The Brookhaven leader., 1891-08-06

Dane county, Wis, with the inoculated
chinch bugs from Kansas The inocu-
lated bugs were placed in the field
July and the insects are dying by the
million.
J. c. AVERY, of No. lis Broadway,
New York, who recently failed in
the brolxerageinvestmen business, was
n Kansas City man and organized the
Equitable Mortgage Co. of Kansas City
in 1854 His liabilities arc over 81 ,0O0,-
600.
FIFrY kegs of gunpowder exploded
in the Great Southern railroad depot at
Birmingham, Ala, doing considerable
damage. One man was slightly injured.
FIRE in Seattle, Wash, destroyed a
large livery stable, saloon and four
stores George Williams lost his life
and a negro couple were badly burned.
IT is reported that the Big Four-Stock
Yards trouble, Chicago, has been set
tied. The packers will not go TO Toll
lesion, Ind.
THE new Balmacedan cruiser, Presi-
dente Errasiurez, has left Lisbon for
Chilli.
SYLVESTER You've, cashier at Louis
vile, KY, for the southwestern division
of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, is
missing, and is alleged to be defaulter
for $4,000.
DURING a heavy thunderstorm near
Dry Run, Franklin county, Pa, the
barn of Phillip Skinner was struck by
lightning and totally destroyed by fire.
Two children of Mr.. Skinner, aged ~
and Is, were playing in the barn at the
time and both were killed instantly.
Miss Ida KEITH, young woman
who lived at Sydney, N. Y, was taken
with severe illness some time ago
Her parents are believers in the faith
cure and would not allow a doctor to
be summoned to attend her. She suf-
fered long illness, during which she
wasted to a mere skeleton and finally
died.
THERE was quite a serious accident
near Bellaire, o., on the 31st, train of
the narrow gauge running off at a
curve. Fourteen persons were serious
ly injured, some, it was feared, fatally.
GRAssHoPPERs are doing considerable
damage to the oats, pastures and mead
ows near Van Vert o. Many farmers
have cut their oats before fairly ripe in
order to save the crop, but the pests
work on the grain in the shock. No
damage to corn is anticipated.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended July 80 numbered
DAT. compared with 254 the previous
week and 1s9 the corresponding week
of last year.
WILLIAM CALDWELL, a negro, was
hanged at Houston, Tex, for murder
He was "Woodpecker" in the notori-
Gus Jay bird Woodpecker feud of Fort
Bend county and was the only one of
the murderers to grace a scaffold.
REPORTS from North and South Da-
kota and Minnesota are all that the
wheat crop is in the finest shape.
APPRAISER MARvELLE w. COOPER, of
the New York custom house, emphatic
ally denies the rumor. that he has re-
signed.
A WICHITA firm has been awarded
the contract for the iron work on the
public building at Denver, Col, at S16,-
O75.
THE Norwegian schooner LORNA was
sunk in a collision in the British chan
mel and eight seamen were drowned.
A PETITION has been filed in the fed
eral court at Fort Smith, Ark, for a re-
ceiver for the Fort Smith, Paris & Dar-
danelle railway.
FIRE in the cotton wareh ouse district
of Liverpool destroyed property worth
$3.50, 600.
J. KIMMELBERGER's large -four mill
at Morehouse, Wis, was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $780,