The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

". VI. Dow MUEpEEED Capt. Perkins
AID III, lI-ycar-nld son. of GAINESVILLE.
Tex IL the result of an old feud.
Ar tica. Ill. cloudburst caused
damage exceeding SlOO.OOO. and
throughout the entire Illinois river
v;llcy heavy losses resulted from
f;nnGs. which washed ont crops and
swept away houses and live stock.
\ BROKEN rail ditchcd Il freight train
at Disko. Ind. and sixteen ears were
wrecked and twenty head of imported
CATTLE killed.
AT Iaitim, re William X. Duvs.! was
sentenced to nine years in the pcniieu-
tiary for obtaining christening and
Christmas gifts from United States SEN
ator> and others under false pretenscs,
alleging that he had named children in
their honor.
NEAR his home in Crook county,
Wyo.. James Waggcner. a noted horse
thief. was lynchcd.
Miss LoU BELL and George Thomp-
son. both colored. were struck 10y Il
train near Dayton. o., and both were
killed.
OS the 18th John Brooks. of Waldron.
VI ch celebrated the 10jth anniversary
of his birthday. He was soldier of
the war of 1872. is in good health and is
Michigan's oldest citizen.
A scHooLHorsE near Norfolk. Neb..
was washed away during storm and
Cox were drowned.
Ar Napanee, Ind. windstorm did
great damage To the crops and fruit
trees. blew down barns and out
houses. and blew houses from their
foundations. some of which were total
ly wrecked.
IT was said that thousands of immi-
grants were crossing at Sault Ste.
Marie. Mich. monthly. They were not
examined as to their means of support.
as the government has no immigrant
inspector at that point
\ FAST express. train on the Illinois
Central road was wrecked near Ken
ner's station, La. and six persons were
reported killed and twenty injured.
WILL II. lIoCKwIsHER and Willie
Kreipkc. both under 80 and two col
orcd men were drowned by the over
turning of their skiff in a sudden wind
storm opposite Golconda, Ill.
A FEw miles north of Bclvidere, Ill,
a cIoudhurst caused great damage.
News of the drowning of Lieut.. Rob
inson. W. c. Moore and four other men
of the United States cutter Bear at Icy
bay. Alaska. has been confirmed.
IL II
quettc Mich. caused loss of S100.O0O.
Ar Altoona, Pa. rain flooded the
streets. and Mrs. barbara Reichl. aged
- years. and Katie Brady, aged $
years. were killed by lightning. Small
bridges throughout the county were
swept away by the overflowed streams.
IL New York on the 10Th the temper
aturc was - degrees-the coolest June
dav in that citv on record.
HEAVY rain flooded the streets at
Fort Scott. Kan, and Buck run. a
ravinc which traverses the city from
south To north, was transformed into a
raging torrent Several persons were
drowned
MARY DAVIS and Alice Jones were
killed by the ears near Union Springs.
Ala, while crossing trestlc.
AMELIA HEINEMANN was fatally shot
at Fall River, Wis. by her jealous
lover. Seymour Turner Turner then
shot himself. probably fatally.
IL the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 10th We're: New York.
.6l1; Chicago, .562: Boston. $50: Cleve
land. 400: Brooklyn, .4S0: Philadsl-
phia, .i69; Pittsburgh, Alb: Cincinnati.
.4OS. The percentage, OF cubs in the
American association We're; Boston,