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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03
NEST AND SOuTn

A RAIN-sroRM deluged portions of
Omaha, Neb., on the 23d and much prop
erty was destroyed.
PROMINENT colored men of the I'M ted
States mbled in Chicago on the 23d
to form National Civil Rights League,
whose object will be, to elevate and pro-
tect the interests of the colored people.
ILLINOIS Republicans met in State con-
vention at Springfield on the Gath and
nominated Franz "A berg, of Chicago, for
State Treasurer, and renominated Rich.
ard Edwards for Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction.
FLAMES destroyed the entire business
portion of Cerrillos, N. NJ, on the Gath.
ALL the conductors, switchmen and
brakemen of the Illinois Central rail-
road north of the Ohio river, struck on
the Gath against the continuance in
office of uperintendent Russell, and all
business was at a standstill.
JESSE HANoN was nominated for
Congress in the thirteenth Illinois dis
trict on the Gath by the Repu blicans;
Harrison Kelly (Rep.) was renominated
in the Fourth Kansas district. and w.
j. Dean Pro.) was nominated in the
Fourth district of Minnesota.
Ed CARR, Parker Harris and Bardie
Bellard, all colored, and Frank Brenish
(white) )were hanged at Memphis, Tenn,
on the oath, the negroes for numbering
their wives and the white man for kill.
ing street-car driver named Pinkston..
FIRE swept away two-thirds of the
business portion of the town of Blue
Hill, Neb, on the 24th. 80
The Bank of Hartford, Wis, failed on
the Gath, owing to the suspension Of the
Park National Bank of Chicago.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN pleaded guilty at
Purvis, Miss, on the oath to an indict-
ment charging him with prize-fighting
and was fined $500.
THREE children of John Kujawa, liv-
ing at Medford, Minn., were drowned in
Stevight river on the Gath.
BETWEEN La Crosse, Wis, and Rtus-
ton, Minn., sudden rise in Root river
on the 25th. did great damage t the
Milwaukee railway, and farms were
overiowed and hundreds of head of
stock were drowned. 4ra.
MINNESOTA Prohibitionists met at st.
Paul on the 25th and nominated j. P.
Pinkham, of Minneapolis, for Governor;
J. o. Barrett for Lieutenant-Governo
s. H. Hillidow for Secretary of State;
N. r. Frost for State Treasurer; Ole
Kron for State Auditor and Robert
Dodge for Attorney General.
THIRrY-oNE persons were prostrased
by the heat in Chicago on the 25th and
four died
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d
and hon"y,
Look out for the postscript: "rm all out Of
money !"
Pittsburgh Bulletin.
Indignant Guest-"Waiter, I have
drank five glasses of water waiting for
that beefsteak. When am I going to
get it?'' Waiter-''In about four glasses
more. Texas Siftings. .ft
-"Can you show me the grub that
makes the butterfy?" she inquired,
sweetly. "Buckwheat's the grub, but
faint in season." answered the horid,
ignorant farmer.-Baltimore News.
-Blinks-'You don't mean to say
you've found sure way to make money
at the races?' Jinks-"Sure as shoot
ing. l never fail" Blinks-"My! my!
Do you buy tips?" Jinks-"No, l sell
them."-N. Y. Weekly.
Hitherto Patient Boarder-"Mrs.
Starvem, can stand having hash every
day in the week, but when on Sunday
you put raisins in it and call it mince
pie, draw the line. Harvard Lam
poon.
Casey Tin grocery store)-"Give me
a pound of tay." Grocer-Green tea or
black tea?'' Casey-Grane tay, in
coorse. Do ye think I'd go back on me
colors, ye spalpaneP"-Light :,
Census Ennmera tor-"Well, have
finished big days work., and I'm
tired" His Wife--'I'm so sorry can't
help you. Now sit down, dear, and tell
me all you found out about our neigh
bors. IN. Y. Sun.
His Worship-"I must really make
an example of you-you come here so
often" Prisoner-'.Don't be too ard
on me, guv'nor; you amt 'ad any trouble
with me for eighteen months. Why, I
only come out this mornin'?'-Funny
Folks.
-Distracting. - Customer - "Well,
Shears, what did you think of the
Bishops sermon on Sunday? saw you
in church." Barber-''Yes, sir, but to
tell the truth there was man sat in
front of me whose hair wanted cutting
SO badly that couldn't hear a word -
The Jester.
-Nokes-"What is the real difference
j
tell you. Wit consists Of the funny
things written by men who are now
dead; humor consists of the funny
things written by men who are now liv-
ing."-America.
--Yabsley-"If ever I marry shall
marry . woman of education" Wick
wire-"I used to talk that way myself
But in fact, never had thought Of
marrying the present Mrs. Wickwire
until one day got a letter from her an
nouncing that her uncle had dide' and
left her 65, 200 dolers.' "-Terre Haute
Express. '''' sFA''f -A' *"'t'i2 d.
Uncle HiramA"rhis is q queer
world Gothamite-"Whatm makes you
think so?" Uncle Hiram-''Wal, q
painter feller came down to my place
last summer, and while he was loafin'
aroun' painted picter Of my yalleI
dog. I heard afterward that he sold II
fer $500, so brought up the dog think
ing could git at least cool thousan'
for him; but by gosh! can't even give
him away."--Mansey's Weekly.
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FPOM WASHINGTON

