The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-08-03

Upon unloading a car OF lumber in the
Union Pacific yards at Omaha, Neb,, the
dead body OF n man was uncovered. Pa
pers showed his name to be Irwin S. Bar.
ley. He was probably stealing a ride. A
bottle OF whisky, a revolver and some
money were found on him.
3A terrible explosion occurred on the
Delaware, Lockawanna 4 Western railroad
near Scranton, Pennsylvania, recently,
by which an engine attached to a heavy
coal train was blown to pieces, and the
fireman, Harvey keidler, killed. Irving
Stein, the engineer, was geverely injured,
but will recover.
A tornado, cutting a swath about POO
yards in width and going to the northwest
barely missed Fairnout, ILL.,, recently. 1t
swept everything before it, tearing down
fences, trees, etc. The grain over which it
passed was literally torn out by the roots.
The residence Of }. T. Davis, two miles dis
tant, was demolished. No loss Of life is
reported.
The fast train which left Quincy, H.,
July 30 for Kansas City, over the Hanni.
bal & st. Joseph division OF the "Q' road,
ran into a lot Of box cars which were side
tracked at Round Grove station but which
were not pulled far enough along to clear
the main track. The mail and baggage
cars were badly wrecked, and several per.
sons were severely injured.
The steamer "Belleview,' with 100 ex.
cursionists on board, sank in the Missis'
sippi river, on the 3Oth, between Winona
and La Cross. One OF her two propeIlers
broke, and the shaft pulled from it's bear.
ing and was driven through the bottom OF
the boat making a large hole through which
water washed in. She was towed as near
shore as possible and then stranded and
sank while her passengers were safely land.
ed by means OF skiifs.
Chas. Wheeler, 24 years old, the son OF
J. w. Wheeler, OF Grant township, was
instantly killed at White Bear Lake, MINI.
He was driving his team, his sister and
Bella DelanO being with him in the buggy,
and the horses, scared by a locomotive,
ran the buggy against a tree, tipping it
over on the side and striking his head
against the tree, breaking his skull. His
death was instantaneous. Miss Delano
had a collar zone broken.
The new five story building owned by
P. Bissman & Co., Wholesale grocers, re-
Gently burned at Mansfield, Ohio. The two
upper stories were all ablaze when the fire
companies arrived, and owing TO the tan.
gle OF telegraph, telephone and electric
light wires, ladders could not be got up to
the front windows until the fire got a good
start. There was a stock OF goods valued
at 5000, 900 in the building, 100000 OF
which was destroyed. The insurance is
$751; OO.
A case OF accidental shooting occurred at
Thompsonville, Kentucky, recently, which
resulted in the killing OF Willie Hanyes, a
boy OF IL, and the mortal ~wounding OF his
younger brother, Lee. Virgie Hamilton
with a number Of others was playing TN
dian fighters" Hamilton, seeing that his
side was gradually getting worsted, rushed
into the house and seized his fathers gun.
He thought the gun was not loaded, and
pointing it at his opponents he pulled the
trigger, Kidding Willie and his brother
with bullets. One entered Willie's heart
and killed him instantly. His brother, Lee.
has three wounds, either of which will
prove fatal.