Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-24
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.
TIE EASr.

II IS regarded as form Of typhoid pneumonia.
Horses have died within sixteen hours after
exhibiting tho first symptoms. Some animals
recover in few days and others not in weeks.
ERIcssoN's new torpedo boat was given
a successful trial at New York in the presence
Of General Grant and others The novel
feature Of the invent. Is a submerged sun,
VIII ch discharges torpedo four hundred feet
through the water in three seconds with uner-
fing accuracy. Col j. Howard Welles,
dould's hlsckmailer, has been identified as
cOmmlsssTy who defrauded the Government
out Of between S1,0O9,o00 and $4,000, O0O
and went TO Europe during the war. -.
The commission appointed by the Governor Of
Mas-echusett9 to Investigate the charges Of
scaudaiOus nduct made against the Ninth
regiment Of hat State have found "a true
bill against the regiment, and Gov. Long has
instructed Col. htrachan to report tho names
OF the Cupri,s within thirty days that they
may be dishonorably discharged.
The memorial hall erected at North
Easton, Mass., by the children Of Oakes Ames,
az a cost o. 500, 900. was dedicated in presence
Of the Governor and State officers.
The Pacific National Bank, of Boston,
was forced into suspension by heavy advances
to mining operator named Theodore O.
Weeks. Its pad-up capital is $500, 900, but it
has never secured membershp in the Clearing
House Association George Law, the we'll
Known New York capitalist, died last week.
TEIE WEST.
THE Biddle Market Savings Bank, at
81. Louis, was robbed of $1,000 by party OF
icar cunning thieves, three of whom com
p.etsly absorbed the attention of the officers
ard employees.
The residence Of Jesse Baldwin, near
Youngstown, Ohio, was robbed Of between $780,
QUO and $4,000 in gold He ker. his money N
an old-fashioned safe under the stairs in tho
hallway Of his resi- ience The Baldwin family
alert up-stairr, and the first iutlmation they
had Of the burglary Was the furious nOac made
NN The blowing open Of tho safe with pow dor.
George Lewis. Baldwiu's son in law, fred three
shots at the robbers as they lett the house with
the haEs u gold IN Their nr1ns. The burgan
return ~ y"ucy. No one on either side was
injured. Tho robbers had previously taken two
OF lmldw,n'5 horses and test carriage from his
etaA!,, aud had tLem standing Fl the residence.
They jumped into the buggy and escaped.
A PIazE-FIGHTING expedition was
sbort 20 steam oat Of the Larbor Of Erie for a
contest on Government land on the peninsula,
whom the reyoaue cutter Ferry made her APP
pearance wIh gums shOtted and an armed force
t. Tire brutal crowd. The pugiistlc party then
proceed. . 10y rall 70 ,lle Odio State line, aud
the brising match nsd PROGRESSED to tho
fourth round, when an Ono constable nut in
M appearance enl broke up the fight Tho
principals " H. arrested and tie crowd ran for
tLe woods on the Penusl lsania side of the line.
A NEW and fetal cattle disease has
made its appearance in thevicinity OF Dubuque,
Iowa. One farmer lost nine cows in one night.
The animals are .czed with gigors and trem-
BIN. and d+ hh Cusues IA r few hours after
they fo atta.Lad o.. sylvester Dodge, q we'll
known cattle dealer Of WaupHn, Via, drowned
himself IA The river at Milwaukee,.
The main building Of the Ohio Idiotic
Asylum, near Columbus, has been destroyed bv
fru. There were GA children in the school,
rooms Of tho huiliing at the time the fro
hrok" ont, tut, owing 10 the perfect discipline
aud the GOODNESS and presence Vi mind Of the
Lady teacher, ever, one b! tlcin escaped uIin-
lurcd. The loss /, estimated at from S200,OD0
q $500, vi. "A passenger tlnlu On the
hpTluFhcid ami NuFluwehtern railroad went
through tfe.tie-woris across rayine about
two miles vcs, Of the SangamJnryei sro5sing,
nnd wa preN pltat,t distance uf twenty
feet Fourteen persons were InjlIfed moro or
less seriously.
TEEE SOUTH.
THE Mexican Veterans Association
held its annual meeting il the Exposition H,ll
OF atlanta, GB., on tho anniversary OF the
burning % that city by Gen. sherman. Gen.
Henry Jackson, Cf Savannah, delivered an
Grafton uu the blsiety of the Mexican cam
pa!sn. Tine speech of tho day was delivered by
ton. Sherman, who taid TO thanked God he
VAS IN American cillzeu: that he could 20
irom any spot Of Ma.ne TO 1tTas and stop
WET n' rs.a r. .1as . he p .aYfd hun,
thAttg.5.y ;le United St,tes yas nation WIN
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SEVERAL packages Of registered let
tsr- and considerable money w.ra takcn from
a STAG near laredo rexa. nv two ma ,,o5
road ac,nt. soven n,sss,.ers ,ser, rohhed
... Gen. Gordon ans d,is.n the first spike On
the Georgia Paclic lai,wae. =; Atlanta.
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