The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-06-28
FIGHTWITH A MANIAC
THRILLING STRUGGLE WITH AN
ESCAPED LUNATiC.
Distressing Tragedy at u Michigan Town
-IlOosier Town Gets o Glimpse Of
HeAven; or Was 1t ChicagO:-bad
Floods In the SOut Invest.
From Fur and Near.


An insane patien. who is reported TO
have escaped from the Cook County 'llli-
nOis) ins une asylum caused wild panic
III the Cunning suburban train on the thi-
cH2o. Milwaukee and st. Paul Hallway
Friday Bcfor. being subdued he nearly
ChOked the life out OF brakeman j. Nei!is
aud roughly handled Conductor Joseph
Tidball aud "a baker name1 schipper The
Passengers were frantic with excitement
- the lunat!c dashed the tratnnen about
like toys and ripped Off their uniforms
The Infatuated man fairly frothed at his
mouth and would probably have Killed
some Of the trainmen or passengers had
not three police officers appeared at the
Craxin station and taken him in cusio
Quiet was then restored, the passengers
resumed their seats and the tra;nmen W.
tied the baggage-car to wash the blood
from their faces
AT Sault Ste Marie. Mich. John Corri-
gan was accidentally killed Friday morn
Ing COrri,an had gone O"t OF tho house
Tor some purpose. aud on his return his
daughter. not having heard him leave and
thinking burglars were trying to enter.
gave alarm One OF tho roomers
aroused by her cries. shot at the object he
detected in the darkness Corr!san was q;
years old and highly esteomed.
the western sky cont ained Il beautiful
picture in the form OF a mirage. Painted
On the sky was Il beautiful city. with its
churches, spires. elegant buildings and
wide streets lined with shade trees. The
adjacent hillsides were covered with green
foliage, and peaceful river shOne Ike
silver The cloud, which surrounded this
scene we're tinted with the various colors
of the rainbow. Tho rare scene lasted
thirty minutes.
Extensive floods have prevailed the
last few days In Southeastern New MEXICO
and Western Texas. The tiume OF the Pc
Cos Valley lrrigatiny aud Improvement
COmpanys canal and the Texas and Pa
ciGc Railroad bridge were carried away by
the flood In Block River. The railroad is
in bad shape. both east and west OF Pecos.
The Cripple Creek. Colo, district is
suffering from II caterpillar plague. In
the vicinity OF Four Mile the worms have
eaten all the leaves or the aspen trees
The ruts in tho wagon roads are filled up
level with the worms, which OF the
common gray variety. At the bottom IT
abMnd Dned prospect holes the caterpilars
lie two feet deep Spring Creek has in
places been turned out OF its course by the
cxtcrpiliars The army IL slowly making
Its way eastward
Tho largest and cOstlie,t organ In the
United States. II not In the world. the gift
Of Edward Searles to Grace Episcopal
Church OF San Francisco. was dedicated
Friday night Horace q. Plutt. MIR.
tearles' representative. presented the or
gan. and Rev. X Foutc responded for tho
parish. The church organi,t played tho
opening anthems. and Everett TruettS
the noted Boston organist. also played.
no S,,nr hos do.. a I'd
the cigarette tax law constitutional
The grand jury at Greenvillc. Ten. has
found true bills against Tom Henderson
and e. A. Johnson Tor Inspiring to swindle
galway companies They are charged
with buying cheap stock and tying IT on
the railway tracks and getting a handsome
sum from the Company after the stock as
killed Both men arc In jail
James Thomas was overcome by heat
at Huntington. Ind. and cannot recover
The mercury stood one hundred in the
shade
Clara Newton and Maude Madison,
girls OF l. years each. Of prominent FAM
HES at Anoha. Mimi, we're drowned In the
Rum River.
While Frank White and James Per-
zine. young men OF Valparaiso. Ind. were
were going home Wednesday night an uu-
known man. hiding behind tree. at
tempted TO assassinatc them, Ho fred one
bullet which almost reached the mark.
and then the would-be nssassin's gun
missed fire and he fled.
"A call has been issued for the national
ronvento ion OF the Colorei Voters League
OF Pennsylvania. New York and West Vir-
ginia to be held at Newcastle. Pa. CT
Aug s. The object OF the league is to ell
evate tho race. protest against the out
RACES pcrpetrated upon the coiored peopl.
OF the United States. and to SOW seeds OF
independent thought and action.
The contract has been let for the con.
struction OF the irrigation ditch south o
the Ekhorn River by the i.lkho-n lrrica.
t!On mpany and work Will be- in in IL !e,
days The contract provides for the com
pletion OF the ditch by Nov. /. 1894 l
will irri.atc one OF the pretties, sections
OF the country. comprising over $500
acres
The Grand Jury at Brazil. Ind. o.
Thursday filed atf;davits aSains: Jane
Booth William Wills n. Eosert Rankin
Finest Poar. William Carr. William Gard
ner. William Warren and Charles Stoc X
charging them with the assassination o
EuS inecr William Barr GU the Vaudali;,
June Il
Sheridan troop, n. i. & under comman,
u! Brig. Gen. John A. Wiiev. reache;
ruuN>utawney. Pa. Friday. The troop
mustered nearly one thousand men au,
were marched at t. Wal>,on, tn
scene OF the trouble. What the outcome
will be is hard to determine bu, Their
will hc difficulty with the Enslisu.
speaking miners The trouble is en,ir.l,
with the foreisners-Hun~ Italians at,
SlavS Horatio miners are cuie, and wi,
probably remain
West bound merchandise rates fror
Chicago and the Mississippi to the Missouri
River and .tsard are to be advanced a,
along the line In July. The advance wa
decided upon at meeting OF the traf
managers in st. Louis several DAYS ago
Princess Colonna has teSua sui, u
Naples for 4 judicial separation from tn
Prince