Daily Republican., 1889-04-20
NEWS SUMMARY.
BUYING CATS TO SEND TO
DAKOTA.
A Bullet In His Brain, Yet stiu Alive
No Further Information of tho
Daninark--Accidenta
Killed.

A man In Dubuque, Iowa, Is paying so
cents and III each, according TO age and
size, Tor cats. He ships them to Dakota,
where he sells them for So each and
where they are wanted TO destroy the
mice which swarm around the corn and
Wheat bins, doing great damage. Cats
are SAID to be very scarce in Dakote.
shipped
A telegram from Dubuque, Iowa. saws
mat year ago George Lucas fired bul
let INTO his brain. "He recovered suili p
eiently to attend to his business. On
lhufsiay he visited his physician and
complained thai he felt something in his
mead. The wound was probed and the
doctor succeeded In extracting the bull
let" The doctor sayS there is no doubt
OF Lucas's complete recovery.
Though elev, n days have passed til CO
toe City OF Chester sighted the Danmalk
In sinking condition and with no sigt 8
OF life OH board, the agents Of the un!o. :
tunate steamer In New York remein
without further information Of her OF her
TasseDgers and crew. The gen raj i'm
preston now prevails that the passengers
and crew have reached the azores.
Miss Mamie Totum Of south Pitts.
turg, Tennessee, WIS acciden ally shot
and killed by her S.o,her on Thursday
morning. Mr.. Toium was awakened by
| cats lighting In the room occupied by his
sister. Securing bis revolver, he enteisJ
the apartment and fired at the cats. The
bullet missed its mark and pierced the
brain OF tho girl.
Mrs. Kate O'Drien and her FIVE months
old infant were found dead 10 their home.
In Brooklyn, New York, yesterday morn.
ing. 1t is believed that Mrs. O'Brlen
was attacked with heart disease and fell
dead while carrying her infant, the latter
being crushed to death under its mothers 8
weight.
A cyclone passed through Hinckley.
Illinois, on Thursday night, striking the
town in the northwest portion, and con-
tinuing straight east, unrooflng and tear
ing down every building and tree In It's
course. 1t took a path about 100 feet
wide, and lasted, probably, not over Is
seconds. No person was severely hurt.
ID putty Marshal Carr arrived at Fort
smith, Arkansas, on Thursday, with a
full-blooded Chckasaw desperate nam
ed Harrison Austin, who has been wanted
for five years for the murder of white
man namtd Elliott. Austin was badly
wounded before being captured, and is in
critical condition.
Mrs. Harriet W. sewell, aged 60 years.
was struck aud killed by a train on the
Boston and Albany Railroad at Welles-
ley Hall yesterday. She succeeded her
husband as Treasurer OF the Massachu-
seits Woman's Stuff age Association, and
was an officer Of the Woman's Club.
Postmaster Pearson of New York is
| dangerously i'll at the re.idence of his
father in law, in lIighwood, New Jersey.
lie was reported 10 be sinking rapidly
last night.
William Butterhall. aged years, and
John Beadle, aged 10, were droYuei on
Thursday evening while boating on a
mill pond at Rockville, Indiana.
Three children of Nathan Powell of
Miners Mills, Pa, died yesterday of
typhoid fever within few hours OF each
other.
Amcs Ackerman, aged years, was
fatally burned yesterday afternoon by
falling Into bonfire on one OF the streets
OF HobokeD, New Jersey.
Colonel Samuel Bowman died at his
residence In Wilkesbarre, Pa, Friday
evening, OF paralysis. He was 10 years Of
age.
Charles Hirde and 8 epben jackson,
boys about 10 years OF age, were drowned
while bathing near Columbus, Georgia,
Friday afternoon.
Mary E. SALESMAN, little girl, fell
from the interior OF the State House
dome in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, and
was killed
Five Mormon missionaries have been
severely whipped and driven from Dale
county, Alabama.
The work of takirg down the po.es and
wires on Sixth avenue, New York, was
continued Friday.