The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-06-11

"A terrible boiler explosion TOOK place IN
Z Dubuque Iowa, sash and door factory, by
which four persons were killed and number
Of others injured.
A collision occurred on the West Shore
railroad at Savannah, N. Y, owing TO one
train crashing into another while the latter wa
in the act Of switching at the station. THO
persons were killed and eeverh others H. Iui Il,
some OF them, ~ Is supposed, fatally.
Company d, Of the Twelfth Regiment New
York National Guard, took the pledge for life
At the meeting OF the Manhattan Temperance
Association NJ Cooper Institute. N. Y.
The Minnesota Democratic State Convention
adopted platform for revenues. The dele
gatcsare for Tdon first and Flower second.
The Wisconsin State Democratic Convention
in It's resolutions rciterates the tariff plank in
the National Democratic platform Of 1876,
closing with these words: ave demand that
| all Custom House taxation shall be for revenue
only" The delegates are for Iilden first,
Flower second.
The Greenback National Convention, which
assembled AT indianapolis, was attended by
over five hundred dclcgater. The Southern
delegates opposed Butler for President, but
were outyotcd, In a letter 10 the Convention,
| Butler said: why should / be- asked qnes-
| ton which under the circumstances WAS never
put to any other MANI Is not my record AZ
Greenbscker for twenty years sufficient with
out formal pledge Ia You, which wonld calse
me ~ be pointed out a. a man who bids for the
nomination"
The Kansas Democratic State Convention
elected delegates to the Chicago Convention.
Resolutions were passed recommending, but
not positively insrncting, the delegates to vote
or lilden.
BY the oycrcrowding Of goods into Balti-
more warehouse the building was CT ushed anu
six persons were killed and four injured.
The Episcopalan Convention at Baltimore,
Nd, having failed to elect II bishop, adjourned
To October next.
The boat rare between Courtney and Ross
did not come of ON Decoration day, as the
water was too rough for the shells A large
crowd assembled and Courtney WAS very badly
treated. AZ il was supposed to be his fault that
the rae did not come oil.
An Old violin, supposed to have belonged
s to Tom Paine WAS found III an attic III BORDEN
town, n. j.
q The Presbyterian fight over Instruments
music is 10 be- referred back " the seyera
, Presbyteries by the Synod at 1T. Louis.
"A domestic quarrel over pecuniary mat
tiers, followed by blow, induced an unfortu
: nate mother in Albany to kill her five children
. and To destroy herself The woman lost he
savings bank book, and this led to quarrc
|
:, While digging for Indian skeletons in
y Connecticut village the operator found TN
watch Of peddler who was said to have beel
= murdered fifty years ago.
!, The Fourth Ohio militia are to be disband
"a ed and several officers court martialled 10
their bad conduct as soldiers during the Gin
10 cinnat riots.
k, BY the falling Of scaflold In krupp
Or Tunnel. on the South Pennsylvania iailroa'
II several men were killed and wounded.
james Tucker (colorcd) was executed
he Paris, Ark, for murder, and william Brow
lg (colorct) met n similar fate at Bellevile, Ill
NJ for Il like crime.
or The French government will celebrate II
IL centenary Of the Revolution of 1889 in al III
VI posing manner.
VI The rigors Of imprisoned Spanish journa
" lists are loudly complained OF by the press
% Madrid.
'h In Scotland Yard. London, all explosion
dynamite occurred outside Of the detective {
* hce blowing down portion OF the buildil
~ and slightly injuring several persons.
lnl A bomb was exploded ontsde the Juni
IA Carlton Club. in Pail Mall, shattering the has
10 ment and injuring four female servants.
n. The race for the Derby resulted in de-
heat between st Gatien and Harvester. Que
'ei .dela ie finished third.
ed --Comte d Haussonvillc, n French politics
and member Of the Academy il dead.
'ct -Four hundred and nine dwellings ha
hst oeen destroyed and 5l4 injured by the foo
! the province of Murcia, Spain.
"a, The Catholic Bishop Of the Soudan
'OO lust arrived at Cairo from the south OF Egy
list lie reports that seven Italian priests and Il
ON Sisters OF Mercy have been massacred at
II ! Obeid. He also reports that three priests W
ple | exposed naked TO the sun for four days I
col | died from the effects Of their exposure.