The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-04-17

ing the month Of March was SO, 250, 900.
GOVERNOR HOARD, on behalf of Wis
oonsin, on the 18th sent magnificent
floral anchor to Springfield, ILL.,, to be
placed on the tomb Of Lincoln on the
18th inst
In runaway on the 11th at Freder-
icktown, o., Mrs. G. lowering and Miss
Hill were thrown from the wagon, the
latter being killed and the former fatal
ly injured.
HERMAN MYERS, aged 90 years, Of
Philadelphia, who was not living with
his wife, visited her on the 11th and
shot her and then killed himself.
Four New England breweries, it was
stated at Boston on the 11th, had been
turned over TO Englishmen for So, $50, 900.
EACH delegate TO tho Pan American
conference in Wash;ngtJf. was the re.
cipient on the 11th Of silk American
flag, the gift of the Women's Silk Cult
ure Association OF the United States.
AFTER a separation of forty years
Mrs. Krechbaum, of Northumberland,
Pa, met her mother on the 11th. She
was stolen from home when years Of
age.
HARTMAN, the pedestrian, left Wa
bash, Ind, on the 11th on his walk of
5000 miles to San Francisco. He must
average forty-five miles day to win
his wager.
OVER 1000 boys in the Lawrenceville
section of Pittsburgh went on strike
on the 11th for fifty cents week ad-
vance in wages.
THE steamer Handy Boy ran into
railway bridge on the 18th at East
Saginaw, Mich, and the upper cabin
was swept off, seven persons being
drowned.
In Detroit, Mich, ON the 18th Alex
ander Cuddy, a well-to-do carpenter,
killed his wife with an axe and then
took his own life by hanging Domestic
trouble was the cause.
THE six-days' walking match at
Pittsburgh, Pa, closed on the 18th,
Herty winning with score of 553
miles. OF the twenty-six starters only
six remained at the finish
THE O'Brien wagon works at Tiffin,
O., were burned on the 12th. Loss,
S1o0,0 900.
In courtroom at brunswick. Ca,
on tho 18th William Belden shot and
killed Chief-of-Police Houston and Off
Ger Massey and then killed himself.
THE livery stable of Crilly & Grams
ton at Leavenworth, Kan, was burned
on the 12th, and thirty-seven horses
perished in the flames
The exchanges at the leading clear
lighthouses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
81, 069, 517, $50, against S9S3, ,9s2, 155 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the decrease
amounted to 81.
,s1, M45EE IaIfugss' re%eying pillars in mine No:
two others were fatally hurt.
THE Highland Presbytery, composed
of the Presbyterian churches in North
western Kansas, voted on the 18th unan-
imously in favor of revision Of the con-
fession Of faith.
THE British schooner Ethel was
wrecked near Cape Canaveral, Fla, on
the 18th, and the crew of five persons
were drowned.
NEILs LUMBERa, prominent Mormon
leader, committed suicide on the 18th at
Salt Lake City.
ApRAIRIE fire on the 18th near En-
poria Kan, devastated the farms of d..
B. Wise, Randolph Wirts and Henry
Plumberger, all of whom lost their
barns and some of their cattle.
SEVENTY saloon-keepers at Denver,
| Col, we're arrested on the 18th for sell
ing liquor on Sunday.
| A LEvEE in the town of Point Coupes,
| La, broke on the 18th, flooding tha'
place to the depth of two feet
In Mclean and Warren counties, Ill,
great damage was done on the 18th by
terrific wind and hail-storm.
The city of New London, Wis, was
flooded on the 18th by sudden rise II
the Fox river.
THE Gilbert starch factory at De'
Moines, Ia, one of the largest in thu
West, was destroyed by fire on the 18th
Loss, $500, 900.
GOVERNOR THAYER received informa
ton on the l4th that sown grain owe
thousands OF acres in Cheyenne, Ban
ner and other Western Nebraska coun
ties had been blown entirely out OF tn
ground by violent storm, and that tn
farmers had been rendered destitute.
THE machine shops of the Norther
Pacific road at Ellensworth, Wash
we're burned on the 14th. Loss Sloo,0
The saloons at Rochester, N. Y, wer
closed on the 18th for the first time in
dozen years.
AT Washington, Pa, on the lat
Judge McIlvaine handed down deci
, ion holding that oil-well pumping
, Sabbath dissertation.
HENRY BoRcK, aged SO years. hange
, himself on the 14th in st. Louis so thi
his two daughters might get his lnsu
ance money from the Knights of don'
, and thus be saved from destitution.
THE Merchants and Traders Produ'
exchange Of Nashville, Tenn, failed
, the 18th for 100000.
a EDWARD GILMAN and Alexander Cat
a wood, two of gang of four mask
|. Ku-Klux who on the 14th visited II
v residence of an old man named Hollan
living near Doniphan, Mo-, for the pu
h pose of whipping him, were killed
s Hollands 14-year-old son.
AS result OF reading novels Villa
h McGregor, aged II years, hanged hi
n self on tho 14th at Pittsburgh, Pa.
l. NEAR the State Reformatory at
IL Cloud, Mimi, a package OF dynaml
"a cartridges and fuse was found on
3. l4tn, and 1t was believed that plans b
1. been lain to blow up the institution.
"a Ir was said on the 14th that the maj
t, sugar crop OF Vermont this year woI
u amount to about ffve million poun
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