The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-07-14

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cidentally shot and killed William Ocha
and then, seeing what he had done, shot
himself dead
A RAlNsroRM deluged the northern
portion OF, Mississippi and bridges
| were washed away and hundreds of
head of cattle drowned
AT Hiteman, Ia, while trying to ford
Cedar creek Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Innis
and their 4-year-old child were drowned.
FoR nearly mile a cyclone leveled
| houses, orchards, timber, fences and
growing crops in the neighborhood of
| Church Hill. Md.
Grissom and Bob Bell were killed in a
street fight at Clarendon, Tex, the out
come of an old feud.
RIVERS have again inundated thou
| sands of acres of farming land in Fulton
county, Ill.,, entirely destroying this
years crop
A MOB took Edgar Jones (colored),
who killed Michael Turncy, from the
Weston wv. Va.) Jail and hanged him.
WILLIAM f. TURNER, bookkeeper, and
Lester II. Gale, teller, of the City saw
ings bank at Nashville, Tenn, have
| fled with $50, 900 of the banks money.
ARKANSAS republicans in convention
at Little Rock nominated full state
ticket with William G. Whipple, of Lit.
tie Rock, for governor.
FLAMES ruined the business portion
of Pocomoke City, Md, the loss being
500, 900.
THE Kansas democrats in state con-
vention in Topeka decided to indorse
! the electoral and state tickets of the
farmers alliance.
The town of Shoshone, Idaho, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire.
DEMOCRATS of the Third district of
Ccol gio have renominatcd Charles T..
Crisp for congress.
In Minnesota: the anti Donnelly wing
, of the old alliance party met in conven-
ton in St. Paul and nominated James
A. Baker, of Blue Earth county, for
! governor.
FIRE destroyed all but one business
| house and several residences at Joliet
vile, Ind.
AT Fulton, Mich, William Helms,
an old resident. while insane fatally in
| JN' GU liAo " l1C Will d k1lllC ana IlC0
killed himself
FIRE ruined the greater portion of the
town of Arcola, Miss.
ELMER FOIGHNER and Barbara Bolden
were married at huntington, Ind.
The bride had three hours before been
granted divorce from her former hus-
band.
THE Tennessee supreme court says
that Col. Clay King, of Memphis, law
! yer, soldier and author, must hang by
the neck until dead on August II for
the murder of David II. Posten.
By falling wall at Memphis, Tenn,
three men were killed, and railway
property valued at $l1S,OJo was de-
stroyed.
AT Lake City, Col, Edward O'Kellv,
who killed Bob Ford, the slayer of
Jesse James, was found guilty of muir
| der in the second degree.
NEAR McGregor, Ia, Cook & Wait
by's circus was wrecked and thirty val
liable horses We're killed and several of
the show people were injured.
! FLAMES destroyed the largest part OF
the business district of Bethany, Mo-,
, the loss being 100000.
/ The death of Addison Moore tool
ored) occurred at Meridian, Miss, aged
| 13l years.
GEORGE STONE (colorcd) was hanged
at Fayetteville, Tenn. for killing Will
liam Eirklcy.
FIRE wiped out of existence the town
: of Troy, w. Va.
FIRE destroyed the dry goods house of
Neuha>sel Bros. at Toledo O., causing
a loss of $500, 900.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
The French army lost sixteen killed
, and seventeen wounded in a battle with
Tonquinese pirates.
HENRY NJ. STA NLEY was defeated in
his race for a seat in the British parlia-
ment.
IN Germany five recruits who were
on their way to Munster to report for
duty were drowned while crossing the
river Weirrc
FIRE destroyed five vaults of wine
vintage at Bordeaux, France, causing q
loss of 100000 francs.
A BICYCLE race from Paris to Nantes
! and return, distance of 622 miles, was
| won by Allard in 6S hours % minutes.
Tie firm of Isaac Cooke g. Sons,
! prominent cotton brokers at Liverpool,
| failed for $780,
In the Derry borough Justin McCar-
thy, the leader of the anti-Parnellites,
was defeated for parliament by small
majority.
On the 9th a fire that was raging in
st. Johns, n. $, had destroyed ov,
800 buildings, including all the princi-
pal structures in the city, and over
5000 persons were homeless.
DURING a fight between a force OF
CHILEAN cavalry and large number of
armed bandits thirty-one of the latter
| were killed and as many more wounded.