The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-07-18
WEST AND SOUTH.

IN western " Washington the wheat
rrop wa> being greatly damaged by
gopher, and squirrels.
\. T.. BTEkHlEpr & Co. in CinCin-
natl, largest fur dealers in the country.
. suffered a loss Of S55o,G zoo 10y fire. and
the clothing firm nf Gcirrshofcr Il Co
lost S250.O00 hy the same fire.
THE extent nf navigable water of the
Ohio river and ;ts tributaries is given
by Il census bulletin at 92s miles, en-
cludin- 800 miles from Cincinnati To
the mouth of the Ohio river.
OK the eth light frostS were reported
in portions of Io'A. and Illinois.
BY the upsctting of Il boat Henry
aclt. saloon keeper at Sandusliy. O..
and Joseph Braunlich. of Cleveland,
were drowned in Lake Erie.
Ar Ncwbur o. freight trains col
lidcd. and five men were hurt, two IA
tally.
THE legislature of Georgia met in
summer session at Atlanta.
EDWARD MCTHEEY. of indianapolis.
in Il fit of jealousy. fatally shot his wife
and then shot himself dead.
:. p. AypERSoN's house 10 miles west
of Clifton, Tex. was struck by light.
ming. and his wife and three daughters
We're killed.
AT Lamar, Ark. Eliza Ryan, aged so
years, was restored to sight after be-
ing blind thirty years by having Il tooth
extracted.
On the 9th the tenth International
g T,a,,1,-.s
cictv of Christian Endeavor opened at
Minneapolis with 1000 delegates in
attendance. The sccrctary's report
showed that there were in the country
1924 societies with total member
ship of l.01S. $50. Among the dcnomi-
nations the PrcsbytcrianS have 4.Ol9
societies, CongregationalistS :.1i5, Bap-
fists 2.3sl, MethodisGs 2.OGS, Christians
SOL. During the year, $500 members
of the societies became church mcm-
hcrS
\ NOR lynched Jim Eailcy. a negro
who assaulted Mrs. Folsom at Bccbe,
Ark.
NEAR Olncv. ILL.,. Mrs Raymond and
her 4-year-old son were struck by
passenger train on the Ohio & Missis-
sippi road and instantly killed.
NEAR Olmstel. ILL.,, Pat Moss and
Eddy Davis, both colorcd. and white
boy. aged II years. named Harry Odel,
were beaten TO death with club by
Daniel Welsh. an insane negro.
FLAMES which started in Mitchell
Bros. lumber yard at Jennings, Mich,
destroyed l6 OO0. 600 feet of lumber, a
planning mill. engine house and four
dwellings. Total loss, S350,OO0.
REPUBLICANS of Nebraska will meet
in state convention at Lincoln on Thurs
day. September "a.
UroN her dying bed Mrs. Grisley. of
Lancaster. Wis. confessed that She had
murdered her sons wife in 1SS2. whose
dead body was found in field pcrfDrat-
ed with bullets the second day after
the murder.
THE dead bodies of John II. Putcr-
baugh. a farmer living near Ellis, Neb.,
and his wife and four children were |
found in their home with bullet holes |
in their heads it was supposed the |
horrible deed was committed by She IA |
ther, who was temporarily insane.
REV. JoHN SPACHMASS, Belle Hen |
derson, Ella Henderson and Millie |
were drowned in Lake Erie |
near Oak Point, o., by the uPsetting of |
a boat.
]. Il. RYAN, eX-state treasurer of |
Indiana. and prominent politician of |
the state. died at Indianapolis.
j. X. DHwoRTH. president of the Dill
worth Cattle Company of Billings,
Mont. was shot and instantly killed in
a quarrel over land claim by young
4 DowNPoUR of rain for three hours
at Sioux City, Ia, flooded the city, caus-
ing an aggregate loss of 100000.
FIFTY white families charged with
being intruders were arrested by the