People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1895 — BLEW A WAGON TWO MILES. [ARTICLE]

BLEW A WAGON TWO MILES.

Cyclone in Boone County, Kentuc-k-Wrecks Two Towns; Erlanger, Ky., April Boon.-* countwas struck by a cyclone yeswk which did much damage to pro., •? but .caused no loss of life. It fir struck the village of Hamilton, wit; a number of small buildings v.. • ■ wrecked and a dozen hogsheads of tobacco blown into the river. At iff' ><> the Spring hotel was complete, wrecked, as was also the Method t church, and m.tny horses and cakk killed. A farm wagon was carried tv miles by the wind. The little town Lewisburg was almost cornplc* wiped out, only, one house being 1. standing. His Welfare in Doubt. Jacksonville, ’Fla., April 3.—-Willk. Raws, colored, was held without 1 ’ yesterday by a. coroner's jury for t. • murder of B, 11. Kane, a merchant < ' Newmansvilk, March 24. He was ordered takcnto Gainesville jail, but v.l.i’e under guard at the Newmansville <■ - pot was taken from the officers by a mob of masked men. and since that his welfare is a matter of doubt. t Gotham Mystery Solved. New York, April 3. —A morning paper says that the mutilated body of the colored woman found on Sixth avenue Sunday morning has positively been identified as that of Mary Martin, who had lived with a Mrs. Hannah Coles at 145 West Twenty-seventh street, the keeper of a boarding house. A negro named William Caesar has been arrested charged with her murder. Cashier Is Short 850,000. Chicago, April 3.—lt has been discovered that F. W. Griffin, assistant cashier of the Northwestern national bank of this city, is a defaulter to the extent of $50,000, and he has been arrested and has confessed. Griffin’s shortage will in no wise affect the standing of the bank and creates no excitement. Did Not Christen Her the Kiel. April 3.—The new German ironclad hitherto designated by the letter “T, ’ was launched this morning. As she was leaving the ways Emneror William christened her Aegir. It was suposeu to be the intention of Emperor William to christen the new ironclad the Bismarck. Straits Are Almost Open? Mackinaw City. Mich., April 3.—Open water extends from the lower end of the straits to half a mile, above MeCulpln’s Point. No open water is in sight above there. It is expected that the straits will open by April 15, and a heavy wind will open navigation at any time new. Bismarck Must Have Rest. Friedrichsruhe, April 3.—Though Prince Bismarck is enjoying good health, as- a matter of precaution he l will not hold any reception this week. No Fighting in Formosa. Shanghai, April 3.—No fighting in Formosa has been reported. It is believed that it is the intention of China to surrender the island as part of the peace program, and the prospects of • peace are regarded as promising.