The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-04-21

1000.
The recent cyclone in Missouri killed
eight persons at Hawkins Bank, five at
Lexington, two at Stanbury, two at
Steeleville and five at Page. A large
number of persons in the places named
were injured, some fatally.
JEFFEsoN ID. BARNETT (white) was
murdered by negro near Eufaula,
Ala. His murderer was run down by a
posse, shot and wounded and then
burned.
Mrs. MARY GETCHEFsKY, of Green's
burg, Pa, cut her newborn child into
small pieces and threw the remains into
the sewer,
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 14th aggregated
81, 210, 901, 1872, against 81, 1893, 742 ,949 the
previous week. The increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1892 was 90.
WILLIAM BOND (colored) was hanged
at Rockville, Nd, for the murder of
Margaret Cephas (colore0 November
%, 1891.
A CYCLONE which struck Thibodeaux,
La, and vicinity wrecked several build
ings, killed fifteen persons and injured
many others.
Two POLICEMEN named Firth and
Henry Talcott, officers in the employ of
the Milwaukee Railroad company at
Dubuque, Ia, were shot dead while at
tempting to arrest tramps.
AT Columbus, o., John E. Mcbride,
of Ohio, was elected president and
Patrick Mcbride secretary-treasurer of
the United Mine Workers of America.
BUSINESS failures to the number of
200 occurred in the United States in the
seven days ended on the 18th, against
223 the preceding week and 226 for
the corresponding time last year.
A FOREST fire in Warren county, N.
c., swept over miles of country, de-
stroying over 200 farm buildings and
much other property.
FIRE in the establishment of the L.
NJ Rumsey Manufacturing company in
st. Louis did nearly 5000, 600 DANA s.
w. G. IRWIN GILLIs, a well-lnown
young Louisville man of prominent
family, and Lizzie Kellner, young
WOlhell, ID VI VIC
were found dead in bed at hotel in
Louisville. 1t was evident that the
woman poisoned Willis and then took
poison herself
In the Ohio oil fields over fifty der
ricks were blown down by heavy winds,
causing great damage.
UP to April there had been cxpend-
ed toward building the worlds fair &c.
7OS, s26.4S, and the total receipts were
ST. ,496, 432.
FLAMES in the yards of the West
Michigan Lumber company at Diamond
Lake caused loss of Sl00,00
THE worlds fair directors met in Chi
cago and reelected all the old officers
with Ii. N. IIiginbotham as president.
JOHN HILL, colored lad of II years,
was hanged at Camden, N. j., for the
shooting on October 10 of Joseph bod
son, also colored.
IT was reported that thirty men were
killed by explosions in the Homestead
Terra and Highland mines near Dead
wood S. ID.
WILLIAM HARDIN, the foreman of a
cattle company who shot and killed a
Mexican at Monticello, n. NJ, was cap
tured by mob, riddled with bullets,
and his body mutilated in a horrible
THE city stables at Atlanta, Ga, were
destroyed by fire and 40 mules persisted
in the flames.
THE report of the statistician of the
of agriculture shows that
the approximate number of the several
classes of farm animals in the whole
country is: Horses, 1G,207 ,000 cattle,
81, 47s,OOO; sheep, 1000; swine, 49,.
095, 900.
The steamer Nellie Bly, blew up near
Winamac, Ind, seriously injuring eight
persons.
HENRY PERRY was hanged at Ben.
nettsville, S. c., for the murder of l.. ID.
Taylor, white man on August 6, 1892,
and Charles Scott (coloredD was exc.
cuted at Tyler, Tex, for the murder OF
b. III. Curtis on July IL.
THOMAS II. DUDLEY, of Camden, N. j.
ex-consul to Liverpool, dropped dead at
a'railway station in Philadelphia.
MAT BITsoN, the murderer of his wife
and Mrs. Hern, was captured at the
of John earle, near Clinton,
Wis.
TWELVE of the trunk line railways
having termini in Chicago have SUBJ
scribed for the last $1,000 900 worth OF
the 100000 of bonds issued by the
exposition company to finish the work
Of building the worlds fair.
MRS. JOHN BUDNER, aged 16 years, OF
Beaver Brook, N. j., gave birth to four
children, two boys and two girls. Both
mother and children were doing we'll
The duke of Veragua, lineal de- |
scendant of Christopher Columbus, ar
rived in New York from Spain to help |
open the Worlds Columbian exposition |
next month.
The Lake Shore Railway company |
has refused to reinstate the engineers |
who quit work at Toledo, o., recently.
NEARLY the entire business portion |
If Alto Paso, ILL.,, was destroyed by fire.
JOHN ScHARDT, cashier of the Me-
,hanics' Savings Bank 81 Trust COM
oauy at Nashville, Tenn, was said to
De sos, 900 short in his accounts. The
discovery caused the suspension of the
bank.