The exchanges at the leading clear
lighthouses in the United States during
the week ended on the 21st aggregated
$1.145,613,212, against $1,242, 917, ,o4O the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the increase
amounted to 1.2.
In the United States the visible sup
ply OF wheat and corn on the 23d was,
respectively, 21,0SS,7l9 and 1861, 800
bushels.
THE international revenue collections
for the first eleven months of the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1890, were $13O,
622,00 being So 594,034 greater than
for the corresponding period of the last
fiscal year.
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AT St. Louis recently Charles Rainer
informed Miss Annie Salina that he
rould not live without her. For replysh
laughed in his face, whereupon the des-
perate lover ambled into. an adjoining
room and blew out his brains. The poor
girl is in great distress, but her grief is
doubtless tempered with gratitude to-
ward the dead youth, who was consid-
crate enough to depart from the custom
usually followed by love-crazed suitors of
forcing the unoffending objects of their
affection to accompany them into eter-
nifty. She has the satisfaction of know
ing, too, that her lover was sincere in
his declaration.
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tion. Men generally fear
the unknown. and the
duties of the ofac5 have
not yet been specified.
In regard to that
distinguished man, Ad-
miral Crichton, the man
who is always first,
whose name has been
mentioned in the COM
mission, if he had con-
sented to take the po-
sltion, he would have
given greater luster. to-
it."
A resolution was
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Death by Drowning.

The other evening at Graham's Ford,
near what is known as Scott's, on
Straight river, about three miles ncrth
of Faribault, Constance Bouhanski
having business on the other side of
the river from which he lived swan
across rather than go around by way of
the bridge. After completing his busi-
ness he attempted to swim back, when
he was overpowered by the swift cur.
rent and drowned
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

IT is not often that congregation
'strikes itsrich"' so suddenly as the For
est Grove Presbyterian Church at Chari-
ties, Pa A few days ago the church
was modest little affair, with debt
and light attendance. Some of the
elders conceived the idea of boring for
oil on the church grounds, obtained per-
mission and sunk we'll, with the re-
suit that petroleum in abundance was
secured, and the property has been sold
to the Standard Oil Company for $92, 900.
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election of president, five vice-presi-
dents and secretary, and setting forth
the duties. of these officials. The COM
mission, upon the adoption of the report,
decided to proceed Immediately to the
election Of president, and Commis-
sioner E. B. Martindale, OF Indiana,
moved that ex-senator Thomas w:
Palmer, of Michigan, be elected by &C
clamation. The motion was seconded
by representatives of every State and
Territory. Upon rising vote Mr..
Palmer was elected and escorted to the
chair. He said:
Il am profoundly grateful for the honor paid
me- Yet 7 am I'll, ed with q feeling Of trepida-
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The News BREEZY cnronic,ed.

