KILLED IN A STORM
————_————
A TEMPEST OF WIND AND RAIN
VISITS CHICAGO.
AN UNFINISHED BUILDING WRECKED,
ITS FALL TRUSHES A COTTAGE
AND KILLS SEVEN PERSONS,
CuiCcAGo, July 28.—The storm of
last night was one of the most severe
that has ever visited this section of
the country. The rainfall was the
greatest ever known here in a like
period, over four inches in two hours
and fifteen minutes, As nearly as can
be ascertained it waa 7.20 o'clock when
a terrible gale of wind struck a three-
story brick building, which stood at
the corner of Leavitt street, and which
bad pot yet been roofed: it toppled
and fell on a cottage at 7.47 crushing
it as though it was paper and burying
the inmates beneath the ruins.
The three front rooms of the cottage
were occupied by Cornelius Ferdinan-
dus, a Hollander, and his family con-
sisting of bis wife, Reka, and his five
children, the eldest a girl of 12 and the
youngest an infant of one year. In the
three rear rooms lived Charles Bock, a
German laborer, and his wife, Amelia,
and three children, the eldest 13 and
the youngest six years of age. As soon
as possible an alarm Was sent to the
Hinman Street Police Station, and
Lieutenant Beck and every officer on
night duty, eighteen in all, responded,
Engine Company 23 and 36, and Truck
12 was also quickly at the scene oi the
disaster. There was not a trace of the
cottage tO be seen. It had been buried
completely out of sight, but the vain’ul
cries of a child were heard through 11:2
shrieking of the gale. With a will the
fremen and policemen went to work to
remove the debris, and shortly after 11
o'clock the bodies of all who were
known to have been in the building
were taken oul.
The ead are: Cornelius Ferdinan-
lus, aged 33; Reka Ferdinandus, his
wife, aged 31; Cora Ferdinandus, aged
5: May Ferdinaundus, infant child of
Mr. and Mrs, Ferdinandus, ed 1
year; Amelia Bock, wife of Carl Bock,
azed Annie Bock, aged 8; Albert
Bock, aged 6.
The wounded are: Carl Bock, aged
43, slightly crushed; August Dock,
aged 13, skull crushed and will probably
dia.
Taken to the county hospital: Linda
Ferdinandus, aged 10, badly crushed;
Luda Ferdinandus, aged 8, slightly
burt; Gertrude Ferdinandus, aged 3,
skull fractured and cannot survive,
Erpest Blooter, the owner of a
lumber yard at Sixty-sixth and Wal-
lace streets, was instantly killed by an
Eastern lllinois engine during last
night's storm, and Henry Dues, one of
his employes, was badly hurt, The
men were crossing the track at Sixty-
sixth street. They waited for a freight
train to pass and then started Lo cross.
The rain blinded them. An engine
approaching from tne oppos'te direc
tion struck them down.
Cuicaco, July 28.—A brick bulild-
ing, in the course of construction, at
the northeast corner of Oakley avenue
and ‘Twenty-first street, not far {rom
“the Leavitt street disaster, was blown
down during last night's storm on a
cottage in the rear, but, fortunately,
none of the occupants were killed.
The families of W. H. Keefe, the
owner of the building, and John Hayes,
occupied the cottage. ‘I'he only persons
serious hurt were a little girl of 12
years. who received a cut two inches
long across the side of her head, and a
boy, whose aplne was injured. Neither
of these wounds is necessarily fatal.
Charles Shaffer, a boy 8 years old,
who lived with his parenis at
Yorktown street, was killed last night,
by lightning during the storm. He
was sitting by the fireplace at his home
when lightning struck the house, and,
going down the chimpey, killed the lad
instantly. The house was damaged to
the extent of several hundred dollars.
Other members of the family were con-
siderabiy shocked,
Four unfinished brick houses at
Rockwell and Sixteenth streets were
blown down last night, while the storm
was at its height. Shortly before 3
o'clock the storm struck the row.
