Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-08-11
WEST AND SOUTH,


THE death Of Mrs. Joseph Koczorowki
occurred on the Sd in Chicago, at the age
of one hundred and three years. She was
q native of Poland. :.
DURING a quarrel on the Sd at Elkhart,
Ind, Benjamin Scott, wealthy Texan,
fatally stabbed Con Crowley, young
stock dealer, George Newell, leading
farmer and capitalist, and James Smith, a
colored porter at the Clifton House.
4 CYCLONE on the Sd at New Market Ia,
tore up large trees by the roots, and build
ings were moved from their foundations or
demolished. No one was injured.
On the Sd the British Government re-
quested a further respite for Hugh M.
Brooks, better known as Maxwell, under
sentence of death at st. Louis for the muir
der of Preller
STORMS at Duluth. Mimi, flooded base
ments on the 3d. washed out sewers and
railroad tracks and caused other damage,
the total amounting to $3.50, 600. At Halle
wood, Mimi, Mrs. Mclaughlin and two
sons were killed by lightning.
BUSINESS blocks fronting on the public
square at West Unity, O., were burned on
the Sd, causing a loss of 100000.
On the Sd Henry NJ Vinont, made insane
by excessive cigarette smoking, was sent
to an asylum from Millersburg, KY.
AT Newberne, Tenn, an incendiary fire
on the 9Th destroyed the entire eastern
part of the town.
THE percentage of the base ball clubs
in the National League for the week
ended on the 4th is as follows: New
York, $50; Chicago, 600; Detroit, .594
Philadelphia, .493: Boston, .451; Pittsburgh,
AS; Indianapolis, 1892; Washington, 1857.
American Association: St Louis, .666;
Brooklyn 1884; Philadelphia, $50; Cincin-
natl, .6Oi; Baltimore, .45l; Cleveland, 800;
Louisville, 1865; Kansas City, 1894 Western
Association: st. Paul, 1886; Des Moines,
600; Omaha, .5S4; Sioux City, .4S1; Kan
sas City, .47G; Chicago, .455; Milwaukee,
.45O; Minneapolis, .3Si.
The house of Martin Olsted, near Lanes
boro, Mimi, was struck by lightning on
the 4th, and Olsted and five of his chill
dren were killed by the stroke.
PRoF. ELISHA GRAY, of Highland Park, Ill.
received a patent on the 4th on the teletau-
graph, an invention by which messages
can be transmitted by wire in the sender's
own handwriting, doing away with skilled
operators.
ON the 4th Charles Perkins, a noted
horse-thief and murderer, shot and killed
two deputy United States marshals and
one citizen at Marshalls Ferry, Ind. T.,
while resisting arrest. Perkins escaped
There were nine indictments against him
for murder.
On the 4th Miss Mary Hudson, an 40.
complished and wealthy young woman OF
twenty years, committed suicide at Dan
vile, w Va, by taking laudanum- She
had large number OF admirers, and left {
note stating she preferred death to the risl
of making mistake in tho selection Of ;
husband
JOHN ROBINSON, the veteran Snowman,
died at Cincinnati on the 4th, aged eighty
years. He leaves an estate valued at 81,
100000.
A MOB lynched Eli Bryan (colored) on tn,
4th in Winslow County, Miss, for assault
ing white woman.
In the vicinity of Eau Claire Wis,
wind-storm did great damage to crops OF
the 9th.
The death of the wife of Captain Bates
occurred at their home near Wadsworth
O.. on the 9th. They were the larges