Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-01-05

Jan. 2-Nssr Sheriff., Ark, negro; hos
7-In Pea Ridge, Miss, Jim Watts and
Sam Cole (colored); insulting women.
eat Collar, Wash, Msrshal Chadwick
ALLEGED murderer. Near WswohA, o
T., MArkrs McGeiney and Palmer Simp
son Qndians); ~Assaultins and murder
ing white wonAn;
no; having killed Henry Draper.
Tat Lake City, s. G., Postmaster Bake
teolored) and child murdered by mob.
z-At MAyfeld, Ky, Richard Allen and
Tom Holmes, for robbery and murder.
Mar. Near Morgantown, N. G., IndiAr
doctor and little girl hsnaed BY a mob.
At Senatohia, Miss, Fred Moore, muir
derer, shot to death.
le-Near Wybark, /. T., Ed Chalmers Inc
grol and white wife murdered BY mob.
Apr. S-At Brownsville, Tex, Samuel and
Felipo Cobb killed and Carlos JulieI
lynched; election riots.
May Z--At Riyes, Tenn, Jos. Mitchell
tcolored), showing white boy Of moving
train.
Jun. Sat Doyline, La, Wm. Street teol
ored) burned TO death; attempted nur
der white woman.
6-ClArksville, No, Curtis and Sam Hounl
tcolored); killing City Marshal Neyan.
lS-At Great Bend, Kan, J. Becker lwhite)
murder Of Myrtle Haffneister.
I7-Near Wetumpka, Ala, 1 negro mur
derers and man named Cariee.
Jul. Near Marion, H., horse thid shot
to death.
I4-At Monticello, Ark, Jim Redo and
Alex johnson (coloredD, for murder.
Aus. Sat Carmel, Ca, John Meadow
(eoloredl, for attempted assault AT
Ripley, Tenn, Richard Thurmond teol
oredl, for attempted assault.
e-At Carenaon, Ark ? men and 4 won
Sep. ia~As Liberty, No. Benz. Jones, 70,
2e-At Mountain City, Tenn, John WI
hams tcoloredl, for attempted murder.
Oct. SAT Jones Station, Nd, Wright
Smith (colOred), shot for attempted a.
eAult,
25-At EdseAdd Courthouse, S. C., jim
Mackie and Luther Sullivan, for murdei
Of white woman.
ored), charged with assault.
e-Near Phoenix, s.. G, 4 negroes, fol
shooting white man. /.
2S-Near Meridian, Miss, 3 negroes, for az
szulting white man.
Dee. cat Benton, La, Hearn and Rich
zrdson (negroes), charged with murder
METEOROLOGICAL
Jan. l-Fort Smith, Ark, tornado; loss
100000.
Feb. l-Nsw England states swept by storm
Great loss Of Itfe; property loss,A g, 10000
Mar. 16-Cal, extreme frost, damaging fruit
crop.
0-In H., Ind. and o. great damage By
OVERLOOKING rivers
ss-Terrible hoods in Ohio and IndianaI q
fatalities and property loss about 1900,
600. Rivers In III, Mo, Pa. and w. vs.
raging torrents. Cold wave at OklahomI
kills fruit and eve trees.
Apr. 7-Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama
fruit crops damaged By frost.
May Iva and n. G. coasts swept by hurri
cane; vessels wrecked; u fatalities. De-
kota and Iowa, tornadoes. lives lost and
much damaged done.
tB-Ia- and portions Of III. and Wis, dis
sstrous cyclone; many killed, Thousands
Of head Of horses and cattle destroyed
South central Nebraska, tornado; Gun
bingham, Kan, destroyed by tornado.
Jul. champion, N. H. tornado; u lives
lost,
s-StesleviIle, No., almost wiped out By
vstenp0uti - lives lost. stsnberry and
Maryvfle, aoods,
U-In Codington Co, s. D. haistorm de
stroys 5000 acres crops.
| Aug. &Rafn in Philadelphia foods many
business places; immense damage.
H-Cloudburst csuses immense damage al
C&rksburT, w. Va.
Sep. EStorm foods 9 counties in southeast
Georgia
S-Hest causes 80 deaths and over 100 pros
trations in New York city.
6ToTnado sweeps st. Joseph, No.; loss
sl50y000.
e-HeaU frost in Nebraska. Hailstorm
does 300 900 damage In Eodaway Co, No
Oct. 3-Storm at Brunswick, Ca, mandates
age, 10000. TornsdostFernsndins, Fla
destroys $4,000 worth Of property and
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