Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-10

postoifice for one month was 1884,
rs against s1, 1874 for gas.
HENRY KING was hanged at Platts.
burg. N. Y, with 4 rope which had done duty
on fourteen similar occasions He was a thief
from New York city, where he killed Il police
man who sought 10 arrest him, i've wears ago,
and WAS sont to Sing Sing for life. Last july,
after his transit T TO Dannemora prison he mur-
dered Michael Hamilton, fellow convict, in
quarrel about the assassination OF the Prcsl.
dent .Msrchbank, formerly corresponding
clerk OF the Mechanics National Bank OF New
ark, n. j., who defauited in the sum Of $50
GOO about two -ars ago, has been arrested for
the crime. small depositor has attacked the
bank.
THE WEST.
THE advent ut Omaha Of Paul Boyton
on Lis swim down tho Missouri river bad the
effect Of turning the head Of ono unfmtunato
fellow, who jumped into the river while the
crowd were following Boyton to Bis hotel, and,
after swimming for time, was drowned.
CHIEF JUSTICE HUNTER, of Utah. has
decided that no naturalization papers have
ever been issued 10 Congressional Delegate
George O. Cannon in that Territory, and that
he Is not citizen Of the United States
A committee Of the National AssOcit ti3n OF
Underwriters, after stud. log the deficiencies Of
the 81. Louis ire department, has given notice
that rates Of insurance VIII ba advanced
At the Va can steel works. 81. Louis, the fall
of an elevator crushed James McGrail to iel-
ly, fractured Pat Dalley's skull and broke three
RIBS for James Marion. An hour previously
Hugh Hogan was roasted with molten metal.
ONE of the largest gold.bearing min
eral discoveries was recently made in Summit
district, Colorado, by Judge Thos. NJ Bowen
OF Del Norto, Col. 1t is pronounced Tie most
remarkable aud valuable gold mite being
worked III tue United States Assays are now
running over S20 GOO IN gold Per ton. Bowen
was recently offered $1,000 900 cash by Eastern
capitalists tor half interest in the property.
which he refused . 1t is estimated that the
recent overflow 81 tie Mississippi has caused
damages between keokuk. Iowa. and Louisiana.
Mo-, amounting TO -, $50 700.
SMALLPOX is epidemic in Stcarns
county, MINI, and the physicians Of the state
Board Of Health are bending all their energies
20 conhnc 1t to tho districts now infected. and
to eventually root It ont altogether. They on
counter considerable difficulty on account of the
ignorance Of tho inhabitants, who look on tina
disease as visitation OF Providence.
The Minnesota HOuao Of REPRESENTATIVES.
lHNA ''tlihtt VIZ l!l inc aQiistiut m or the
bonded debt, with an amendment that the rate
OF interest on the new bonds shall not exceed
5 per cent The Phoenix planlue-mlll NJ ~
Louis, owned and operated by George Breckin-
ridge, was destroyed by ire The loss is placed
at $4,000 The insurance Is $4,000.
KCTHs extensive furniture warehouse
at Leavenworth, Kan, valued, with its con-
tents, at $500 Wa swept away by lire
The Apaches are reported to be depre-
dating IN the saturipa district OF sonora. Five
men, two women and one child are reported 10
have been Killed by the rcd villain4 Al
Iltiln, OHIO, divinity student, named Charles
Madder, kIiled Miss Pnebe Barnard on the
street because she did not rueilrocata hi, logn
THE SOUTH.
A rARTY Of officers and posse Of six
teen woil-armed men made raid on a house
near Adairsvllle, Ky., to capture the James
brothers, but found they had fed . .Jef
Davids, q negro, 10 years OF age. living near
AhbeUlle, s. c., was five years ago convicted of
numbering his former Muster. Five times has
the prisoner been placed on thu scafyoId for
execution aud as many times resptcI through
distrust Of tho crcumstantlal testimony. A
second trial closed with his being set at liberty
SEVERAL colored men of Sharkey
county, Miss, on their way to attend a fusion
meeting. were fred on from ambush, Perry
Thompson being killed and two others dan
gerously wounded
Cor. G.. M. MURPHY, n leading attor-
ney of Hot Springs Ash. prosecuted ono Geo.
