The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-06-12
The FAST.


of Maine on the Sd nominated Josiah
Crosby, of Dexter, for Congress.
In Pennsylvania William A. Stone
was on the Sd nominated for Congress
by the Republicans of the twenty-third
district, and in the twenty-second dis
trict Mr.. Dalzell (Rep.) was nominated.
MAINE Democrats in State convention
at Augusta on the 4th nominated f. w.
Hill, of Exeter, for Governor. In the
Third district Charles Baker was nom
mated for Congress.
On the 4th a large number of distin-
guished men from all parts of the coun-
try met in conference at Mohonk, N. Y,
to consider the questions of Christian
izing and educating the colored people.
A society was formed with ex-President
Hayes as president.
ON the 5th Rollln Beers, lawyer 1T
Bridgeport, Conn.,, who swindled his
brother and sister and other persons out
of $4,000, fed to Canada.
In Philadelphia the 134th annual COM
mencement of the University of Penn
sylvania was held in the Academy OF
Music on the 5th.
NEAR Philadelphia an oil tank on a
steamer exploded on the 5th, killing one
man and badly injuring eleven others.
The property loss was s155, 900.
NEAR Lockport, N. Y, great damage
was done on the 5th by a wind and
rain storm and many cattle were
drowned.
The Republicans of the First district
e Lois h1 Ill
as B. Reed for Congress by reclamation.
Mrs. JOHN SMITH and her two little
boys were drowned on the 9Th at Mid
dlebury, Conn. The lads fell into the
water, and the mother lost her life in
trying to save them.
AT West Point, Conn.,, Mrs. Huldah
Rockwell died on the 9th, aged 103
years and months. Her mother lived
to the age of 103 years.
The Supreme Court on the 9th af-
frmed the conviction and sentence
of Sheriff Flack, of New York City, for
fraud.
In Central New York heavy rain and
thunder storms prevailed on the 9Th,
the lightning, wind and floods working
havoc. Several lives were lost.
WEST AND SOUTH -
On the 81 Michael Sumner, a mer-
chant and miller at New Prague, MIMI,
failed for $4,000.
AT Scales Mound, ILL.,, and vicinity a
storm of wind and rain on the Sd did
damage to the extent of $3.50,
On the Sd John C. Tarsney, Repre-
sentative in Congress of the Fifth Mis-
souri, district. was renominated.
NEAR Caro-, Mich, four farmers wer.
struck by lightning on the Sd.
AT Glenwood, a., a wind-storm on the
Sd wrecked the State institution for the
feeble-minded, and two boys were kill
ed and six other persons were injured.
Several other buildings were also
ruined.
A POWDER-HOUsE on the outskirts Of
Mansfield, O., was struck by lightning
on the Sd, and in the explosion that iol-
lowed two residences were completely
wrecked and three persons were killed.
AT Little Black, Wis, cyclone on
the Sd destroyed twelve houses and un.
rooted many others. No one was injured.
NEARLY every house in the village OF
bradshaw, Neb., was destroyed by cy-
clone on the Sd, killing five persons and
seriously injuring many others.
JAMES GILLESPIE and John Carpenter
on the Sd discovered by accident the
long-lost Mexican silver mines in
franklin County, Ark.
TIE death of Alfred T. Perrine, the
inventor of the Gatling-gun, occurred
in the Cincinnati city hospital on the
80 in poverty. At one time he was
worth $15O,OOO.
The Republicans of the Twentieth
district of Illinois renominated George
w. Smith for Congress on the Sd.
HEAVY rains deluged Western Iowa
on the 4th, and great damage was in
fiicted upon the towns of Underwood,
Nicola, Persia and Weston, in Pottawat-
TAME County. At the former place
thirty-fve residences in the lowland.
were wrecked by water and as many
families made homeless. In the Boone
river valley cyclone destroyed every
thing in its path, killing one man, and
at Angus school-house was wrecked
! and all the pupils injured, one fatally,