The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-02

600 and throwing five hundred men out Of
employment
Mr.. NAT E1IIoTT, q wealthy but eccentric
old farmer living near Lawrencebu burg, Ind
VINO had no faith in banks, was Knocked
down On the 18th within a few hundred
yards OF his home and robbed Of 81, 500
IWo HUNDRED people living on the flats
on the west bank of the Mississippi at ST
Paul were driven from their homes on the
l2,h by a rapid rise In the river.
& AS THE result Of an extensive shutdown
on the l2sh by the coke-producers Of the
.Gonnellsville (Pa.) region six to seven thou
sand men We're thrown out Of work. Low
prices for coke caused the suspension OF
work.
THAT part of oconto. Wis, known as
Frenc htown, situated upon the flat, was
under water on the 18th, and many fami
lies had been forced to move.
EIGHTEEN buildings were burned on the
18th at Wilmington, Del, at loss OF So o.
OOO 7s
DAVE WALKER, the sBald Knobber" chief.
was convicted OF murder in the first degree
at Ozark, Mo, on the 18th, and sentenced
to be hanged May 10
NEAR Bradford, Pa, early on the morning
OF the 18th passenger train and freight
train collided, two engines and one hun
dred and twenty cars being wrecked and
several passengers We're injured.
THE ice carried away railroad pontoon
bridge at Wabasha, Wis, on the 10Th, and
about one million feet of lumber belonging
to one of the Eau Claire companies
DETECTIVES who had been investigating
the matrimonial record of W. j. Brown. of
Detroit, stated on the 10Th that Brown had
no less than twenty living wives in differ
emit portions of the country
ArMontevideo, MINI, thirty families were
driven from their homes on the 10Th by
high water
SIXTEEN passengers on schooner from
Liverpool were prohibited from landing at
Boston on the 18th under the provisions of
the Contract-Lahor law
WILLIE GRADY, aged seven years, shot his
sister Ella, aged three years, in Chicago on
the 18th while playing with a pistol sup
posed to be unloaded.
THIRTY-EIGHT monum ents for Pennsyl-
vania soldiers We're located on the field of
Gettysburgh, Pa, on the 18th.
r. A. CoNsIGNY was elected Department
Commander Of the Iowa G. A. R. at it's ses-
sion in Cedar Rapids on the 125h.
The New York Board Of Trade and Trans
portation passed resolution on the 18th
asking the Legislature to appropriate 81,
100000 to improve the canals of the State.
The village of Masseys, Md, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th, only one
bui' ding being left standing.
HE employees of the several breweries in
Chicago struck on the 18th because the
proprletors claimed the right to employ
non union men if they desired to-
J. s. SIMON, the defaulting ex-treasurer of
Darke County, O., was on the 12th SEN
fenced to six years imprisonment in the
penltentiary and to pay a fine Of $4S, OOO
AT the annual conference in Salt Lake
City on the 18th of the Mormon church
Milford Woodruff, in behalf Of the twelve
apostles read an epistle urging the people
to cease practicing polygamy and to lead
pure lives.
FOREST fires near Falmouth, Mass. had
done much damage on the - ID, and threat
ed destruction to villages in the vicinity
MRS BESSIE H. BULKLEY, only daughter Of
Judge G. J. Hillyer, of Washington, whose
recent elopement with young Buckley
caused sensation in that city, committed
suicide on the 18th.
The California House and twenty other
buildings We're burned at Depere, Wis, on
the 18th. s Loss. $7 5. 600 -.
FOUR persons We're killed and ten injured
in railroad wreck on the 18th near Biz
Ala
The Legislative, Judicial and Executive
appropriation bill, as agreed upon in the
National House committee at Washington
on the 18th, appropriates 500, 472, 394
BURGLARS effected an entrance into the
First National Bank at st. townsville, N Y.
early on the morning of the 18th and plum
dered the vault of $50, 900 in cash.
NEAR Canton, o.. John Brothers, a farmer.
was swindled out of $4,000 on the 18th by
bunco men.
The bill for closing saloons on Sundays
and taking from municipal authorities the
power to permit saloons to be open on the
Sabbath passed the Ohio Legislature on the
18th
AT Florida, N. Y, Joseph Birds dwelling
was burned on the 18th, and his wife and
infant child persisted in the flames
The Governor of Nebraska issued proc
lamation on the 18th organizing Grant
County.
At Warsaw, N. Y, Robert Van Brunt was
hanged on the 18th for the murder of Will
lam Roy, October 6, 1856; at Fergus Falls.
Mimi, Nels Olson Holong was hanged for
the murder of Lilly Field May rs, 1887
and Chillers Banks tcolored) was executed
at Wallisvilie, Tex, for the murder of Mar
tina Henderson June 10 last
DURING the seven days ended on the 18Th
there were 1852 business failures in the
United Sta6es, against 1919 the previous
seven days The total failures from Janu-
airy to date were 8, 1862, against 8, 492 III
the same time last year.
MRS JOSEPH FRANCHT committed suicide
by hanging on the 18th after quarrel with
her husband at Lima. O.
TIE ice was solid at Buffalo, N Y. on the
18th, and vesselmen not expect to get
out before May TO-
The condition of trade throughout the
country was reported fairly active on the
18th.
JUDGE GORDON, Chief Justice of the Penn
sylvania Supreme Court, decided on the
18th that saloon-keepers were responsible
for the safety of their customers and that
if man was injured or lnsulted by any one
in a saloon, or roughly handled by the bar
tender or proprietor, he could recover dam
ages.
In Illinois Arbor Day was generally OBJ
served on the 18th. At Springfield eight
hundred trees were planted, Governor
Oglesby assisting, and at Normal the pupils
of the Soldiers Orphan Home planted sixty
trees.