They swayed for a few seconds, and
then fell. About 15 minutes before
the crash came a pedestrian was seen
to take refuge from the rain in one of
the houses, but it is thought he escaped
the falling brick and timbers. There
were no workmen in the building at
tie time, and it 13 not thought that any
one was injured.
The houses were wrecked completely,
pothing but the foundations remain-
iug, with a pile of ruins on top. A
fifth house, similar in construction to
the other four and adjoining them, re-
mained standing. The wrecked houses
were two stories high, with basement,
The outside walls and roof were com-
pleted, but none of the inside work wis
fone. The houses will be almost a
otal loss,
CricAco, July 27.—A despatch from
Parkersburg, W. Va, says: Further
Jetalls of the disastrous flood in Wirt
county have been received. The
prother of Thomas Hughes, whose wife
and children were drowned Sunday,
has arrived from Pittsburg to assist in
the care of his brother, who is dying
from iujuries received, Thomas Black,
who lived close to the Hughes family,
and who was drowned with his wife,
bad but recently been married A cir-
sus was showing on Tucker creek when
the cloud-burst struck that section.
The flood struck the show just after the
performance began, and tore the
canvas to shrecs, utterly wrecking and
ruining the whole concern, carrying
off horses, wagons and tents. Miss
D Alma, who performed ‘on the trap.
eze, was drowned. It is reported that
some emwyloyes also lost their lives, but
the whole section of country where
the misfortune occurred is still in such
a state of confusion that it is impos
sible to get full particulars. Saulsbury,
on the Big Ligart river, 1s virtually
wiped out of existence.
PARKERSBURG. W. Va, July 28.—
Telephone reports from above say there
wus a terrible rain and flood Friday
night in the upper waters of the Little
Kanawba. from Grantsville
Dy
ody
say Calhoun county was devastated,
and crops, fences and houses were
washed away during the night. Seve.
ral lives are miso reported lost. Par
ticulars are hard to get,
The river at Grantsville is reported
to be 153 feet and rising rapidly. Re-
ports from other sections along the
Little Kanawha state that a fearful
storm occurred during the night and
much property was destroyed, Middle
Island and all Lig creeks above in
Pleasant county are reported rising
rapidly. Bear run, Ritchy county,
suffered terribly, The loss 1s reported
at no less than $650,000.
CHICAGO, July 29.—The storm of
Saturday night was even more severe
than had been supposed, great as was
the uproar of the elements and visible
the effects. The Su pracsiion fod rain
fall, the high wind and the incessant
lightning caused a loss of property that
is difficulty to estimate. All kinds of
property suffered—goods in cellars and
basements, streets, shade trees, side-
walks, lawns, shrubbery, driveways,
unfinished buildings ana dwellings.
There were 44 alarms of fire—many
from lightning and most from the de-
struction of the insulation of the elec-
tric light wires, Fire, water, wind
and hail combined caused a loss prob-
ably in excess of §1,000.000, and pos.
sibly as much again.
ASHLAND, Wis,, July 20,—The
severest storm ever known here struck
the city Saturday afternoon. It came
in the shape of a towering cloud that
seemed to burst over the city, accom.
panied by a ternfic wind which filled
Trees were torn up and twisted from
their roots. A house was carried from
its foundation and wrecked. The
Superior Lumber Company's refuse
burner was blown down. The smoke
stack on another mill was also
wrecked, Nearly two hundred thous-
and feet of lumber were blown off the
dock into the bay. Several sall boats
ou the bay were capsized but Lhere
was no loss of life,
MILWAUKEE, July 20.—Specials to
the Evening Wisconsin from points in
Rock and Jefferson counties say the
tobacco crop in those secllons was
completely ruined by a hall storm on
Saturday afternoon, The plants were
parable.
injured.
Other crops were not much
great severity visited this city Satur-
day night, The rain fall was extremely
heavy and was accompanied by terrible
lightning. Severa! buildings,
ing Grace Methodist Church, were
struck by lightning, and orchard and
shade trees were damaged. The loss
to crops is heavy, corn and oats having
suffered greatly.
