The Progress., 1888-09-15

The total cost OF the foreign mail service
OF the United States last year was $49O, O67.
The number Of pieces OF mail sent to for
eign countries aggregated SO, 226, 934
The United States Government sold and
gave away 2S, 4S5, 1893 acres Of land during
the year ended June 80 last
Isaac WILL -on the Both ult. shot and
killed his twenty -year-old wife at New
Florence, Mo-, while in q drunken rage.
"a MYSTERIOUS infectious disease, which
had some characteristics Of typhoid fever
and some Of malaria, had caused twenty
i've deaths at CALDWELL o.. on the 30th ult
THIRTY-FoUR new cases of yellow fever
were reported at Jacksonville Fla, on the
3Oth ult., and the panic was said to be
spreading and passing beyond control.
BYthe premature explosion Of adynamite
cartridge on the Both ult. at South Bethle-
hem, n. Y, three men were killed.
In a quarrel on the Both ult at Warren,
Ind, George Mckee shot and killed his
brother John.
The last span in the great bridge across
the Hudson river at Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
was completed on the 30th ult
JOHN FILLHART, aged ninety three years,
hanged himself in his sons barn at Depau-
vile, n. Y, on the 31st ult No cause was
known.
AN old bridge over Dry Fork, near Tay-
lorsville, Ala, went down on the 31st ult.
while party of young folks were on their
way to a picnic over it, and four were
killed and several wounded.
IT was announced on the 31st ult. that
banana 6 trust had been formed at New
Orleans with a capital Of $4,000 ono.
OWING to ill-treatment by her husband
Mrs. Thompson drowned herself and her
one weeks old babe on the 31st ult at New
Lisbon 0.
CHARLES / DE BAUM, the absconding as
sistant cashier Of the Park National Bank
of New York, who stole Sic, 900, was ar
rested on the 3lst ult
ELIAS KoHN, of New York. aged sixty
two years, cut his wife's throat on the 3lst
ult. and then shot himself through the
head. Domestic trouble was the cause.
DURING the seven days ended on the 31st
ult there were 1876 business failures in the
United States, against 157 the previous
seven days. The total of failures in the
United States since January 1 to date is
G, III, against 6,412 in 1887.
AN explosion Of mine gas occurred on
the 31st ult. in the colliery of the Mount
Pleasant Coal Company, near Scranton,
Pa, and it was believed that many miners
were killed
A WATER SPOUT early on the morning of
the 31st ult. did great damage in the Hot
Springs (Ark) district A raging flood
swept through that city, destroying many
structures and partly submerging Others
1t was said that thirteen persons were
drowned, and that nine bodies had been
recovered. The financial loss was placed
at 100000
DURING the twenty four hours ended at
six p m. on the 31st ult there were twenty
six new cases Of yellow fever and three
quitting the city in thousands.
REPORTS from the Northwest on the 31st
ult. showed an average yield of eighteen
bushels OF wheat to the acre in Northern
Minnesota and fifteen bushel to the acre in
Dakota.
The Woman,s Christian Temperance
Union will hold it's annual meeting in New
York October 49,
GEORGE w. Cox was hanged on the 31st
ult at San Andreas, Cal, for the murder
of his son-in-law, Henry G. Cook, last No
vember.
DURING the last fiscal year the total
number of applications received at the
Patent Office in Washington was 10, TT:
the total number granted, %, 101, against
23,217 the previous year; total receipts,
81, 1872, ,944, a decrease of $27, ,1O2; total ex-
penditures, s953, $780, a decrease Of $27, 914.
There were 7,227 cases on hand awaiting
action.
HEAVY wind and rain-storms had on the
31st ult. injured the cotton crop in West
ern Tennessee and the northern portions
of Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama
about ten per cent.
FIVE cowboys were drowned on the 31st
ult. near Pixies Peak. Col, by cloud burst
which flooded the place where they were
sleeping.
ARCHER Cook (colored) was hanged on
the 31st ult by mob at Farmville, Va,
for assaulting white girl
BURKE MITCHELL, a negro wife-murd derer,
was hanged on the 31st ult at Houston,
Tex
FOREST fires had on the 31st ult done
great damage to fencing, orn-felds and
small buildings in the vicinity Of Mont
pelier, Ind.