The national leader., 1889-07-18
South and West.

A SLIGHT shock of earthquake was felt in
Charleston, S. G.
The prizefghter John L. Sullivan was
arrested at Nashville, Tenn, on telegraphic
requisition from Governor Lowry, of
Mississippi but Immediately released on a
writ of habeas corpus
A CLoUDBUasT occurred on the Sante Fe
road a few miles above Albuquerque New
Mexico. The tracks for several miles were
washed away and two bridges are gone.
Steel rails were twisted into all kinds of
shapes.
WM.W WEDDINGToN, ,colored, has been hanged
at Charlotte n. c., for the murder of Po-
liceman John Pierce. The eight-year old
son of Pierce witnessed the execution of his
fathers murderer.
| EDMUND RICE, Congressman from the
Fourth District, of Minnesota, died recently
at White Bear, MINI. He was seventy-one
years old.
THE Chippewa commission was successful
at Red Lake and the Indians cede the greater
portion Of their reservation.
The ''green midge" has appeared in myri-
ads around Palmyra, Wis destroying every
thing infested by the insect. Whole acres of
potatovines are dead from their ravageS, and
farmers are burning their grain fields.
ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE WYATT, of
Colorado, was committed to Jail in Denver
lOI Gcu udyS lOI ndNllB 1SLuSSu " COLLpAJ
with an order Of court.
FIRE at Fresno Cal, DESTROYED half block
of brick buildings. Loss, $500, 900.
THE funeral of Mrs. John Tyler took place
in st. Peters Cathedral, Richmond, Va. At
the conclusion of the services the remains
were taken TO Hollywood and inferred by the
side of her husband, the ex-President.
JOSEPH N. MOODY, of Ansley, Neb., shot
and instantly killed his wife. He then fed,
but his body was found some distance away
with bullet hole in his head.
HEAVY rains have seriously injured crops
in Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana. ,
THOMAS JEFFERSON, the colored murderer,
has been hanged at Memphis Tenn
The Otis Iron and Steel Works in Cleve-
land, Ohio, have been bought by English
capitalists for "a, 100000
SEVERAL lives are reported lost, cattle
drowned and farm buildings and crops de-
stoyed by the storm that swept over Balti-
more, Hartford and Carroll Counties in
Maryland. The rainfall was the heaviest on
record. In a few minutes fifteen bridges in
the flooded district were destroyed. The
losses in Baltimore County are estimated at
over $50, 900.
NEWTON Cook, aged ffty-six; Henry
Hoover, aged fifty-fve, and Frank Warner,
aged nineteen, were burned to death in the
Jail at Jacksonville, Oregon.
A CLoUDBURST occurred in the mountains
just north of Fort Robinson, Neb. Marsh
Duncan, a woodchopper, and three OF bis
children were drowned.
PRINCETON, Ohio, has been blown away by
a terrific wind-storm. There were about
thirty houses, including a sawmiu and
school-house All are gone.
WHILE out sailing at Portsmouth, Ohio,
William Bickle, Philip Herbst and his son
were drowned by the capsizing of the
boat
NEAR Bonneville, Mo-, $50 head of cattle
belonging to Chicago parties were killed In
q railway collision. Both engines were de
molished and twenty cars were destroyed.
Loss, $4,000.
THE engagement of Emmons Blaine, son OF
Secretary Blaine and Miss Anita Mccormick,
of Chicago, the second daughter of the late
c. n. Mccormick, of reaper fame, is an
nounced. She will have fortune of two
millions or more in her own right.
JOHN FITZPATRICK, of New Orleans, who
was referee in the Sulivan-Kilrain fight, has
surrendered to the Mississippi authorities.
Mr.. Rich, owner of the mill where the fight
took place, and Mr.. Jamison, who had charge
Of the guards at the ring side, have been ar.
rested. Steps have been taken to forfeit the
charter of the New Orleans and Northeast
srn Railroad
Mrs. EATENHovER and child were muir.
dered by John Gilman, on his farm near Co
guile City, Oregon. They were tenants of
the murderer, who wanted them to leave
which they refused to do until their lease ex
pired.