The Grenada gazette., 1888-01-14

May S-CalifOrnia wheat crop damaged b.
July e-Chinch bugs and locusts doing srea
harm IN southern Minnesota
July v-lncreascd corn acreage OF country Of
Gna'od AT 900 acres. or . per cent.
Aug. 9-Wheat crop of Minnesota and Dahot
largest Gu record aud OF fine quality.
Aug. 1s-Rains in West saved large portion o
crops, but loss TO farmers by drought estimates
at over alG.00100
Aug sO-Rcported Southern corn crop $1,000.
90 bushels moro than 1856, making South nearl,
ssltsnrp0rt,ng IN corn.
Oct. 4-Seventh annual convention Nationa
faTmerc Alliance met at Minneapolis.
Oct lT-Value Of wool clip OF United State,
estimated OF s70.0O0OO0
Nov. i1--Corn crop OF the country estimated
1,aAeoooo bushels: potato crop 1SA0oo0OO
aSaiDst 16S00,00 in 1885.
CASUALTIES.
l'4r3, &-Near Republic, o., twenty persons
Killed and many injured by collision on the
Reitimore Ohio railroad, AT Elnira, N. Y,
foas men fatally injured by collision in railway
ytfGs One person burned 10 death and thir-
teen .nlufed by wrecking OF express train nj
West Springfield, Mass Miss Kate Nichol-
500, OF Gaysville, Ky. burned to death, Her
prayers ., night -. AT PewaulSee, Wis, sleigh
load CT cfioe-cutters struck by train and three
killed and nine injured !, At Elwood, Ind, two
nsn sillea BY explosion Of boiler
Jan, e-Three boys fatally injured while coast
ing u Rutland VI Three men killed by .
boIler explosion ut Sheakleyville, Pa.
Jan .-'iernan ship Elizabeth wrecked near
Cart HcEIr, Va, and 25 lives lost :. Two men
frozen to death near Billings. M. r.
Jar. H-At Troy, N, Y, persons were over
come ny odnrlces gas and their corpses were
found lea. ted in chairs.
Woodstocs, Vt, Forty-aix persons killed and
many il iured.
Na!. i-Steamer W. H Gardner burned near
6 lie, Ala, 25 lives lost.
So--e1 n,,i ir5,,r
n ee5 al an oierated railway station in New
TyTR,
M"r G--Seven men killed b. boiler explo-
Sio1 IL Michigan saw-nIlis.
Mar, I--torty people killed and many in
Iureo by iall OF bridge on Boston 4 Providence
railroad lear Boston.
MAJ. ss-T"elye persons burned 10 death by
explosion in boarding house of Colby Iron
Mining Company. at Bessener, Mich. ~
Atr 1.-Two Nassar graduates killed by ex-
vile, Fs-
apr. 2s--six men drowned in gale at Tusket
ApT. a--Eight persons drowned in collision
90 Lahe Erie and a Putnam, Conn, by
sBI sIGinR OF boat
May 4--Twelvo men killed by explosion in
Coosa tunnel, Georgia
MAY s-Eleven colored people drowned at
New orleans while Witnessing an immersion.
May I2-Woman and Q children at Coal
Valley, Pa burned to death from using petro-
ltnm &c ssndle fire.
Nay -Four tons OF dynamite exploded at
sprit Lake: Mimi, killing men and tearing
Doic forty feet deep in ground.
May %'-Two men at indianapolis, 2 at Utica
are ~ Montreal drowned ty capsized pleas
ure.hcats,
June Five BOYS drowned at Maquol,eta. Ia.
aud at Lemont, ILL.,, while bathing.
Jlnt IT-Pfope!ler Champan turned near
Gtsf4eVUlx, MiGh.. . people drowned,
june @t-Six men killed by caying-in OF rail- |
road en- oaukmcnt ut Portsmouth. O.
J..N ls--l'IEc mon drowned at RDStOo nv hoat
clpE'1laG.
Jaiy is-Five men killed by lightning near |
S"TG-ICT, Pa,
jay -Four persons shot two fatally, by |
tHcl&1 r"-tormers in circus at Clinton, Ia.
Jlly sl-Express ran into gang OF Italian |
ltborrrs Hear Allcndaie N. J.. killing twelve
OF fitotr and talngiing many.
July f-Floods in Savannah valley Ca,
caused d loss OF 81, $4,000
Aug Ie--About 100 people killed and 800
wounded IN wreck On Toledo, Peoria & West.
