Daily Republican., 1886-09-23
NEWS SUMMARY.
TERRIBLE HAIL sTORM-KNIGH rs
TEMPLAR's DRILL.
Accidentally Shot HimseIf-I5, 200 Odd
Feiiows In Line-Cruclty to
Child

The severest hail storm ever known
at South Bend, Indiana, visited that
city last evening. Hail stones ruined
all the tin, iron and slate roofs in the
city, while over IL, 600 lights of glass
were broken at the Oliver Plow Works
and Il, 600 In the Studebaker Wagon
Works. Hardly factory, business
house or residence escaped damage,
The divers estimate the damage to
their works at $40, 900. The total dam
age In the city will probably reach
$4,000. Several people were injured i,
none dangerously
The great procession of Odd Fellows
IN Boston took place on Wednesday,
and u 10 estimated that between 10000
and ID. 600 men were in line. The nro.
oession passed in review before the
Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge at odd
Fellows' Hall, Mayor O'Brien at City
Hall, Governor Robinson at the STATE
House, and Lieutenant Governor Ames
on Arlington street. The streets through
which the procession passed were
densely packed with people.
The com petitive drill of the Knights
Templar in St. Louis on Wednesday
was witnessed by over ten thousand
people. The Communicates, rs they
marched to the parade grounds, were
received with loud applause. In the
afternoon there was . grand concert,
led by p. 8. Gilmore, at which the
audience, 1t is estimated, numb bered at
least %, 600. At night there was q gen.
eral illumination.
A woman named Mary Gray had
hearing yesterday in Chicago, on the
charge Of cruelty to FIVE year. old boy
whom she took from the FoundlinRs
Home year ego to rear. Witnesses for
the State asserted that "the woman has
been seen kicking the child over the
floor, striking him upon the face and
scalp with q knife, and drawing the
boys finger nails by force"
The Sheriff of Cook county, Illinois,
at Chicago, has appointed extra deputies
to m maintain the quarantine against the
cattle afflicted with pleurc pneumonia.
The depaties will be under the direction
of the State Veterinarian. The authori-
ties believe the disease will be confin ed
within the present limits, regardl less of
how severe 1t may prove.
Joseph s. Miller, aged 20 years, a
farmer Of Lazaretto, Chester County,
Pa, was awakened dnring Tuesday
night. He got up, and, In searching
for match, knocked revolver off the
imantelpiece, discharging 1t and sending
the ball into his ab6 6Cmen. He ex-
claimed, "I'm shot," and died.
At Greensburg, Pa, Wednesday, the
jury In the case of Frank Keenan, for
the murder of McDixon, rendered q
verdict Of "not guilty" and Keenan, was
discharged. The testimony showed the
killing was in self-defense, Both men
were prominently connected.
The remains of anotI or of the miners,
the seventh, entombed in the Marvine
shaft ct Scranton, were seen Wednes-
day, but, owing to the dangerous con-
dition of that part Of the mine, they
could not be removed.
The walls at the Centre Mills, q,
Quincy, ILL.,, burned some time ago
| tum bled down Wednesday, killing two
men and injuring three others, one
mortally.
A deposit of copper ore, said to be
four miles in length, l, 500 feet wide and
! 200 feet deep, has been discovered near
Sudbury Junction, Ont,