District Attorney Hay, of St. Paul,
refused to prosecute the enumerators
charged with padding the Minneapolis
returns.
Edward Farley, son of DIR. Farley,
of Crook ston. was drowned while bath
ing the other day. The remains were
recovered =
Superintendent R. O. Sweeney, OF
the fish hatchery at Duluth, was
pounced upon by tramps and nearly
killed recently. He was at work about
the hatchery and ordered some fellows
of the place when he received the
drubbing.s One rib was broken and his
back was badly Injured.
A fire at Winona Recently did $4,000
damage to the Unitarian Church.
Mrs. J. A. Clifford was recently elect
ed president of the Seventh district w.
c. T. u, at Hastings.
Duluth yachtmen have elected w. C.
Sargent as commodore. v~-s.
Miles Beadry, of Day ton, was drowned
the other morning on the west branch
of the drive about two mil es east of
Princeton # = a 1@f - A. i,
The Free Masons Of Minnesota opened
their new S20O,OOO temple the other
evening with a grand ball and supper,
which was attended by large numbers
of visitors S5@Y -.
John Welch, farmer, 80 years old,
was drowned in Rush creek, near his
home in Enterprise, the other night by
hnino ohod off br;1
The three children of John Kujawa,
living at Medford, were drowned in
Stevight river the other day.
The recent heavy rains drowned out
Wallace & Co. 3 circus at Rochester and
stopped the performance.
The contract for grading twenty-five
miles of the Winona & Southwestern,
extending from Dover, In Olmsted
County, to the border of Mower County,
near Stew artville, has been let.
Charles Leyh, St. Paul carpenter,
was sentenced by Judge Twohy recent
ly to thirty days in the work-house for
wife-beating.' Leyh was fined not long
since for the same offense. <'
Mrs. Henry Nipple, one of the first
settlers near Bird Island, died the other
day.
Rev: T. B. Drew, Congregational
minister in ST. Paul, was drinking soda
water the other day, when the glass
slipped from his.hand and fel. on the
marble counter. In trying to catch it
he cut his wrist on the broken glass, sew
ering the main artery. His life was
only saved by the prompt arrival of a
physician.
A landslide occurred the other day
on the Great Northern road near Mar
shall. 1t was $50 feet long and forty
feet deep and would take 100 men .
week to repair the damage.
The lower half of a mans leg was
found in box in the rear of the Mime
sofa Milk Company's building in St
Paul the other day. It was wrapped in
cloths and surrounded by lime. ~ /
Seymour Brown, q Winona attorney,
OF the firm Of Gale & Brown, was badly
kicked by stallion on his farm the
otner day. The animal kicked him
twice, breaking his jaw and cheek
bones and badly cutting his face.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

KAISER WILLIAMS order to the Min
lister OF the Royal House on the subject
OF the new court dress for civilians to
wear at the royal receptions runs thus:
ut is my desire that at my court the
good manners and customs of former
ages relating to the garments worn
should be revived" White or black
Notwithstanding to the rank-and
shoes with buckles are to be worn.
Also, black cloth coat of antique
sh pc, with black satin facings and
collar, long satin vest, cashmere
breeches and silk stockings-all black
and three-cornered hat without
feathers, as we'll as sword.
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CHURCHES.

DRESBYTERIAN.-D J. G.. Riheldaffer,
l. pastor. Services every Sabbath at 1890
o'clock AN. and at s o'clock P N. Sab.
bath school at l. o'clock NJ.
METHODIST.-Rev. F. A. Cone, Pastor.
1l Services every sabbath, at 1880 o clock
A. NJ. and al s P. NJ. Sabbath school at II
THRISTIAS. Preaching on every Lords
~ Day at lO:30 O'Clock A. NJ. and P. M. by
J. G Harrison. Sunday School at IL M.
EPISCOPAL.-Churc of The Holy Com
~ muuiOn Rev. :. 3. Purves. Service
every Sunday. except the last Sunday in the
month, at l,:3J A. NJ. and NJ. sunday
school at l. NJ.
NATHOLIC.-Timeso of service to be an
~ nOunced hereafter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

A HISTORIAN who is compiling the
letters, etc, of President Lincoln has
finished a search of the records Of the
executive Office of Ohio. But one auto
graph letter was found 1t is dated
April %, 1864, and accepts the offer of the
Governors of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and
Wisconsin to furnish eiehty-five thou
sand troops for one hundred days serv-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

MOUNT SHASTA, the great Pacific
coast peak, is growing small by degrees
and beautifully less, large section
having tumbled off into the crater 1t
is thought this may foreshadow vol
canic eruption. The phenomenon will
not be surprising. In fact, it will be in
keeping with natures remarkable dem
onStra tions of late
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A resolution was

offered asking that THOs. W. PALMER.
the committee on permanent organiza-
tion nominate the remaining officers.
This was objected to but finally carried,
with an amendment making an excep-
tion of the Office of secretary.
Commissioner J. r. Dickinson, of
Texas, was then elected secret tary by
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CYCLONE IN WISCONSIN.
Several Hosses~ Blowns Down~ st Aurora
- vilIe-Grest 1e mage Il Crops, -

