Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.



WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.
TEE EAST.
The mutileted bodies of Jacob Gople
and wife, residing near Bethlehem, Pa, having
been found in their bed, Joseph Snyder, Who
boarded in their family, was lypohed for the
crime by mob. lie made detailed con-
fesson, from which il appeared that he
bad been refused The hand of their
daughter by his victims, and thought
TO possess her after their death.
Rev. DR.. Edwin II. Chspm, one Of the mos;
eloquent and gifted clergymen Ia the United
states, died IN New York on SUNDAY He le,-
gan his pulpit labors in Richmond, and IL ls4s
was lnsta led as pastor OF the Fourth Universal
ist Church Of New ork. . The total poluie-
non Of tie Stat af Vermont il 33l 2S6.
The f0reign-boln citizens unD6Ier oply
40496 There rrs 1908 colorsd nfr-
sons, Indian, and hall-hneds.
The MAILS outuun0er tho female. by /, 49i.
6y the explosion OF boiler III D0dge's shoe
FACTORY, at NewbufyTOrt, Mass. three tmpoyes
were KILLED and seyeIsl slightly injured . The
haliiOad Commissioners Of Massachusetts, ftave
refused to permit the erection Of elevated roads
IN B1ston. Two reu LOST then lives during
snVw-stoim near Red Bank, \. }.
TIE payments at the New York Clear
ing House for the past year were larger than
those Of London. aud exceed the receipts and
disbursements Of THE Tiatc1 States Govern
inelt during the whole period Of lis existenc,
lille table factory og Brown Bliss. IN
Cherry street. New York, has been buned
LpSs, TtiS.uOO. &C.,. * block OF stores at Mystic
River, c., has been DESTROYED by hre, involving
loss of @5J,O00
Benz. X. PHELPS, District Attorney
Of Now York, is dead j. W. Milne. an en-
ploye Of the Poca set National Bank, al Fan
River, Mars, has fed to Canada. aud a snort
age OF $500 IN his accounts has been deyel-
esed.
EPEs SARGENT, weltknoWn journalist
and author, has just died IL Boston. The
daily freight traffic between New York and
Philadelphia averages 1850 tons each way.
company viii econ be organized IN the former
city TO construct tao gtoel steamers and ci-
vert business from the railroads. TIE
trips are to be made in fifteen hours
There were 3,O4i tliures in New York ci
during tae year lScl, the aggregate liabilities
ntlng sl939l 5s2 aud the assets alag 39I.
Nhlie the gross liabilities exceed those Of the
preee' my year by s2,g00000 In round nunl-
bers, The number Of failures Is IS per cent less,
ana y tliS smallest since the panic Of 1913.
TEE WEST.
WHN the Ute Commissioners returned
I,AI
savages waiting 10 receive their instaI,nert,
OF 81 each. just after the silver was dis
Dursed, q s. bite man arrived with the body of
Johnson, the Indian who was killed by the
freghter, jackson, and for two days the
widest demonstrations of rage were made
when the Commissioners fed to Denver
which they reached after a rough trip
a dispatc.. from Fort Buford says that Scout
Allison has arrived there with Grow King the
leading soldicr Of Sitting Bulls camp, and
Cfoopcr cousin Of Sitting Bull, both noted
chiefs, az delegates from Sitting Built TO hold q
council with Maj. Brothelton. 80 az to make
some definite settlement about the sur
render Allison left Sitting Bull at the
mouth oil MIX river, With instructions not to
leave thtre until he returned for HIM
The CITY CouI ell Of Chicago has passed tbs ordi,
nance prohibiting the sale OF butterino or
oleoinargai1ne for the genuine article of but
Ger Surveys ere Icing made for tho St
Louis, Jerseyviile and Springfield railroad,
which II IL proposed to construct next wear al
a cost OF ;3,O0l,000 Under the provision of
the law OF Michigan fCrbidding the sale of
liquor Tn holidays, tie temperance agitatols of
Dehoit have secured the arrest Of twenty Of
the most wealthy and influential saloon-keep-
ers- as practical test.
