Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-05-26
WEST AND SOUTH,

The Supreme Court of Michigan decided
on the 18th that the Local Option law.
which has been adopted by over forty coun
ties, is unconstitutional, on the ground that
the act was entitled = to regulate" while it
really meant prohibition, and therefore
conficted with the constitution.
-Four men were lynched on the 18th near
the western border Of the Cherokee strip,
in Indian Territory, by vigilantes. They
were charged with robbery, thievery and
murder in the neutral strip and in Southern
Kansas.
In the family of A. j Murray, a prominent
business man Of Hastings, Neb., four per-
sons were fatally poisoned on the 18th by
eating tomatoes taken from corroded tin
| cans. .-
GREAT restitution and suffering were re-
| ported on the 18th in the district flooded by
the Mississippi river. At Indian Grove
there were one hundred and fifty families
homeless, the majority being partially shell
tered in barns and other buildings on farms
| not Inundated. The destruction was said
| to be great from Keol1uk, Ia, to the remote
parts of Arkansas.
In the Fifteenth Illinois district the Pro-
hibitionists on the 18th nominated James
d. Sheldon for Congress-
FIRE on the 18th at Palouse City, W. T.,
destroyed seven business blocks at total
loss of $3.50, OOO
The Prohibitionists in the Eighth In
diana district on the 18th nominated J. J.
L. Myers for Congress
On the 18th a hailstorm passed over
Pratt, Kan, destroying fruit and killing
cattle over an area of many miles.
A GAS explosion on the 18th wrecked the
First National Bank building at St. Cloud,
Mimi, the front being hurled across the
street and SCATTERING buildings on the OPP
posite side.
WILLIAM LLEwELLYN's house at Cleve-
land, O., was destroyed by fire on the 18th,
and their three young children and Mrs.
Lewis, the mother of Mrs. Llewellyn, per
ished in the flames
A wIND-sToRM swept over the mining
town Of Aurora, Mo-, few days ago, leay-
ing hundreds of people without shelter. A
great deal of stock in the surrounding
country was killed by falling buildings
On the 10th Rev. Richard Breeder and
his wife We're fatally injured by Chicago
& Rock Island train near Waterloo, Ia.
A. M. FORBES barn in Chicago was de-
stroyed by fire on the 10th, and seventy
horses persisted in the flames Two years
ago barn in the same spot was burned
and over sixty horses were smothered.
1N"Anh " 1LNlANt living ucdi OuaTlcS,
Mich, on the goth fatally shot his wife be-
cause she joined church in opposition to
his wishes, and then shot himself through
the heart.
In St Louis the law closing the LIQUOR
saloons on Sunday was generally obeyed
on the 10th, and it was the first 6 dry y
Sunday that this city ever experienced
A QUINCY Cll.) dispatch Of the 10Th says
that the mighty food in the Mississippi val
ley, which would be remembered as without
a precedent in the destruction and suffering
created, was slowly abating Hundreds
of families were homeless and thousands
Of acres of growing crops ruined, to say
nothing of the loss entailed by demol-
lshed dwellings, wrecked fences and wash
outs. The total loss was estimated at
81, OOO, 600
JuDGE spEER decided inthe United States
District Court at Macon, Ga, on tho 18th