The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-06-11

in September last, died Of hydrophobia
on the 9th. &E
NEAR Waterville, Waslt. Jacob Won
Bremen quarreled with his two broth
ers, John and Henry, over q division of
stock and killed them both.
AT Salt Lake, U. T., john Liday, in
q fit of Jealous rage over the alleged
intimacy of his wife with John Kirby,
shot and killed Kirby md his 5-year-
old son and thepcommitted suicide.
The buildings of the cleveland (o.)
Hardware Company werelburned, caus-
ing loss of S15O,00o.
THE steamer Katie leftsNew York on
its Arctic exploring expe4ition. Lieut..
Pearly is in charge Of the exploring
party, and he will try eircumnavi-
gate Greenland. KF
w. B. MILLER, naapssis Of the De-
troit Gas Company, was said to be a
defaulter in the sum of $4,000.
JACOB BoNNETT, of Baltimore, Md,
who recently committed suicide, has
been found to have been defaulter to
the extent of over St00, 900.
THE estate of the late P. T. Barnum,
of Bridgeport, Conn, as shown by in
ventory, is as follows: Personal prop
erty, 81, 2s5, $50; real estate, S2,993, ,933;
making a grand total of 81, ,279, 53o.
Cor. r. ii. ABERCRoMBIE was walk
ing in his garden at night when he was
mistaken for a burglar by his son-in-
law, DR.. Baker, and shot dead. Col.
| Abercrombie was one of the most prom
inent men in Alabama.
| NNr,r h,,r La, ya1 ptr ctn
in Goshen, Ind, and was in the peni-
tentiary on four years sentence twen-
ty-six hours later,
OWEN SWEENEY, who was injured
while q brakeman on the New York,
Hartford & New Haven railroad, has
recovered S27, 500 damages.
In railway wreck near Savannah,
Kan, three men were burned to a crisp
and six injured, some of them fatally.
The wreck took fire and thirty freight
cars were burned.
AT Sacramento, Cal, John Perry shot
and fatally wounded his cousin, Mamie
Frates, aged rs years, because She
would not marry him, and then shot
and killed himself.
w. L. MINcHIN, bookkeeper of the
American national bank at Nashville,
Tenn, was discovered TO be defaultcr
to the extent of SIT 900.
AT Denver, Col, Mr.. and Mrs. Vim
cent, an old couple, while driving were
thrown from their carriage by their
horse falling down and were both fatal
ly injured.
AN overflow of the Red river was do
| 4 10,
man lost 400 cattle and fifty-fve horses
Many persons narrowly escaped death
At Chillicothe four men were drowned
by sudden freshet.
HENRY w. JOHNSON, who murdered
William Shumate, was executed al
Emory, Tex.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the sth was Wheat
16,477, 4O5 bushels; corn, 5,GO5, sS7 bush
els; oats. 4.549, S0l bushels
A GANG of counterfeiters whose head
quarters were at Dayton, Tenn, have
been arrested.
EVAN Z. SHELBY, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Sallie Moore, was tallcr
by mob of 100 unknown men from tho
Jail at Wickliffe, KY, and hanged.
SEVEN men started in n six-day walk
ing match on the sth at Denver, Col.
-. A BUSH fire at Black Lake, Can, de-
stroyed forty houses, containing in al
$50 families.
IN Chicago Judge Blodgctt quashet
the indictment against George c. Glib
son for attempting to blow up the
Shufeldt distillery.
D,,g,1o r. ~ ..,,,, p,yant
the two sawmills and destroyed grow
ing crops to a great value. The street:
of Buffalo were 18 inches under water
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE funeral services of Aunt
Rhoda Caldwell, aged over 1O6 years
were held in the chapel of the coloret
hospital and home at New York. Sh'
was born in slavery in South Carolina
WILLIAM ALLEN, judge of the Mas
sachusetts supreme court, died sudden
ly at his home in Northampton, age
SO years.
A CONVENTION of the peoples part.
has been called to meet in st. Loui
June 13, to plan for the coming cam
paign.
Miss ROSE KIBBER, youngest daugh
ter of John Kibber, died at Newton
Ill. She was 10 years old and weighe
507 pounds.
A NEW political party was formed a
Baltimore, Md, one of the fundamer
tai principles being opposition to fol
eigners
Ex-Gov. HENRY LIPPITT, of Rhod
Island, died at Providence. He wa
born in Providence in 1918.
NATHANIEL SMITH, the oldest res
dent of Long Island, died at Hampstead
aged 1o1 years.
CHAUNcEY VIBBARD, the first ger
, eral superintendent of the New Yor
} Central road, died at Macon, Mo. Fl
was member of the Thirty-ninth col
gress.
f. w. KINGsBURY, the oldest cor
ductor in New England, died at Wal
ham, Mass.
SQUIRE JAMES RITTER, believed I
: have been the largest man in the soutl
died at Elm Springs, Ark. He weighe
$40 pounds and was 10 years old.
BYRON REED, a pioneer settler an
the wealthiest land owner in Oman;
Neb., being rated at SO, 900, ,0O9, died 9
the age of 81 years.
The treasury department in Wasl
! ington was advised of the death
I Jersey City of Capt John Faunce, on
of the Oldest officers in the revenu
! marine service. Capt Faunce we
born in lSOs and entered service in 1888
THE Florida Legislature, after NAL
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