The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-01-26
DOMESTIC,

ISAAC F. ABBOTT. cashier of the
Dover On. H. National bank. killed
himself when it was discovered that he
was a defaulter. The bank closed its
doors.
The Rhymes and Roberts families,
near Douglas, Ga, had trouble in a
lawsuit, and Mrs. Rhymes and two
daughters stabbed the three Roberts
girls.
DAVID PAGEN, 90 years old. froze to
death in his cabin IN Kings mountain,
near Arlington, Va.
REV. JOHN SCHNEIDER, of the Metho-
dist church at Fort Howard, Wis, de-
clared he would eXpel any member of
his church who persisted in dancing.
JOSEPH II. MEEKER's sugar refinery
near Lecompte, La, was destroyed by
fire, the loss being $780, O0.
ALL the trolley lines in Brooklyn,
with one exception, were tied up by a
strike of their employees, who numbered
nearly 5000.
AID. JOHN WALSH, of Vicksburg,
Miss. was indicted for illegal voting,
lot being a n~aturalized citizen.
D.. l. DLSb AOSI hCA III III
irving to rescue her two children from
a burning house at Buena Vista. Ga.
The livery barn of NJ. W.. Wilson at
Alton, ILL.,. with contents and eight
horses were burned.
MANY farmers lear Jacksonville, ILL.,,
have lost valuable cattle by a disease
that battles veterinary doctors.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States OIL the 14th was: Wheat,
sc. Jos, 900 bushels: corn, Al. Os3, 900 bush
els; oats, 1865. 900 bushels: rye, $4,000
bushels; barley, 2,264, 900 bushels.
IN his inaugural address Gov. Nor
rill, of Kansas, warned his hearers to
cease talking about reputation.
SIXTY of 125 dairy cows examined at
Charles City. Ia. were found to be suf-
fering from tuberculosis and were
killed.
THE defalcation of its treasurer. Isaac
Abbott, forced the Five cent savings
bank of Dover, II. H., into the hands of
a receiver.
SOUTH DAKoTA's governor has of
fered a reward OF $4,000 for the cap
ture of w. W. Taylor, the a~bsconding
state treasurer.
THOMAS WHITRIDGE. consul to Chilli,
and his wife. fell from a ladder while
trying to escape from their burning
home at Baltimore and were killed.
BECAUSE of domestic trouble Thomas
]. Beckwith fatally shot his wife at
Elkhart, Ind, and then killed himself.
THE Stadt theater at Milwaukee.
while being decorated for a charity
ball, caught fire and vas Don de-
stroyed.
F. W. JOPLIN IA appointed postmas-
ter at Elizarethtown, KY, succeeding
Mrs. benjamin Helm, a sister of Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln.
AS THE result of a terrible explosion
of giant powder in a warehouse at
Butte, Mont. seventy-ive persons were
killed and probably twice hat number
were seriously injured. The property
loss Z~as 81, 900. 600.
R. Ii. BARNUM. a Mormon elder. has
organized a church of his faith at
Grapevine, W. Va, with t~wenty-four
members.
ONE man was killed and three others
injured. two fatally, in a saloon row at
Mitchell, Ill.
PATRoLMAN W. T. BIRCH. of the Green
Run life station, Charles W. Baker and
Charles Hudson were drowned near
Lewes. Del.
AT the forty-second annual meeting
In New York of the American Society
of Civil Engineers G. 5. Morrison, of
Chicago. was elected president.
The trustees of Beloit Wis., college
decided unanimously to admit women
to the present courses of study.
OHIO wool growers in convention at
Columbus declared the new tariff law
to be a colossal political crime"
A BILL to make train robbery a CAPT.
tai crime was introduced in the Mis-
souri, house BIZ Speaker Russell.