Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-11-01
TheWorld in q Nutshell.

of Catholic Knights OF limos. held al
Iitehlield. the following oiiicers were
elected: State Spiritual Director, Right
Rev. JENSEN. Of Belle,iilc; President,
NJ. j. Walsh, East st. Louis; Vice
President, NJ. Desmond. Edwardsvile;
Secretary. j N. Menkhaus. Carlyle;
Treasurer, Wilism H. BORNE, Waterloo;
Trus ecs, Thomas Finley, Of Nekomisi
r. NJ. sullivan, East ST. Louis; James
G.. McHale, Carlyle X tlrileigcns'ein.
Freebnrg; j A. Pf-ffer, Columbia:
State Nj, deal Director, julius Kohl, NJ
d.. Bellyiile.
William Gibson drove a carriage for
William NJ Gadsden. liyeryman in
Chicago lie went to faaera With
the team fortnight ago. and had some
drinks on the way AS he drove into
the barn upon his return, enc of the
horses dropped dead from exhaustion,
Gibson remarking. II don't know what
ails the beast He dropped on he road
three times" Justice Il. II. White
fined Gibson $50 for cruelty Il animals
and ordered GibSon's commitment TO
the County Jail until it i paid.
A mass of earth and rock caycd in
upon and crushed a portion Of the rail
road train that was passing through the
tunnel near West Point, n. Y. No
lives were lost.
A Mrs. Dalton. of St Louis, is in
custody for trs ing 70 burn her own son
% death BY setting lire 10 bis bed.
A dozen women at Thompson. D.
r., have been arrested to- III ding
saopus and destroying the stocks II
liquors.
l.. II Stonakcr Cashier Of the Cfira-
RI ard Northwestern Road at Sioux
Ciiy, Iowa, has ahsconded His ac-
courts were $1,000 short
The fifteenth annual convention Of
the Na'ionaI Women's Chri-tirn Tenn
perunee Union win be he'd ia New
from October 10 to % iaeIu'iye.
Tie annual report gu tie condition
Of the knights Of PyiLias IN Illinois
shows eighteen npw lodges chartered
and l.57l new members initiated curing
the year.
Fong Tang ana his Chinese wife
walked over the bridge from Canada
INTO the United States oalv To he met
by American officials who hustled them
back.
Tho Toledo, Columbus aud South-rn
Road was sod at Toledo under fore
closure ii the first mortgage bonds FIR
5000 GOO and was bid in at that figure
for Judge Stevenson Burke ana the
other first mortgage bondholders.
At Mahomet, III, Charles Rowe,
aged II Yeas, Shot his father,
James Rove, probably with Fatal fleet
because the latter had accused him Of
stealing cigars from tae show ease, ~ d
in the quarrel that followed threw scale
weights at him
Patrick Collins, q railroad man. who
was standng on the tracks near the
Santa Fe Depot at Streator, Iii was
shot and Killed without provoctianS by
William Prosena, "A night Waterman.
Frost in August destroyed the crops
in Ramsey county, ID. r., aud over
seventy families are starving. They
are absolutely destitute OF food fuel
and clothing, and. as their farms are
already mortgaged to their full value,
arc unable 10 borrow money TO tide
them through the winter
frankie Raymond, the young girl
who stole $1,000 worth Of diamonds
from Mrs. Mills of New York, went
crazy through feaE and remorse at Bos-
ton, and in her rawlings betrayed her
identity and crime. Most of the
property was recovered aud the girl
was placed in custody.
Mrs. Neer, widow Of James A. Neer,
an Illinois Central cnginee, killed near
Savoy, ILL.,. November y, 1886, has
recovered a verdict for 5000 damages
in the Circuit Court ut Champaign.
The Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company
of ST. Louis, has locked out $50 men.
owing 0 troubles with employees Of the
lasting department.
A Dispatch from P0teuza 10 Rome
says that ten ears Of Il train crowded
with eXeursionists returning from the
Naples fttes were crushed in a remote
portion Of that district 81 land slide,
consisting of about 80 m tres of rock
The telegraph line being broken by the
fall of rock, help was DELAYED two hours
The scene that followed The disaster
was horrible Seventy injured passen-
gers and ninety corpscs were
taken from The wreck There are still
two ears buried beneath the rock, and
it is certain that tie list OF the dead will
be increased
Ida Dyer has been sent q the Kans2s
penitcaliary for ear for Try ing to help
Ter lover convict out Of jail by passing
him spring saws concealed III "a mincc
pie.
TRAINED for four weeks in the vicinity
of New Philadelphia, Ohio, and crops
are ruined.
At Elkhart, Ind Policeman Joseph
Barrett shot and killed William Burton,
brother officer.
Sylvester Grub, the young man who
shot aud killed his sweetheart on the
PfiucetoH. Ind. fair grounds last Sep
tember was sentenced to hang al Vim
cennes.
Ex-G0v and ex United States Senator
William T. hamilton. of Maryland.
died Of pneumonia at his home in
Hagersto~n.
DR. Robert Leonard. associate Judge
Of Carbon couny, Pa., was Killed on
the Lehigh Valley railroad near Glen
0noko.
Captain Jelard. Of the tramp steamer
Corcnsc, died 1t Brooklyn from what
the doctors said was ye'oa fever.
A coiored minister At Cincinnati has
been arrested for selling $1,000 worth
Of bogus mining stock to credulous par
| ishonerS.
The Grand Jury at Provo. Utah. ha.
returned 234 indictments, principally
for polygamous oflenses.
The new tracks of the Red River
Valley Railway crossing those OF TIE
Canadian Pacific at Headinglys. Man
itoba, We're torn up By emf loyees of the
latter company.
A family of eight Bohemians at Min
neapolis, Mimi. We're poisoned BY
rough on rats while eating - wedding
supper in honor of G orge Martin anc
his bride. who were amoag tie victims
All may die.
AT Thompsonville. H., Warren Jnr
dan and John Williams qnarreled over
a game Of cards and Jordan shot WIZ
liams dead. jordan hel, bat hi,
victims Younger brother Charles over
/ l. l. a a Il.