Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-17
ADDITIONAL NEWS.

Cora j. HOWARD WBLLEs, an elderly
gentleman of high social standing in New York,
has been arrested for writing threatening let
tiers to Jay Gould, the eell-known capitalist, IN
which he stated that God had commissioned
him to assassnGte Gould, II Is believed that
the writer IL insane.
THE annual report of the Commission
or OF Customs shows that. for the fiscal year,
there was paid into the treasury from sources
the accounts relating to which are settled In
his oftica 5000, 100, p36 and paid ont OF the
treasury on accounts Under the supervision of
the Commissioner Si8.49 40. st the principal
ports, the balances on bonds to secure duties on
goods remaining in warehouse June 80 1851,
wer as follows: Boston and Charlestown,
S3,73S 929, Baltimore, $751; 1856 Chicago.
Sll3,fE New Orleans. 1891, SPA New York,
SlhS3I, o53; Philadelphia, sl,0l6, 1877 San
Francisco sl,os5,021.
SarERAn thousand dollars has been
subscribed by citizens OF Omaha. as reward
for the discovery and arrest = the asss in of
Col. Watson B. Smith. There ia very h,tle
horo that the mystery surrounding the terrible
tragedy Will ever be solved "A artery OF ten
boilers IN the Eaw-mill Of Hamilton, Mcclure
g., near East Saginaw, Mich, exploded
Win terrific force tearing the building to frac-
men,s. One DO ler-head dropped 800 feet dis
tanf, and chimney loo feet high was hurled
70 HE ground -Four fremtn were killed The
loss incurred Is 80, 001.
The iron steam-barge Brunswick, with
cargo OF coal and the schooner Carlingford.
with cargo of wheat, came into collision
about twelve miles OF Dunkirk N Lake Erie.
and both vessel fuundered Before they wont
down the crews managed to get INTO the small
hoa's' nu' enc q the boats Of the Brunswick,
~ "h'ca were the first degineer John Tran
eoDla, the steWar}ess Mr.. A. G. Fletcher
hsr daughter MdAo and Capt Chamberlain Of
i'eirri. was Vepssed by tie suction caused by
the sinking IF the Brunswick, and all ,vere
drowned. The crew Of the Carlingforti. with
iae exception II ose man, Edward CONWAY. got
CT safe The loss Is estimated ii S225 D0a
ne impress on gains gr0uId in New York that
IL VAL 90 impossible to carry ont the present
plan Of the East river bridge with due rcs.rd
to pubic safety. The sum Of St2oG0 0oa mas
HAte@lN econ taken from tax PAYERS and sunk
"a tie structure. "A skid fegry-boat contain
~ nineteen persons was swemped Is the
s"el OF propeller on the Hudson river te-
wen Troy ard Port ScAuylo,
sni ten persons were drowned.
The Massachusetts, Paper COMPANY. Of Srrir,,..
Held, winch owes $500 000. has been thrown
into insolvency Mrs. Edwin Booth died in
New York Of consumption. She was 4 da,leb-
Ter Mrs. J. Il. MeYleker, Of Chicago. Nss
born N 1919 and, after a successful tEestr,.aI
career, was married IN 1869 TO the distinguished
actor whose name she bore.
OVER $4,000 applications have BEN
n1ade 10 the Land Cour. IT ireland. among
them being $50 on the estate OF Sir Csorge
Colhurst, Of Cork. The Monaghan Commas
sion made reduction Of from 10 to % Ter
cent. IN nearly every case. A Kerry cer1ni,,
farmer nsmed Gavin was dragged frem lis
he'd. fred at five times sad severeIv
wounded FOR having paid his rent
By the explosion Of gas ia sulphur mine ar
Gessolurso. ita'y. forty parsons were Ailied and
foriS-one wounded In the due, i,stwee,.
Paul de Cssssgusc snd Adrien NoriebtIo. II
Paris, the latter was wounded IN the right arm.
The 6gLt lasted twenty-five minutes