The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-08-20
THE senaputty of Manipur and the

THE senaputty of Msnipur and the
Tongale general were hanged at Man.
ipur, India, on the 18th for the murder
of the British commissioners a few
months ago. An immense crowd OF
natives was present at the execution.
THE miners of the Virginius at
Ouray, Col, struck to the number OF
over 100 because the management re.
quired them to use lamps instead OF
candles in the workings, they claiming
the smoke from the lamps made them
sick
JUST before the steamer Buffalo left
jamestown, n. Y, for the illuminated
fleet display at Chautauqua a section Of
the deck, crowded with people, gave
way, throwing about thirty persons in
the water. A scene of excitement en-
sued, but by prompt action all were
rescued alive.
THE sanitary and other arrangements
of the mines at Briceville, Tenn, not
being up to requirements orders have
been issued to withdraw the convicts
instantly.
AMONG those besmirched by the Can
adian scandals is Premier Mercier of
Quebec.
THERE was free fight lasting sever
al hours at a recent farmers reunion at
Pennsville, n. j.
TIM HOPKINS has decided to contest
the will of his adopted mother, Mrs.
Hopkins-Searles.
NEARLY all the salmon fishermen
near Kodiak, Alaska, have struck be-
cause the canning factory owners re.
fused to take all the fish they could
capture.
SEVEN houses in Campo, near San
Diego, Cal, were washed away by a
cloudburst No lives were lost
ELLSWORTH, Mimi, has been ravaged
by windstorm. The town was left
wreck.
AN express on the Reading railroad
collided with a freight at Egg Harbor
City, N. j., on the 14th. Several pas
seugers were injured, two probably
fatally.
THE national land Office officials warn
colored men not to try to buy home
steads in Oklahoma of alleged vendors.
HIPPoLYTE GONZALES, Fermin Perez
and Bonafacio Valdez, who were con-
victed of kidnapping, have been exc
cuted at Havana, Cuba
THE jury in the case of DIR. Baker, of
Abingdon, Va, charged with the MUIR
der of his wife. brought in a verdict of
guilty The verdict was largely on the
evidence of Miss Gilmer, lady of SO.
cial prominence, who confessed her
criminal intimacy with the accused and
declared he had admitted killing his
wife.
]. FINLEY HoKE, the noted forger
from Peoria, Ill, completed his FIVE
year sentence in the Joliet peniten-
tiary, but was rearrested on a bench
warrant instigated by the Merchants
national bank of Peoria. There are
nine indictments hanging over him, the
bonds for which aggregate $4,000.
BUSINESS futures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended August Is mum.
bered 227, compared with 23l the pre-
vious week and 1877 the corresponding
week of last year.
THE rise of the price of grain prom.
ises splendid returns to Austrian grain
exporters, and especially as the Balkan
harvests promise to be excellent and
sufficient for the Austrian home con.
sumption.
STILLS & DUHLMELER's furniture
factory, Cincinnati, has been destroyed
by fire Loss, $50, 900.
MRS THOMAS B. CARRUTHERs has
been arrested at Rat Portage, Man,
charged with having killed her hus'
band.
THE liabilities of Griffin & Sons, corr
factors, London, amounted to 81, ,O00,'
0OO Unsecured creditors agreed to &C
cept ten shillings in the pound.