The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-05
THE fatalities by the mine explosion


at Mammoth, Pa, proved greater than
expected on receipt of the first intelli-
gence. At least $50 miners lost their
lives.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT denies the re-
port of the purchase of several Michi'
gan iron mines by the Vanderbilts.
GENERAL MILES says that the re-
moval of thirty Indian outlaws to Fort
Sheridan was merely a precautionary
measure.
THE United States naval exhibit al
the Worlds Fair will represent full
sized battle ship, with guns, turrets.
torpedoes and full corps of officers.
THE Roman Catholic Anti-Slavery So
ciety of Europe will hold general
meeting in Brussels to consider the
present condition of the African slave
trade and particularly the Red sea traf-
fc in children for harems.
CHICAGO was chosen for next place OF
meeting of the National Farmers ALI
ance. John III. Powers, of Nebraska,
was elected president. The National
lecturer is George Lawrence, of Ohio.
THE grand jury at st. Paul, Mimi,
has indicted Jay p. Davis and M. X.
Murnane for peculations on the city
treasury. Many thousands of dollars
are unaccounted for.
THREE lives were lost in destructive
fire at Cygnet. o., on the 3Oth. The
loss was 500, 900 with little insurance.
SECRETARY NOBLE has issued an or
der which removes alleged Cherokee
employees from stone quarry of the
Strip. He says, whether they are Cher
okees or not, they have no right to quar-
ry stone.
LIEUTENANT ScHwATKA fell over the
stairway of the Park Hotel, Mason City,
Ia, and was seriously if not fatally in
jured.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended January 30 num-
bered 230, compared with $50 the pre-
vious week and 291 the corresponding
week of last year.
PENNINGTON got his air ship afloat in
the Chicago Exposition building on the
30th, when it sailed about under the
control of the inventor, who was con-
siderably elated.
WILLIAM II. BUTNEB and William D..
Hughes, convicted of forging divorce
papers at New York, have been sem
fenced by Recorder Smyth, Hughes to
five years and Butner to seven years
at hard labor.
WALTER MURDOCH, of the Northern
Indiana penitentiary, has completely
cleared himself of the sensational
charges made by Governor Hovey.
DETAILS have been received of the
| r ha h,1r rr
of a steamer on the Yangtse.
JAMES r. BoYCE, JR., & Co., the larg-
est dry goods firm in Butte, Mont, have
assigned with $125,O0 assets and $780,
900 liabilities.
The famous bleeding nun of Patro-
dine died at the Convent of the Concep-
ton, Guadalajuara. The Pope sent his
blessing to her death bed.
Mrs. LONG, of Bellaire, o., resented
the whipping of her daughter by a
school master in such forcible man.
ner that the teacher is in a dangerous
condition.
THE safe in the Office of ex-Mayor
Roche at Chicago was blown open the
other night and $1,000 in cash carried
off by the robbers. The money was re-
ceived by the ex-mayor after banking
hours. How the thieves should be so
lucky as to select the particular even
ing is mystery.
EIGHTEEN inches of snow have fallen
abot Mason City, Ia.
w. L. c. DENMoRE, a prominent citizen
of Chattanooga, Tenn, blew his brains
out. Cause, sickness.
ANDREW STRICKLAND, colored beat
his wife to death with brick in Jack
son, Tenn.