The Progress., 1888-01-21

an oath bound society of assassins, and
that they had committed many 0urages In
that region n
! MAN named Albergatie quarreled with
his wife at his home in Beauford County, s.
q. on the 1ith. and, becoming incensed,
| hurled her into Large fire, burning her
fatally. + !.
The Vermont Merino Sheep Breeding As
ISOLATION in session on the l1th at Middle
bury, adopted resolutions denounoing Pres
| ident Cleveland's message as Illogical and
| insulting.
FRANK MULL1N and Miss Zanniger while
crossing the railroad track on the / 1th near
Youngwood, Pa, were struck BY an express
| train and fatally injured .t#
IHE hre-department building at Lowell,
Mass, was burned on the l 1th Loss, $780,
| 600
IHR steamer Viola, thirty three days out
from Elba for Philadelphia, was reported
lost on the llth with her crew Of thirty
| eight men. 5f
| FIRE on the 18th at Dauphin, Pa, de-
| stroye the car works, aschurch and several
dwellings,: a q
| THE residence of United States Senator
ingalls, at Atchison, Kan, was burned on
the 18th Losss 81 8, 600
In the war Of determination between the
MoCoys, OF Pike County, KY, and the Hat.
| fields, OF Logan County, w Va, three of the
Hatfelds had been killed on the 18Th. The
authorities We're powerIess to stop the dead
| ~ feud
AT Anniston Ala, in q quarrel on the
| 18th ". r Williams, proprietor Of the
Parker House, and P. H. Evans shot each
other dead.
DURING the progress Of the annual exhi-
bition of the Ohio Poultry, Pigeon, Kennel
| and Pet-Stock Association in the Four
teenth Regiment armory at Columbus on
| the 18th the building took fire and over
three hundred valuable dogs of different
breeds were burned Many chickens and
| pigeons We're also cremated
THE Gloucester fMass.) fishing schooners
| William Parsons and Peter D. Smith, each
| carrying crews of twelve men, we're ON the
18th given up as lost Five widows and
| nineteen children are left
| THREE persons died on the 10Th at Selma
Ala, and two children were at the point of
| death, in consequence OF having eaten poi.
| soned hog meat
Two PERSONS wounded in the recent rail-
way accident near Haverhill, Mass, died on
the 18th, making twelve victims Two
other sufferers were not expected to re-
cover 49,
In Minnesota and Dakota the railroads
We're having great trouble on the 18th
with extreme cold weather and deep snow
drifts 1
The Trades Federation, in session on the
18th at Peoria, Ill, declared strikes and
boycOtts failure as means of redressing
Worklng-men's grievances. and said that
the ballot was the only sure remedy.
THE worst snow storm Of the season In
the Northwest prevailed on the 18th, block
| aiding railways and highways III
SHARP earthquake shocks were felt on the
18th at Charleston, Summerville and Colunl-
bla, O., and in the latter place buildings
were severely shaken.
RUMPF Bros. cotton mill at Philadelphia
was burned on the 18th Loss 800. 900
tire at Youngstown, O., on the 18th, which
destroyed q block of frame business houses,
WILLIAM g. BAKER, twenty-one years old
only son of Isaac G: Baker, president Of the
Continental Bank of st. Louis shot him.
self dead on the 18th. No cause was known
for the deed.
DURING the, seven days ended on the 18th
there were 312 business failures in the
United States, against 256 the previous sew
en- days.
HENRY SCHMIDT, the second man to die at
the hands of the hangman in Iowa In the
last twenty years, was hanged at West
Union on the 18th for the murder Of Lu-
cretia Peek ~
TIE Martin and Schuler blocks at Sioux
City, Ia, were destroyed by fire on the
18Th. Loss, 100000.
The limited express struck Mrs Mary
Finn and Denis Casey at Lima, O., on the
18th, killing both
SEVERAL casualties were reported on the
l3Jh from Omaha of people being lost In
| the recent Storm and perishing in the cold
In Dakota several persons also lost their
lives from the cold
TIE jury IN the case of ex-senator Thomas
{. Plat6 found On the 18Th That he was not
resident Of New York City, and he was
accordingly oussed from his position of quar-
antlne emmissiOner.
By the aid Of the big telescope III the
Lick obser yatory at San Francisco new
star was discovered on the 18th in the
constellation of Orion.
The swindler who sold tickets to the ex-
tent Of $30, 900 in Mexico year ago for q
Patti season Of concerts was caught In New
York on the 13sh. His name is Charles
| Bourton.
DURING 1887 the Lake Superior iron
AAAAAS0 pAoeauSOo t,OCd,OOA tOuS Clf ore, anu
| the total shipments for the year show an
increase Of 1000, ,295 tons over 1885.
SEVERAL wholesale business houses at
Indianapolis, Ind, were destroyed by fire
on the 18th, causing losso ST, COO, 900.
AN attempt to wreck an express train on
the Grand Trunk road was discovered on
the 18th near Valparaiso Ind, before any
damage was done.
The snowfall on the 18th was so heavy
at Superior, Wis, that some of the inhabit-
| ants had to tunnel out Of their dwellings.
THIRTEEN business places, including q
bank and newspaper office, at Paw Paw.
Mich, were destroyed by fire on the 18th.
/ On the 18th two stock trains arrived at
St Joseph, NO, with every animal frozen
to death.
HENRY BUNEY (coloreD was taken from
the jail in Laurens County, KY, on the 18th
and lynchad. He was accused of robbery.
LOUISA EVANS, six years old, was tried at
Flemingsburg, Ky, on the 18th ON a charge
of lunacy and ordered to the insane asy-
lum. The case is without parallel on &C
count Of her age,
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
GOVERNOR WEST in his message on the 10th
to the Utah Legislature takes strong ground