Sadler for the murder OF Dr. Lyman. Saller
WAS acquitted, and then vowed vengeance
against aturphv. Murphy beard of the threat
sought ont Sidler, aud ehUt him four times
intlctng fatal wounds.
GENERAL.
JosEPH CAMPBELL, at Button, Ind,
and MISS Low ga X lscy, at Ccina. Ohio. were
married hy Telegraph, There beine minister
and Wedding pGuN at es,A end uf l.wle
..NaleIuiue le-bt' Cincinnati. Lu,va r.
maize mu,d.rWi, assault on Its wife
Wtih q kute g8-hjuE hor tlrJat In Is
fearful manner Id then drew the knfe
across has own throat Injecting What i. be-
hoYed 10 be Il iG,al wound Ills wife vlH
probably recover. Yesko had been drinking
for sey eral days
DIR, RICE, Of Merton, Wis, has been
subpmnsed as a witness in the trial Of Guiteau.
to testify that lie examined him three years
ago, and found him suffering from softening
of the brain.
LARGE purchases OF Confederate bonds
arc being made in Philadelphia for English
customers. The Treasury Department has III
formation that interest on the fund in the B4nk
Of England TO the crout Of tie Confederate
States is annually collected by Jtd Davis and
Judah I. Benjamin. London capitalists have re-
tanned MI. BENJAMIN 10 recover the money in
payment Of Confederate bonds, which accounts
for the speculation in the srtico. 1t Il
announced that Solicitor R8vuOr viii endeayor
10 have the deposit turned over to the United
states. Another search vessel The United
states snip Alliance, nas returned without mad
Aug any traces OF the Arctic cruiser Jeanne l.,
Commander Wadlelgh reports ,hat the ice M
tho coast OF Greenland has been hcayiur and
extended much further south this year than
usual
A PANAMA letter states that the canal
builders arc still suffering from yellow fever.
There Is some excitement among tbs Colon.
bians anent the threatened EMPLOYMENT OF
french convict labor, whlch would uecs estate
the introduction OF French troops $50. In Au-
gusta, Ga, Confederate bonds have b, on sold
at from $40 to Sll per $1,000. The Pail lG4s
Gd2cut states that not y nS'v penny IS .u re
Bank Of England 20 tie ctedl. ot tAc late Com
federaey AZ Castle Garden. y. u. 9a.26j
emig'anis landed dining Tine past month. an
increase Of 1892 over the arrivals ct TIC pre-
ceding month.
The Methodist Episcopal Conf renee
Of the United States voted $4,000 FOR mission
sry work in Germany and Switzerland S1.5is
for missionary work in Denmark. SlS.9Ss ior
Norway, $4,000 for siberia, so. $50 for sweden.
els, $50 for South America, and ~G2.459 lor
North India .AdeiIna Patti arrived in SO :
York from Europe last week. i3rse nam. ter
OF friends went down the bay 90 welcome ner.
She responded 10 an address IN French bv one
in English.
IL response TO invitations from prom.
inent Land LeaguerS. desiring hum to 10 to
Ireland as a representative Of the seutiuan. of
the American people on the Irish question.
Wendell Phillips seuds letter OF thanks. and
stating that he hiss no. the ability ta ald ireland
in the struggle hut that II is Of the greatest
Importance that England should ho defeated IN
her endeavor 10 ems ave Ireland. lie wishes
the Irish cause = hear godspced.
WASHINGTON.
Cor. GKoReE Gown, Chief OF the
Fifth Auditors Office in the Treasury Depart
ment was requested to resign for passing an
Illegal claim for $4,000. ..J John walling, a
lunatic from Colesville. Pa, WHO was once ST.
rested in Washington aud sent home, reap
peared at the White House. fully armed. with
the intention Of kiilng Pfesden. Arthur and
seating DR.. John Noehling IN the executive
GUAR. 1t required several men TO take re-
NoiVer from the mailman, when he bee ME ss
meek as lamb, aud was sent to the Govern
fnent Asy lum. he had bee a lyIngv auipfl. al