The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-06-04

DURING a drunken frolic the house Of |
Henry Phillips at Taylofstown. Pa.
was set on FIRE and burned. and Phil |
lips and his wife and Gccrge llurtner |
and Clinton Glide Perished in the |
flames
DR. FoRDYcE BARKEH- one Of the |
most eminent physicians IN the coun-
Try iietl-af his bornesi-y.s q 4rss sl1F,s.Ol44
apoplexy, aged ~ wears He was one
of Gen, Grant's doctors.
- A rAssENdEH train aIa the Ininois.
Central road WINS throw from the
track nche 1l.itr.. Al - ssnsall
wreclkers, and Engineer 'Quirlx was
killed and Fipeman Todd fatally in
jured.
DAVE SEvIrfE, convicted at Athens,
o., of prize fighting was sentenced TO
year in the penitentiary.
u. N. LEoNARD a Co, silk manufact-
urers ot Northampton Mass. failed
,rfsF -.
M unsucctssiul attcmpt was made
10 steal The body af T. r. Harnum
from its grave near Bfidgep6rt, Conn
It has been decided to exlmme the re-
mains and creWate them.
TnB.exports of gold during the week
ended on the sOth ult. amounted 10
81, 7O8,OO The imports amounted to
ss5, ,GO9.
JoHN ZwALD confessed at sacra-
mento, Cal, that he had murdered two
wives, one eleven and the other eight
years ago
In the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the sOth numbered 81, against g54
the preceding week and 2lS for the cor
responding week last year.
j. & G.. FOWLER, Importers of sugar
at New York, have failed for $500 OOO
GEORGE BENNETT, of Lafayette, Ind.
was convicted Of numbering William
II. Scott and John WerkhoH and
sentenced TO Imprisonment for life.
A FIRE at New Orleans destroyed
twenty houses and sawmill
IT was reported that several murders
had been committed by Indians in the
vicinity Of Fort Bayard, NJ. NJ, since
May I. Troops were sent to investi-
gate,
JEFF Thomas, a negro, who assaulted
Mrs. J. V. Neal at Townley, Ala, was
captured by mob and lynched. -s--
$. V. JONES, a prominent farmer
near Holmer Gap, Ala, was visited by
white caps uEd-brutcn- half to death
with hickory switches. He had in
formed against Illicit distillers.
FmE destroyed six large blocks at
Wahpeton, S. d., causing loss of
100000.
AT Cedar Rapids, Ia, A. Traun-
weiser, q ieweler, shot and killed his
wife and then fired bullet through his
own heart. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
NEARLY the entire village If Osseo,
WIS, was destroyed by fire.
by the explosion of dy nnmitc in u
tunnel near Silver Flume, Cot, Henry
Taylor, William Coughlin, John Rich
ards and John Mcllolland were killed.
The Presbyterian general assembly
in session at Detroit vetoed the ap-
pointment of DIR. Charles A. Briggs as
professorin the theological seminary.
WILLIAM BREITKoPH and wife, an
aged couple living in New York, killed
themselves by taking poison. Poverty
caused the deed
Tue public debt statement issued on
the LIST showed the total debt to be ST.
$40, ,215, s75; cash in the treasury, sd97, =
on, 800; debt less cash in the treasury,
$50, 1Ss, sos. Increase during May,
s62e9l5. Decrease since June so, 1890.
S57, ,245, 1853.
THE buckingham variety theater at
Nashville, Tenn, was destroyed by an
sineendiary fire.
BURGLARS entered the house of Sam
pel Benin, a farmer residing near Mar
shallville, o., and robbed him of 50, 900.
G.. l.. PERCY, II. J.. Stratton and
James Shipp, three prominent young
business men Of West Superior, Wis.
were drowned in Lake Superior by the
upsetting Of a boat
STATE School, COMMISSIONER JoHN
HANCOCK dropped dead in his Office at
Columbus, o., from apoplexy.
The first centennial celebration of
Sunday-school work in Ohio took place
on the LIST at Marietta.
THE boiler in sawmill near Milford.
Va, exploded, killing four men.
A FIRE among factory buildings in
| New York caused loss of 81 100000.
A MAN named Ashcroft, living near
Covington, Ky, whipped his wife To
death because she refused TO give him a
small sum of money she had saved
IN fray with sheriffns posse at
Jacksboro, Tex, Byron Cope, a cow
boy, was shot and killed and sheriff
Haslsins was fatally wounded.
An ls-year-old daughter OF Anton
Getler. living near Fairbury. ILL.,, com
mitted suicide by taking. paris green.