Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-08-23
The World in a Nutshell.

One of the most severe earthquake
shocks ever felt in Winthrop, Me-,
occurred last week. A report like
heavy cannon, continuing thirty
seconds, shook the earth violently,
swaying buildings and rafting dishes
and furniture.
Weavers in the mills at Fall River,
Mass, struck last week, 1000 looms
were idle.
A collision occurred between the Gin
cinnati express on the Illinois Centrals
Kankakee line and Grand Trunk
freight at South Lawn, H., a few min
utes before six o'clock this morning.
Nine persons were injured, some
seriously.
A destructive fire has occurred at
CAYENNE, in French Guiana, South
America. The damage was 100000.
The American party, at its convention
in Washington nominated General
James l.. Curtis, of New York for
President, and Judge James N. Green,
of Tennessee. for Vice President
1t is said that the English wheat crop
will be one-third less than that of 1887.
The eleventh conference of the Young
Mems Christian Association of the
world met at Stockholm, Sweden last
week with over 400 delegates in attend
ance.
Farmers in the vicinity of Nation.
H., have been swindled out of 5000
by persons selling choice groceries at
half price, which proved to be anything
but the articles ordered.
Judge Iinehan ordered permanent
iniunctions against forty-seven saloon
keepers in Dubuque. The defendants
filed supersedeas bonds add will appeal
to the Iowa Supreme Court.
The eleventh annual encampment of
the Sons of Veterans took place at
Wheeling, w. Va, last week.
The seventh annual convention of t he
American Bar Association met at Sar-
atoga, N. Y. last week
Lightning struck street car in
Aurora, LII. during heavy storm. The
driver was. severely shocked, and lady
passengers arm singed.
Deacon Lowering, aged 90, and his
sister Mrs. Richardson living at Gill,
Mass, were killed by lightning and Their
house, barns ETC.. burned.
The National Association OF Fire
Engineers met ut Minneapolis last week
II was decided to meet next year ut
Kansas City, Sept. ?, officers elected
were: President, +. l.. Stetson, Mime
apolis secretary, Henry A. Hills. Gin
cinnati, treasurer, A. &. Hendrck,
New Haven, Conn.
The boiler of Prosser's saw mill, at
Blooming Valley, Mich. blew up killing
the engineer, c. l.. Dodge, and an en-
ploye named Orson Roby. Delos
ProsSer, owner of the mill, was so badly
injured that he will probably die.
A genuine case of leprosy has been
discovered in the Cook County Hos
pital at Chicago.
At meeting of strikers held at Paris,
France the secretary of the syndicate
announced that there were no funds and
each man was free to act as he thought
fit The majority of men have decided
to resume work and the strike is ended
Under the direction of the Porte tho
Egyptian Government has protested
against the establishment OF an Italian
protectorate over Zulia.
A fully developed calf with a human
face and the mouth of Il dog was born
on the farm Of Samuel Stepleton near
Lima, Ohio.
During u balloon aseention at Sturges,
Mich, the pole. twenty-five feet high,
fell into the crowd, killing two
boys, Charles Graftmiler aged nine,
and Gilbert Afileman aged fifteen.
At Kalamazoo. Mich, James o. Brien,
becoming nfuriated at his sweetheart,
Jennie Smith, beat and choked her so
severely that she viii probably die.
Part of the Windsor, Quebec powder
mill blew up. An employee named |
Vaught was BADLY injured and another
is missing.
Adolph Harmon, of Long Branch,
shot his wife, wounded his mother-in-
law and sucided. He had once been
in prison for shooting at girl with
whom he fell in love aud who Tilted
him.
The maine building of the White
Paper Mills at Suaield, Conn, was
burned. Loss SZO,U0
DR.. A. K Fischer, a well-known Ger
man writer and politician committed
suicide in indianapolis by taking
opium. He was 46 years of age.
The King and Queen Of Saxony un-
yieled a monument dedicated to Victory
at Leipsic, Saturday.
The wholesale liquor dealers of St.
Louis have formed a corporation to
manufacture whiskey, with capital
stock of 100000 aud capacity of
200 barrels per day