SiG ftlrbap tcaF ChatsWdfth. Ill.
hu2 sI-Mar, wife and children drowned by
WHO ,pout unir Clcburnc, Tex
sept Ia--f'our mcu killed and u! injured by
rsiIiiet. tram near Aspen Col
ct - Propeller California wrecked near
|f f-,DuaW. Mich. 10 lives lost
OCT. l&-At Rock Creek. No, woman killed
ART seVtrAl people injured by collision OF trains.
Cgh 15-At Memphis Tenn, Judge Elicit fell
dead from heartdisease Just after making
sTGcaa welcoming TIC Presidential party.
pct &5--Flftecn vessels wrecked and z lives
tSh' ~ storm on Lake Erie,
Oct G--propeller Vernon lost near Manito-
voc WIS, with about 80 lives
NOV lat Lamara La, persons died and
mary others made i'll from poisoning at supper
81 private party
Nov It-Sx men blown to pieces by explo.
son n dynamite works, lshpeming, Mich.
NOV ls-Babc and two young children left In
house near Monon. Ind, alone all night. Babe
frozen 10 death and others frostbitten. i
Nov. 2i-Mls Myers and two children Hen
az rfon Co, Ky. burned TO death in forest fires
N0' 2j-Thrce men killed and five injured in
railroad collision near Pittsburgh Engineer
snd ittonian lied IN smashup at Anna. O.
Ho5 (f-Throc children drowned OF Morrison,
LII D., Mr. Hcrnickle ard his FIVE children {
cprned to death at Wausau, Wis. Five per- I
sons silcd and many others injured in build
ing tioWn down at Atineoa, Tex. q
Nov, 2s-Two miners crushed to death by
falling rock rear Wlkesbarre, Pa Three !
men Z Led by falling tree near Jerusalem, Va
Two young men named Garrison killed in {
mlne sast near Weob City, Mo. Many per. I
sons nirred, two fatally, BY explosion Of range
tolof u Kirby House, Milwaukee,. 8
Dee. 1.-Two young men suIocated by coal
gas a. Stroubvilic. D. T. Y
Dec; &C. ], West burned to death In his
dwelling at Binshamton. n y. -Four men Q
Eiliec BY collapse OF water tower at Thomas
'ille, Ga Fivo persons drowned in cabin car d
rled away by water near kenton Ky.
DEE Two men killed at -four mill fire in [
Portsncuth, q. 4
Dec s-Two men killed in mine explosion
|
De-, Io--A Mrs. Harris and her six children b
tlrntu % death IN dwelling near washington,
u tiye men fatally injured by falling car il
IN ldiLt at Lucerne, Pa.
Dec. ll-Thrcc men killed in railroad collision
ncar Clifton Forge, Va. 4
Dee ]4-Cnarlcs Whalen. wife and daughter
crowned IN Missouri river, near bismarck, DIT 7
Dti l5-.Threc young mel killed by falling
tire lcar Toledo, o. q
Got. le- Mrs Rather. Topeka, Kan, burned @
70 death by clothes Atchtng fire white nlling
sion ID electric iiqpt works Of West Chester, Pa
Dec. 1.-TWO men burned to death in Cincin- I
natl foundry .. Three men killed By explosion
in coal mine at Fleming, Kan. q
Doc le-Five men killed by explosion in saw
rili AZ T!iton. Ga Man blown into fragments L
10 Ieinc at lsbpernng, Mich, while lighting
his PIPE and holding two sticks Of dynamite ii c
ms hf.nd. -Four. persons killed on railway
nc1r lexington. Ky. II
DEC 2o-1'wo mea killed by falling wall Of s.
building At Joliet Ill. Il
Dec, 5!-FoUr men killed by gas explosion in
tn'nt at Plymouth, Pa. Explosions caused by Il
eScet Cd Haplthn In sewers In Rochester, NJ Y,
tilled four men and set fire TO three mills, n
Thich were destroyed, Eleven men lost in
burning steamer on Pigeon Point on the Pacific c
1cnEt
por. 22-Two men killed at Glenmary, Tenn, IL
IA quarrel between white and colored workmen
Or. St John. on trial in Chicago for aiding b
n The escape Of Warden McGarigle found not
guilty. II
Dec. 2ojSstimated that 60 persons per.
she'd IN Kansas from hunger and cold during @,
etent blizzard James Lundy, wife and
'hildreD, Lima o., fatally injured by natural n
;as explosion .. Mother and dau3hte burned
o death in their home ut .vicksburg. Miss b