The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-01-08

CHARLES BEALE, q negrD-t was lynchcd
at Chiffon, Tex, for murdtring wom-
an, and negro and white man were
Iynchci in Ncsboba Couaty Miss, for
robbery. sS
Two MEN, woman and Il boy were
burned to death by a fire IN the Avenue
Hotel at Corsicana, Tex.N
The statement of the public debt is
sued on the I'd showed the total debt
to be ~ ,541, 81, 1873; cash in the Treas
ury, S62t ,SGS, s44; debt less cash in the
Treasury, 1862, 430, ,541. Fpccrcasc dur
ing December, sl1, ,0O5,89s. Decrease
since June 30, 1890, s35,Gy7, ,40i.
THE number of deaths reported in
New York City during tie year 1870 ag-
gregatcd 4o,23O, against 89,5s3 in 1889
and 40, 175 in 1888.
THE large manufact ring establish
ment of the Ohio Blu gy Company at
Columbus, o., was bur ID. Loss, Sl75,-
600. o.. -
AN engineer and hssman Oh the Bal
timore & Ohio road were killed in
collision at Knoxville, Tenn.
AT the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the Sd aggregated
S093. IA, 1865, against S1.s5S, ,590,273 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1889 the decrease
amounted to 1913.
TuE widow of John Clifton and three
of her children, who lived at Farming
ton, Kan, were found starved to death,
and two other children were nearly
dead.
SEVERAL prominent residents of
Gladesyillc, w. Va, while intoxicated
became involved in Il fight and four
were instantly killed.
A HEAVY fall of slate in the Diamond
mine at Coal Bluff. Ind, killed Henry
and Joseph Mcmahon, father and son.
BEVERLY and Nelly O'Ncal and
Alexander Tcrrill, convicted at Baton
Rouge, La, of man,laughter in bull
doing negroes, were each sentenced to
twenty years imprisonment.
Two shocks of earthquake were felt
at Elwood, Ind.
CHARLES WILLIS, for fifteen years
treasurer of the Stockbridge Mass
Savings Bank, was discovered to be Il
defaulter to the extent of S25, 900.
FIRE destroyed y. j. Hamburger 5
tannery at Oswego Falls, n. Y, caus-
ing a loss of Sl0O00O.
THE main buildings of the Geneva
worsted mill at Providence, r. l., were
burned. Loss, S1OO, 900; insurance, 500
900.
ONE-uALF the. town of Columbus
Grove, o., was destroyed by fire.
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Kentucky ruined many fine orchards,
and large number of sheep, hogs and
fowls pcrished.
DEPUTY MARsuAL Tom LILY had Il
desperate battle with three whisky
pcddlers in the Chickasaw nation and
killed them all.
JOSEPH FIELDS, of Paola, Ind, treas
urer of Orange County, was said to be
short Sl1 900
MEs. WILSON and Mrs. Miller, two
women residing near Wheeling, w Va,
fought with butcher knives and Mrs.
Wilson was fatally injured.
A SALOON belonging to a man named
Stephenson was burned at Van lsurcn,
o., by persons representing Il secret
society which is pledged to see that no
saloon shall operate in Van Burcn,
THREE small children of NJ. G. Bell,
a farmer living in Barber County, Kan,
straycd away from home and were
frozen to death.
AT Toledo, o., two employees of the
Lake Shore railroad were instantly
killed by the backing of an engine into
train of flat cars.
THE Secretary of War has transferred
to the Interior Department the aban'
doned military reservation of Fort Glib
son, Ind, r., containing j.3+l acres
and the abandoned military reserva-
ton of Fort Crawford, Col, containing
5,Ii2 acres.
MANY hundreds of hogs in Brown
County, Kan, were dying from cholera
TWELVE men were killed in the L ttica
mine near San Andrcas, Cal, by the
fall of cage.
AT Lone School-housc, Tex, Charles
Bcal (colored), who assaulted Mrs
Fisher, was hanged by mob.
EDWARD and Henry Spicrs and Harry
Slower, aged respectively H. Is and y
years were drowned while skating a,
Keyport, n. j.
SIX citizens of Dodge and Telfail
counties, Ga, were convicted OF the
murder of John G. Forsyth at Norman
dale in October last and sentenced tC
life imprisonment.
A DISPATCH from Pine Ridge, S. b.
says that Captain Wallace killed a
least five Indians before he himself wa!
slain at the recent battle of Wounded
Knee.
THE Bureau of American Republics II
informed that the Government of Can
ada has decided to establish commercial
agencies in Mexico, Brazil, the ArgCn
tine Republic and Chill.
THE stock of wheat in the Northwes
was figured at 22,3j4, S53 bushels, an in
crease of 522,396 bushels since las
week.
AT Michigan City, Ind, an assign
ment was made by j. l.. Wilson Il Co.
lumber dealers. with $780, liabilitie
and assets of $4,000.
The visible supply of grain in stor
in the United States on the 5th was
Wheat. %, s47, ,075 bushels; corn, 2,757,
sos bushels oats, 3, 1885, ,603 bushels.
An assignment was made at Cincin
natl by the Dueber Watch Compan,
with nominal assets of 81 800, 600 an,
liabilities of S+50,000.
The Arnold Shoe Company, one o
the largest concerns in Findlay, o.
made an assignment.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Mrs. ELIzABErm MITCHELL died o.