Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1890-04-11


A carefully revised return OF the to
, nado casualties at Louisville reduces III
, number of killed from ~ to - and th
=, pecuniarv loss from S2,500,000 to Sl,25O
900.
The doors OF the Manhattan, Kan
Bank have been closed by the assign
ment OF c. l.. PURCELL, its proprietor tn
liabilities are SjGl 200, with no statcmen
oi the assets
The Iowa House by vote of II L
~ decided to indefinitely postpone thu
local option bill. This settles the fac
that prohibition will continue in Iowa a
least two years.
Vice President and General Man
ager H. r. Huntington, of the Kentucky
Central has appointed Mr.. Lewis HOOD
TO be general superintendent with head
quarters in Cincinnati.
The republicans tried to force the
pauper pension Till through the House
! Monday under suspension OF the rules,
| but il failed for want OF the necessary
/ two.thirds majority.
The dome OF Bell Rock lighthouse,
! off the coast OF Scotland was shattered
by a premature explosion OF a Jog signal
and the beacon light was extinguished
for the first time since ISL.
Senator Beck vigorously denies that
he has any intention OF resigning and
authorizes the statement that his health
has sufficiently recovered To permit his
attention to all public duties.
The Chicago carpenters are on a
strike for an S.hour day and 40 cents an
hour. Bricklayers have joined the move
ment out OF sympathy, and II is said that
if the differences are not settled in few
days 10000 men will be idle.
Two men, a woman and child, JAS.
Brown, Bell Weaver, Tom VI. Weaver
aud Martin Weaver all colored, were at
tempting to cross Cumberland river in
skitfin Pulaski, when il WAS accidental
" overturned and all were drowned.
The entire she ticket at Edgerton,
Kan, was elected Tuesday and now
that town has female mayor, police
Judge and city council. Reports from
other points in the State say that the
women east about two-tiiths OF the total
vote.
sam Morgan, a painter, got drunk az
Shelbyyille and went to sleep on the rail
I l. a Al.
along. took his head OF and ground his
body TO a pulp. Portions OF his head
were scattered along the track tor %
yards.
A meeting at Elmirs, y. Y, of 800
delegates, representing the Brotherhood
Of Locomotive Engineers, Firemen,
Switchmen and Conductors
adopted scheme of federation of all the
bodies under one head, each to retain its
own organization. All declared that fed :
Grafton was in the interest OF harmony,
and that the death-note to railroad I
strikes had been sounded.
A cyclone swept over portion OF
Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana I
Tuesday, doing much damage 10 prop
erty, but fortunately killing but few per- /
sons. At Norwalk, o., a building in .
which were 80 girls was blown down. /
All except a dozen escaped and OF them
1ne was killed and the balance seriously /
wounded. At Roberts, H.. hail fell eight
inches in circumference and weighing :
ounces.
A dispatch from indianapolis says; /
Full returns from election in this city I
md township show that the democrats
nave elected their entire ticket by ma
critics ranging from 1000 to 2,l00, a
gain over the election OF October last Of
about 500. Two years ago the republi- /
ans carried the township by l,4sj for /.
their candidate for trustee, showing a
.ha nge OF over 800"
A dispatch from Harlan relates that ,
he Spurlocks, Days and others, repre- i
,enting both the Howard and Turner .
actions, held pow-wow Saturday and
10Th sides agreed to suspend hostilities
md forever bury the Ratchet, and it was
llso mutually agreed that should any
more bushwhacking take place, that
10Th sides should turn out and hunt the
assassin down. But some how these
patched up peaces never amount to any
hing.
The tornado tried its hand in Penn
\
v severe in Cambria county, and ill-fat-
III Johnstown was once more flooded to
he depth OF several feet. The Cone
naugh valley is again swept by roar
ng torrent All the mills were forced TO
hut down by the flood. The storm was
general throughout the Fast and the
south suffered from terrible winds, hous-
IS being unroofed and blown down at
Columbus, Ga, Richmond, Va, and 9th
points.