The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-11-07

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cen houses were destroyed by fire.
| TIE firm of Bushnell & Bushnell,
real estate dealers at st Paul, Mimi,
made an assignment with liabilities of
S45O.OOO and assets the same
Two CHILDREN of Jerrard Jenson.
living near Austin. Mimi, were torn to
pieces by wolves.
4 RIOT occurred at Farmers ALI
ancc mass meeting at BuclSport. Ark. =,
over politics, and five men were killed
and several others were injured.
AT Brookfield, Mo-, Joseph Howell,
school ol-teacher, was sentenced to he
hanged for the murder of Mrs. Minnie
Hall and her four children January 10,
1889
THE national prohibition committee
will meet in Chicago December Il.
a FIRE destroyed two cotton ware
houses at Newman, Ga, causing a loss
of $500. 900
IL the glaze mill of the Ohio Powder
Company at Youngstown, 800 kegs of
powder exploded. killing two men and
wrecking the building.
Ten horses and several buildings
were burned at Hamilton. Kan.
PRAIRIE fires swept large portion
of Blaine county, Neb.. thousands of
acres being burned over and much
farm property destroyed
A MOB took John Parker (colored)
from a Jail at Covington, La. and
hanged him to a tree for the murder of
Joe Hardy at Alta Springs
Is the upper Kankakee valley in IL
linois marshes were burning, and hun
dreds of tons of hay had been de-
stroyed.
In the village of Loda, ILL.,, every
business house was destroyed by fire.
NEARLY the entire business portion
of the village of Lavalle, Wis, was
consumed by fire
IN Alabama the drought was report
ed to be without precedent for length
and severity. The railroads were find
ing difficulty in getting water to run
their trains.
AT indianapolis William Weigel,
showcase manufacturer, failed for
SIPS. 600
NEAR Milliken's Bend, Miss, the
steamer Oliver Beirne, an excursion
boat, was burned and twenty lives
were lost
TREASURER INGRAM, of Mulberry
Grove township. Ill, was robbed of
$500 school money.
The death of Judge r. A. Debolt, a
member of the Forty-fourth congress,
occurred at T-en ton. Mo.
a MAN named Hartline. of Bellsnap,
ILL.,, killed a Miss Thurman, to whom
he had been paying attention, and then
committed suicide.
FLAMES destroyed a large number of
dwelling houses at Kenton, o., the loss
being Sl5O.000
A coLoRED man named Snowden was
lynched by mob at West Monroe, La,
for burning the residence of Squire
Emery.
THE village of Newbcrry. Ind, was
almost wholly destroyed by &c.
For the murder of his wife. Lee
Hughes (colored) was hanged at Bren-
ham, Tex.
NEAR Elizabethtown, Ind, James
Beggs. a well-to-do farmer, was fatally
beaten by John and Frank Newby,
two colored toughs, and robbed of
sum of money.
FLAMES which started in the Advance
elevator at Peoria, ILL.,, caused loss OF
$4,000.
GEORGE WISE, a deputy United States
marshal and his friend, c. Garcia, were
killed at Laredo, Tex, by Francisco
Flores, Mexican smuggler.
NEAR Independence, Mo-, prairie
fires destroyed sixty acres of corn and
thirty tons of hay. besides several
sheds. board fences. etc
Ex-Gov. DAVID MERRIwETHER. born
the day Washington died. and sue
cessor of Henry Clay in the senate of
the United States, celebrated his 9sd
birthday at Louisville,