The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-08-07
DOMESTIC,

The business portion of Walnut, ILL.,,
was destroyed by fire on the 3lst ult.
Loss, SIPS, 900; insurance, $40, 900.
A TORNADO swept across New Hamp
shire from the northeast on the 3lst ult.
and wrought havoc in many places. No
lives were lost.
REPoRTs of the 31st ult. from Western
Kansas say that the hot winds of the
past few days hal burned up tho corn
and that many fields would not yield a
single ear.
THE 3lst ult. was tho hottest day in
Boston since 1885, the thermometer
registering D5 degrees in the shade.
New York also suffered severely from
tho heat.
ONE HUNDRED years ago on tho 3lst
ult the first mechanical patent was is
sued by the Government. 1t was granted
to Samuel Hopkins for making pot and
pearl ashes The total number OF pat
cnts issued during the century was 433,-
43a.
THE constitutional amendment grant
ing the city of Chicago the right to
issue S., 100000 in bonds in aid of tho
worlds fair was passed by the Illinois
Legislature on the 3lst ult, provided
tho people voted in favor Of tho bond
issue.
AT st. Louis on tho 31st ult. the ther.
nome ter registered 100 degrees, tho hot
test day of tho season.
KELLY STEWART (colored) was hanged
on the 3lst ult at Live Oak, Fla, for
the murder of John Hawkins about two
years ago.
ABOUT two acres OF closely packed
buildings at Braddock, Pa, occupied
chiefly by Hungarian laborcrs, wcro
burned on the 3lst ult.
A LOCAL paper at Johnstown, Pa, on
the 3lSt ult. printed what it claimed
tins of the great food, giving the num-
Der of the dead at 2,iS7, which leaves
over go bodies not yet recovered.
lr was reported on the 1st that an En-
glish syndicate had purchased for 81,
800, 00) thirty-three, tableware glass
factories in this country.
MILLIONS of cotton caterpillar3 had
on tho 1st invaded tho fields in tho
vicinity of Austin, Tex, and were do.
ing great damage.
THE statement Of the public debt is.
sued on the lst showed the total debt
to be 81, ,5S4 532, O6S; cash in tho treasury,
S70s, lI5, 95G; debt less cash in treasury,
SS76, 3S9, ll3. Decrease during July,
S305 25T. Decrease since June 80,
1890, S2l ,0iS, S22
TnE weather report on tho lst oi
Prof. Snow, of the StaIe University oi
Kansas, shows that but two Julys in
tho past twenty-three years were
warmer than the one just closed.
a DUST blizzard struck Aberdeen, s
D., on the 1st and lasted five or ter
minutes When the wind subsidized the
mercury stood at l05 degrees.
THE census returns on the 1st gave
the population of Arizona mot includ
ing lndians) at $1,000
THE homing pigeon Dusky, owned
by Fred Bowers of Fall River, Mass,
reached the latter place from Owosso
Mich, on the lst, $50 miles, in two and
three-quarter days, beating all previous
records.
The Illinois Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 1st after passing the
worlds fair bill by vote of l3l to lG
The section providing for an eight-houl
day was stricken out, but resolu tior
wrs adopted requesting the directors t.
observe the cight-hour law. An amend
ment was also inserted in the bill pro
viding that, in case submerged lands re
claimed for fair purposes should evel
cease to be maintained as public park
then they shall revert to the State O.
Illinois
A HAIL and wind-storm on the 1st a
Columbus, Ind, unroofod houses ant
destroyed many trees.
THE Union Cattle Company's feeding
plant at Gilmore, Neb., the larges
plant of the kind in the world, wal
burned on the 1st Loss, 5000, 600.
Mrs. REEsAR and her sister, Mis-,
Anderson, were drowned on tho Is
while bathing in the Niagara river a
Youngstown, n. Y.
THERE were lS9 business failures In
the United States during the seven day.
ended on the 1st, against 100 the pre-
vious seven days
WHILE walking on the railway track
near Magnolia, N. j., on the lst Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Ii. Tongue were struck
by freight train and instantly killed
The, we're from England and were
spending the season at a hotel in Mag
nolia.
A FIRE among business houses on the
list at Memphis, Tenn, caused loss OF
$500, 900.
ANDREW BERGENsEN entered the room
of Emma Anderson at New Milford
Conn.,, on the lst and cut her throat
nearly severing her head from her body
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