Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1883-08-29


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A rich deposit of lubricating oil was
struck in the vicinity Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
Friday. s.-- ... ...-
Rockafeller's Cleara and Independence
trotted a mile at Charter Oak Park satur-
day IN 2:1Gi.'
II. S. Wolf & Co.'S wire factory at Ames-
vile. \. Y, burned Saturday morning
entailing loss of 1000.
The continued drought has ruined the
corn crop in the Eikhart Qnd.J district.
Wells and cisierns are all dryidg mp.
Walter +. Pool, Congressman elect from
the First North Carolina District died
Saturday. at Elizabeth City, N. c., aged
32.
Alice Bucher, aged 20, killed herself at
Van Vert, Ohio, Friday night with strych-
nine because she had been disappointed |
in love.
Judge Lowell, in the United States /
Court at Boston, Saturday, gave desision !
on an appeal that the Dalbear telephone !
was an infringement Of the Bell patent.
! In the vicinity of East Tawas, Mich, |
/ forest fires are encrOaching on farm lanes,
| and heavy losses through the destruct ion
of crops and fences have already been
sustained.
| Near Wabash, Ind, early Saturday
train collided, wrecking many GERS which
were loaded with wheat, resulting in heavy
/ loss.
A portion Of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore
and Western Railroad shops, at Manitowoc
Wis, and three locomotives. two tenders
and n coach were burned Saturday. Loss,
$4,000.
DeMolay Commandery of Louisville
were awarded first prize in the Knights
Templar drill at San Francisco Saturday.
Raper, of indianapolis, got second position.
and st. Beruuri, Of Chicago, third
A bottle was picked mp on Watch Hill
Reach, r. l., Friday, which contained the
announcement that the brig Indiana. with
five passengers, foundered at sea July 25
last. No mention is made of the crew.
Count De Roustand, who attempted sui
eide recently in New York, was discharged
Saturday when arraigned for the offense,
physician testifying that his mind Was de-
ranged when he tried to kill himself.
! At Saratoga, Saturday, Mrs. Caroline G..
Davis, daughter of the deed millionaire
merchant OF Albany, Alexander Greer, and
whose relatives are all wealthy people. was
arrested for attempting TO swindle Nc
CIR eery & Co. by forged order.
} Edward Walker. now in Jail at Edwards
vile, ILL.,. it is feared will be lynched.
He, with some other uninvted parties,
went to Wiley RobinsOn's house at WOrden
about q week ago, and brutally murdered
| Mr.. Robinson because he resented an in
[ suit to his wife. Walker evaded arrest
, until Friday and it is stated party has
been organized to string him up.
/ Near South Pittsburg, Tenn. where con-
yicts work in the Inman ore mines, Il
4 mutiny occurred Friday, led by a man
Y named Black The revolt was suppressed,
d and Black was fiogged for the part he took
4 in the affair. He refused to work again,
and made an assault on the guard, who
shot him in the knee. Black was then
placed under the influence of chloroform,
. and his leg was amputated, nut when they
= tried to revive him they found he was
:, dead.
% The cyclone of Tuesday, which des-
troyed Rschester swept over a territory
II sixty miles i'll length aud about two miles
= wide, leaving in its path nothing but ruins
4 To form an estimate of the loss You only
J. have to now value all the improvements il
d the track of the cyclone. All are gone
a The loss in Rochester is now estimated al
1920 900. Andrew johnson, a farmer, liy'
ing nine miles south of Rochester, wa
severely injured in the wreck OF his home
and died. Mr.. Quck, one OF the injured
in Rochester, died. Mr.. Quick's wife and
. two children were instantly killed. and ht
:. and five other children were removed Il
the hospital. Among the seriously wound
ed. two more Of the children are expecte'
to die, leaving only three out Of famil,
Of nine. .- - q.
:, The trial by the French OF the Englis
a missionary, Shaw, in Madagascar, resulte
W in his discharge, and he has quilted tn
:, island.
The French have captured the land bal
, teries at the mouth of the river leading
:. the Anamite capital, Hue. and the ruler
" are alarmed. Harmand, the French civ
commissioner, is at Hue negotiating sci
tlement.
The Shapiro manuscripts, purportlnS
n' be ancient copies, on sheep-skin, of IL
NJ Ten Commandments, discovered anon
nomads in the Arabians desert, are said
a be forgeries by eminent European archGc
er logists called upon 10 examine them.
go The British Parliament was prorogue
Yesterday The Queen'sspeech recites Il
facts that she is at peace with all foreiS
NC powers; that the troubles arising from ii
III Tamatave affair are being settled VIII
France in an amicable spirit; that the con
oi yention with the Transyaal Government
. not working satisfactorily; that she fee
lie great satisfaction in being able to repo
* an improvement in the condition Of Ir
is land, and the work of Parliament h
IN, shown its anxiety to promote the welfa
nd Of the Green Isle, that the state of tra'
in the British islands is sound. and tn
er. the agricultural depression in some di
ph tric,s has been relieved. She then cursori
ce, reviews the acts passed by Parliamei
ass and points out the benefits which viii ari
W. from such legislation.
uft The mayors of Firgb, Grand For