The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-07-14
NEWS OF The WEEK


League ball games Monday resulted;
Chicago, A.; Boston, a. Detroit ?; Wash
ington, j.
John II. Wenz. jeweler living I'm Day
ton. o., committed suicide Monday. He
frst cut his throat ard then jumped In
the river.
Frederick Fairbairn, OF Plymouth. Pa,
superintendent OF the I.azerne and other gas
and oil compd6ies, Il In Canada He Is
$1,000 short.
Henry Powell, Of Cincinnati, jumped
overheard from the steamer sersia, from
Liverpool, july !. lie was temporarily
insane.
At Alliance, OHIO, Monday the first tnal
under the prohibition law resulted in n con-
yiction and the closing OF the last saloon
An explosion ia a tannery at Allegheny
City, Friday afternoon. wrecked the struct-
ure and killed three horses. Eight persons
were injured, three OF them fatally. Ad.
jacent buildings were damaged.
Forest fires are raging along the line Of the
Canada and Atlantic Road between Montreal
and Ottawa. Eighteen miles OF track have
been destroyed, and many cars, houses, and
mills have been burned.
Ten buildings were burned Thursday
night at Glade Run, Pa. The insurance IS
small.
Joseph Rapp, OF Allegheny City, Pa, COM
mitted suicide at his wife's grave Friday
morning by shooting, grief over her loss
prompting the deed.
Al the charities and corrections conference
Friday at Buffalo, General FairchiId, OF
Wisconsin. spoke OF asylums for old soldiers,
.If
home where not only veterans but their
wives could find shelter, food, and clothing.
Near chrIstianburg, Pa, Thursday,
negro was lynched for committing criminal
assault upon an aged white woman.
by a collision OF Pennsylvania passenger
trains near Nanticoke. Pa, Friday. fire.
man was fatally hurt and the travellers were
badly shaken up, three OF them being To-
jured.
Heavy storms OF wind, rain, and hail cans
cd serious damage Thursday in the Albany,
On. ", New Brunswick (N. j. Milestone
Junction, Middlebush. and Ashbury Park
district. YSchts were wrecked, shade trees
and awnings destroyed, barns and farm
houses leveIed, and crops ruined. Three
ball players who had sought shelter. were
buried In the ruins OF n falling house aud
badly injured. Farmer George Plumly was
killed near Middlcpush. n. j.. and the un-
completed Roman Catholic church at Ash
bury Park was blown down.
Mrs william Elwell, aged e.. aud her son.
about 40, were killed by train near East
Liverpool, Ohio, Thursday evening. The
man, who was drunk, disputed the right OF
way with the ears, aud his mother endeav-
ored 10 keep him out OF danger, and In the
struggle both persisted.
Robert l.. Rayncr. young bicylisi. who
left Chicago June ., reached New York
Monday afternoon, having travelled all the
the way on his wheel. cooking his meals en-
route. Rayner left New York for Vermont
on Tuesday afternoon.
League pail games Thursday resulted:
Chicago, 4, Philadelphia, .; Washington, 3,
Plttsburg, 2; Detroit, Is, New York, -; In
dianapolls, 10, Boston, Z.
A statue OF Josiah Bartlett, the second
sIgncr of the Declaration Of Independence,
was unveiled at Amesbury, Massachusetts,
on the ath Con gresham Davis delivered
the Grafton, and poem by Whittier, writ
ten for the occasion, was read. The statue
IL the gift Of Jacob Ii. Huntington.
The result OF Wednesdays National
league games was as follows; Morning;
Chicago, 10, Philadelphia, ~ indianapolis,
IA, Boston, a; New York, 4, Detroit, /;
Pittsburg. IA. Washington, 0. Afternoon:
philadelphia, q. Chicago. D; New York, 4,
Detroit. / Boston, 4, indianapolis, B. Rain
stopped the Pittsburg- Washington game.