The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-03-06
DOMESTIC.

AT Keathlcy, Tenn, cyclone on the
Goth, wrecked Winslow &c Bands bank
building, resulting in serious injuries
to six persons.
An unsuccessful attempt was made on
the night of tho 27th ult. by an unknown
man to assassinate DIR. Alexander Neil
at Columbus. O.
ApvICEs of the 27th ult say that an
other victim OF the Hatfield Mccoy feud
in Kentucky is Uncle joe Johnson, of
Pikeville, who was called to the door OF
his house and shot dead.
CHARLES II. GRANT, wealthy and
eccentric citizen Of West Andover,
Mass, was found dead in his house on
J. tha s5th Wit; hayiRg appaEently starved
TIE house of Daniel Hebron (colored)
WAS burned on the :7th ult. at Lynch.
burg, Va. and his two children, aged IL
months and . years, perishcd in the
flames.
ACALL was issued on the 27th ult. tc
branches of the Afro-Americau League
OF New York to meet in State conven.
sion at Rochester May 25.
AN attempt was made on the 27th ult
to wreck the limited express on the
Baltimore & Ohio road near lndcpend
euce, O., three tics wcdged into a cattle
guard being found and removed few
minutes before it arrived
A BAND OF train-robbers and consider
able Of their plumber were discovered
on the 27th ult near Sponcerville, o.
THOMAS OBRIEN was hanged on the
o7th ult. at Lexington, KY, for the mur
der Of Bette Shea March 81, 1889.
ALL the through mail for San Fran
cisco on the mail storage car of thu
west-bound fast mail train was destroyed
by fro on the 27th ult.
A PAssENGR coach on the Norfolk S
Western road was wrecked on the 27tl
ult at Roanoke, Va, and ten person
wero injured.
AT Ncwaygo, Mich, fire on the 27tl
ult. destroyed David w. Squires' barn
consuming eight horses, two cows, hay
grain, etc.
A TORNADO on the 21th ult. did grca
! amount of damage at Torrance, Miss.
IT was thought on tho 2Tth ult tha
! 150 lives were lost by tho recent burst
| ing of the dam in the IIassayampa val
ley In Arizona.
II was reported on the 2Sth ult. that
break had been discovered in the Rock
Mountains near Mary's Fork, and tina
tho Great Northern intended to con
struct limo from Anaconda, Mont, di
rect TO San Francisco, Cal.
THERE were 100 business failures il
tho United States during the seven day
ended on the 2Sth ult, against 253 tn
previous seven days. The total of fail
ures in the United States January t
date is 2,543, against 2,727 in 1889.
THE United States steamer Etruri
arrived at New York on the 27th ult.
having on board the remains Of Georg
II. Pendleton, late Minister at Berlin.
II was stated on the 27th ult. that tn
coming season promised more actiyit
in railroad extension in the Unite
States than any period since 1887.
IT was announced on the 27th uli
that fifteen lives were lost in the recen
blizzard in Southwestern Kansas, an
many persons were destitute of food an
| fuel.
TIE inhabitants of Enterprise an
Scufiietown, Ind, on the 2Sth ult ha
been driven TO the hills by floods, an
thousands of bushels of corn had bee
ruined.
In tho corridor Of tho House OF Rer
resentativcs at Washington on the est
ult. ex-Congressman Taulbee, of Ken
lucky, was shot in the face and danger
ousiy wounded by Charles Kincaio, col
respondent OF the Louisville Times Al
| old grudge was the cause.
Brown WASHINGTON (colcred) wa
lynched on the 2Sth ult at Madison
Ga, for assaulting little girl.
THE business portion OF Kensingtvr
ILL.,, was nearly wiped out by fire on tb
2Sth ult.
A 3-YEAR-oLD child stepped Off q rar
idly-moving train near Elkhart, Ind
on the 2sth ult., and, excepting sligb
scratch, was uniniurod,
RICHARD HAwEs was banged on tn
9sth uit at Birmingham, Ala, for tn
murder Of his wife and two daughters 4
December, lSss