FINDLAY, O., July 20,—~A tremen-
dous storm of wind, ball and rain
swept over this city last evenlog, blow-
ing down fences, trees, outhouses and
unfinished bulldings, and doing a great
deal of damage of a geceral character.
The wind was terrific and the rainfall
tremendous, while hail as large as
hickory nuts fell
destructive storm of the year,
the loss to property is likely to be very
great.
NEWARK, N. J., July 30.—The mos
disastrous storm that has wisited this
vicinity oceurred this afternoon and
evening. In this cily cellars were
flooded and sewers bursted, Work had
to be suspended in the factories in the
lower section. A washout occurred on
the Morris and Essex Rallroad, at
South Orange, and trains were delayed
for many bours.
In South Orange several buildings,
including the Post Office, were carried
away, and 250 barrels of flour were
washed out of one storehouse. In
Orange Valley the water is up to the
second-story windows, and great dam-
age has been done to the stock in the
numerous hat factories there. People
were compelled to paddle around on
planks and to swim in order to get to
places of safety on high ground.
Bloomfield and Mt, Clare also report
great damage to property. No lives
are known to have been lost. The
greatest alarm prevalls around Mil
burn.
reservoir dam, which 18 not regarded
as safe, Should it burst it would over.
flow Milburn and other small towns
tte source, and the damage
reach as far as Rahway.
At 10 o'clock to-night the dam was
reported all right, but the inhabitants
of the towns were preparing to move to
higher grounds, Nearly every road In
the country is !mpassible, as all the
bridges have been washed away.
PLAINFIELD, N. J., July 30~The
greatest flood Plainfield bas ever known
followed the heavy and unusual down
pour of rain this afternoon, and & num-
ber of washouts and broken dams are
reported. At 1o'ciock Coddington’s
dam, on Stony brook, gave way, and
the large body of water carried away
the Coddington ice houses and threat.
ened the Green Valley Mills with total
destruction. The damage along the
course of this stream will prove to be
heavy, for many barns and other bulid-
ings were washed away
At 20 minutes to 6 o'clock Siers’s
dam, on Green brook, collapsed, pre
cipitating a great body of water direct
lv through the centre of this town.
(sreen brook divides the two counties
of Somerset and Union, and runoing,
as it does, through the town centre, 18
built entirely over. When the water
in a great torrent rushed down the
stréam and found its way blocked by
buildings, it forced its way around iuto
the streets. Somerset stieel Was com-
pletely flooded, and many small bulld-
ings were washed away and demolished.
Several houses situated along the
brook were flooded and the Inhabitants
compelled to move in short order,
French’s mills and carriage factory are
threatened with destruction, and, if
the rain continues, will probably go.
All the cellars and first floors on Som.
erset street are flooded, and the dam-
age to property will be great.
The great cut on the Jersey Central
Ratlroad at Fanwood was also flooded
this afternoon, the track being entirely
submerged. Freight and coal trains
are held at Plainfield and below.
Povenxerpsie, N, Y., July 30.
At about 7 o'clock this morniig acy.
would
clone struck Ells Corners, Ulier
county, four miles west of Highiand,
destroying » large smount of property
and injuring a number of persons.
The house and barn of John Nelson
were saruck and completely demol-
ished, broken timbers being carried
| hundreds of feet, Mr. Nelson and
Lis wife were blown out of the house
along with the flying timbers, and
both were seriously but not fatally
injured.
Bed quilts and dresses belonging to
Mrs. Nelson were found in a pond four
miles from the scene of the accident.
Huge timbers were also found stuck up
11 the mountains some distance away.
The loss will be very heavy.
Two barns, belongiug to Patrick
McGowan, were totally destroyed. Mr.
McGowan, who is 80 years old, was so
badly injured that no hopes of his re-
covery are entertained.
Lightning struck in this city and va-
rious places throughout the county,
but no serious damage is reported.
In the Hudson river valley the rain
was very heavy, There was a wash
on the Hudson River Rallroad track at
Riverdale, which detained trains about
an hour. Telegraph wires were inter-
fered with.