several Hosses- BIowns Dowp% ct Aurora.
yille-Grrst DanaaEe y Crops.
OSHKOSH, Wis, June %. News
reaches this city that a cyclone PASSED
over the eastern end Of Wash burn
County Friday afternoon, and that much
damage was done to houses, barns
and trees, while growing crops were
leveleds for miles, The little village
of Auroraville lay directly in the path
Of the storm, and it is reported that
many houses were blown down and sew.
eral persons injured. Auroraville Is
eight miles north Of Berlin, and cen.
tains about 400 inhabitants.
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THE New York law making it a mis-
demeanor for person to attempt to
take his or her life went into effect in
September, 1881. Prior to that time the
average number of suicides in New York
City was 100. 1t is now at the rate of
2l5 per year, but the number Of unsuc-
cessful attempts has fallen off. The law
was not directed against those who COM
nit suicide, but ssather against those
who attempt to commit suicide and fail
in the endeavor. The average rate of
suicide is lighter in Berlin,s St Peters
burg, Paris and Stockholm than in New
York, and smaller in London. Rome,
Dublin, Madrid, Liverpool and Naples.
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Death OF Major Barnes.

Major L. j. Barnes, land attorney
and real estate dealer, died at his
home in Duluth the other morning of
kidney trouble. During the war he was
on General Lyons staff in Missouri and
was Adjutant-General Of, the Depart.
ment of Missouri. lie was 81 years of
age and leaves wife and three chill
dren. He was buried at Albion, Mich.
his old home.
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Iron Property Sale.

An important sale of iron property
took place at Duluth recently. JohnMeg-
ms sold his $500 shares, controlling
interest in the Union Iron Company, to
J. H. King, J. J. Wilcox and c. N.
Wheeler, of Cleveland. The property
is known as the Spence location and
consists of eighty acres on the eastern
end of the Vermilion range, and is rich
in ore of the highest Bessemer quality.
1t will be developed at once.
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The nerve-training school at Boston
appears to have attempted too much.
1t had class of one hundred and twenty
young ladies whom it undertook to teach
the art of keeping their nerves under
perfect control, but some of them broke
down under the training and the school
is now in disfavor. A nerve-training
school for women is mistake to begi
with. No matter how thorough it's
course of instruction it could never cure
them OF fainting at the sight of
rpouco
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

PHILIP HENSON, planter living near
Corinth, Miss, is believed to enjoy the
proud distinction of having the longest
beard in the world. He is six feet six
inches in height, and yet when he
stands erect his wh;skers reach the
ground. They say it is great fun for
the boys when Mr.. Henson walks into a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

Columbian Ex-
y osition Com
m i 8 sioners TO
or d Q r. at 10
o'clock am. yes;
t erd ay. The
report Of the
ON M ittee on
permanent Or
ganization was
called for. It
w 81, made in
p a r t, recon-
~-lf-- = = -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

DISPATCHES from Victoria B. c., state
that foreign sealing schooners intend to
continue the usual poaching in Behring
sea during the summer; that they will
be protected by English war vessels,
and that consequent conflicts of more
or less interes ing nature may be ex-
Dected
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-07-03

BALTIMORE courts have ruled that
social clubs possess no more rights than
private citizens and have found the
president and several members of the
Carrollton Club guilty of selling liquor
on Sunday,
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II is said that there are thirty-fve
kinds of granite in Maine, each of which
possesses distinctive characters tics
readily recognized by. workmen &C
quainted with monumental and build
inc stones,
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The perfection of ventila ton is now
attained by electricity. The new United
States man-of-war Baltimore is supplied
with an electrical ventilator which will
change the atmosphere of the engine
room cOmpletelY in two minutes -
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NEXT April > ohm Bullcounts his Brit
ons The whole En- pire is to be can
vassed. y 1t Is expected that the Govern
ment upon whose domain the sun never
sets will prove to have about $40, 900, 600
people acknowledging Victoria Queen
and EmDreSS
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THE results of the Spanish census of
1887 are now being made known. The
total population was II, $50, PIG, or an in
crease of 951, ,901 since the census of 1877,
or 0.54 per cent. per annum.
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reclamation. The
committee o n
permanent Or
ganization an.
nounced that it
would receive
re com m g n d a.
tions for nomin-
ations for vice.
presidents. Their
r g p o r t, a S
a d o p t g d, re.
quires that the
nA
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EDWARD G. LoRING, who figured as
judge in the cele brated refugee Anthony
Burns case in Boston in 1854 which
resulted in Burns being returned to
slavery, died at his home in Winthrop,
Mass, the other day.
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AMOS A. PARKER, of Fitswilliam, N.
H., is nearly 'ninety-nine years of age,
and, having graduated at the Univer-
slty OF Vermont in 1915. is reckoned the
oldest college graduate alive. Mr..
Bancroft graduated from Harvard in
1917. :
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California Earthauake.

