The Brookhaven leader., 1889-11-28


Tyr movement on foot to form re.
-,hiic in Australia is rapidly gaining
ground.
GENERAL ALGER has proposed that the
,onsus takers also secure tho individual
records Of all old soldiers.
CHARLES II. WELLS, editor OF Dixie,
,roninent trade journal of Atlanta,
e. died at Saranac Lake, N. Y, on the
Goth.
Tur Tammany convention for the
cixtb New York; district, on the 22d,
nnminated Charles II. Turner Cknown
as THE Ice-man') for Congress.
rur latest news from Stanley direct
indicates that the great explorer and
marty arrived at Mpwapwa in the terri
torv Of the German East African pro-
tectoratc. All were well.
Tur Knights of Labor, in covention at
Atlanta, Ca, on the Goth, passed reso-
intion asking that days Of National elec-
tions be made legal holidays, with a
nenalty for employers violating the law.
A n,spATcH from Havana, of the 22d,
GAYS the rumors prevailing in European
conitals of revolution in Cuba are wholly
without foundation, as the island was
never more quiet or its people moro
contentcd than now.
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THE celebrated London brewing es-
tahlishment of Guinness e. Sons has do
mated the sum of a20O, 600 for the pur-
nose of erecting dwellings for the labor
inc moor of London, and ESQ, for a
like purpose in Dublin.
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.
TuE new flag of the United States of
Brazil, which takes the place of the i'm
perial emblem, with its crown and cot-
fee leaf, is composed of green and gold
stripes, with blue field, on which are
emblazoned nineteen stars.
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 reports representing danger of
revolution in Portugal were greatly
exaggerated, being based merely on the
yaporings of irresponsible persons
thrown off their mental balance by
heated discussion of the Brazilian situa-
ton.
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.
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 the German and Dutch mar
kets, Notwithstanding the fact that
money was dear.
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 lour
hundred was killed.
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
YALE students held meeting, on the
22d, and decided to confer with the
Harvard students on the general sub
iect of athletics. A number favored
Withdrawing from the football league,
but it was determined to take no action
until after the game with Princeton.
LAWRENCE & BROWN, of the Ma
hanoy Plane (Pa.) colliery, made tre-
mendous hit, on the 10th, in striking
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 drift 44o feet under
ground.
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.
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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 stirring and patriotic
speech, in which he paid a glowing
tribute to the Constitution as an immor-