ErMira, July 30.—A terrifilc rain
storm that commenced at 3 o'clock and
lasted until 6.50 this morning ralsed
[the Chemung river five feet to-day.
| Considerable damage has been done
| nlong the ereeks.
| kins Glen were damaged by the flood.
{The Fallbreak Railroad, 1m tie
| Cowanesque Valley, has been badly
| damaged.
A special from Corning, N. Y., says:
| **There was a terrifle rainfall here jast
| night, beginning about one o'clock and
| lasting several hours. Monkey Run creek
| again flooded the western part of the
| village. The creek passed under the
Erie Raliroad, which was submerged,
and great heaps of gravel and flood.
| drift were piled upon the roadbed.
| A large gang of Itallans were working
| for hours to keep the channel free. All
| o'clock this evening, when the tracks
| were cleared. The creek is higher than
it was during the great flood, and the
| river is also booming, but still has
| many feet to rise to do any mischief.
“The rainfall resembled a cloud-
burst, and came without warning, ex-
| cept a large flash of lightaing, and then
| the water poured down. AL 4.30 this
morning it looked so threatening that
| the fire alarm was sounded, and citl-
{zens have since Leen ready for any
emergency.”
| NORRISTOWN,
| since 1869 has the Schuylkill river been
| wa high at this point as It was to-day,
| reaching its greatest height at 4
| o'clock, when the gauge showed 17
| teet above low water mark. The Stony
| creek, which drains considerable hilly
| country, and empties into the Nchuyi-
kill, was also very turbulent, threaten-
| ing damage to property. The new
| factory at the glass works was sur-
| rounded by the water, and the Reading
| Rallroad tracks below Norristown
| entirely submerged. The
between the Schuylkill and canal al
Bridgeport was covered with several
{ feet of water for a considerable dis-
| tance, making the artificial waterway
land the Schuylkill one wide surging
| stream. At Spring Mill and Consho-
| hocken the Reading Rallroad tracks
Vast quantities of logs,
| but no serious damage has been re-
| ported.
The Perkiomen, which has its con-
fluence with the Schuylkill a short dis
tance below Phoaixville, was bank
full, and a number of small bridges
over that stream were carried away,
meadow lands inundated snd fenciog
destroyed. The continuous rains have
proved disastrous to much of the oat
crop in this section of the country, the
straw having literally rotted while far-
mers were attempting to dry It pre-
paratory to hauling it to their barns,
West CnestER, July 31. —At about
10.30 o'clock this morning the rain fell
in solid sheets for some minutes. In-
stantly streets assumed the appearance
of rushing creeks, sewers were flooded,
pavements submerged and cellars de-
luged, Fortunately the rain was of
short duration and the water speedily
| subsided.
On White Clay creek, at a point near
Pomeroy, this county, a bridge on the
Pomeroy and Delaware Railroad was
swept away by the flood, which leaped
beyond the banks of the stream in
five minutes. In its courses it tore
away large trees and soon the tide was
carrying with it many pig pens, coops,
small outhouses and lumber,
At the Valley Creek bridge, near
Whitford, the lowlands presented a
huge river, and travel was for hours
impeded. One farmer, residing near
by, found that his house was fast be-
coming surrounded, and, taking his
wife and children, fled to a neighbor's
house, across the fGelds, where they
remained during the day. The Brandy
wine was very high, but no damage is
reported.
rramrierLp, N. J, July 31. —-The
first dam to break in this vicinity was
at Feitville, five miles north of here.
The break occurred at 4 o'clock, and
the rush of water carried away and
absolutely obliterated two small dams
below it at Seely’s paper mill, causin
a loss of $20,000, The water ns
on down to Scotch Plains, completely
inundating the village, Cellars were
flooded and all the bridges were swept
away. The Baptist church here is
badly damaged, and the old cemetery
surrounding it washod out, in many
places exposing the graves, The Derd
Fur Mill here lost $10,000 in stock an
machinery. ‘Lhe great body of water
divided, a part of it forcing its way for
a mile across the flelds until it reached
Cedar Brook, a little stream running
through the eastern portion of Viain-
geld. The brook became a river,
and then a lake, and a portion
of Plainfield’s choicest resident locality
was under water up to the first
story of the houses, Every household
has its losses. The heaviest loser here
is Job Male, the Mayor of the town,
who owns more than a hundred of these
handsome dwellings, His
| property of Leo Daft, the electrician,
is badly damaged, B. Bowers loses
3000 hy damage vo his furniture.
