Mower County transcript., 1890-04-30

| vuCoo noA uoAnH killed ana six D0Qly
injured, two OF whom would probably
die.
A NEGRO arrested for assaulting 4
white woman near Texarkana, Ark,
was taken from the guard on the 23d by
= mob and riddled with bullets
THE 1ndtoa ations on the 3Sd were that
the floods in the South would cause q
total loss of 81, ,OOO, 900.
THREE Cinnamon were arrested at
Buffalo, N. Y, on the sSd on the charge
OF smuggling opium.
A TERRIFIC cyclone struck KYLE, Tex,
town OF 900 inha abitants, on the 2Sd,
and many buildings were overturned
and some completely demolished. No
lives were lost.
THE American Axe and Tool Com
pany of Oakland, Me-, was on the 3Sd
reported to have secured control Of the
gilt-edged tool business of the United
States by buying out its rivals.
RALPH KNAPP, aged S years, accident.
ally shot and killed his baby brother
with revolver at Colorado Springs, Col.,
on the gath.
DR. N. +. PAINE, superintendent OF
the State Insane Hospital at Westboro,
Mass, reported on the oath that four
female and three male patients suffering
with acute mania were cured by the re-
cent epidemic Of influenza.
A FIRE ON the Gath in the Union silk
works at Catasauqua, Pa, caused an OK
plosion by which four men were killed,
four fatally injured and MANY others
less seriously hurt.
AT Morrisville, N. j., on the gath
Noah Palmer, aged 70 years, q member
OF band of gypsies, shot and killed his
wife and then fatally shot himself.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was
felt at San Francisco and neighboring
localities early on the morning of the
24th. Plastering fell from the walls
and houses were swayed four inches.
ADvlcEs OF the Gath say that ruin and
desolation met the eye ON every side
in Poiate Coupee parish in Louisiana.
The destruction was complete. Not q
plantation was left above water, not q
levee unbroken, while hundreds of fam
lilies were homeless. Thousands of cat
tic had been drowned.
BEN CoRBERY, IS years old, shot little
Cora Brubach on the playground at
school in Brazil, Ind, on the oath be-
cause she had told the teacher of his
misconduct.
AT San Francisco on the gath Michael
Lane, stone-cutter, shot and killed his
wife and then blew out his brains.
By an explosion Of dynamite in Fl. r.
Doane's drug store in Delavan, Wis,
on the gath the proprietor and an un-
known man were killed.
AT lola, Kan, extensive quarries of
fine marble, 90 per cent. pure, were
discovered on the oath.
SIM GARRETT and Jerry Teel who
were in Jail at San Augustine, Tex, on
a charge Of attempting to poison Colonel
John H. Brooks and family, were taken
from the Jail on the Gath and lynched.
In runaway on the 25th near Lima,
O., two horses and Minnie and Gertie
Pierce were killed, and Ella and Will
Hawkins and Cliff Church received fatal
injuries.
The Doran-Wright Company bucket
shop at New York, one of the largest in
the country, suspended payments on
the 25th.
IT was stated in New York on the 25th
that the political opinions of Sergius
Shevitch, the Socialistic leader, had
been condoned, and that he would soon
return to Russia to take possession Of
large ancestral estates. He has been an
exile for TWEEN ~ years.
Four men, Jeremiah Wilt, Edward
Brisban, John Sipe and John Brisbans
charged with counterfeiting, were ar
rested on the 25th in Johnstown, Pa.
A FIRE on the 25th in the lumber yard
of Paine & Co., at Northern Pacific
Junction, Minn., caused loss of $780,
900.
THE large furnace of the Reading
Railroad Company at Temple, Pa, was
started up on the 25th after being idle
seven years.
THERE were 218 business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 25th, against 214 the
previous seven days. The total of fail.
ures in the United States from January
to date is 4,OO5, against 4,245 in 1889.
"A OA UuO Octu uc1uScu
the country around Gainesville, Tex, to
a depth of several feet. One woman
was drowned and forty dwellings, were
wrecked.
THE worlds fair bill was signed by
President Harrison on the 25th.
GEORGE b. IVES, ex-assistant district
attorney, was imprisoned at Salem,
Mass, on the 25th on charge of for
gerry, the amount being placed at $780,.
900. He confessed his guilt.
HEAVY rain had on the 25th caused q
loss of hundreds Of thousands of dollars
in North and West Texas. Crops had
been ruined and railway bridges and
tracks destroyed.
DANIEL RE1TTMAN, an Altoona (Pa.)
brewer, shot his wife on the 25th and
then killed himself.
DR. THOMAS HATCHARD, of Milwau-
kee, was on the 25th charged by his
wife with having murdered more than
twenty infants.
KANSAS farmers reported on the 25th
that the prospects of the winter wheat
crop had been greatly improved by
heavy fall of rain during the three days
previous.
Mrs. CHARLOTTE EMERSON BROWN,
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