Gov. ScoTr, who killed young Drury
at Napoleon, OHIO has been committed to
prison to aw lit trial, having been refused bail.
-. The boiler Of shingle-mill at Vcstaburg,
Mich, exploded with such force as to tear the
structure to pieces, instantly killing Frank FIJI
nns the engineer, and Frank Ainsy, the
night watch. The main part of the boiler WAS
thrown fOfty-hve rods, can ing the death of
O. Conkey aud fatally injur ng George Wilcox
and NJ. Turk.
THE Homestake Mining Company, of
Deadwood, by an expenditure Of 81, 500. 900.
has secured possession of the most valuable
portion Of the gold belt in the Back Hills .
A family quarrel st Francisco, Ind. ended IN
the death Of Thomas Burchteld at the bands
of his slster-in-law, Mrs Dorcas Burclield.
The latter Il in jail.
A COMPANY has been formed TO intro
duce electric light in Cincinnati, Coyington.
and Newport. .Sheet-car drivers in Cine Ii
matt, In large numbers, have given up Their
situations, owing to tine severity OF the
weather. Their pay Ii 10 cents per hour
lhy-i ian e Fond du Lac Wis, ordered
that wurm hat-ron be applied to the che 81 Of
Mis-. August Iedcr who was suffering from
pnoumoIia. Her drunken husband used an
eghi-pound iron so hot that it burned IL way
intothe cavity of the chest.
BARrLEY CAMPBELL's popular play,
"Ihe Galley Slave. is the bin at Haverly's
Chicago house tn present week. with a very
tne east, embracing number Of old Weston
iavorites aud some new nsmes Next TO INV
Partner" 1.-The G LEY Slave has been Il o
most popular OF Mr.. Barley Campbells works.
Perhaps " las made more m1Cey Tor the pre-
INC eltho than any two of his plays. The
performance du;uc The week will be for the
benefit OF the Sixth III NJ il Infantry.
HESRY MINI SKIER drank ten schoon-
ers Of beer IN five ianctes in a st. Louis loon,
for wager Of l0cluts. lie died an hour after
he had syallowolt last schooner A woman
and Chi q were burned 20 death in hotel at
Mldiron, Wi.
THE SOUTH.
ANOTHER fri8htful railroad accident is
reported from South Carolina. The second
section OF freight train on the Air Line ran
into some cara which had become detached
trou the first section. Three passengers in
tho CHOOSE were killed, one of them being
burned alive, and one was seriously injured .
Judge Pefcy Walker of Mobile Ala, OK Mem
Der Of Congress- is dead.
Ar Smithville, Va, white man
named Dunn got into difficulty with some
colored men who had met to organize
military company. He shot two OF them
dead, cut y tnird 50 badly that he will
probably die and inflicted less serious
wounds upon several others. +. The death i
announced Of Anthony Detefs, OF Wheeling
W. Va. He was made Mason in Prussia sew
snty-avo years ago, was wounded nine times in
NHponOl campaigns, ana Witnessed the burn
ing Of Moscow.
HEAVY snow-storms are reported all
through Maryland, Virginia. North Carolina,
South Carolina Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama.
Louisiana and Texas. and the mercury dropped
down several degrees below freeziag point No
such weather has been known the,e Tor twenty
years.
ATExAs jury has acquitted Abe Roths-
child, who was generally believed to have nur-
dered Bessie Moore and cut her into chunks
convenient for packing.
Rev. JOHN WEsrRUP, who W. ap-
pointed by thu Houston tTex) Conference as
Baptist miss onary to Mexico, was murdered
and horribly mUtilated BY twenty Indians, near
Monterey, Mexico j.. Henry Washington.
colored youth OF is, was hanged at Jackson.
n-s., for murder. He confessed bis guilt.
aud was repentant
GENERAL.
The soldiers in the Quebec Canada
citadel have had fifty rounds Of hall cartridge
served ont 10 chem, double sentries have been
placed on the walls and every precaution taken
20 guard against surprise. II is reported that
an imperial spy has been there and has left for
Montreal on his way to the United States. HIS
mission Is TO ascertain the strength ans' posi-