COWS, The Park Avenue Baptist
Church was threatened with destruot-
jon. The foundation at the rear was
washed out, but the building Is safe,
though damaged to the extent of $2000.
Many gallant rescues were made In
this part of the town of people who,
becoming frightened, attempted to
leave their homes and were caught in
the flood. Eugene Laine, Assistant
Fire Chief, was swept down the stream
while out in a boat assisting others, but
was rescued by means of ropes thrown
to him,
The breaking of Tiers dam threat-
ened to cut a big swath through the
business portion of the town, as a
brook which runs through that part of
the place is bridged over with bulld-
ings on Somerset street, The space
underneath was not sufficient to carry
off the water, and It backed up into
the street. Somerset street was six
feet under water. Martin's blacksmith
shop and several smaller buildings were
lifted and thrown in a heap Into the
middle of the street.
French's mill was undermined and
stands suspended over a yawnicg gap.
His carriage factory Is tottering and
may fall. Blimm’s Hotel stands with
| its foundations exposed to the very
bottom. Hiram’s carriage factory Is
| badly damaged, and Ryer's carriage
| repository was damage $10,000.
| NewAnrg, NX. J. July 3l.—Reports
| from all over Essex county indicate
| that the damage by the storm, which
| is still raging, will be much greater
| than was thought last night. Bloom-
{ fleld suffered most severely by the
| breaking of Fritz’s dam. Fifty fami.
| 11es were driven from their houses, but
| no lives were lost or injury inflicted.
| The water is subsiding this morning
| and the people are returning to their
| houses. ‘The dam across the river at
! Belleville broke last night and flooded
| Mills street, and did considerable dam-
| age to property in the low section of
tle town.
| PrisceroN, N. J., July 31,.—The
i
rains have been very severe in this
| vicinity. The Delaware and Raritan
| canal is full, and the Mlilistone river is
{ rising. Fences are down and road ways
are io a horrible condition. The resi-
| dence of Rev. Mr, Gosman, a graduate
| of Princeton, and for nearly 40 years
| Pastor of the Lawrenceville Presby-
terian Church, was struck by lightning
| last evening and damaged considerably.
WILMINGTON, Del., July 31.—Dur-
| ing the past 48 hours the entire Dela-
| wale and Chesapeake peninsula has
| suffered from tremendous rain storms,
| that have resulted in many sections in
| disastrous floods and washouts. In
| this city heavy showers of main have
| fallen at intervals for two days past,
land the streets have been rivers of
| water. The low lying districts of the
city are inundated to-night. The
Brandywine is seven feet above high
tide mark, and still rising,
Reports from Salisbury, Md., state
that the same situation prevalis in Wi.
comico and Somerset counties. Hun-
| dreds of small county road bridges are
| swept away, and in some parts of the
| two counties water stands several
| inches deep in the elds, and from 12
to 20 inches on the roads for miles,
A SINGULAR EXPLOSION,
FIERCE FLAME BURST FROM A CULM
BANK AT SHAMOKIN,
SpuAMOKIN, Pa., July 31l.—Atl three
| o'clock this afternoon George Faheland
| on the Luke Fidler culm bank, near
this place, when Hayes glanced down
the bank, which is 150 feet high, and
almost lost his senses on beholding a
myriad of flames leaping high in the
air from the centre.
Then a vast upheaval of blazing
rock and dirt shot 50 feet heavenward.
