The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-27

~ A4s1ASkO8 " 4O00G&xy tho man b3o10 U0O0E
Grost . ono OF the murdsrers Of d.. Cronin,
identified the prisoDAz On the 2oth q Martin
Burke.
NxAn Hopewsl, O., Robert Howick and
Benjamin Khpger, two Of the wealthiest
and most prominent farmers in Mercer
County. wore instantly killed BY lightning
On the sOth.
Tbs deathof Rev John Carroll. the Oldest
Catholic priest In tho United StateA oc-
CURED In Chicago on tho 10th. He was
n1nety- three years old, and had been .
priest sixty mine years
ELIyAH WooI1.xT, while Quitting down .
tree on tho 9Oth ct Lima O., had his knee
cap taken on BY the head Of tho axe which
flew from the handle. He lived but short
:. On the 2oth three hundred and twenty
dvo Mormon proseiytes, under tho guild
anoe OF Elders Ellis and Anderson, arrived
IN New York from Utah and left Immediate
" for Utah.
AT Miami University In Oxford. O.. the de-
gree Of LID. was on tho aOth oonferred
on President Harrison and Secretary Of the
Interior J. ". Noble, both alumni Of the
university. la s.
Tn Democratic State Committee Of Ohio
on tho 10Th changed The date for holding
tho state convention to August 28 and q.
II Putnam County, W. Va, three murders
occurred on the 10th James D. PAUL. was
killed By man whose daughter he had &C.
duoed- John Moore killed neighbor, Hen
~ Bradley, and Doc Lawrence, miner,
killed Tom Stevens, = fellow-miner. e.
On tho 2Oth Mrs. Phoebe Vennum died at
Morrison, nj, aged one hundred and four
years, eleven months and twenty-six days.
She retained her mental faculties to the
last - 5s.,s- ~
AT vermillion, D. T.. a wind-storm on
tho 10th wrecked tho Catholic church and
other buildings, entailing losses aggregat-
On the 20th the steamer City of Cleve-
lind went ashore on the north shore of
Lake Superior, causing loss Of @125,OOO.
man, Of Carbon, Ind killed his wife and
then shot himself dead
On the 21st William ]. Hilton, q wealthy
miser living at Franklin, KY, burned about
$4,000 in greenbacks and Government
bonds to prevent their falling into the
hands of his wife, from whom he had SEN
arated, and his absolute son.
TIE house of Mr.. Emerson near Clfn-
ton, Ark, was flooded during a recent
storm, and Mrs. Emerson and seven chill
dren were drowned MI. Emerson and two
children escaped.
AT Baltimore on the 21st Charles
Randolph Uncles,, tho first negro to be
ordained In the Catholic church. was
ordained by Cardinal Gibbona
j. B. HENDERSON, while drunk at Santa
Barbara, Cal, on the 21st shot his landladv
and then suicided by shooting himself in
the mouth.
FLAMES nearly wiped out tho village of
Quijotoa, A. T., ON the 2lst
THOUSANDS OF acres of wheat and other
grain In Southeastern Kansas were on the
2lst submerged by the Neosho river. The
damage to crops in Neosho County alone
was estimated at $500, 1000
In Fergus County, NJ. T.. the remains of q
family OF five immigrants were found on
the 21st. Every thing by which the bodies
might be identified was destroyed,
On the afternoon of the 21st the wife If
ex-PTesident r. B. Hayes Was stricken with
apoplexy ather home in Fremont o.
CYCLONE near Albany, NO., on the Dist
killed three persons and three Others were
fatally injured. Many buildings were de-
stroyed
In the Braidwood (In) coal regions thou
sands of miners were on the 21st said to be
on the verge of starvation, owing to an ex-
tended lockout
In st. Louis seventeen politicians 1nclud
ing city officials, were indicted on the 2lst
for crooked work at the recent election.