The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-05

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Mr. NAT ELLIOTT, wealthy but eccentric
old farmer living near Lawrenceburg, Ind,
who had no faith in banks, was knocked
down IN the 18th within few hundred
yards OF his home and robbed of 81, 800
Two HUNDRED people living on the flats
on the west bank of the Mississippi at ST
Paul were driven from their homes on the
l2,h by rapid rise in the river
AS THE result of an extensive shut-dow
on the II b by the coke-producers OF the
Connellsyille Pa.) region six to seven thou
sand men were thrown out of work. Low
prices for coke caused the suspension Of
work.
THAT part OF Oconto. Wis, known as
Frenc htown, situated upon the flat, was
under water on the 18th, and many fami-
lies had been forced to move
EIGHTEEN buildings were burned on the
18th at Wilmington, Del. at loss Of s75,-
OOO
DAVE WALKER, the BALD knobber" chief,
was convicted Of murder in the first degree
at Ozark, Mo-, on the 10Th, and sentenced
to be hanged May 49,
NEAR Bradford, Pa, early on the morning
OF the 18th passenger train and freight
train collided, two engines and one hun
dred and twenty cars being wrecked and
several passengers were I'M ured.
HE ice carried away railroad pontoon
bridge at Wabasha, Wis, on the 18th, and
about one million feet OF lumter belonging
to one of the Eau Claire companies.
DETECTIVES who had been investigating
the matrimonial record of W. j. Brown. of
Detroit, stated on the 18th that Brown had
no less than twenty living wives in differ
ent portions OF the country
AT Montevideo, Mimi thirty families were
driven from their homes on the 10Th by
high water
SIXTEEN passengers on a schooner from
Liverpool were prohibited from landing at
Boston on the 18th under the provisions of
The Contract-LaEor law
WILLIE GRADY, aged seven years, shot his
sister Ella, aged three years, in Chicago on
the 18th while playing with pistol sup
posed to be unloaded
Thirty EIGHT nonun ents for Pennsyl-
vania soldiers We're located on the field of
Gettysburgh, Pa, on the 18th.
+. A CoNsIGNY was elected Department
Commander of the Iowa G. A. r. at it's SEES
sion in Cedar Rapids Oh the 12Gh
IHE New York Board OF Trade and Trans
portatlOn p lssed a resolution on the 10Th
asking the Legislature to appropriate ST.
OOO, 600 to improve the canals of the State
The village of Masseys, Md, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th, only one
bui: ding being left standing.
The en- ployes of the several breweries in
Chicago struck on the 18th because the
proprietors claimed the right to employ
non-union men if they desired to-
]. S. SIMON, the defaulting ex-treasurer of
Darke County. o., was on TIE 18th SEN
fenced to six years imprisonment in the
penitentiary and to pay fine OF $4S, OOO
AT the annual conference in Salt Lake
City on the 18th of the Mormon church
Milford Woodruff, in behalf OF the twelve
apostles, read an epistle urging the people
to cease practicing polygamy and to lead
pure lives.
FOREST fires near Falmouth, Mass, had
done much damage On the 18Th, and threat
ed destruction to villages in the vicinity.
MRS BESSIE H BULKLEY, only daughter of
Judge c. j. Hillyer, of Washington, whose
recent elopement with young Buckley
caused sensation In that city, committed
suicide on the 18th
The California House and twenty other
buildings were burned at Depere, Wis, on
the 18th. Loss, SIS, 1000
FOUR persons were killed and ten injured
in a railroad wreck on the 18th near Biz
miugham, Ala.
The Legislative, Judicial and Executive
Appropriation bill, as agreed upon in the
National House committee at Washington
on the 18th, appropriates 800, 472, 1914.
BURGLARS effected an entrance into the
First National Bank at st. townsville, N. Y,
early on the morning of the 18th and plum
dered the vault of $40, 900 in cash.
NEAR Canton, O., John Brothers, a farmer.
was swindled out of $4,000 on the 18th bv
bunco men.
The bill for closing saloons on Sundays
and taking from municipal authorities the
power to permit saloons to be open on the
Sabbath passed the Ohio Legislature on the
18th.
AT Florida, N. Y, Joseph Birds dwelling
was burned on the 18th, and his wife and
infant child persisted in the flames
The Governor Of Nebraska issued proc
lamation on the 18th organizing Grant
County. 49,
AT Warsaw, N Y, Robert Van Brunt was
hanged on the 18th for the murder OF Will
lam Roy, October +, 1856; at Fergus Falls,
Mimi, Nels Olson Holong was hanged for
the murder Of Lilly Field May 2S, 1887,
and Chillers Banks tcolored) was execui ed
at Wallisville, Tex, for the murder of Mar
tina Henderson June 10 last
oA'AA>o oAAS oONOAA NoJ . C4uou Ou UuC lO Ill
there were 1852 business failures in the
United States, against 100 the previous
seven days. The total failures from Janu-
airy to date were 1892, against 3, 1872 in
the same time last year.
MRS JOSEPH FRANcHT committed suicide
by hanging on the 18th after a quarrel with
her husband at Lima. O. =.
The ice was solid at Buffalo, N. Y. on the
18th, and vesselmen not expect to get
out before May TO- " = :. -. s
The condition of trade throughout the
country was reported fairly active on the
18th. .-..# ~
JUDGE GORDON, Chief Justice of the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court, decided on the
18th that saloon-keepers were responsible
for the safety of their customers, and that
if man was injured or lnsulted by any one
in saloon, or roughly handled by the bar
tender or proprietor, he could recover dam
ages. -
In Illinois Arbor Day was generally OBJ
served on the 18th. At Springfield eight
hundred trees were planted, Governor
Oglesby assisting, and at Normal the pupils
of the Soldiers Orphan Home planted sixty
trees. T..