Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-10-24

2. TRAINS collided on the 18th on the Cum:
berlahds Valley raiiread Oh sharp. curve
near Shippensburg, Pa, and one man was
killed and many persons were badly in
ruz 1hman 'lino' steamer: cry of New /,
York arrived In New York from Liver.
pool on the 1Sth. making the trip in six
days, and tvFelvp hours the best thifd7trisl
record in shipping annals. =
A TERRIFIC hail-storm broke over Chica-
90 on the 18Th, and skylahts were shat.
tered III many buildings, pedestrians'were
driven from the Streets and ip several
s pisoss 1 fsl larsy eswqo'p reF'
AN epidemic Of typhoid fever was pre-.
vailtpg2 at Continental (Q,o on..the>, 18th,
Thirty,ate persons had died from tho dis
ease, and nearly every family in the town
hadsudered from THE scourge.
THI Hamiltdpl Brown Shoe Company Sf
st. Louis on the 18th locked out It's $50
employees, owing to dispute about wages.
h S. RRIeGs. q safe manufactures, Ab::
seconded on the 18th from Rochester, N Y,
after, committing forgeries aggegatiug
SIC, 0Qo, the Trqsders' Bank being the pFin-
cipal sufferer ~ So" 49,: H..y$ ,.ssF
IN duel on the 18th near. Atlanta, Ga,
0tie Hrusser, and &: Mack Cook were both
killed. : II - - - - !
BURGLARS blew open tho safe in the AT.
ton (Ia.) post Office On the 18th and stole
all the stamps and 5000 in money
A LARGE meeting Observation-Disclosures farm
ers was held at Princeton, Ky, on the 1SSh,
and resolutions were Aadopted lin flavor OF
planting no tobacco next year, owing to
over production.
DURING the twenty-four hours ended on
the 18th there were 20 new cases of yellow
fever at jacksonville, Fla and death
from the disease. Total cases TO date,
1862; total deaths, 339 stE:55
WAkEF1E1DTSts Lone extensive livery
and transfer stables at Washfn=ton,, Ind,
were burned on the 18th. and twenty-five
valuable mules and horses were cremated
The National Association of Heavy
Hardware Dealers and Iron Jobbers met
at st. Louis on the 18th.
CHARLES g.. REDFIELD, for twenty one
Chicago, died; at Bozeman, NJ; T., on the
18th of dose :of morphine taken with
suicidal intent. IS -:
AHEAvY rain on the 18th completed the
.discouragement of the ex-strikers of the
Chicago North Side Street-Car Company,
and they acknowledged defeat and said
that another tie-up would not be attempted
The new men still found barricades on the
tracks and were much abused and insulted.
GEORGE A. DENHAM & Co., boot and
shoe dealers Of Boston, failed on the 10Th.
Liabilities, $172, 600; assets, S55,OOQ
DURING the twenty! four:hours ended on
the 10Th there were 27 new cases of yellow
fever at Jacksonvihe;.E Fla, and a deaths
from the disease. Total cases to date. 8,
719; total deaths, 1885,
The fifteenth annual convention of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union met
in the Metropolitan Opera-House in New
York on the 10Th, with delegates present
from all parts Of the United States Miss
Frances Willard delivered the annual ad-
dress.
ALEXANDER MCCLURE, paymaster OF
James McFadden, who with force of four
hundred men is tuildjng branch of the
Lehigh Valley road, left Pittston, Pa, on
the 10th with 81, 900 to pay the hands He
was accompanied by young Irishman.
While going through alonely strip of wood
they were shot from ambush and killed
and the money stolen.
DURING the seven days ended on the 10Th
there were 1876 business; failures in the
United States, against 1876 the previous
seven davsi The. total failures in i: the
1855, against q sos in 1887. /
CHRISTIAN PF1TZEK, q brewery employee,
shot his wife in a quarrel in New York on
the 10Th and then killed himself.
Snow fell on the 10Th at various places
in Northern Michig n. =" -, -. s,..
Two MINERS, Charles and William Wei.
Ter, while digging their way sthrough the
snow from LIZ Junta basin to Telluride,
COL, on the 10Th were caught in snow
slide, carried fifteen hundred feet down
the mountain and buried under twenty
feet of snow and rocks: =. =
A BosToN tenant was on the 10th given a
verdict Of s. 800 damages against his land
lord because his family became infected
with diphtheria owing to the defective
drainage Of the landlords fiouse. $#":*
n. M. UPHAM, agent for the Pacific Ex-
press Company at Coheyville, Kan, re-
ceived package of dynamite on the 10Th
marked :" glass, which exploded, tearing
a hole in his house and fatally injuring his
wife. and another: lady. s@ss: p
The Cincinnati: express op the Baltimore
& Ohio road was wrecked On the 10Th near
Washington, Pa, by running into an open
switch, and two men were killed and near
ly q score injured. H. n; ):
The fourth of the world's. baae, ball
championship games between New York
ami the 81. Louis. Browns was played In
New York on the 10Th. Scorer New York,
6; st. Louis, 8 ....., -. L..
A BOILER in sngar;house at H6uma,
La, exploded on the 10Th, killing one white
man and three negroes. '.tsa:s.
FREDERICK MASON, afarmer near Marion,
Ind, was on the 10Th locked up for insan-
sfty. He claimed that he had been COM
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