A beautiful transformation scene fol.
lowed when a three foot thick and 50
foot wide stream of fire flowed down
the bank like a stream, taking ils
course from the base through the lot
and on toward the house of Patrick
Boney, 100 feet distant, and In which
were his wife, mother and five
children,
The dense volumes of smoke at this
period obscured everything from sight
| for miles around for a minute, and
| when it passed away a mass of fire
|sutged and tossed around Boney's
home. As the flames were about to
destroy the house another monstrous
slide of dirt occurred and followed thé
| path of fire until it reached the frst
mass,
The flames consumed the dirt rapidiy,
but a stream of rocks finally covered
the fire, and together with a heavy
rain extinguished the (ames. The
| inmates of the house were almost
smothered with smoke and gas, The
bank was fired several years ago by
spontaneous combustion. For four
months past wet dirt has been dumped
just over the spot where it now
appears a fire had been smouldering for
some UUme, and had eaten oul a large
cavity, which was filled with gas,
When the dirt became dry Lhe gas es.
caped, causing this unprecedented ex-
plosion, The people are fearful that
many other banks hereabouts will ex-
plode and great loss of life ensue.
snippit AAI AIS A AY
—A dog, supposed to be mad, ran
amuck in Hoboken, New Jersey, on
the morning of the 20th, and bit four
persons, a horse and another dog. He
was then killed.
—By an accident to a passenger train
on the New Orleans and Shell Beach
Railroad on the evening of the 28th,
caused by the spreading of the rails,
the engineer and one passenger were
severely injured, and a number of pas.
sungers slightly so. A despatch from
Peoria says that a boat in which Frank
Kowalt and Hannah Shearer went
rowing was found upside down on the
morning of the 20th, and the parties
are su to have been drowned.
Russell Armstrong, & well-known resi.
dent of Kansas City, on the 20th fell
between the cars on the elevated rail
road, and had both legs cut off,
Only the few favored by fortune can
scale the rock of fame; but there is
plenty of other work to be done by the
multitude a8 gOC and true in its way,
if not so end 4
— While attempting to arrest a man
whom he presumed to be a burglar, I'o-
liceman Sylvester E. Fist, of Chicago,
was on the morning of the 20th shot in
the head and will probably die, Three
or four arrests have been made, and 1t
is believed the number includes the
man who did the shooting,
—i, D. Dimrick, a livery stable
keeper of Rock Island, Iil., was found
by his wife in a disreputable house on
the evening of the 27th, and in a
tussle that ensued Dimick was shot
through the body and lies in a critical
condition, Mrs, Dimick, who was
arrested, claims that she meant to
shoot some one else,
—C. A. Herbert, of Hagerstown,
Md., was on the 20.h sentenced by a
justice to receive fifteen lashes and un-
dergo flve day's imprisonment for wife
beating, The first part of the sentence
was duly executed, this being only the
second case of the kind in Maryland,
An nnknown man at Chicago on the
20th hired a boat, rowed out on the
lake and shot himself, his body falling
into the water, fle was about 25
years old. Jobn Brown, of Kansas, a
painter, committed suicide by hanging
on the 20th, at Jacksonville, Fla.
~l1n Chicago, on the 20th, the five
men Indicted for the murder of Dr,
Cronin, Coughlin, Deggs, Woodruff,
Kunze and O'Sullivan, were arraigned
in Judge Horton's court, and all
pleaded not guilty. In the cases of
| Beggs, Coughlin, Woodruff and Kunze
| a motion to quash the indictments was
rendered,
~The work of the Indian Commis-
sloners at the White Earth Reserva-
{ tion, in Mlonesota, is reported to be a
| success, nearly 200 names being secured
for the agreement, This will open 3
000,000 acres to settlement,
—William Schick and Mrs, Hannah
Becker were killed and Henry FP.
| Festner was probably fatally injured
in Loutsville, Ky., on the 20th ult, by
| belng struck by a train while trying to
{ cross the Louisville Southern Railroad
tracks in a wagon. Mrs Soodgrass
and her two children, aged 9 and 6
respectively, were drowned in White
river at Rockford, Ark., on the 26th
ult., while attempting to Cross the
stream in & wagon. The Wagon was
caught in the current and carried down
the river, The driver cut the horses
loose and escaped with them. Emory
Stone was drowned on the 20th uit,
while bathing in Leeds creek, near his
home, near Easton, Maryland, He was
27 years of age, and unmarried. He
was born in Philadelphia, his father
and grandfather having been promi-
pent business mien of Philadelphia.
