Sharp County record., 1886-12-09


turreted monitors and fast cruisers for the
protection of the seaboard.
COMPTROLLER TRENHOLM argues strong'l
ly for continuance of the National banks.
LITIGATION has been begun over the
ownership of one hundred and sixty
acres of land within the limits of Superior
City, Wis.
SEVERE earthquake shocks were felt in
various parts of Asia Minor on the eth Z
HBY the falling of an elevator in PittsF'
burgh, Pa, on the 9th, one man was
killed and two others were seriously in
jured.
BULLOCK g. Co., of New York, have
concluded the purchase of the Memphis
(Tenn.) water works, the consideration
being 100000.
The new two-dollar silver certificates
will be ready for issue by December 10.
THE Colin Campbell divorce case is the
sensation of the hour at London and it is
very nasty sensation, indeed.
The steamers Alaska and Oregon col
lided in Lake Erie, near Detroit, Mich, on
the 9th, and the Oregon had to be beached
to save her from sinking.
S. H. H. CLARK has been appointed to
succeed the late H. NJ. Hoxie, first vice.
president of the Missouri Pacific Railway
Company and general manager of tue
Southwestern system.
IT is rumored at General Sir Redvers
Butler is to succeed Sir Robert Hamiltoff
as Under Secretary for Ireland, and that
he will soon be transferred to Dublin CashI
tle
CORONER WEST, at Cleveland, O., an
nounces the verdict of the jury in thu
WHEELER murder case, holding the husband
of tn, murdered woman responsible foE
her death.
A STATUE of Richard Golden, the cele-
brated English free trade advocate, wa
unveiled by his daughter at Lockport'-
Eng, on the 9th. The Marquis of Ripon
delivered the address of the occasion.
ACCORDING TO the report of the actings
Surgeon General the health of the United
States army was never so good before or
the death rate so low. -.
ELEVATORS Q and A, owned by th{
Paul & Duluth Elevator Company and I0-'
Gated at Duluth, was destroyed By fire on
the 9th. Chas. Moore, Ell. Lee and,jl
man named Leronchi lost their lives, thei
two latter being burned to death. The
loss by the fire was SSjO,OOO.
The new two cent postage stamp will
bear profile of George Washington.
A MAN supposed to he James H. Farms.
worth, of Detroit, Mich, committed sui
eide by hanging in New York hotel on
the morning of the 9th.
The st. Louis Exposition made a net
profit of $50 5000 as the result of the sea;
son of 1885, marked increase over forI
years, notwithstanding increased II
penses. y
BUENos AYREs advices indicate
cholera is Spreading with marked rapid
in South America.
THE report of General Superintend
Kimball shows great improvement in
Government Life Saving service.
GENERAL HENRY j. HUNT, who c.
manded the Union artillery at the ba
of Gettysburg, explains in the Cent
why Lee fought at the time he did.
IT is explained that the gates to
White House yard at Washington
been closed mornings on account c1l :
CAPTAIN F. A. CLoUDMAN, of Rondrdj,
N. Y, started from Savannah, Ga, on
the 2Sth, in the twenty -four-foot sloop-
yacht "Outng" on q trip around the
world Before going ten miles, he ran
aground in the mud and did not get off
until midnight.
THE cables at the northwest corner of
the Niagara suspension bridge have been
successfully transferred from the old stone
tower to the new iron one ly the use of
powerful hydraulic jacks. Traffic was
suspended during the operation. Other
transfers will follow at weekly intervals.
The cid towers are to be taken down.