Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-14

Hope Cemetery at Logansport, Ind, and
badly shattered it
EIGHT miles of farming country near Con-
nersville, Ind. were swept by cyclone on
the 9th, many buildings being wrecked and
fences and timber swept away.
On the 9Th the banks Of the river at Rock
ills, Ia Efowed and carried away a
mMl-dam, a~D6rn and three houses
The Legislature of Ohio on the 9th passed
a law creating a State Board of Pardons,
which is to be appointed by the Governor.
On the evening of the 9th the founding Of
the Grand Army of the Republic on April
6, 1868, was celebrated at Decatur, Ill, by
a reunion of Decatur Post No /, the first;
post instituted
In Chicago on the evening of the 9th Rt.N
Rev. Bishop Ireland, of st. Paul, addressed
a large audience at Central Music Hall, his
subject being sThe Saloon" which he said
was the evil of the century and the curse of
mankind The Bishop said the remedy was
to be found in law, restrictive license and
religious instruction.
A DYNAMITE explosion killed four men on
the 9th at Miller's Station, Ind.
In the Cedar river at Waverly, Ia, a
flood had on the 9th submerged one-half of
the city, causing great damage.
The new municipal board Of Mount Car
roll, Ill, has decided to grant no liquor
license in that town for one year.
On the 9TH the centennial anniversary of
the settlement of Marietta, O., by General
Rufus Putnam and other pioneers was cele-
brated Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
was the orator of the day, and Governor
Foraker made the speech of welcome
In Minnesota swollen rivers and streams
had on the 9Th caused the greatest flood
known there in seven years. Every creek
had become a raging torrent, and thou
sands of acres of land were overhowed,
cattle. had been drowned, bridges washed
away, and railway traffic was suspended
in every direction Many persons had been
compelled to fee from their homes for
safety.
A FIRE destroyed the principal business
block at Cherokee, Kan, on the 9TH. Loss.
$1OO 900.
In Union and Livingston counties. Ky,
a tornado on the 9TH wrecked many build
ings, swep|away large forests and killed
one man.
On the 18th the troubles on the Burling-
ton road in Chicago were again declared at
an end, the recent disturbance not being a
strike but simply Discrimination to work
on the part of a few yardmasters
AT Cherokee, Ia, an epidemic of measles
prevailed on the 9TH, where there were
over five hundred cases, and several deaths
had occurred
a GORGE gave way in the river near JUDI
son, Mimi, on the 9th, drowning four men
and flooding the surrounding country.
The failure of J. D. Allen & Bros, large
land and cattle owners at Hartland, Kan,
occurred on the 9th for 100000
NEAR Galconada, Ind, boys on the 9th
drove away with stones couple of Nor
mon missionaries seeking converts.
At Leavenworth, Kan, large flow of
petroleum was struck on the 9th at depth
of ], S06 feet.
OPERATIONS were commend ed on the 9th
in the new copper rolling-mills at Dollar
Bay, Mich, the largest in the world.
The discovery Of vast fields of black sand,
rich in gold, about two hundred miles
northwest of sitka, had caused unwonted
excitement among the miners of Alaska on
the 9th, and numerous parties had started
for the scene.
FIRE destroyed the State Normal School
building at Terre Haute, Ind, on the 9th.
At the time eight hundred pupils were in
the building, but all escaped. Loss, $780,
900; uninsured
On the 9th George Burla, thirteen years
old. son of well-known citizen of Jeffer-
| sonviile, Ind, hanged himself rather than
attend school.
NEARLY the entire business portion of
Tavares, in Southern Florida, an important
| railroad center, was wiped out by fire on
| the 9th