The Brookhaven leader., 1891-03-05

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surance Co., of Chicago, is on the verge
of dissolution.
In a prize fight at Jacksonville, o.,
Dave Seville killed Art Majesty. The
latter was 80 years of age and pro-
prietor of an athletic training school at
Toledo. His skull was fractured.
A RECEIVER has been appointed for
the Belknap & Dumesnil Stone Co., of
Louisville, Ky.
strikes of miners, has ordered large sup
plies of coal from England.
OF the four miners rescued alive after
nineteen days of subterranean imprison-
ment at Evansville, Pa, only one is in a
precarious condition and his rawlings are
pitiable.
WILLIAM WEST, negro, was hanged
at Washington, Pa, for a treble murder
committed May IA, 1890. The convict
attempted suicide by cutting his throat
the night previous to his execution.
The rope broke at the first attempt,
causing horrible scene.
YUMA, Ariz., was reported in crit
ical condition on the Goth, owing to the
floods.
The Mohawk valley, N. Y, was
flooded on the Goth.
The pope has informed the propa-
ganda that he is exceedingly displeased
with the last nominations for bishops
made in the United States and
sent for his approval.
CAPTAIN A. E. WooDsoN denies the
report from Little Rock that there is
much suffering in the Cherokee strip.
THE suit of Timothy Harrington, M.
p, against the Insuppressible, of Dub
lin, for libel in making certain charges
about the handling of league funds re-
suited in verdict of five pounds dam
ages against the defendant.
THE trade and navigation returns OF
Canada for 1890 have been issued. The
exports were s97, ,74s, 149, and the inn
ports 1928, s,S5s,241. The imports in
creased last year by 81, 500, 900 and the
exports increased about the same. The
balance of trade against Canada was
S25, 1O9. Canada's exports to the United
States were $40, 900, 900 and imports S25,-
900, 900.
THE house in Boston in which Paul
Revere is popularity supposed to have
been born is shortly to be torn down
and more pretentious and better rent
ing structure erected on it its site. The
house is at Nos. 10 and 81 North square.
ARTHUR BUDDENsIEK, aged II, a son
of Charles A. Buddensiek, the New
York contractor who is now serving a
term of ten years in Sing Sing prison in
New York for building houses with
mud" instead of mortar, fell through
a hatchway in his fathers barn at Rah-
way, N. J., and broke his neck.
THE night of the 27th was bitterly
cold for the time of year in Nebraska,
Kansas and the western part of Mis-
souri,. The blizzard followed warm
spell of few hours.
BUSINESS failures CDun's reporO for
the seven days ended February 26 num-
bered 800, compared with 297 the pre-
vious week and 3O1 the corresponding
week of last year.
Ex-STATE TREASURER WOODRUFF, of
Arkansas, has been arrested on the
charge of violating the law in the i'm
proper use of the public funds during
his term. The shortage of over 1000
was paid by his bondsmen.
STRIKING Hungarian coke workers at
Scottdale, Pa, beat man named Hol-
liday in frightful manner because they
thought he was a nOn-striker.
YUMA, AriZ, was almost totally
ruined by the floods, only two houses
remaining.
THREE persons have died from tri-
chinosis in the vicinity of Ida Grove,
Ia, many others being sick. They had
been eating bologna sausage made
from q diseased hog.