Morris tribune., 1895-04-03

into Fort Howard, Wis, because the.
frequented saloons.
THE district between Pleasantville
N. j., and Brigantine junction wa'
burned over by a forest fire, many
buildings and large quantity of tim
Der being consumed, the loss aggregat
ing thousand of dollars.
WYCKoFF, Mimi, a town of about COZ
inhabitants, was almost completely
wiped out by fire.
The New England coast was visited
by a hurricane, the wind attaining 6
velocity of seventy-fve miles an hour
and doing much damage to shipping.
CENTRAL Iowa was swept by dust
storms, which partially obscured the
sun and hindered railroad traffic.
The boiler of the Langston sawmil
near Apple Valley, Ga. exploded, kill
ing William Goode, John Langston and
a negro woman.
THE Nonpartisan Women's Christian
| Temperance union at Kansas City de-
cided to remove their hats at church
services and all indoor meetings.
SAMUEL MCWILLIAMs, a notorious
bandit, and a companion were shot
down while robbing store at Braggs
| Station, Ark.
! FEDERAL officials at San Francisco
unearthed gang engaged in circu-
lating forged Chinese residence papers.
THE wind reached a velocity of rs
miles an hour in New York, doing
much damage to shipping.
The theatrical company that left St.
Louis to walk to New York in 1O5 days
on a wager gave up the job at Effing-
ham, Ill.
A MYSTERIOUS man, alleged to have
been private secretary to the king of
Sweden, died in poverty at Clinton, La.
Two AMERICAN warships were or
dered to Nicaragua, presumably topro-
tect American interests.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 29th aggregated
SSSS, $50, 464, against 1852, 491, 395 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
t 1894. was EOS.
AN anti-cigarette ordinance went into
effect in Lawrence, Kan, and no
cigarettes can be purchased in that
city
SILVER in very rich quantities was
discovered in the mountains in Wayne
county, w. Va.
THE Bank of Canton, Kan, sus-
pended. 1t had Sc, 900 capital and $17,-
900 deposits and was a private concern.
ALL the plate glass factories in the
country, with a few exceptions, have
closed down and will not resume until
May l.
THERE were 234 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Goth, against 27s the
week previous and 23S in the CORE
spending time in 1894.
THE Bristol (Tenn.) Bank and Trust
company assigned with liabilities of
1924, 100.
The hottest weather ever known in
the northwest in March prevailed on
the Doth, the mercury reaching 90 de-
grees above zero IN some places. The
average in Iowa and Illinois was 80 de-
grees.
THE residence OF israel Higbie,
wealthy farmer of Northport, l.. l.,
was burned, and his daughter, Mrs.
William Reeves, and her young daugh-
ter were burned to death.
THE direct inheritance tax levied by
the last Ohio legislature was declared
by the circuit court at
Cincinnati
REPORTS from the middle and north |
western. states indicated that crops
were in great danger by reason of |
drought.
A MILLION pounds of sugar. alleged |
to contain arsenic, was sold at auction |
at Philadelphia for $4,000.
JOHN A. Brown, aged 80, shot his |
wife, aged "a. in Philadelphia, and |
then committed suicide. Domestic |
trouble was the cause.
The question of removing the CAPT |
tai of Minnesota from st. Paul to Mini
neapolis was decided in favor of St. |
Paul.
THE boiler in a sawmill at East Leon,
O., blew up. d. j. Ingersoll, the own
er, and his uncle, Denziel Ingersoll. !
were instantly killed.
A BEEF famine, the most alarming in
the history of the trade for many years,
threatened the entire eastern section
Of the country.
Rev. w. E. BROWN, of the Shiloh
Baptist church (colored), at Fredericks-
burg, Va, baptized $50 converts, the
largest number of persons ever i'm
nersed at one time in the state.
THREE persons were killed, two
fatally injured and ten others slightly
1urt by jumping from a runaway troll
ey car on the mountain near James,
7ille, Pa.
HEAVY snowstorms prevailed in Col
orado and rains fell in the western and /
middle states, greatly benefting crops.
Mrs. WILBUR BARRY, of Battle Creek,
Mich, while in fit of temporary in
sanity shot her husband and then shot
lerself.
A FILIBUsTERING expedition, the OBJ
ect of which is to seize Honolulu and
lepose the present Hawaiian govern
nent, was said to be fitting out in San
francisco.
HENRY THoRNE. owner of a stock
arm near Fort Recovery, o., shot and
killed his wife and then hanged him
elf Financial from hla had ,,nsa++1o5 |