~Information has reached Helena,
Mont., of the probable murder and
robbery of a family of Flathead Indians
in the Sun River region. Their camp
has been found with the charred re-
mains of three or four people, and little
doubt is entertained but that they
were robbed of their horses and outfit
and murdsred. Mrs, Isabelle Everson,
an aged woman living alone at Edger-
ton, Wisconsin, was found dead in bed
on the morning of the 30th ult, with her
neck broken and other evidences of
murder. A chest supposed Lo contal.
her money had been rifled. Colonel
| John Arkins, editor of the Denver
{ (Col) News, was assaulted on the even-
| ing of the 20th ult. by “*Soapy™ Smith,
| leader of a gang of *‘crooks,”” upon
whom the newspaper had been waging
war, and was seriously injured. Smith
| was arrested,
—J. H. Faunce and his wife, of
Springfield, IIL, have been arrested on
the charge of poisoning thelr two sous,
Luther and William. Luther died,
but the other lad recovered, Faunce
confessed he had purchased the poison
for his wife, who told him she wanted
to kill a dog, but subsequently told
him she wanted to poison the boys,
because they caussd her too much
trouble,
—Herman Carman, aged 85 years, on
the 30th uit., shot himself in the mouth
with suicidal intent, in Chicago, and
is net expected to recover. He owned
about $150,000 In real estate, and 1s
to bave been driven to desperation by a
depreciation in the value of some of
his property. I’. W. Jones, a sales.
man for the Missouri Glass Company,
at St. Louis, committed suicide on the
30th ult, by drowning himself, at the
Natatorium in that city. Henry Par-
ker, s bookkeeper employed by the
Consolidated Gas Company, New York,
committed suicide on the 30th uit., by
taking poison. Tbe body of Samuel
1t. Justison, a well-known resident of
Brighton, Illinois, was found in the
river at Alton on the 20th uit, with a
pistol shot wound In the head. He is
thought to have been murdered and
thrown Into the river,
Nine persons were poisoned in
Burlington, Wisconsin, on the evening
of the 20th ult,, by eating dried beef
shipped to local dealers by a Chicago
firm. Two of the poisoned are in a
precarious condition. It is sall the
“oats and dogs which were given the
meat would not eat it.”
—At Winnepeg, on the 30th uilt., the
full Court gave judgment in the Mar-
tin Burke appeal, finding that there
were no grounds for reversing the
action of Judge Blalr, who committed
Burke for extradition. The prisoner
therefore will \be sent to Chicago as
soon as the necessary order 1s received
from Ottawa. The Chicago Chief of
Police, on the 30th uit, started for
Winnepeg to superintend the work of
bringing Burke and the witnesses,
Carlson and Mortensen, back to
Chicago.
«Paul Cloder, aged 11 years, was
drowned in the Mystic river, near Bed-
Mass, on the 200h, by the
n «boat, Wiliam Dervish.
the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Ratiroad collided with a north-bound
passenger train at Lawlon, twelve
miles south of Alexandria, on the even-
ing of the 1st. Tue engineer of the
south-bound train, Jerry Desmond,
was killed, and Conductor Newman,
of the nortb-bound train, was badly
fnjured, Conductor Howell, of the
south-bound train, and a lady passen-
ger were slightly burt, A passenger
train and a “wild” engine eollided
near Oxford, Ohlo, on the evening of
the 51st. Charles lee, fireman, was
killed, and five other train men were
injured, one, named John Dougherty,
perhaps fatally, No passenger was
hurt. William Logan, of Milton,
was struck and killed by a train at
Watsontown, Penna., on the lst.
