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number will bo increased to $4,000.
MADISON, Ill, town of 500 inhabi-
tants, was flooded on the 10th. This
was caused by the breaking Of the Chi
cago & Alton embankment. Within q
radius of twenty miles around ST. Louis
200 square miles of land are under water.
Fully 10000 people are without shelter.
In st. Louis over 20, 900 people have been
thrown out of work by factories being
inundated. Over 10000 head of cattle
of cattle have been drowned. The loss
aggregates millions.
AT Rockford, Ill, on the 18th j. ID.
Smith, about SO years of age, whose
wife had become infatuated with the
bogus Christ Schweinfurth, committed
suicide in sensational manner He
climbed upon the railing Of a bridge, re-
ferred for moment to book which he
held in his hand and then plunged into
the water, q distance Of about sixty
feet.
OLIVER CURTIS PERRY, the train rob-
Der, on the 10th pleaded guilty to four
indictments in court at Lyons, N. Y,
and was sentenced to forty-nine and
quarter years at hard labor in Auburn
prison.
FIFTY armed men from Tullahoma
went to Manchester, Tenn, and pro-
ceeded straight TO the jail They forced
an entrance and in n few minutes
Charles Everett, u negro, was swinging
from the railroad bridge.
THE comptroller of the currency has
called for report of the condition of
all national banks at the close of busi-
ness Tuesday, May II.
AT Washington, d. c., on the 10th,
John NJ. Lackey, private secretary to
Gen. Rosecrans, register Of the treas
ury, shot himself through the heart
Temporary alteration Of mind is given
as the probable cause Of the rash act.
FROM $4,000, 900 the National Elgin
Watch Company contemplates increas-
ing its capital stock to S5,000,000 and
perhaps 10000, 900, and to give present
stockholders q stock dividend of nearly
200 per cent. A meeting of the stock
holders has been called for June 8, at
which time this plan will be considered
and undoubtedly adopted.
AT Boston, Mass, on the 10th
petition in insolvency was fled against
E. F. Wilson, wholesale jeweler, by
Messrs. Robert & Foster, watchmakers,
who claim that he owes them $4,000
and that he owes in all to various
people $40, 900 and that he has left town
with the intention Of defrauding his
creditors.
The tenth annual congress Of the
Baptist churches Of the United States
convened at Philadelphia, Pa, on the
10th. Over 1000 delegates were present
The destruction Of life and property
in the Arkansas valley near Pine Bluff,
Ark, increases in magnitude with every
new report Sixteen negroes were
drowned on Hensly island. Several
more people lost their lives near Red
Bluff. The loss TO the growing cotton
crop Is incalculable.
The worst news Of the food at Sioux
| Olty, Ia, Hho Occu VOlu anu eiAo uCabh
list will not exceed twenty.
A DREADFUL murder and suicide was
committed at East Orange, N. j., on the
2Oth. Gabriel Frankowitz, a Russian
Jew who worked in carriage factory,
shot his wife through the head and then
shot himself.
THE business failures during the week
ended May 20 number for the United
States 100, Canada 2S, total 1872, as com
pared with 175 the previous week and
254 for the corresponding week of last
year.
CAPIAsEs were sent out from the
United States district court at Boston
on the Goth for the arrest Of all whisky
trust officials recently indicted, and are
now in the hands Of the sheriffs.
A DISPATCH from Baton Rouge, La,
on the Goth says the levees are in great
danger from the mouth Of the Red river
TO New Orleans United States Engi-
neer Hardy doubts the ability Of the
levees to stand the strain much longer
and says the greatest food height has
not yet been reached.
AT New Orleans, La, on the Goth the
street car lines upon which the drivers
struck the day before were still tied up.
Efforts were made 10 run cars but
without success. The strikers derailed
the cars, sometimes overturning them.
The police made many arrests, but were
unable TO keep any cars running. No
serious riot occurred at any point.
DURING the session of the Presby-
terian general assembly at Portland,
Ore, on the Goth, DR.. Green, of New
Jersey, read letter from a Salt Lake
City man offering land valued at $780,
900 for Presbyterian college in that
city. The offer was accepted.
MARTIN REED, under sentence OF
death for murder, and two other prison
ers serving light terms, escaped from
the county Jail at Washington, Pa, on
the night of the 10Th. The sheriff offers
n reward Of $500 for Reeds capture.
AT Keene, n. H., the ground was COW
cred by an inch Of snow on the Goth. At
Dublin three inches fell and at Chester
| field six.
THE relay cyclists bearing Gen. Miles
message left Buffalo, N. Y, at 0:l5 on
the night of the Goth and were expected
10 reach Rochester ahead of schedule
time.
AT Preston, Ia., on the goth Chi
cago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul freight
train crashed into sidetraclScd work
train, fatally injuring Engineer Owens
The other trainmen were not seriously
injured. One engine was demolished
and fifteen cars ditched, tearing away
about half the depot and several hun