The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

Tu worst disaster which ever bo&oll the
1ttele halawha valley In West Virginia 90
CURED on the 18th n the shape Of . cloud
burstswhlch flooded the country, Destroying
many dveA carrying OF thouands Of dol
larsdn property and running crops for many
mtlea At Chesterville. small town, half
/ tho Fesiaen carried of and left in
oorp-neldes AT Norristown the cloud
burst Concentrated In q III fury. coming
down on the village and totally destroy
ing j. stegathers with many Of its people
AT Lendonb PHI Brush snd other places
great damage was also donSand lives were
lost
. ON the 18th Rev. Dennis 4puzr1er, pastor
Of tho Msthodiit church Ut Owensboro
Tenn. died suddenly white visiting tho
Mammoth Cave. He was ON his bridal tour.
!. IN the western part of Jefferson County.
Ala, q pitched battle occurred on the 18th
between the Simpson andHoughton fam
lies and friends of both Sides In which two
of the Houghtons ono Of tho Simpsons and
sheriff Morgan were killed. An old feud
was the cause. & ..
Mr.. RICHARD LYMAN ara Miss Bertha
Head went ont for ride on tho lake at
Kenosha, Wis, on the 10Th, and both were
drowned by the capsizing Of their boat
AT Coldwater, Mich, Prot Craig made q
balloon ascension on the 19thsand dropped
with parachute from height Of four
thousand feet, falling in thefake. He was
rescued upharmeda I
gambler. shot and killed Little Davis, an
inmate of house of ill-fame, and then
killed himself.
MEAN thu, Standing Rock Indian Agency In
Dakota . wigwam containing FIVE Indians
was struck by lightning on tho 18th and
three were killed
In Montana on the 10Th thunderstorm
flooded the entire Milk river valley from
Assiniboin to a point twenty-five miles
east of Chinook, doing immense damage
siS .slf@ -.-.--Lls 1,hH5s af'saS aEa'-F
FOREIGN iNTELL,eENcE.
MRS ACTON, who committed suicide 70
Gently by drowning in Tegernsee lake, Ba.'
varia, was not, as stated. Lady Acton, the
sister of the German Minister at Washing
ton. = =
ROBERT 7. LINCOLN, the United States
Minister to England, and his wife, and Mr..
Russell B. Harrison, son of President Har-
rison, dined with the Queen at Windsor on
the 18th.
The town of Chilapa, Mex, was DESTROYED
by a waterproof on the 10th. Chilapa was
= place of four thousand inhabitants, and
the capital of the State of Guerrero.
AT tho session of the Parnell commission
In London on the 10th Mr.. Parnell and the
other members of Parliamentagainstw whom
charges had been made by the London
Times, through their counsel, withdrew
from any further presentation of their
cases before the commission.
AT Puerto del Aguera, Mex, a fight took
place on the 18th between a party of
smugglers and force Of custom-house
guards, in which two guards and three
smugglers were killed.
On the 18th the Emperor of Brazil a.
tended a theatrical performance In Rio
Janeiro, and when leaving tho theater q
Portuguese fired shot from q revolver at
him. T1esbuf& however, missed, andthe
won be assassin Masserrestedsa.s 90. h.
s*ON the Island of Arran and the main land
OF Scotland shock of earthquake was felt
on the 17tb. The shock was so severe that
lhoussswsresviolentiy shaken: essssa~s~.a-a--s~--
WHILE attempting to shoot Roche's
rapids, near Ottawa, Ont ;. with a raft on
the 18th six men were drowned. 5*E$
FLAMES onthe 18th at Constantinople de-
stroyed two hundred houses. .
y In the Canadian Northwest and along tho
Dakota line crops were in bad shape on tho
18th Farmers were. almost destitute, and
some instances were reported where they
were substituting on field mice and gophers