Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-08-04
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the ton.
A VIOLENT hail and wind storm which Wis
ted McDonougil, Ga, wrecked u Methodist
Church, crushing three people to death and
injuring several others.
THE Minnesota State Prohibition Conven-
tion in session ut st. Paul, adopted q plat
form which includes Il demand that Con-
gress make it crime to ship liquor into
prohibition State. Hugh Harrison, II whole
sale grocer of Minneapolis, and recent con-
vert, was nominated for Governor.
Ex-SHERIrF CHARLES JANSEN committed
suicide Mt Los Angeles, CAL, in an extraor-
binary way. He tied handkerchief from
the toes of his right foot to t. triggers of
double barrsle;l shot gun. Bot>Ssarrels were
discharged, carrying away half head and
splashing the ceiling with brains.
THREE boys were drowned while bathing
in II lake near Omaha, Nebraska.
NEAR Yntan, Nebraska, Wabash car,
loaded with shcllcd corn, was ditched While
the train mon were transferring the corn
about al hour afterward they discovered the
bodes Of six dead tramps in the car. They
had been stealing ride, and the ditchin9 OF
the car CAUSED them TO be smothcred to death
in the corn, which buried them completely.
WILLIAM PRossER, his son, John Prosser
aud John William Morgan were sulfccated
to ieathin n burning building at Maynard. a
small mining town in B.lmont County, Ohio.
JoHN MOORE killed his sister-in-l in De-
troit bccausc she asked hun to pay his board.
He then fatally shot her daughter. and HIM
SELF
NEAR Bentonia, Miss, tho young daughter
of Dolph Mics tco.oredl poisoned her ,ather
and three brothers, all of whom died in her
presence in great agony.
EUGENE z.NxIR, Of indianapolis, COM
mitted suicide at Il prayer meeting in church
by drinking bottle Of carboIic acid His
aged father and mother killed themselves
two weeks ago.
DEPUTY SHERIFF r. s. ELMER, Of Wah-
peton, Dakota, murdered pretty Miss Alollie
Kerle under circumstances OF peculiar
atrocity On the following day masked
mob of ofle hundred determined men OVER
powered Sheriff Miller. who had him Under
arrest, and too the murderer out, and hanged
! him to bridge over the Bois de Sioux River.
EX-GOVERNOR C.RyEY, the war Governor
Of Kansas, del a few days ago Of apoplexy
at Leavenworth.
A. kLEsuAR cut his wife's throat at Fern
| dale, Cal. and took poison himself. Both
died.
| j HE ll'il1nS VINO nave DeeI III cOuilCH "
Stlnding Rock agency, celebrating the prop
vsiton of tile Government to throw oper
their reservation to settlers, fina y, after
mu:h speech making, decided unanimously
not TO sign ans treaty to that effect.
A DAYBEEAK duel occurred at Norfolk
/ Va, on Saturday between John +. Evans, {
prominent saloon keeper, and Peter Mclean
Il popular sporting man. Mclean was in
| stantly killed, and was carried home WIFI
four bullets in his body
WILLIAM ST.. CLAIR and Bob Ashley
crossed the river on ferryboat at Alton, I'LL
and after landing on Missouri Point quar-
reled Ashley ran at st. Clair with bow
knife and drove him into the river ST. Clail
could not swim Ashley prevented hin
from regaining the shore and he wa
drowned.
SENATOR PALMER. of Michigan, has pub
licly notified his Michigan constituents tina
he would not be q candidate for reelection
His term expires March 4tll, 1885, and he in
tends to retire to private life.