The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1891-07-16


a Chicago & Alton traiA.
TuE Falls City bank Of Louisville,
KY, has failed ..with liabilities of
$3.50, 900.
POSTMASTER T. HEsNISeER, of Cof-
feen, ILL.,, fell from y cherry tree and
was fatally hurt.
fHn percentages OF the baseball clubs
In the National leagne for the week
ended on the 11the were: New
York. .5se; Chicago, .lSc; Boston, 800;
Cleveland, .5o7: Philadelphia, .4s4;
Brooklyn, .4s2; Pittsburgh, 4o6 Cincin-
natl, .4o2. The percentages of clubs
in the American association were:
Boston, .e47; st. Louis, cal; Balti-
more, .e11; Columbus, 4so; Athletic,
.472; Cincinnati. .445i louisville, .S71;
Washington. 333.
AT the leading cleating houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on tho 1ith aggregated
81, III, 95s, ,22o, against 81, o2O, 1872, 472 the
previous weelt As coy pared with the
corresponding week Of 1890 the increase
amounted to 0.2.
AT the closing session Of the Christian
Endeavor societies at Minneapolis Rev.
f. E. Clark, of Boston, was reelected
president, with vice presidents from
nearly every state in the union.
MRS. JEFFERSON DAVIS has decided
to give Richmond, Va, the care of her
husbands mortal body.
JOHN MCNEFF, Lizzie Kaiser, Henry
Campbell Leslie Young, John Swan
son and August Maraysta were
| - bo l,1,
THE Niagara Mining and Smelling
Company of Utah has increased the
capital stock to s10,OOO,OoO, and now
controls the largest lead producing
mines in the world.
AN excursion train collided with a
freight train near Aspen, Col, and
seven of the excursionists were killed
and over dozen seriously injured.
MRS KATE WILLIAMS, of Houston,
Tex, has given birth to a boy baby
which has full set of teeth, The new
arrival is perfect child. Not since
the days of Richard Ill has such a
youngster been heard Of.
The livery stable belonging to Sam
uel Tougher at Germantown, Pa, was
destroyed by fire, and thirty-two horses
many of them valuable animals belong
ing to private individuals, perished in
the flames.
NEAR Somerset, Ky, Larkin Jones
and his wife were killed by the car:
while crossing bridge.
THE grasshoppers have caused grea
loss in eastern Colorado They covered
an area of go square miles and had de
stroyed everything green within tha
district.
A CAVERN that rivals the famou
Mammoth cave of Kentucky in extcn
and beauty has been discovered i
southern Oregon.
The white citizens of Ancoma, Tex
, were SO inccnsed because of the syn
: pathy accorded the colored slayer c
DR.. ]. S. Love that they drove all tn
negroes from the place.
AN explosion on the boat Ethel O.
, Coney Island, N. ", killed eight bus
ness men who were fishing
AT Joliet, ILL.,, Adolph Hedborg,
' Swede, shot his wife through the hear
while drunk and then blew out hi
brains.
, In q landslide near Skcena Rive
a Wash, nine houses were destroyed an
b over forty persons, mostly indiana
= were killed.
THE st. Louis hotel at Duluth
l. Mimi, was burned, causing loss
100000.
8 AT Toos, Mo-, Joseph Frank She
n and killed Frank Baclcman and the
Z took his own life In the same manne
= No cause was known for the deed.
THE National Federation of Americ
!, organized to aid the home rule NOV
II ment in Ireland, has issued an addrc'
e bitterly denouncing Mr.. Parnell and d
t. claring that he can no longer be regar
ed as leader of the Irish movement.
l. Mrs. WILLIAM CARPENTER, aged .
S, and her son John were drowned in II
IL river at Camden, N. j., by the upsettil
l. of boat.
w. r. CRozIER, who went from III
lie Ter, Pa, to the war in 1861 and W
n, never heard from afterward, has a
X. peared very unexpectedly in Butler a
Of claimed his property Crozier refus
lie to explain his prolonged absence
at AN unknown, Incorporating gent
man about 90 years of age jumped o'
oi the falls at Niagara Falls.
I'd The liberal party was victorious o'
OF the Mormons and their allies in
school election at Salt Lake City.
p Pussy CAT paced mile at Lexir
an ton, KY, in 2:211f, the fastest time e'
he made by 2-year-old in July.
ut THE Indiana wheat crop this year
,s enormous. Rough estimates make
ng so, 900, 900 bushels, the biggest yield Il
k. the state ever produced.
ed CAPT. GEORGE WALKER and his t
children were rowing on the Hud'
m river near Sing Sing, N. Y, when
'rt boat capsized and the two children W
in drowned.
&c. STARK & Co., bankers at Onei
rk N. Y, made an assignment, with
'ar bilities estimated at S220, 900.
he PERCY HUDSON, proprietor of the
terprise hotel at Silverton, Col, S
he and killed the girl with whom he ,
ar in love because she refused to ma
an him and then killed himself.
of HARD Bros. & Co., spring bed ma
facturers at Oneida, N. Y, have
,p- signed, with indebtedness amount
in to S123, 900.
In I'M. BINGHAM q Co., of Rome,
Y, manufacturers of carriages, h
rty assigned. with liabilities OF 1925, ,0oo
IRE WILL HANLoN, a trapeze perforl
re in Forepaugh's circus, fell during
sv- exhibition at Clinton, To-, and was
most instantly killed.
ng A FURIOUS storm Of wind, rain
ro- hail near Aberdeen, 3. D., destro
og hundreds of acres of promising C,