The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-14
house on the 14th 1t was thought Bron-
son killed his wife and then took his own

Union. al
A STORM on the 18th did considerable
damage in Hancock County, o., houses be-
ing struck by lightning, fences blown
down and orchards ruined
AT the session of the Supreme Lodge,
knights of Pythias, at Cincinnati on the
18th William Ward, of Newark, N. j., was
chosen Supreme Chancellor
In a saloon row at Monarch, Col. on the
18th gambler named Schenck shot and
| killed George Davis and fatally wounded
an unknown man. A mob then took
Schenck and hanged him to a telegraph
pole.
AT Aitkin, Mimi, the Mississippi river
had on the 18th completely submerged the
residence portion Of Hungerford's addition,
and many families had been compelled to
vacate their homes. The backwater in
Mud river had caused hundreds of families
along its banks to leave.
In a quarrel on the 18th over fifty cents
| involved in a settlement of sale of cattle
| at Las Vegas, sixteen shots were fired and
| two men killed.
TIM WILLIAMS, a Lebanon (Conn) her
| nit, aged seventy six years, was stung to
death on the 18th by bees which he was
trying to hive.
MRS HICKMAN was fatally burned at her
home at Little Rock, Ark, on the 18th
She was lighting a fire with kerosene, when
| the can exploded
GEORGE KLINE and William Keefe, aged
eleven and ten years respectively, were
drowned on the 14th in Winon's cove, near
Baltimore, Nd while bathing
The main building of the Salem (Mass.)
Lead Company was burned with it's con
tents on the 14th. Loss, $115,0O
A FIERCE storm on the 18th at Tiffin, O.,
caused much damage to grain and fruit.
SHERIFF JOHN RAINS and his son were
killed at Jacksboro, Tex, on the 18th by W.
w. Terrell. An old family feud was the
cause of the fight.
ELISHA PRINCE, of Emanuel County, Ca,
who deserted his wife three months ago,
returned on the 14th and when she refused
to again live with him he shot her dead and
then killed himself.
SEVERE storm on the 18th blew down
houses in Big Bend, Mandt and Barnes
vile and other towns of Northern Mime
sofa, and injured several persons The
damage was very great.
The Wabash National Bank was organ
lied at Wabash, Ind, on the 18th.
A CH1NAMAN was on the 14th said to be
at the head Of the opium smuggling gang
whose transactions were recently brought
to light at Port Huron, Mich. They have a
capital Of over million dollars
LIGHTNING struck one of the wire cables
of the Wisconsin Telephone Company at
Milwaukee on the 14th, melting it and do
ing thousands of dollars worth of damage
AT the Garfield homestead at Mentor, O.,
! on the 18th Mollie Garfield was married to
j. Stanley Brown, formerly President Gar
fields private secretary, and her brother
Harry married Bell Mason, eldest daughter
OF Hon. James Mason, famous as railroad
lawyer.
ALL the window glass factories of Pitts
burgh, Pa, and the West closed down on
the 18th to remain closed until September
l, or longer unless the workers and en-
ployers agreed on scale of wages. S
In a race on the 18th at Ironton, O., one
jockey was killed and another crippled for
life. s
The American mills at Fall River, Mass,
were struck by lightning on the 18th and
totally destroyed by fire. Loss, 500, O0O
ELDER JOHN w. TYLER, aavene1 able min
lister OF the Christian church, was fatally
| injured in a runaway accident at Decatur
ILL.,. on the 18TH
HUNDREDS of families at Norway, Mich,
i, were homeless on the 18th owing to the re-
cent fire, and a mass-meeting had been
called at Ishpeming to provide help.
APowDER explosion on the 18th in the
Armstrong cement works at Kansas City
killed three men, - :.
TwENTY-FoUR freight cars filled with
general merchandise were burned on the
18th at Philadelphia. Loss, $100,0OO
TRAIN-wRECKERs turned switch on the
Wisconsin Central road on the 18th at
Westboro, Wis, and a sleeper was thrown
from the track, severely injuring several
persons.
NEAL STARK, sixteen years of age, was
convicted at Atlanta, Ca, on the 18th Of
numbering his elder brother, and was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment.
FLORENCE HILTON, the daughter of
wealthy parents, committed suicide with
poison at her home in Goldsberry, No, on
the 10Th because her lover had Tilted her.
GRAssHoPPERs in countless swarms APP
peared in Southern Indiana on the 18th
and were destroying all vegetation
LIGHTNING caused 900 fire at AL
bany, N. Y, on the 18th.
A wIND-sToRM on the 18th at~Lexing-
ton, Ore, wrecked seven buildings and
killed two persons The school house,
containing many pupils, was totally de-
stroyed and many pupils were INJURED.
FRANK MYERS, ffty-eight years old, ac-
cidently killed himself on the 18th at
Northampton, Mass, while trying to shoot
dog.
A TEMPEST ragged on the 18th on Staten
Island, N. Y, causing great destruction Of
| property.
THERE were 200 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 18th, against 207 the previous seven
days.
A BRONZE equestrian statue of Israel
Putnam, the Revolutionary hero, erected
by the State, was unvailed at Brooklyn,
Conn, on the 18th
GRAssHoPPERs were doing much damage
on the 18th in Otter Tail County, Mimi
Two BOYS, each aged eight years, while
playing in a boat on the 18th at Port Jeffer-
| son, L. l., drifted out to sea and were lost.
PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL.
The Union Labor State convention met
at Waterville, Me-, on the 18th and nomi-
mated w. II. Simmons for Governor. Reso-
buttons were adopted favoring postal
banks Government control of telegraphs
and railroads and an income tax, and de-
nouncing the Importation of labor and
| fusion with other parties.
| GENERAL SHERIDAN was reported to be