Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-07-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.
from tLf Bfltim0re Sun.
WEDNESDAY. June "A.

Fire in the Staneman Block, on
Woodland avenue, Cleveland, Ohio,
early yesterday morning. caused a
loss of about $50. 900.
Mrs. John Karson, of Hudson,
Wis, in fit of insanity drowned
her three little children last night
in the lake. She has been sent to
the asylum.
Secretary of the Navy Tracy has
informed Governor Jackson that
the Maryland oyster navy cannot
properly beancluded under the head
of the naval militia.
A Virginia Congressman opposed
to Mr.. Cleveland admits that there
is strong sentiment in favor of
the ex-President among the demo-
Gratis of that state.
At Frankfort, Germany, SER
want girl undressed herself in the
Geological Gardens and jumped
into the bears pit, where her man
gled body was found.
Fire destroyed the Beaver Com
pany's oil refinery near Washing
ton, Pa, entailing loss of $50, 900.
The fire is supposed to have started
from the explosion of boiler.
Governor Fifer, of Illinois. has
signed the bill EN- abling women to
vote for all school officers. Tween
ty-six of the forty-four States, a
considerable majority of all, have
now given women some sort of suf-
frage.
A slight shock of earthquake
occurred ut Charleston, s. c., at
11.27 o'clock last night, doing no
damage, but recalling the awful
earthquake of August 81, 1886,
when two-thirds of the buildings
in the city were damaged and 80
lives lost.
The great storm of Sunday struck
the Illinois fruit belt at Villa Ridge
with disastrous effect. Five thous-
and peach and 1000 apple trees
loaded with fruit were blown down.
One planter alone lost 800 peach
trees. Wheat in the shock was
blown all over the country, while
uncut is laid to the ground for
miles. Grapevines are badly injured.
Walter e. Shay, aged forty-one
years, shoemaker. of Beverly.
Mass, who has lived wnhappily
with his family, on Monday night
found his daughter Sarah in the
kitchen with Henry l.. Roberts, IA
bOarder, whose attentions to his
daughter he did not approve of.
He shot his daughter in the thigh
and Roberts i'll the back. and club
bed the girls head with the pistol.
On the approach of neighbors he
shot himself in the brain. diving
shortly afterward. Roberts is quite
badly injured, but the girl will re-
cover. Shay was under the in
iluence of liquor ut the time.
THURSDAY, June 25.
The oldest living graduate of
Harvard College is Rev. William
Wilmington, of Washington. of the
class of 1921.
Eight lives were lost and many
buildings demolished by storm
along the Illinois Central Railroad
from Storm Lake to Lemars. in
Iowa. Seyenty-five houses were
swept away by cloud bursts at Cheo-
kee. Iowa.
Senator Vest, of Mossouri, saws
if Governor Campbell should be re-
elected i'll Ohio he will be the DEM
ocratic nominee for PRESIDENT
Otherwise Mr.. Cleveland will again
get the nomination. The Senator
said Gray, of Indiana, will be given
second place on the ticket.
Tests were made on the outskirts
of Washington of the feasibility of
exploding balloons charged with
gases at considerable height in
the air, with the object of discover
ing the praeticability of exploding
dynamite in a like manner and its
effects in producing rain in case of
droughts.
Mrs. James Parish, of Lansing.
Mich, was set upon by ferocious
bulldog which she attempted to
drive away from passer-by, whom
he had attacked. Mrs. Parisb's
left hand was bitten in nine places.
and the fleshy portion of her right
arm was ehewed to a pulp. She
thrust her hand into the dogs