The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1890-02-06

De Soto near Owensboro, KY, that Of
Brown Richardson, the colored fireman
William Steinauor, of Tibbett street,
Newport, is missing, and the officers
think he was lost. He was the second
cook.
THE annual report of the New York
State Lunacy Commission shows many
instances of abuses in the county man.
agement of insane asylums. The State
institutions compare favorably with
those of the counties.
A PARTY of boys went skating on the
river at East Dubuque the other even
ing. Two of them, Lewis Pierce, of
East Dubuque, and Bert Clark, of st.
Paul, skated into an air-hole and both
were drowned.
GEORGE ToBLER, a Choctaw negro,
was hanged at Fort Smith, Ark, on the
30th for the murder of Irwin Richard
son, rival for woman's favors. A
year ago Tobler's two brothers were
hanged at Wichita, Kan, for murder in
the Territory.
A BRIDGE at Dusseldorf, Germany,
was carried away by the floods. The
wreckage of the structure collided with
ferry boat, which capsized, and eight
of the passengers were drowned.
AT Morgan, Calhoun County, Ga, dur
ing a race conflict, one white man was
fatally shot and others seriously
wounded. A number of negroes were
also shot, but none killed. The row was
caused by drunken negro striking a
white child.
SHERIFF HALE, of Independence
County, Ark, gave a mob which wanted
to hang young Schreiber, who had shot
his sweetheart and rival, the slip and
put his prisoner in the penitentiary.
THERE was riot of glass workers on
strike at Gablon, Bohemia, recently.
The factory was wrecked and two of the
rioters were killed.
A DISPATCH from Pictou, n. s., says
the steamer Stanley, from Pictou for
Charlottetown, with mails and passen-
gers, was stuck fast in the ice five miles
off Pictou, and could not move in any
direction.
SUIT has been commenced in st. Louis
against the Frisco road for money dsle
the State of Missouri.
The Government of Cuba intends to
impose new duty upon all sales of
sugar and molasses made on the island.
The Chamber of Commerce of Havana
has presented to the Intendent of the
Treasury an energetic protest against
the measure.
JOHN KUNzE, the Cronin suspect, who
is now out on $1,000 bail, walked into
IL fust nd do
manded new trial. The case was
continued to the next term of court.
PAT GRANT, Railroad Laborer," is
held in s., 900 bail for libel on DR.. Reilly,
the Irish National League. The ar
ticle was published in the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
FIVE warships of the Turkish navy
were launched at Constantinople on the
31st.
THE Capital Wagon Company, of Lam
sing, Mich, has failed with SS4, ,774 liza
bilities and S121, ,216 nominal resources.
GIDEON MORGAN, a prominent Chero-
kee, favors the sale of the Strip.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for
the seven days ended January so num-
bered Gncluding Canada) 291, compared
with 0oS tne previous week anu ooS IHe
corresponding week of last year.
ORDERS have been issued from Wash
ington to allow matters to remain in
statu quo in Oklahoma until Territorial
Government is established.
THREE single houses and a double
block in the town of Plains, about four
miles from Wilkesbarre, Pa, dropped
nearly out of sight the other day, the
cavern being caused by the ''robbing" of
pillars from the coal mines under the
town