The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-04-30

81, 1872, ,320.31i, against 81, i42, ,793i263. the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week Of 1890 the decrease
amounted to'02
AN English Syndicate has. purchased
1000 acres of coal land near Newcastle, !.
wy, and will develop il at once.
THE percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 25th were, Boston, 1000;
Cleveland. 1000; Chicago, .,75O, Phila-
delphia, .75O; Brooklyn, $50; Pitts
burgh, $50; New York, 900; Cincin-
natl, 0O0 The percentages Of clubs
in the American association were;
Louisville, .7ss; Boston, .666; Balti-
more, .61s; St Louis.s 5OO Columbus,
42s; Washington, 1858; Cincinnati, asS; !
Athletic, ,8S3
MRs. BrrrR EAros, of North Bend,
Ind-,.zister. Qi President 4larrisan, was
muitnliy in5uge5 - = y ,c!s, ~. - = ~ I
catriage at Ciexes. %.
Mr.. WILLIAM TERRY, the fifth victim
Of a poisoned wedding feast, died at
Louisville, KY.
JOHN BRIoHT,. barber of Spring
Garden, Ala, shot and instantly killed
AdolphuS Williams because he objected
20 ihe way in which his hair wns cnt
" d. Busn the pioneer mttier of
Karaas. says that the wheat, crop Of
Kansas this year will exceed 10000 ,0OO'
bushels .aai..--.s
ThE amount 0f m6Hey IN the treasury
Of the United States on the 1st Of April
was s751, 600, 600, of which s49s, 900, 900
was trust money" held for the re-
demption of gold, silver and currency
certificates, and the balance of s25s, ,OOO,-
900 belonged to the government
MICHAEL C.. PERC1vAI, cashier Of the
Shoe and-Leather National -banls-of
Auburn, Me-, was said TO be short $780,
600 in his accounts,
WEBSTER JACKSON was hanged at
Hermann. Mo, for the murder of Alex
ander McViclSers
by FIRE at the Belmont race track in
Philadelphia nine valuable trotters and
PAGERS were burned to death.
FLAMES at st. Charles, Mimi, caused
a loss of over s10O, 000
REV. T. DE WITT TALMAeEs new
tabernucle iIr -Bruulvlyfi was opened to-
his congregation and the public ON
the Goth
The wife and son of Robert Sumer-
halter were thrown from wagon near
Menasha, Wis, duringa runaway, and
the boy was killed and his mother fa-
tally injured. ------v-- ---
Mrs. SARAH CRIsT. after going
twenty-five days without food, owing
TO structure of the stomach, died at De-
eatur, Ill.
EMMET WELLS, the largest merchant
of Rushville, Mo, was shot and fatally
wounded while on his way home at
night by an unknown assassin.
A BUILDING in Philadelphia occupied
by the National Publishing Company
was burned, the loss being $500, 900.
OVER 1000 employees at the Michigan
car works in Detroit struck for in
creased wages.
AT Aberdeen, s. d., the thermometer
registered 92 degrees on the 26th, the
warmest April day in tiIT history of the
country.
A GANG of tramps entered a coach on
south-bound train near Crawfords-
4 Vile, Ind, and tried 10 'iT0fd-u up-tfc
passengers. A fierce battle resulted
and they were driven off.
THE visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 27th was; Wheat,
90, s43, ,562 bushels; corn, 2,4d4, 4s2 bush
els; oats, 2,622, ,S5s bushels.
SEVERAL dwellings near Beda, KY,
were destroyed by small cyclone. No
one was killed.
THE Goth birthday Of Gen. U. S.
Grant was appropriately honored in
New York, Pittsburgh and other cities
on the 2Ith.
MRS. AMELIA HARSEs-- of Fort Smith,
Ark, committed suicide by hanging.
She was demented from the acts of hel
husband, who had robbed her of all
her money and deserted her.
TWENTY-FIVE dwelling houses at For
estport, N Y, were destroyed by fire
THE town of Specht's Ferry, fa.i was
wiped out by fire.
THE seventy-second anniversary OF
the founding OF the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows was celebrated in vari
GUS portions of the country on the 27th
AT Monroe, Mich, Turnkey Tehnei
fatally shot two prisoners who wer'
trying 10 escape.
AT Honey Grove, Tex, compress
and l, 400 bales of cotton were destroyed
by fire, causing loss Of Sl5O,OOO
SOME fend broke into the stable o
Jacob Kemerer near Murraysville, Pa.
and poisoned four imported stations
valued at $4,000.
WHILE Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad, IF For
Washington, Pa, were celebrating thei
wedding anniversary lamp fell, an'
Mrs. Conrad and her daughter Flor
ence were burned to death and Mary
another daughter, was fatally burned.
ENos II. NEBEKER, of Indiana, tn
new United States treasurer, has en-
tered upon the duties of his office.
DURING a wind and rain storm a
West Superior, Wis, several building
were wrecked and Robert Biggerstai
was fatally injured
The receipts Of the American Trae
society for the year, as shown by tn
treasurer's report at the annual meet
ing in Washington, were S3O5, 900.
NEGROES who were deluded into go
ing to Oklahoma in large numbers las
fall were said TO be starving, Manl
were trying to beg their way back Il
their former homes.
FLAMES destroyed Harrisville, N. Y.
a village in the Adirondack region.
GRouND was broken in New Yorl
city on the 27th for Gen. Grants monu
ment
AT Hot Springs, Ark, a man name'
Welden murdered Mrs. Mary Kinzie
his mistress, and then killed himself.
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