The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-05-30
WEST AND SOUTH.

A MILE north of Ccntralia. Mo. a cy-
clone one-half mile wide passed and
twenty dwellings were destroyed and
many persons were injured. some fatal
". Large numbers of stock were
killed
4 WIND and hailstorm passed over
Benton. Ill. doing damage to crops in
that place and in Franklin county to
the extent of $500. 900.
A CYCLONE about 1 miles south of
Crcston. Ia, unroofed houses and barns
and DESTROYED shade trees and fences.
On the line between Chippewa Falls
and AbbotSford, Wis, the Northern
Pacific Express Company has been
robbed of $4,000 tn $1,000.
Republicans of kentucky in conven-
tiOn at Lexington nominated A. T.
Wood for governor.
THE death of Alphonso Taft, who
was attorney general of the United
States under President Grant, occurred
at Los Angeles. Cal, aged 81 years.
NEAR Evansville, Ind, a colored man
named Jennings was lynchcd for AS
saulting little white girl. Is years old.
the daughter of George Bowles.
FIRE in the iron works at Knoxville,
Tenn, caused loss of $1,000
THE grand lodge of odd fellows. of
Indiana. in session at Indianapolis,
adopted resolutions to forever exclude
from the order anyone engaged in any
manner with the manufacture or sale
of Intoxicating liquors.
THE Logansport Qnd.) Street Car
Company's stables were burned to the
ground with nearly all of the contents.
OF forty-three mules only fifteen We're
saved.
FIVE men were struck by lightning
while working in tobacco patch at
Ccntcrvillc. Nv.
The failure of the Hills Shot Com
dany of Memphis, Tenn. with liabil-
bilitics of 5000, coo and assets $500. 900,
was announced.
IL the vicinity of Emporia, Kan. cat
tlemen are alarmed over the appearance
of an unknown and fatal disease among
their herds.
THE mayor of Cincinnati has notified
the managers of the base ball park that
games advertised for Sunday will be
prevented by the arrest of the players
if necessary.
FIVE blocks of lumber yards. six
blocks of residences and ST. Patrick's
church at Houston, Tex. were burned,
causing total loss of S5OO.O0O
BETWEEN thirty and forty people
were killed by the cyclone that swept
over some parts of Missouri. The prop
crty loss was about 100000.
FLAMES destroyed the lumber stock
of J. W. Day Il Co. at Minneapolis, con-
sisting of 10 900. 900 feet. Loss, S22S. 900.
NEIL JONES, of Wabash. Ind, while
drunk bit off the entire upper lip of
David Boblett. friend.
GREAT damage was done by storm
in Clermont, Adams and Brown coun-
ties. o.
By wreck on the Southern Pacific
road near Columbus, Tex, one soldier
was killed and four others were fatally
injured.
A wINDsToRM passed over a section
of country - miles north of Arkansas
CITY, Kan, wreclling houses and barns
and devastating fruit orchards
A WIND and hailstorm passed over
Muncie. Ind. doing thousands of dol
lars worth of damage.
WALTER JOHNSON was hanged at
Petersburg. Va. for assault on Eliza
beth Majors: Albert Havenstine was
hanged at Broken Bow, Neb., for the
murder of William Ashley and Hiram
Rotten, and Hiram Sheridan (colored).
who killed DR.. Felix Varrado in 1SSS,
was executed at Magnolia, Miss
IN fight at Ojo lie, n. NJ, three
sheep herders were killed.