The Globe-republican., 1890-07-23

Two persons we're killed and four
stunned by lightning during storm.at
Newark, n. ).
The National Woman's Relief Corps
home for soldiers mothers, wives and
army nurses at Madison, Lake County,
O.. was dedicated on the 18th under the
direction of Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer,
of Philadelphia, president OF the Wom-
ans Relief Corps.
WILLIAM GRIFFIN. aged eighty, and
his grandson were drowned at Bolton,
Can, recently.
THE renowned natural bridge near
Glasgow, Va. has been sold to syndl-
cate for 500, 600 By Colonel H. c. Par
sons and Hon. James G. Blaine, its OWL
ers.
THE official rough count gives New
York population of 1,513,3ol, an in
crease of 25.4 per cent during the
decade.
ARRESTS have been made in Fee OF
parties accused of attempts on the life
of the Sultan of Morocco.
THE next meeting of the biennial con-
clave Knights of Pythias will be held
in Kansas City. Mo-, in 1892.
THREE children were killed by light
ming which recently struck Otto Gold
ner's house at Monroeville, O.
THE steam barge Kesota was sunk at
Detroit, Mich, by the steamer City OF
Detroit. The barge was cut in two and
went to the bottom. Total damage
about S150,O00.
SPAIN has decided to have fotilla OF
submarine war vessels on the Perat
model
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended July l6 numbered
2O7, compared with 1877 the previous
week, and 2OS the corresponding week
of last year. The business outlook was
unimprOved.
WILLIAM BULLARD and two compan-
ions were capsized on Mud lake, near
St Cloud, MINI. The bottom of the
lake is composed of deep mud, and Bull
lard in trying to swim to shore was
swallowed up by the mud. The other
two men clung to the boat and were
saved.
THE Western Union Telegraph build
ing, New York, took fire on the 18th. The
loss was heavy. For time the lives of
four men and three women wece in ex-
treme jeopardy.
w. S. PENDLETON, whose matrimonial
capers have disgusted people, has sent
along his resignation as mayor OF Fort
Worth, Tex.
AT Cape May, n. j., horse driven by
a boy ran away on Washington street
just as the Presidents carriage, contain
ing Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Mckee and
baby Mckee was passing. The runa-
way barely missed the Harrison car
riage. Mrs. Mckee swooned, but she
rallied in few minutes and the White
House coachman drove hurriedly to the
Harrison cottage.
JOHN II. SHULTZ, the millionaire and
horse owner, who owns the Parkville
farm on the Coney Island boulevard,
New York, announces that he will
shortly sell all his trotting horses and
have his extensive farm and trotting
track cut up into building lots.
A BOLD daylight robbery was CON-
mitted at Saratoga, n. Y, recently.
About noon sneak-thieves entered the
Bliss cottage on North Broadway and
got away with s1o 900 worth of diamonds
and jewelry. The cottage was occupied
by Mr.. Morton, Vice-President OF the
United States. and his law partner, Mr..
Bliss, with their wives.
EDWARD FOLK, twenty-one years old,
formerly an agent of the Boehmke Wine
Company, Cleveland, O., was arrested
on warrant issued by the firm, charg-
ing him with embezzling SAT. While
the officer waiting for Folk to change
his clothing in his room he suddenly
drew revolver and fatally shot himself
in the head.