The Progress., 1889-03-09
DOMESTIC,

>~ HATTIE b. STEVENSON, clerk in the post
office at Wellsville, O., was arrested on the
18th for robbing the mails of $500, and con-
fessed her guilt. ~
JOHN SHANNON, French1nan living at
Bradenvllle, Pa, was so badly frightened
by threats made by White Caps that he
made his will and shot himself dead on the
F. 18th. ass E
~ CLEVELAND vessel-owners met on the 18th
and decided not to fit out their vessels for
navigation before the first of May, claiming
that the saving in insurance compensated
for the loss of time
q IL. W. VAN DYKE, proprietor Of the Minnie
Douglass Opera Company, now travelling
through Iowa. fell heir on the 10th to $14O.-
600 by the death of his uncle.
JAMES ROBBINS, of Franklin Ind, was
sentenced on the 10Th to two years in the
penitentiary for stealing two chickens val
ued at thirty cents
HENRY BAKER, aged seventy-six years.
and Joe Snyder, aged eighty years, walked
a four-Inile race at Ithaca N. Y, on the 18th.
Snyder won, making the distance in 4s15
minutes.
EXCITEMENT prevailed on the 10Th at Cler-
mont Mills,SM Md, over the discovery thatlast
September Miss Hannah Colder, aged thirty
five years, and Miss Catherine Beall. a pretty
girl, We're married by a Catholic priest, who
m1stook the Colder woman, from her male
attire and masculine appearance, be a
man.
Il NEAR Hodgensville, KY, Joseph Houston,
a farmer, was killed and robbed on the 10th
of SO, coo.
"A FIRE on the 10Th among business houses
In Philadelphia caused a loss of $5OO,O0O
AT Rush Medical College in Chicago on
the 18th, one hundred and thirty-seyen
graduates received diplomas
81 The Greenwich Hotel which had for
eighty years been one of the landmarks of
the village OF Greenwich, Mass, was burned
to the ground on the 18th
II FURTHER alyices of the 10Th say that
twelve persons were killed by the recent
cyclone in Banks County, Ga, and dozens Of
houses were destroyed, W.
IT was announced on the 18th that lust
eighteen men We're affected by the act re-
Gently passed by Congress and approved by
the President increasing the pensions of
those who have lost both hands to 800 per
month Y ~
THE extensive locomotive and car works
of the Cincinnati, indianapolis, ST. Louis &
Chicago big Four'') railroad at Cincinnati
were destroyed by fire, on the 10th. Loss,
A$350,O0O "a n, 6s
Hon. JESSE CALHOUN, prominent planter
OF Pike County, Ark, committed suicide on
the 10Th. The cause was shame over the
arrest of his son in Texas for murder
A%f THREE business blocks were burned at
Youngstown, o., on the 18th, destroying the
stock of several merchants and manufact-
urers
A CONFERENCE of the American Tariff Re-
form League commenced in Chicago on the
10Th "A letter was read from President
Cleveland heartily indorsing the object of
the meeting
ga ALBERT Y JoHNsoN and David Fleming,
aged nine and ten years respectively,
jumped from a rapid moving train on the
18th at Maiden, Mass, and both weresin-
stantly killed.
The forty eighth death from diphtheretic
Group within q few days occurred on the
10th at Wabash, Ind. Every case had proved
rest the progress of the disease. s. Sc.
Al the seventh annual session in Boston
on the 18th of the Citizens Law and Order
League of the United States G. O. Bonney,
of Chicago, was elected president.
JOHN BOOKER, q farmer living near Frank
I lin, Ind, was arrested on the 10th For sell
ing diseased dressed beef to the butchers of
the town. Great Indignation was felt by
the residents.
Four earthquake shocks were felt on the
10Th in Attala, Ala s f.3
TIE town OF Guernevile, Cal, was almost
entirely destroyed by FIRE .on the Goth, the
entire business portion and large section
of the residence property being swept away.
An acid tank at the American glucose
works in Kansas City exploded on the Goth,
and an employe, named Rosenthal had his
eyes burned out.
Mrs. MAX. SCHWARTZ and her baby were
burned to death in a fire at Philadelphia on
1 the 22oth Nh schWartz escaped BY jumping
npan 9 window.