Western appeal., 1888-02-11
stroyed by fire, and their six children, who
We're locked in the building. persisted in the

stroyed by fire, and their six children, who
We're locked in the building, perished in the
flames
On the 4th Vines Hicks celebrated his one
hnndredth birthday at his home in White
hall, Ill He was born on the James river,
Va, February a, 17S8. and was one Of
nineteen children.
BURGLARS entered the tewelry store OF
Chapman & Gale at Norfolk, Va, early on
the morning Of the 9th and stole property
valued at $50, OOO
In portions Of Texas terrible mortality
among cattle was reported on the 4th
TEE store Of Calm, Wampold 4 Co., in the
business center Of Chicago, was entered by
burglars on the 4th. who made way with
money and bonds to the value OF SIS, OOO
A MEETING of the Republican clubs Of
Illinois will be held at Springfield on the
9th Of March.
On the 4th Thomas Ellis, editor of the
Birmingham (Ala) Herald, was fatally shot
by Detective Sullivan for publishing libel
TIE doors Of the Metropolitan National
Bank Of Cincinnati were closed on the 9Th
The banks trouble was traced to the in
crease Of stock from 100000 to $1.OOO,-
600. It was thought depositors would be
paid in full
AT the dynamite works at Woodside,
Mich. an explosion on the 9Th destroyed
two packing g-houses and killed three men
An Iowa farmer named Charles Tierson,
living near Hamburg, shot and killed two
men on the 9th who were stealing his hogs,
and his netghbors talked Of giving him a
gold watch for breaking up The gang Of
thieves
H HA1vRRsoN, aged eighty-three years,
hung himself on the 9th under a bridge at
GAINESVILLE, Wis He was partially insane
D1sPAToHEs Of the 9th say that the En-
glish bark Aberoorn, with cargo Of iron
ore, was wrecked on the coast of Washing
ton Territory, and twenty lives were lost
The money loss was 1925. .OO0
WILLIAM BALL on the 9TH shot and killed
Miss Eva Everett at her home near Stewards
vile, Mo-, because she refused to marry
him, and then killed himself.
On the 7th four counterfeiters were ar
rested near Saline Ill, and a large amount
Of spurious coin was secured
AT Paramount ILL.,, five brothers named
Wise were arrested on the 9TH on the charge
OF numerous robberies,
AT the twelfth annual meeting in Des
Moines on the 7th of the Iowa Temperance
Alliance the secretary stated that eight of
the eighteen district judges reported crime
lessened by the Prohibition law; seventy
one COUNTIES IepOIbeO Gne law q success ana
fourteen sid it was failure; the effect in
business was said to be good by twenty -one
reports and bad by two, and twenty-four
saloons were reported to be in operation,
against three thousand when the law was
passed
The bursting of burrs on the 7th in new
corn mill at Roadlands. Ill, killed John G.
Hays, a well-known farmer, and his son
Andrew, and two other persons were seri-
ously wounded z
In Cincinnati on the 9TH Judge Sage de-
cided that bank directors are not criminally
liable for the acts Of cashiers unless their
connection with the crime is definitely
shown. .y
W. J. GoRDoN's famous trotting mare
Clemmie G., record 2:15, and valued at
$40, 900, died on the 7th near Cleveland, O.
THOMAS M. NoRToN's house at Anderson,
Ind, was blown to pieces by natural gas
explosion on the 7th, Instantly killing Fen
ton Rogers and badly injuring Mrs Norton
and her daughter:
On the 9TH William Means, president of
the Metropolitan National Bank Of Cincin-
nati was arrested by Government officers,
charged with violations of the banking laws