.
BY a collision between freight trains,
near Glen Mary, Tenn, the other day
two trainmen were killed and three others
neer was the cause.
estate dealer of New York City. COM
mitted suicide recently by shooting him.
self through the head.
THE directors of the Chicago gas trust
have appoint. a committee to investigate
the feasibility of supplying Chicago with
natural gas.
THE business men Of Portland, Me-,
have passed resolutions against any leg,
islation tending to interrupt the present
commercial relations with Canada.
ALL the crops in district of Silesia,
Germany, have been destroyed by storm
and five persons killed by lightning.
THE seventeen anniversary of Odd
Fellowship was celebrated on the Goth.
THE Harlem Electric Light Company's
old shops. a wooden church, a carriage
factory and half dozen tenements in
upper New York City were destroyed by
fire the other night causing $3.50, 600
losses.
THE Wabash purchasing committee has
decided to issue enough new bonds to pay
off dissenting bondholders and carry out
the original purpose of the reorganization
plan. The amount to be issued has not
been definitely decided upon, but is esti-
m ited at between IS, 900, 600 and $6, 600, 000
A TANK of naphtha in the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad yards ex-
ploded recently at Chicago, blowing q
man fifty feet, killing two horses and do
ing other damage.
WHITE laborers have taken the places OF
most of the striking negro workmen in
the tobacco factories of Danville, Va
THE Belle Prairie convent near Little
Falls, Mimi, took fire recently. The
tu enty -four children had a narrow es-
cape, being saved with great d lfficulty by
the Sisters in chary ye
THERE was a collision on the B. & O., at
Baltimore on III. 26ih. Vice. President
Morton General Schofield and Foraker, of
Ohio, were on one of the trains, but es-
capped unhurt. The only person injured
was a trainman.
A DISPATCH from Auckland. N. z says
that the United States steamship Nipsic
was again disabled while being towed in
Apia harbor.
THE steamer Australia and schooner
George went ashore in a binding snow
storm on Michigan island, near Duluth,
Mimi, recently. They were scuttled in
order to save them from pounding to
pieces on the rocks. There was no loss Of
lifa