The Brookhaven leader., 1890-09-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

IHE report OF the Utah Commission
shows the Mormon Church to be as de-
fiant as ever Polygamy is preached in
public and practiced in secret.
Two young daughters of Samuel God
dert Of Hartman, Tenn, were struck
by engine while crossing the track and
one killed and the other fatally injured.
GOODMAN & Co., dry goods merchants
OF Chicago, Tiflln and Lima, o., have
assigned.
FOURTEEN slaves escaped from a ves-
sci at Cape Town, South Africa, recent
ly. The authorities refused to recapture
them.
THE amount paid out at the sub-treas-
ury at Now York on the 18th for bond
purchases alone amounted to 81 1, Cos, 900.
THE dam of the Bonesteel reservoir at
Troy, N. Y, gave way on the 18TH
Great havoc occurred, but no lives we're
lost
A TORNADO went through tho country
four miles south of Manning, Iowa, on
the 18th. Two men were killed. The
damage was considerable.
FIRE at New York in COOPER shop
burned to death two men and thirteen
horses
BELFAST linen merchants are rushing
in goods in advance of the Mckinley
Tariff bill.
JOHN ID. ROCKEFELLER has given ST.
600, 900 more to the new Baptist Uni
versity at Chicago. His previous gift
was 5000, 900.
THE jury in the Russell murder case
at Monticello, ILL.,, have found the de-
PENDANTS guilty of murder. Calvin
Holden and Albert Dunham were given
the death penalty, and Ann Eliza Holden
was sentenced to twenty-five years and
Edwin Holden to fifteen years i'm
prisonment
The Turkish man-of-war Ertogroul
foundered at sea and 500 of her crew
were drowned
ADvIcEs from Hiogo, Japan, state that
tho mail steamer Musaschi Maru has
been lost off Cochin and that all of her
crew with the exception of one Japanese
were drowned.
A BAND of gypsies was overwhelmed
by cloudburst near Evansville, Ark,
recently. Five of them were drowned.
A TERRIBLE accident happened on the
Mexican railroad. Two trains going in
opposite directions ran into each other
al Rinconada and the cars were piled on
one another and com mpletely wrecked.
Ten persons were killed and several
others wounded.
TIE two victims of the cyclone near
Manning, Iowa, were William Ferry and
his child. Several were injured, but not
fatally.
THE boiler of threshing machine ex-
ploded at MarshfielI O., killing two
men.
IT Is reported in Chicago that the coal
miners Of Southern Illinois are prepar-
ing to strike for higher pay.
JOHN w. DUNN, large brick manu-
facturer of Chicago has disappeared,
leaving S35 900 debts, but ample assets.
He had lost heavily gambling on races
PRESIDENT HARRISON has formally ex-
tended the period of vacating the Cher
okee Strip from October l to November
1 for one-half tho cattle and December
for the remainder.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) for
the seven days ended September IS
numbered 19O compared with 1913 the
previous week and 1913 the corresponding
week of last year. Tightncss in the
money market continued, but otherwise
there was no disturbing feature.
A TERRIBLE double accident occurred
on the 10th near Reading, Pa. The
Pottsville express ran into freight
wreck at the Schuylkill river. The
coaches went into the water. between
forty and fifty persons were killed and
as many more seriously injured.