—Jackson Graves, a well-known
resident of Ithaca, New York, Is lying
at the point of death, as a result of
being stung by a swarm of bees,
— While Ole Erickson, a Chicagc
butcher, was on the 1st trying to bitel
his horse to & wagon, the animal bil
him on the leg and then dashed off,
“foaming at the mouth and evidently
mad,”” It bit eight horses, ran over 2
little child, bit a plece from the band
of G. W, Duffy, who tried to stop him,
and was finally killed by a policeman.
—Forest fires continue without
abatement in Montana, and the smoke
is 80 thick that at Helena the sun has
been obscured for the last six days.
The losses thus far on all kinds of
property are estimated at $500,000,
—Fred Fara, aged 25 vears, went 50
the residence of his father-in-law, at
New York, on the evening of the 21st
ult., and calling his wile, from whom
he had been separated, shot and killed
ber. He then went to his home and
blew out his brains.
Michael Ryan, being insane,
jumped from a car window on a Peun-
gylvania Railroad train near Hunting-
don, Penna, early on the morning of
1st, and was dangerously, if pot fa-
tally, injured. He sald ‘‘the lod
prompted him to the act.” He gave
New Londen as his place of residence.
In his pockets were a ticket from
Cincinnat! and several hundred dollars
in money.
— Abraham Finkbone, aged 20 years,
committed suicide, on the 1st, UY
hanging himself in his cell in the
county jall at Reading, where he was
confined on a charge of setting fire four
times to the lumber yard of the Read-
ing Lumber Company, entailing a loss
of over $30,000, John Hronek, one of
the Chicago Anarchists, serving a
twelve-years sentence for making dyna-
mite bombs, attempted to commit sui-
cide in the penitentiary at Jollet, Illi
pols, on the 3lst ult. He cut the
arteries in one of his arms with a sad-
dle knife,
—-———
Josh Billings’ Philosophy.
The way to git ennything iz to ackt
just az tho yu didn’t Kare whether yu
got it or not, This iz a first-rate way
to git a cold too,
It iz az diffikult to define a suckcees
az it iz to ackount for the meazies.
It iz dredful eazy for a man to dis-
pize ritches who haz got about two
hundred and 50 thousand dollars well
invested.
1f Fortune har enny favorites, it iz
not the indifirent, but it iz thoze whom
she haz to pay to git rid ov their teaz-
ing.
Luy iz like the meazles; if we hav
really got them, they are sure to sho.
When a man iz puffed up with a
harmless kind ov pride that don’t do
ennyboddy any hurt, it iz a krewel
piece ov blzzoess to take the konsait
out ov him; it iz az krewel az to pull
the feathers out ov a pekok’s tale.
The harte iz a misterious thing; we
kan allmost allways 0nd out what iz in
a man’s hed, but the things that sleep
in the heart are often unknown even Ww
the possessor.
Every one who trades with the devil
expekts to git the best ov him, but i
never hav seen it did yet,
One reason why advise costs so little
iz bekause every haz sum of it to spare.
We are so avarishus that even when
we trade with ourselfs we go for git-
ting the best end ov the bargain,
My philosophical kreed iz—"Giv a
bear the whole ov the road if he will
take it."
My sentimental kreed iz—"*Straw-
berry and kream if they are handy; if
pot, kream anyhow,”
It may be diffikult to decide which
men persew the most eagerly, interest
or fame,
Yu kan find men who will sumtimes
repent ov a sin, but seldum ov a blun-
der.
Thare iz nothing so natral az to lie,
and then dodge behind it,
Mankind kan be divided into two
heaps, and not wrong them mutch—a
heap ov geese and a heap ov ganders.
1 observe more phools among the old
men than {i do among the old wimin,
1 think I am honest when i say thare
iz no man who luvs to be praized more
than i do, or who ha es to be flattered
worse,
[ would rather watch two raskals
than one phool,
To kno how to talk is a grate art, but
to kno when iz a grater.
The only sure way to keep a sekret iz
to forgit it,
CB ————— 5 A Soba.
«On Wednesday, July 10, at Cleve
yuy trotted a mile in 534, 1 8a
filing