Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1883-08-08

widest. This wound WAS considered sufficient
initself to have caused death, and it ia thought
be sank Immediately after receiving it.
The Syndicate Block, Minneapolis, Mimi,
in which are the Opera House and several
stores was damaged by fire to the amount Of
$100, GOO on the night Of the 29th. brennan,
Starr & Everett, crockery. lose $150, 900; Folds
b Grif6ths carpets, 81, 600; total loss about
$950, 900.
SEVERAL business buildings in Lincoln, Neb.,
were destroyed by fire on the 29th. Loss $780,
600.
A DESTRUCTIVE storm visited Norwich, Conn.,,
on the 29th. Lightning did considerable dam
age and landslide wrecked railroad train in
which brakeman named Avery was killed.
Ar vicksburg. Miss, on the 29th, during
storm, = skin containing ten persons capsized,
and five we're drowned.
ia SON OF Washington Eisenhower was
thrown from . reaper and had both arms cut
of, on the 26th, near Grundy Center, La.
OK the 26th three Of the city bridges of
Grand Rapids, Mich, we're damaged and two
railroad bridges carried away by the giving way
Of = log jam in Grand River. Over 0,000,-
900 feet Of timber went down stream, some of
which lodged along the banks, and the rest
being caught by the boom ct Grand Haven.
On the 26th train on the Canadian Pxcho
left the track 100 miles west of Winnipeg.
Robert Murphy, engineer, was killed, and
Fireman Campbell fatally injured.
WHILE returning from pleasure excursion
at Southeast Harbor, Me-, the kingbolt to the
Dashboard broke. The horses scared and ran
and the occupants we're thrown on the ground.
Miss Cox, of Baltimore, was killed. Miss Lewis
md Miss White, Of Boston, seriously injured,
md tho 1r;vor ha6 hrnieo6
NEAR Lancaster, Pa., ON the 28th, Henry
Welsh, his wife, and Miss Alice Swirtz, Of
Mount Joy, while going to market, were struck
and killed.
JoHN SwEATHAN, a. atugman, was found in the
river at Chicago on the 9th. It is supposed
he slipped while boarding the tug in the night.
The extensive works of the Howe Sewing
Machine Company, at Bridgeport, Conn.,, were
partially destroyed by fire on the 28th. Loss
$3.50, 900.
Ar Sani,orn, Dak., Oh the 26tb, during q
severe thunderstorm, E. B. Prindle, and a Mr..
! Colviile, engaged in lathing Priudle's house,
we're struck by lightning and killed.
NEAR Brownsville, Tex, on the 26th, q man
and two women, under the influence of the
ardent, lay down on the track Of the Monterey
and Matamoras Railroad and were killed.
Bra tornado at Fort Worth, Tex, on the
26th, three men were fatally injured and .
number Of buildings blown to pieces.
F1RE at Denver, Co.., on the 26th, destroyed
the Denver Terra Gotta Works. Loss $28, 900.
PROPERTY to the value Of $50, 900 was de-
stroyed by fire at Colnmsa, Cal., on the 9th.
JAMES RAND and three horses were killed by
lightning near Rich Hill, NO., on the 25th.
The schooner McClennan foundered on
Lake Huron during the gale on the Goth, and
the crew Of four men were drowned.
LEONARD & B1AcKrEs' twine factory at
Pqus, O., WAS destroyed by fire on the 25th.
Loss $4,000. -Four fremen were seriously in
ju1ed by falling wall.
A FIRE supposed to be iucondiary destroyed
e50, 900 worth OF property in Miles City, Mon
tapa, on the 25th.