Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
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the surrounding country
The barn Of John McGrfinn, at Wheeling,
w Va. was burned on the 3tst ult; and
twenty i've cows persisted In the flames
The cost Of the Western railway rate war,
which lasted tifty-cne days was on the 3lst
ult estimated at $15, 600, 600 to the COM
panies involved The loss on business In
and out Of the two cities Of ST Paul and
Minneapolis alone was nearly $500. COO.
On the I'd thirty horses were su6ocated
by a fire In Thomas Dagin's livery stable In
Chicago.
Az Decatur, Ala, all unprotected win
dows were wrecked on the ID by hail and
wind-storm One building was blown down
and man named Eckford Cooper was
killed.
A GENERAL conspiracy among the train
hands on all the railroads ceDtering in Chi
cago to enforce q boycott against the Bur-
lington was unmistakably apparent on the
I'd. All the roads except the Rock Island
stood ready to make fight with their
switchmen for the handling of 20" cars
when they arrived Freight business was
nearly paralyzed, and on the ST Paul road
only through passenger trains were run
ming.
TENNESSEE Prohibitionists will hold con-
vention in Nashville May % to nominate
State officers
In the Sioux river above Elk Point, D. T.,
the ice-gorge broke on the I'd, and the high
water had flooded all the low country for
twenty miles No loss of life was reported,
but the loss Of stock and damage to prop
erty would be large.
A. ]. BOWMAN was killed by lightning at
Metamora, Ind, on the night Of the I'd while
in bed His wife beside him was not
harmed.
WHITES and negroes engaged in street
quarrel on the I'd at Lima, O., and one OF
the white men was killed and two others
were fatally injured ~sr
CALIFORNIA Democrats will hold their
State convention at Los Angeles May 10.
A SOCIETY was organized on the I'd at
Springfield, Ill, for the annual observance
Of the death of Abraham Lincoln, to be
composed OF thirty eight members 81 one
for each State in the Union, and to be
called the Lincoln Memorial League.
On the I'd a woman was elected mayor at
Oskaloosa, Kan, and common council
entirely composed Of women was also
chosen.
HoUsE-PAMTERs at Cincinnati to the num-
Der of eight hundred struck on the I'd for
an advance In wages and decrease In
hours
In the case Of Zephyr Davis, the young
negro who recently murdered Maggie
Gaughan in Chicago, the jury returned a
verdict of guilty on the I'd and fixed the
penalty at death by hanging.
JOHN D. CURRAN shot dead w W. Hazels
tine, a prominent young. lawyer at Stevens
Point. Wis, on the Sd An old grudge
caused the deed.
INMATES set the jail at Friar's Point, Miss,
on fire on the Sd, and five prisoners per-
ished in the flames
On the Sd the great railway strike in Chi
cago was practically ended. the boycott on
Burlington freight being declared of, and
the engineers and switchmen on the various
lines involved announced their intention to
resume work.
In Chicago three men were murdered in
cold blood on the 3i-Noy Nj Ding, Chi
naman, Ell D. Kreigh and Daniel BRAZIL
PATRICK WADE shot and killed Mrs Peter
Burke, widow, on the Sd at Norway,
Mich, because she refused to marry him.
ILLINOIS Democrats will hold their State
convention at Springfield May % to nom
mate candidates for Presidential electors
and State officers