The times., 1889-04-19

United States against 20 the previous seven
days.
DOWNS & FINCH, of New York, shirt man
ufacturers, failed on the 9TH for s50O,O00.
REPORTS to the Indiana Board of Agri-
culture on the 9Th from all over the State
indicated that tho growing wheat was in
splendid condition.
TIE discovery of rich placer diggings in
the Bear Paw mountains fifty miles north
OF Fort Benton, NJ IT,, was reported ON the
9th
ISAAC RIcu & Co., the oldest fish dealers
in Boston, failed ON the 9TH for $2J0,OOO
PRESIDENT HARRIsoY ON tho 9TH issued
centennial proclamation recommending
that on Tuesday, April so, at the hour OF
nine o'clock in the morning, the people OF
the entire country repair TO their respect
i've places OF Divine worship to implore the
favor OF God that the blessings of liberty,
prosperity and peace may abide with MS us
a people, and that His hand may lca,, us
in tho paths OF righteousness and good
deedsr
SIX business blocks at Attica, o., were de-
stroycd by fire on the 9TH.
AT Frankfort, Ind, ON the 9TH William
Pray shot and killed his wife and then
killed himself. Domestic troubles caused
the deed.
FRANK SoRBER, of Wilkesbarre. Pa, while
riding on the 18th was fatally injured by
horse leaping into his wagon from behind,
inficting injuries from which Sorber died
shortly afterward.
AT Trenton, N. j., on the 5th Maggie
Mitchell, the actress, was granted n divorce
from her husband, Henry Il. Paddock
JOHN WoLrINBARGER, who murdered
Sheriff Greenbe, was taken from Jail mt
Rutledge, Tenn, by masked men and
hanged to q tree on the 9TH
AT Winamac, Ind, on the 5th six men
were sentenced to year each in the peni-
tentiary for robbing freight cars.
NEAR Crescent Bay, Ore, Mrs. Thompson,
while fleeing with her husband and babe
from u wind-storn on the 9Th, was killed by
afalling tree
DURING the past three months there were
in the United States 100 industrial strikes,
involving 3G,73l employees, as compared
with 100 strikes and 1852 employees in the
first three months of lSS, and 2G2 strikes and
120,2l9 strikers in 1887
THE ticket office in the Wabash railway
depot ut Wabash, Ind, was broken into and
robbed of its contents ON the 18th.
Much trouble was feared in Iowa on the
9Th over attempts to evict settlers on the
Smell and LitchielG lands. The settlers
rifles and announced their determination to
stay.
BETTE GoRNTAN n two-year- old child of
Lima, o., was scaldcd to death on the 9th
by her older sister, who accidentally upset
q bot of boiling water on her face and
breast
AT Fordyce, Ark, on the 9TH the sheriff
of Titus County, Tex, arrested Frank Sbulzc,
q young man, on Il charge OF having in De-
cember last murdered j. w. King, his wife
and six children, and then burned their
dwelling.
The exchanges at twenty-slx leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
81, ,103 l93,2SJ, against 1901 1854, S07 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week OF 1883 the increase
amounted to 3.S
THE extensive axe shovel and saw fac
tories of Hubbard & Co, in Pittsburgh, Pa,
were burned on the 7th. Loss, S 100000.
The barge Sunrise was sunk in q gale on
tho sixth off Lewes, Del, and five persons
were drowned.
p. +. PRATT, cashier of the First National
Bank of Anola, Mimi, was missing on the
9Th, and so was 100000 OF the banks
money.
A FIRE on the 9Th in the business portion
of Savannah, Ga, destroyed property valued
at $50 900.
Mrs. ANNA ROBERTS, beautiful girl aged
sixteen years and a wife only eight days,
committed suicide on the 9th ut Grafton,
Ala, by shooting, because she was unhappy.
OVER eight inches OF snow fell in Pitts
bugh Pa, on the 9th, and in the mountains
the railroad men repor cd from eighteen
inches to two feet. Trains were all behind
time.
The principal business portion of Clarks-
dale, Tenn, was destroyed by fire on
the 9Th
AT Charlottesville, Va, heavy snow
storm prevailed on the 9th, accompanied by
thunder and lightning.
TROUBLE among the "boomers" in tho
Oklahoma country was feared on the 9th.
1t was said that hundreds of them had de-
termined to burn all the bridges on the
Santa Fe road the night OF April 81 or soon
er, so that no trains can get into Oklahoma
on the I'D.
On the 9th two hotels and several business
houses were burned at Somerset, Ky, caus-
ing q loss of 100000.
JOSEPH J. MCDOWELL q prominent iron
broker of St Louis, fell dead in his Office on
the 9th. He was tifty-five years of age.
The twenty third anniversary of the
DlIIu Ol buc AIHly Ol Juc heDuDllC
was celebrated at Decatur. Ill, on the 9th.
BRIDGET KELLY, an old woman of eighty
years, was burned to death at Steuben Vile,
o., on tho 9th, her clothing catching fire
while she was preparing her supper.
A SEVERE rain-storm on the 9th at Nor
folk, Va. submurged the lower portion of
tho city, causing loss OF $500 900 to busi-
ness men.
AFTER nearly six months absence in the
Old World the members OF the Chicago and
AlLAmerica ball teams arrived in New
York on the 9th on the steamship Adriatic.
Mrs. BRIDGET CURLEY was burned to
death on the 9th at Louisville Ky. She
was seventy-fve years old and lived with
her son. She got too near the fire and her
clothing was ignited.
AT Mormon conference in Salt Lake
City on the eth Wilford Woodruff was
chosen president Of the Mormon church.
MRS. ELIZABETH SMITH, aged eighty years,
arrived at Bridgeport, Conn, on the Sth en-
route for Worcester. Mass, where her sons
live. She had walked most of the way.
ALMOST the entire town of Smithfeld, N.
c., was consumed by fire on the Sth.
SIX children of George Rudolph, of Davis
Junction, Ill, have died of diphtheria dur
ing the past few days. Four were buried on
the Sth.
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