SANTA Rosa, CAL, eJune 29.-Three
distinct shocks Of earthquake were felt
here this morning at 7:25 O'Clock. They
were quite severe. People we're awak-
ened from their slumber. The vibra-
tfons were from north to south.
FOUR deaths from sunstroke were re-
ported from Louisville, KY, on the 2sth.
coaches of a train on the Rock
Island road, jumped the track near
Joliet, H., on-the 2sth. Annie Sever
son and Mrs. A. Platt were instantly
killed. -
ELEVEN cases Of sunstroke were re-
ported in Chicago on the 2sth.
A TRAIN on the Missouri Pacific road
was wrecked by spreading rails near
Nevada, Mo. on the 2sth. The conduc-
tor and child were fatally hurt. -
AHE signal service bureau on the
2Sth in reference to the heated spell
said that the maximum temperature for
the past eight days have exceeded the
highest ever known for an equal period
in June. 49, 'ssssez,s
NEARLY one hundred persons were
poisoned at q picnic at Wichita, Kas.,
on the 2sth, by drinking lemonade
Three children have died.
Two burglars were shot at West su-
perior, Wis, on the night of the 2sth,
while entering the house of g. 4
Hicks
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MIR. MooDY announces a gift of $780,
900 for his Mount Hermon and North
field seminaries from Frederick Billings,
of Woodstock, Vt, and $50. 900 from two
other gentlemen.
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THE United States District Attorney

HE - UOS "A 1UUOIhCy
for Kansas declared on the 25th that
the State prohibitory law was absolute
ly null and void, made so by the re.
cent Supreme Court decision. .'.', -
The Republicans of Iowa met in con-
vention at Sioux City on the 25th and
nominated State ticket with William
Mcfarland for Secretary of State. The
platform indorses President Harrison S
Administra tion, fayocs just pension
laws, denounces trusts, declares against
compromise with saloons, and demands
protection for American Industries.
TIE explosion of boiler in Fran.
Gardner's stave mill at North Star,
Mich, on the 25th killed three men and
four more were fatally injured.
REPUBLICANS of the Fourteenth dis.
trict of Illinois on the 25th renominated
j. H. Rowell for Congress. Democrats
of the Fourteenth Ohio district nomin-
ated Michael D. Harter.
NINE deaths from the heat and sfxs
teen prostrations We're reported at st.
Louis on the 26th. =.
On the 10th William Brookes was
hanged at Pine City, Mimi, for the
murder of Mr. and Mrs. Coon BIS in No
vember last.
EX-STATE TREASURER HEMINGWAY
was found guilty at Jackson, Miss,
on the Goth of embezzlement and sem
fenced to five years Imprisonment.
The following Congressional nomin-
ations were made on the 26th: Arkansas,
First district, w. II. Cate, (Dcm. J;
Third, T. c. McRae (Dem.) renomi-
mated. Ohio, Ninth district, Joseph H.
Outhwaite (Dem.) rcnominated; Seven
teenth, Joseph E. Taylor (Rep.) renomi-
mated. Indiana, Eighth district, Oliver
NJ. Curry. nominated by farmers. and
workingmen.
A PISTOL in the pocket of street-car
driver at indianapolis was accident tally
discharged on the a6th, killing Thomas
Liddg, q passenger
THREE ! Italian ! quarrymen% named
John Stanchar, Jos ph Stancher. and
Michael Milausky were drowned on the
Goth while bathing at Joliet, III.
The first meeting of the. N National
World's3 Fair Commission OCCURRED in
Chicago on the Goth. ! Temporary Off.
GERS were CHOSEN, ana In the evening
banquet was given the commission at
the Palmer house.
On the Goth the eighth annual con-
vention CT the Travellers Protective
Association in session at Denver elected
T. S. McGreat, of ST., Louis, as presi.
dent.
RAIN-INTHE-FACE, the noted Sioux
chief, ranking next to Sitting Bull in
renown, was fatally stabbed by his wife
on the Goth at Standing Rock, N. D.
jealousy was the cause.
CHARLES DECKER, wealthy farmer,
and his aged mother, were fatally beaten
by burglars on the, night of the Doth at
their home in Morris, III.
HARRY BoUGHroN, farmer of Catlin,
H., on the 26th received notice that he
had fallen heir to $500, 900 worth of prop
erty in New York City.
IT was said by grain merchants at
Louisville On the 26th that the oats
crop of Kentucky was total failure.
l.. R. MEYERS in drunken fury at
Kansas City on the Gosh fatally wounded
his uncle, b. Van Horn and the latter's
daughter.