Griggs courier., 1888-06-08
DOMESTIC.

Il gang OF rivcrlnen at Ml.sicil Ferry, Mo
GEORGE WILLIAM C,nrls was re elected
president of the Civil-Servicc League ;l1
the meeting in New York on the SOth ult
Rcso'utions were adopted censurng Presi-
dent Cleveland for disrrgarding civil scrv-
ice rues.
a FsrA!. shooting affray occurred on tho
SOFIA uli at tlo!dol!sc. Ncb.. resulting in
the death on viii kurfes, bartender and
a. j. WrnQnes1. a farmer.
TIE United States Brewers Association
began its twenty gnth annual convention
in st. P.ul On the ,;ot nit
THREE men wore crushed, two of them
fatally, by Il .;linLer ''cib'' Weighing forty
Thousand pounds, at La Crosse, Wis. on the
Both ult
The residence of Mrs Lee Jerome, at
Wichita Kan, was entered by burglars on
the Both ult. and $4,000 worth of diamonds
and other jeweirr We're carried off
The Wallingford Comm Wheel Com
pany's shop was struck by lightning on the
Both ult. Loss, s1OO,0OO
DISPATCHES of the Goth ult. say that Colo
RADIO had been blessed by an extraordinary
rainfall, the greatest ever known in the
State and its effect had been to stimulate
vegetation to a remarkable degree,
DECORATION DAY was generally observed
"
In New York City Prcsidcn. Cleveland re-
viewed the parade.
GREAT excitement prevailed on the 3Oth
ult. at Georgetown, Brown County. Ind,
over the finding Of gold Ill large quantities,
and OF the finest quality, on the farm OF
William II. Arwine
A ROW BOAT containing six men was cap
sized in the river at Fail River, Mass. on
the 30th ult. and three of them were
drowned.
DURING the four days ended on the 3oth
ult. John Winters, ii Chicago carpenter.
lost four OF his children from diphtheria
A BLOCK of buildings at Selma. Cal, was
burned on the 3lst ult. Loss. 100000
HENRY WEAVER, who last December
killed Miles West. was executed on the 3lst
ult. in Early County, Georgia
THE General Synod of the Reformed Pres
bSterian church adopted resolution at
Pittsburgh on the 3lst ult. that the consti-
tion of the United States is virtual agree
ment or compact to administer the Govern
ment without reference to Christ or Chris
tian religion
SPRING wheat prospects throughout the
West and Northwest We're on the 3lst ult.
generally regarded as encouraging.
A FIRE OH the 3lst ult. at St Paul Park.
Mimi, destroyed the St. Paul knitting
works, causing loss of $4,000.
MAY AND NELLIE MozLEY, aged twenty
one and nineteen years, were drowned on the
3lst ult in the Missouri river at Kansas
City by the capsizing of boat.
w. H MOORE, cashier and general man
ager of the Bank of Socorro, N. NJ. fled to
Mexico on the 31st ult., and the bank had
closed its doors.
ADv1cEs Of the 31st ult. say that the re-
cent tornado which swept over the Penn
sylvania Oil regions caused a loss OF $1.OO0,-
OOO. Hundreds OF houses were unroofed or
blown down. The tornado travelled at the
rate of seventy miles an hour, and was ac-
companied by waterspouts and terrific
whirlwinds.
WHILE making soft-soap on the 3lst ult
near Springfield, Mo-, Jessie Waldron fell
into the fire and was burned to death.
Mrs. ANNA McCLAFFERTr was accident
ally shot and killed on the 3lst ult by her
son Hugh, aged eighteen years, at York
town, Pa. The boy was "fooling'' with a
pistol.
AN explosion on the raft boat Inverness
on the 3lst ult. near Quincy, ILL.,. caused
the death of five men.
THE Methodist General conference closed
it's session at New York on the 3lst ut.
DAVID A. COLBERT, a young man, acci-
dentally shot and killed his bride of two
weeks at their home in Chicago on the 3lst
ult They were fooling with pistol
A SEVERE wind-storm passed over sew
eral counties in Virginia on the 3lst ult.,
demolishing barns and fences and uproot-
ing trees.
THERE was rejoicing along the line Of the
Louisville Southern railroad on the 3lst ult
over its opening for general traffic.
THE hospital of the University of Penn
sylvania. at Philadelphia. was burned on
the 31st ult. Many specimens and models
were lost.
The steamer Fulton was blown up on the
3lst ult. by the explosion of her boiler at
Pass a Loutre, La. and Edward Perkins
the pilot, and Captain Bddle were killed.
AT noon on the 1st the charter making
ithaca the twenty nipt!, city in the State
of New York went into operation.
AT the session in Pittsburgh on tho lst Of
the Reformed Presbyterian Synod of the
United States a resd 9atio on was adopted
deprecating the publ ion of Sunda,
newspapers, and instrueting the presby
teries to prosecute by proper discipline al
members who advertise in the same.
THERE were lS6 business failures in tht
United States during the seven days ende.