Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-20
South and West.

NEWS was received OF a terrible explosion
which occurred in the coal mines at ROslyn,
Washington. Forty-two miners, according
to the first report, were killed in the disas-
ter. The men were working on the fourth
level. RosIyn is in kittitass County, aboIt
seventy miles east of Tacoma. 1t is on a
branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad, aud
has population of about 1900.
The Democratic Convention Of New Mex
leo met at Albuqu srqus. The Committee on
Resolutions reported in favor OF the abso-
lutsly free and unlimited coinage OF silver.
The delegates to Chicago were selected, and,
although they were uuinstructed, all but one
man favored Clevean1.
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL WELL
MAN, OF the Blair Cattle Company. was shot
near Cheyenne Wyoming, and killel from
ambush waile on HIS way 10 Buffalo. Well
man has been in the employ of the cattle
men, and is the first victim Of the vengeance
OF the rustlers.
DURING the night at the site Of the old FoeS.
Ter Brewery in West Dubuque, Iowa, sound
like an earthquake was heard, and next
morning it was discovered that nearly an
acre Of ground had dropped into a subterra'
mean lake which covers vast body o. MN
eral.
The Republican State Convention of Mon.
tana, to select delegates to the National Con-
vention, was held at Missoula. An unln-
structed delegation was elected.
A TERRIFIC tornado passed over Golfers
vile, Tenn, wrecxing many houses ant do
ing great damage.
GEORGE H. GREswoLD, cashier OF thu
Fourth National Bank, OF Columbus Ohio,
has disapp cared with 5000.
The new bridge across the Mississippi was
formally opened at Memphis, Tenn.
D. A. ScHoFGzLD, OF Ewing, Mich, shot
aut killei his wife aa1 then fatally Shot
himself.
TwENTY-sEvEN houses wsce burned at
Savannah, Ga, in one OF the best resi- ience
portions of the city. Loss, aOout Sl00,00J
MIDLAND, Mich, was shaken by the ex-
plosion of battery of four boilers that fur
nished steam for operating a sawmill. The
boiler house was detached from the mill and
was completed wrecked, and considerable
damage was also done to the sawmil Three
employees were klle and eight injurei.
THE Territorial Republican Convention OF
Arizona met at Phoenix. Benjamin Honey
of Tucson, was chosen Chairman, and {. V.
M. Shaver, George Christ A. Frank and
George T.. Brown were elected delegates to
the NaItO1di DcpuOhSdu OOhFNheACh Nv
Minneapolis. They are uuinstructed.
WHEN William Coons returned to his
home at Prescott, Iowa, after a business
trim. he found the horribly maugled bodies
of his wife an1 daughter. They had been
beaten to death with club by au unknown
assassin.
ETIENYE DEscHAMPs was hanged at the
Parish Prison. in New Orleans, La. Dss-
champs's crime was ths murder OF Juliet
Dietscb. agei thirteen, by giving her chloro-
form. He then attempted suicide by the
same agency.
GREAT damage has been done by rains in
the Missouri Valley.
A REMARKABLE welding took place in
Coyington, Ky. 1t was that Of two old
neople of Mount Sterling, Ohio, who said
thew had elopei. Tue bridegroom was
David Heath, who gave his ags as ninety
two years, AMI the bride was Mary L. Het-
rick, who registered as sixty-fvs years old.
THE Bering Sea squadron, consisting of
the United States steamers Yorktown,
Mohican. Adams. Rush and Bear, left Port
Townsend, Washington, for the North.
At Frankfort KY, four men were killed
in a street braw. One Of them was prom
inent Judge.
THE tents and small buildings in the town
NJ Arapahoe were all demolished by the
wini storm which swept over Oklahoma.
Near the town of Frisco five houses were
totally destroyed. Several parsons were
badly injured.