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


and then, seeing what he had done, shot
himself dead.
A RA1NsToRM deluged the northern
portion of Mississippi and bridges
| were washed away and hundreds of
| head of cattle drowned.
AT Hitcman, Ia, while trying to ford
Cedar creek Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Innis
and their 4-year-old child were drowned.
For nearly a mile a cyclone leveled
houses, orchards, timber, fences and
growing crops in the neighborhood of
Church Hill. Md.
CONSTABLE j. +. GREEN, Brigham
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 Turney, 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 $4,000 of the banks money.
ARKANSAS republicans in convention
at Little Rock nominated full state
ticket with William G. Whipplc, of Lit
tie Rock, for governor.
FLAMES ruined the business portion
of Pocomoke City, Md, the loss being
500, OOo
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
Georgia have renominatcd Charles r.
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
jured his wife with knife and then
killed himself.
FIRE ruined the greater portion of the
town of Arcola, Miss.
ELMER Fo1GnNER and Barbara Boldcn
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 IL for
the murder of David II. Posten.
BY falling wall at Memphis, Tenn,
three men were killed, and railway
property valued at $llS,OJO was de-
StrOyed.
AT Lake City, COL, Edward O'Kelly,
who killed Bob Ford, the slayer of
Jesse James, was found guilty of muir
der in the second degree.
NEAR McGrcgor, Ia, Cook & Wait
by's circus was wrecked and thirty val
liable horses were 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.
ored) occurred at Meridian, Miss, aged
131 years.
GEORGE STONE (colorcd) was hanged
at Fayetteville, Tenn, for killing Will
liam Hirklcy.
FIRE wiped out of existence the town
of Troy, w. Va.
FIRE destroyed the dry goods house of
NcuhaSSel Bros. at Toledo, O., causing
loss Of 100000.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
The French army lost sixteen killed
and seventeen wounded in battle with
TonQuinese pirates.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY was defeated in
his race for u 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 600, 600 francs
A BICYCLE race from Paris to Nantes
and return, distance of 623 miles, was
won by Allard in 6S hours % minutes.
TIE firm of Isaac Cooke g. Sons.
prominent cotton brokers at Liverpool,
failed for S75O,OOO.
IN the Derry borough Justin McCar-
thy, the leader of the anti-Parnellitcs,
was defeated for parliament by a small
majority.
On the 9th a fire that was raging in
st. Johns, n. S., had destroyed over
500 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.