The Progress. [volume] (White Earth, Minn.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-03
DOMESTIC.

VINO struck two months ago for an advance.
resumed work on the 21st at the old priceR
=, AT sociable in Milledgeville, Ga, on the
2lsJ Beifune Jones, popular young man,
Was seized with hydrophobia and died in q
short time He had been bitten by a mad
dog four months ago
:. ADJUTANT-GENERAI VANCE notified Gov
ernor Oglesby on the 21st that thirty seven
persons were killed at Mount Vernon, Ill,
by the cyclone and that eighty were
wounded, twenty Of whom were in a serious
condition.
MISS JOSIE HOLMES indicted in the Fidel-
1ty Bank cases in Cincinnati, was discharged
on the 21st In consideration Of her having
given testimony
DENNIS McGRAw and his wife were suffo-
Gated in their home at Lima. O.. on the
21st by natural gas which leaked from the
pipes.
IHE lnabaug river overflowed at Palmer,
Mass, on the 21st, flooding the town and
doing great damage.
JOHN MCCELvY, desperate who admitted
having killed nine persons, was shot and
killed on the Dist by Sheriff Holcomb. of
Houston County. Tex, while resisting ar
vest
The dam of the Swift Company at Chic
opee, Mass. was carried away by an ice
pack on the 21st, stopping sixty thousand
sp1ndles, throwing six hundred hands out
OF employment and doing other damage.
AT East Greenwich, R l., on the Dist the
well owned by Mr.. Allen was poisoned, and
an attempt was made to blow up the house
of Rev. O. W., Still Both men had been
waging war upon the saloona
The Indiana State Service Pension Assoc
citation convened at Indianapolis on the
list. The purpose is to secure the passage
OF bill granting eight dollars monthly to
every honorably discharged Union soldier
and more to those disabled 81
NEW YORK fruit dealers and brokers sent
petition to Congress on tina 21st asking
that the duties on foreign fruit be retained
GIRAFFE, BENNETT & Co., iron manufacturers
OF Pittsburgh, Pa, failed on the 21st for
$1.2OO,OOO : 80
MRS. SARAH REED, aged seventy-slx years.
was burned to death on the Dist at her
home near Indianapolis, Ind, her clothing
taking fire from stove.
IT was reported on the 22d from Spencer
County, Ind, that the recent cyclone which
demolished Mount Vernon, I'LL, dipped
down near Heilmann, small hamlet I'M
roofing houses, overturning barns, COM
pleteiy demolishing many and killing
stock.
HE 22d was the one hundred and fifty
sixth birthday of George Washington, and it
WIS generally celebrated throughout the
country. e
AN explosion of dynamite on the 22d at
Duluth, Mimi, which was being used for
blasting, killed two men and injured dozen
others. ~ - 49,
e The sixth annual convention Of the Ma
tonal Law and Order League was held at
Philadelphia on ue 22d. c. c. Bonney.e of
Chicago, was re- lected president
- -ADvICEs of tho 22d from Mason's Land
Ing, Ky, say q cyclone in that vicinity de-
stroyed largs number OF houses and
barns and killed three men.
CHARLES WINGARD and Annie Fox. his
) niece, who eloped from Monroe, Mich. and
were captured and taken to Alliance. O.
committed suicide with pistols on the 22d.
BREWERS, liQuor-dealers and saloon-keep-
ers of Dubuque, Ia, on the 22d incorpo-
rated the Dubuque Personal Liberty Asso-
ciation to fight the Proh1bitory License law.
Mrs. EDMUND DANIELS, of Wooster. o :.
aged seventy eight years, died on the 22d
OF brutal injuries inflicted by her husband,
who is six y-eight years of age
On 4 Missouri Pacific freight train car
loaded with mules was burned on the 2Xd.
and twenty three of the animals were roast
ed to death.
SAMUEL L FEvRE died on the 22d at Ham
nibal, Mo-, aged ninety-six years. His wife,
who is ninety-five years old. survives him.
The couple had been married seventy-two
years
CHARLES HoLToN, son of Charles q Hol.