Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-01-24

were killed by train on the Pennsyl-
! vania railroad at Morreliville, Pa, Thurs
day night.
PITTsBURG. Penn.-The Pennsylvania
railroad company has been compelled to
refuse freight for the sea-board during the
past few days on account of the large num-
Der of employees having la grippe and 1t Is
impossible to get enough men to handle
the freight with any degree of prompt
ness.
FIRE early Wednesday morning caused
damage to the extent of $50, 900 in o Reilly
Brothers storehouse on East Forty-fourth
streek. New York The residence of A.
n. Merrick, at Minneapolis one of the
finest in the city, was burned Wednesday
morning.
NAsHvILLE.-Four men were killed
and several others badly wounded
by the premature explosion of blast at a
camp near johnson City Oh the Atlantic
u Ohio railroad, this morning.
julius BARNES & Co., large dry goods
merchants at La Porte. Ind. has made a
voluntary assignment Friday for the bene-
fit Of their creditors. The assets are
placed at S53. 900 with liabilities at $50,
900.
OMAHA The jewalry store of Ed
holm & Aiken was closed Saturday on a
mortgage held by d. c. Thompson for
S27 900. The Omaha National bank is a
creditor for $4,000. The full liabilities
are unknown The firm is supposed to
have a stock of about $4,000.
GLOUCESTER, Mass-A telegram from
the United States consul at Barring
ton, n. s., reports the schooner
Ben Hur owned by James G. Farr 4 Bro.
of this city, wrecked at Blanche Point, n.
S. Nine of her complement are missing,
including Capt. ThOrnburn. The Ben
Hur was d new vessel of 100 tons, engaged
in the halibut fishery, and insured for
81, 268 in the Gloucester Mutual. No
further particulars are known here.
A TORNADO struck the city of Clinton,
Ky, last Sunday night, demolishing fifty
five houses. Eleven people were killed and
ffty-three injured. Awful destitution Is
reported in several of the western cOun-
ties of Kansas, where Il blizzard has ragged
with great violence. Railroad traffic is
seriously impeded by snow in all parts of
the state Efforts are being made to get
provisions to the districts where the peO-
pie are in danger of starvation.
AT Newburgh, N. Y, Monday morning
a horse touched with his nose an iron post
to which it was hitched and Immediately
fell like d log. Thomas Dawson who
tried to raise the animal, fell dead on
touching it, and Thomas Saltz who went
to Dawson $ assistance, received severe
shock An electric light wire had sagged
upon an iron rod extending from the build
ind to the iron post to which the horse
was hitched, thus disturbing the fatal cur
rent. The horse was not killed.
A REPORT from st. Paul on Tues
day says: Severe weather is reported
generally throughout the North
west A blizzard is raging at Beardsley,
Mimi, drifts being piled 20 feet high.
The trains are at a standstill and wagon
traffic is suspended The first great storm
of the season has struck Grand Rapids,
(Minn), extending all over the upper
Mississippi region At Wabasha thir-
teen inches of snow fell. From Neche.
S. D., comes the account of blizzard
which ragged for thirty-seven hours rem
dering all travel impossible through the
heavy drifts.