The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1891-07-11

! yer and minor coins. s19. 9S2, ,003; nat
| ional bank notes, $3.50, Ia, and de
posits with national banks, S2S, 35s, 500.
\ DISASTROUS storm swept over Ran.
som and Sargent counties. :. d., on the
I'd, completely destroying nearly 10000
acres of growing crops. In Miller
! township there are 1.20O acres of grow
| ing wheat ruined and in Kingston town
! ship 100. Whole farms in Ransom cOun-
| ty have been devastated by the terrific
storm of hail and wind which swept
| over it.
TIE st. Louis Republics Holy Land
| tours contest resulted in the selection
of Rev. DIR. Cave for the tour of the Holy
| Land and Father brennan for the tour
| of Europe. Rev. DR. Matthews, the third
on the list, will also be presented with
"a tour by the promoters of the contest.
! The votes of the three were: DIR. Cave,
| $50, ,S73: Father brennan, ll69Os; DR.
Matthews, 79.14l.
a STATEMENT prepared at the treas
ury department shcws there vas net
decrease of Si,2lO, ,o54 in the circulation
! during the month of June and a net de-
crease of S7,O36, 5Oi in the money and
bullion in the treasury during the same
! time,
| ARGUMENTS were made, on the I'd, in
! the Few Tails murder trial at Sturgis,
| =. d., and the case went to the jury in
| the afternoon. After being out two
hours the jury returned verdict of not
| guilty, and the white men charged with
/ 4 4.
erty.
JUICE JAMES VI. LOVE, of the United
| States district court for the southern
district of Iowa, died at his home in
| Eeolluk on the evening of the I'd.
Judge Love was born in Virginia in
| 1919, and has occupied Il position on the
| United States bench since 1856.
SIR GEORGE BADEN POWELL. the En-
glish Bchring sea commissioner ap-
pointed to arbtrate the scaling que:-
! tion, arrived at New York, on the 5th,
on the Etruria He will spend Il few
days at Ottawa in consultation with
| Premier Abbott and Minister of the
| Marine Service Tuppcr, when he will
| leave for Vancouver, where he will be
| joined by the commissioner on behalf
of Canada. DR.. Dawson, and their course
will bc direct for Behring sea.
WHILE laboring under an attack of
religious insanity, on the 5th, Mrs.
| Mary Millmer, of Pittsburgh, Pa, at
| tempted to kill her S-months-old babe
| by hitting it on the head with hatchct.
| The bahy's cries attracted the attention
of Il woman who lived in the same
house, who prevented her from finishing
her deadly work. Mrs. Miller says her
child is second Christ and it was her
duty To kill it. The baby cannot live.
SEVERAL fires in San Francisco, re-
| Sultiug from the use of fireworks on the
| eth, caused losses aggregating $780,
600. Ono fireman was fatally injured
and five others badly hurt by a falling
| ladder.
WHILE troops were practicing on
the construction of ponton bridge on
the river Aar. near Solcure, in Switzer-
land, on the 5th, the pontons capsizcd
and nineteen men were drowned.
RECEIPTS of wool at Boston, for the
week ended on the 4th, were l3,377
bale domestic and SIC bales foreign.
Sales, 1,651,00 pounds domestic and
100000 pounds foreign.
THE Chilian transport Itata and the
! United States steamer Charleston ar
rived at San Diego, Cal, on the 5th,
direct from Iquiquc, Chilli, after trip
of twcnty-threc days.
| EX-VICE PRESIDENT HANNIBAL HAM
LIN, who served during the first term OF
President Lincoln, died suddenly, OF
the evening of the 4th, at Bangor, Ne.
A GERMAN merchant named Donner
has donated 1000, 900 marks to erect a
hospital at Hamburg.