The Greenville times., 1894-10-27

A DISPATCH from st. Petersburg on
the 21st said that the ezarina, who has
watched constantly at her husbands
bedside, has had stroke of apoplexy.
Disastrous floods are reported in
northeastern China. A rich agrieul-
tural district. $50 miles long and 10 TO
30 miles wide. was submerged Many
women and children were drowned and
an enormous property loss suffered.
The house of Silas Jones. 8 miles
from Knoxville, Ia, burned recently
and both he and his wife were burned
TO einders. The belief was current
that Mrs. Jones, in a fit of insanity,
murdered her husband and then burned
the house.
A wIDowER named Cox. living alone
with son and daughter, young
children, miles south of Ardmore, |.
T., was filling lamp with oil when
the oil became ignited and they were
all enveloped in flames. The children
have died and the father was not ex'
pected to recover.
ONE of the most disastrous explosions
that has occurred on the drainage
canal happened on the morning of the
2lst when three men were killed out
right and three more seriously injured.
The explosion took place at Kicker and
Leans camp, near Summit, ILL., A
gang of men were at work putting in a
blast when the giant powder exploded,
blowing three men TO pieces. In the
evening another explosion took place
at the same camp, where two men were
killed and one wounded.
PosTNAsTER-GENERAL BIssELL has is
sued an order that hereafter an address
label may be posted on the message
side of an envelope as well as the ad.
dress side of Il postal card.
Orro WoSIGKEIT, aged 81, and Henry
Ermisch, aged 10, were hanged in the
Jail inclosure at St Paul, Mimi, on the
10th for the murder of a barkeeper,
whom they were attempting TO rob May
last.
ended the 10th said that the domestic
trade reported by railroad earnings in
October was "a per cent. less than last
year. Business had not yet reached
expectations and it was evident that
the loss of part of the corn crop and
the low prices Of other great staples
had affected the buying power of mill
lions
THE federal grand jury at Chicago
on the 10Th returned an omnibus in
dictment against Debs and the officers
of the American Railway union and
large number of persons charged with
participation in violence and the OBJ
struction Of the mails and commerce
on the different roads last summer. In
all sixty-nine persons were included in
the blanket indictment.
FIRE at the county hospital at Den.
yer, Col, recently caused great excite
ment among the patients, but all were
removed without injury. The fire
started from an electric wire in the
building occupied by the consumptives
and was extinguished by the fire de-
partment
BASEBALL men representing six cities
gathered together at Philadelphia on
the 18th and after six hours delibera-
ton announced the formation of the
American Association of Base ball clubs,
with circuit made up thus far of
Philadelphia, New York. Brooklyn in
the east, and Chicago, Pittsburgh and
Milwaukee in the west. The eighth
club is to be located in st. Louis, De.
troit, Columbus or Buffalo, with chances
favoring the latter.
An Louisville, KY, the Inflated new
Louisville and Jeffersonville bridge
was the scene of another accident on
the nth. Three were hurt. one per.
haps fatally. The accident was caused
by the falling of part of the false work
under the fourth span, which had just
| been completed and locked.