The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-04-17
THE EAST.

OK the sth James H. Shellenberger,
of Doylestown, Pa, was said to be short
$50, 600 in his accounts with various es-
tates OF which he had charge. He had
fed.
A SHORTAGE of $50. 900 in the accounts
OF Frederic Kimball, teller of the Peo-
pies Savings Bank of Worcester, Mass,
was discovered on the 9Th. He was in
Canada.
FLAMES swept away nine buildings st
Linesville. Pa, including the Herald
Office, on the 9th.
In Pennsylvania four persons were
executed on the 9th: William II. Bar
tholomew at Easton, Alfred James An
drews at Bellefonte, Charles Carter
(colored) at Ebensburg, and Zach Tay-
lor at Waynesburg:
HIGH water flooded the Conemaugh
PA. valley on the 9th, and the towns
of Wilmore and Woodvale were under
water. The lower part of Johnstown
was also overflowed. In western Penn
sylvania high water and wind had done
great damage.
On the 9th the twenty. fifth anniver-
sary of the surrender of General Lee to
General Grant at Appomattox was cele-
brated in Brooklyn, n. Y, by recep-
ton to Generals Sherman, Howard and
Slocum.
A LARGE mass Of ashes and potato
bugs fell from the clouds during an
electrical storm on the 10th at Pater-
son, N. J.
The Brooklyn City Railroad Com
20 viii oh
the 10th. Loss, 5000, 1000.
Or the 3,0S1 immigrants landed at
Castle Garden, New York, on the 10th
1880 wero Italians.
On the nth Herman Myers, aged %
years, of Philadelphia, who was not
living with his wife, visited her and
shot her and then killed himself.
Mrs. KREcHBAUM. of Northumber-
land, Pa, met her mother on the 18th
after a separation of forty years. She
was stolen from home when S years of
age.
IT was stated at Boston on the 18th
that four New England breweries had
been turned over to Englishmen for
81. $50, 600.
The death of George H. Stuart oc-
Cured on the 18th at Philadelphia at
the age of "a years. He was the founder
of the Christian commission.
AT Dover, Me-, severe earthquake
shock was felt on the 18th. Clocks wore
stopped and small articles were thrown
from their places.
WEST AND SOUTH
In his charge to the grand jurors at
Sedalia, Mo-, on the sth, Judge Ryland
instructed them that the fashionable
game of progressive euchre was gam
bling. -
AT .Norwalk, O., storm of wind on
the Sth caused great destruction to
buildings, and Miss Dora Palmer, aged
10 years, was killed by falling timbers.
At Collins. fifteen buildings were
wrecked and several persons hurt.
In Michigan on the 9Th a wind-storm
wrecked houses and did other damage
at Charlotte. Kalamazoo, Mount Clemens
and several other places. At Frazer
Mrs. Fred Eberlin was struck by light
ming and killed.
ADvIcEs of the sth say that no one
was killed in the recent cyclone at
Prophetstowl,, ILL.,, and only few per-
sons were injured. !. Many buildings on
/ the edge of the town and in the vicinity
were wrecked.
The Iowa House passed the Austria
| liam ballot bill on the sth by vote Of
So too.
WILLARD WILLIAMS, known as Cray
Kelly" shot and killed Miss Maggie
Prltchard, niece of the wife 4of Judge
| Clinton Texton, and then fatally shot
himself on the sth at Medford, Wis.
| WIND in illinois on the sth wrecked
houses and out-buildings at Roberts,
Anchor, La Harpe, and Highland Park.
| in the latter place the Catholic church
being destroyed. z...a
The doors of the Manhattan Kan. J
Bank were closed on the sth. Liza
bilities. 1851. 600.
A TORNADO in Indiana on the 9Th did
great damage at Lafayette, Wabash and
other towns, and at Fort Wayne Miss
Ida Miller, aged 20 years, was Instantly
killed by lightning. .
HOUSES ct Denver and Julesburg, Col,
! ware wrecked By wind on the sth.