The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-05-30
WEST AND SOUTH.

JOE THOMPSON (cOlored), imprisoned at
Wickl1fte, KY, for assaulting little girl,
was taken from the Jail by a. mob on the
10th and hanged to tree. -
On the 2lst the cornerstone OF. the new
Michigan Masonic Home at Reeds lake, four
miles from Grand Rapids, was laid with i'm
posing ceremonies.
AT Lima, O., Mrs. Carrie Vernon was
burned to death on the 2lst while filing 4
gasoline stove. - -
In the Nineteenth Illinois district J. r.
Williams DENY was elected to Congress
on the-2lst to fill the vacancy. caused by the
death Of r. W. TOwnshend Dem.).
OHIO Democrats will hold their State con-
vention at Dayton August 37-2a
GENERAL HARRISON KELLEY (Rep.5 was
elected a member of Congress in the Fourth
district of Kansas on the 2lst to succeed
Thomas Ryan, recently appointed Minister
to Mexico. :.
On the s1st Rev Ellen Rinkle. q reeu-
larly ordained minister of the United
Brethren Church at Wooster. O.. was
granted r. license to perform marriage
ceremonies She was said to be the first
woman ever given such authority.
THROUGH the trucking region of Princess
Ann County, Va, hatl-storm on the 2lst
did great damage to crops
AT Trimbell, Wis, a disease supposed to
be hydrophobia was epidemic on the 21st
and the children were strictly forbidden
to leave home. Men had been engaged to
kill all the stray dogs in town.
A WAGON in which were Thomas Veach.
his wife and four children was struck b.,
lightning near Stella, Neb., on tho 2lst and
all of its occupants were killed.
JAMES NAY, aged fifty years, Of Jones'
boro, Tenn, took of all his clothes, folded
them neatly, and put bottle of whisky on
them: Then he hanged himself to . tree,
where his body was found on the 2lst +:
AT meeting on the ed in Indianapolis
OF the Grand Lodge of Odd elbows 1t was
shown that there were 554 lodges in tho
State. with total membership of SC, S39
The mystery concerning the disappear
ance of DR.. P. H. Cronin, of Chicago, on
May !, was cleared up on the I'D his dead
body being discovered by agang Of laborers
In catch at the northeast; corner Of
Fifty ninth street and Evanston avenue,
Lake Vtew: There were six deadly wounds
on the head, including three skull fractures
Twenty-Five Of DR.. Cronin's friends identi-
fled the body, whichw was badly decemposed
ELSIE FOWLER an eighteen-year<oldg girl
OF Hopkinsvil Q, KY, fearing her lover would
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shooting herself through the heart.
FoR highway robbery, Minnie Noses q
negro woman i'm Alabama, was on the ed
sentenced to be hanged June %
GOVERNOR LUCE, of Michigan, on the I'D
Issued proclamation prohibiting the i'm
pOrtation Of Texas cattle into the State un-
til November l next
THROUGHOUT Eau Claire County, Via.
immense damage. was done to crops by .
hard frost on the night Of the 2lst. leo
formed and potatoes, corn, strawberry
plants and other garden crops were de-
stroyed everywhere. 80 :7','.:
In the Carter divorce case, which had
been on trial In Judge Jamfeson's court in
Chicago for over FIVE weeks, the Jury re-
turned I verdict for the defendant, Leslie
Carter, on the I'D q
NEAR Santa Monica, Cal, two thousand
acres of wheat caught fire on the 22d and
the entire tract was destroyed -