The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-08
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
A Destructive Storm In The North
west.
General News Notes From The East.
ESPECIAL TO THE AsToRIAN.)

ESPECIAL TO THE AsToRIAN.
ST. PAUL, July IA great storm
passed over western and central Min
nesota and eastern Dakota yesterday.
The wind reached velocity of hur-
ricane. At Shakopee, Mimi, the
great building of the Wainpack fur
niture works was badly wreaked.
The Cooper building was demolished
and Kohl & Behren's store unroofed.
Several frame residences and barns
were blown away and trees and fences
torn up and thrown across the high
ways in such a way as to prevent
travel. At Redwood Falls, Mimi,
several buildings topped over and
some burned by tightening. Much
damage to fences and crops is re-
ported. At st. Peters the tightening
burned three buildings, one barn
containing several horses; many hun.
dred acres of corn were destroyed by
hail many buildings blown down in
the vicinity OF Bowel OAK, where
the storm swept wide strip of coun-
try.
FALL RIVER. Mass, July Fore
paugh's stock train leaving here this
morning about two o'clock for New
port and had just cleared the tunnel
on the old Colony road under Central
street when the wheel of the third
car from the engine broke overturn-
ing that car and the next and tore
up the track. In the three cars were
four men and eight horses; three of
the men got out uninjured but one
who had to be dug out through the
top of the car was severely hurt.
Four OF the horses were injured so
much they had to be shot, one of
them was the famous trapeze pony
Eclipse and one black stallion edu-
Gated horse Bloodin was killed out
right by the accident.
AssAILED WITH STONES.
CHICAGO, July 7.-Passenger train
No. II on the Burlington road leav-
ing last evening had rock through
the cab window on the engine mar
rowly missing the engineer and fire
man at Riverside and again at Naper-
vile the engine was bombarded at a
farm place storm of stones were
thrown battering the side of the en-
gine and breaking glass. At Naper-
vile the fireman was struck on the
head with flying missile inhicting
scalp wound but he is not seriously
injured.
SIGNING THE SCALE.
PITTsBURG, July T. The Anal
gamated association received notice
this morning that the Linden Steel
Co. of this city and the Newport Iron
Go. OF Newport Kentucky, had signed
the scale and would resume opera
tion next week. The scale now has
eighteen signatures including two of
the largest firms in this city. The
manufactures however still assert
that the lockout is not broken and
that a majority will stand firm until
the workmen accept the proposed re.
duction.
FATAL FIRE.
SAULT ST.. MARIE, July THE
farm house belonging to George
Dobbs, located about seven miles
from here on the Canada side of the
river, was burned yesterday causing
the death of four inmates. Mrs.
Dobbs, 20 years of age, made her
escape, but was badly burned; there
is little hope Of her recovery.
SMALLPOX ON BOARD.
New YORK, July wv. d. Harper.
a saloon passenger on the steamer
Celtic, which arrived here to-day
from Liverpool, was taken down with
smallpox during the passage and de-
tanned at quarantine this afternoon.
KILLED TWO MEN.
LONG ISLAND CRY, N. J. July T.
A crowd Of drunken roughs tried to
force an entrance into the saloon of
Thomas Tierney at 2 o'clock this
morning for the purpose of getting
liquor. Tierney appeared on the
scene, and in defense OF his property
fred into the crowd, killing Richard
Owens and fatally wounding Cor
nelius Wallace.
hhOhhD Otrs
CHRIsTIANA, July THE United
States steamer Enterprise, which was
ashore at Irobak, has been hauled off
bs Norwegian ironclad and arrived
here yesterday. She will probably
be docked for examination.
GOING TO NINQUITT.
New YORK, July 7.-Gen. Sheridan
passed good night. The war ship
Seoatara bore him away this morn
ing from New York up Long Island
Sound, bound for Ninquitt.
MORTON TO BE NOTIFIED.
NEW YORK, July THE members
of the committee to officially notify
Levi. P. Morton of his nomination
for the vice-presidency were astir
early this morning. Judge M. M.
Estee of California, chairman of the
committee, receiving visitors in the
the parlors of the Murray Hill hotel
at 7 o'clock. Secretary Dougherty
worked most of the night and looked
wearied this morning. He went to
the Grand Central depot at 8 and
when he returned to the committee
parlor he found half dozen dele
gates awaiting him. As they strolled
in Capt. Dougherty had each nffiy
his signature to an address which
was to be presented to Mr.. Morton
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