Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-05-10
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growing grain, and many sheep were killed.
The commission house of William T.
Coleman 4 Co, Of San Francisco, made an
assignment on the eth, with liabilities Of
$4,000 nominal assets, Si,0000o0
THE Missouri Union Labor party met ut
Sedalia on the eth and nominated % full
State ticket, headed by A. r. Mlnuering,
of Marysville, for Governor.
GENERAL NJ. F. FORCE, Of Cincinnati,
was on the 9TH appointed commander of he
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Homo at Sau-
dusky.
DIsPAToHEs of the eth report the loss by
collision Of the American steamer Eureka,
16S miles southwest Of Cape Henlopen, and
thirty eight persons were drowned
A cLouD- BURST took place on the ,lhncar
Maize, Kan, washing away several houses,
and a family named Rockby, cousist,sT OF
four persons, were drowned.
ADvICEs of the 9TH from Cuba represent
the condition Of affairs in that island as
becoming worse instead Of better. Crime
and violence were reported rampant
DISPATCHES Of the 9TH say that by the re-
cent food along the valley Of the Castor
river, in China, sthree thousand persons
were drowned.
AN incendiary fire on the It'll Ia tho bar
rel and case factory Of Lombard a Ayros,
on Shooters Island, near New York, caused
q loss of S6O00O0.
THE eighteenth quadrcnnial session Of
the general conference efthe African Meth
odist Episcopal church began at lndtnap-
oils on the 9TH, Bishop Payne presiding.
Every State in the Union was represented.
THE Missouri Supreme Court decided on
the 9TH that the city Of st. Louis newer had
authority TO grant permission for the aalo
81 wine and bcer on Sunday,
4 Sundays walk for the worlds cbam-
pionship opened az Madison Square Gar
den, New York, shortly after midnight on
the 9TH, with forty-four starters.
Mrs. PHILENA JOHNSON, of Aurora, Ill.,,
who celebrated her one hundred and third
birthday May /, died suddenly ON the IN.
In the United States Senate on tho 9Th
the Railroad Land Forfeiture and the Blu
reau of Animal Industry bills were further
considered The Chinese treaty was rat-
fed A bill was introduced appropriaung
81, 900, 900 TO provide more efficient mail
service between the United States and Con-
trail and South America and tho West
Indies Petitions from Illinois citizens wero
presented favOring the per diem pension
bill and opposing the admission OF Utab.
In the House the River and Harbor bill
(S20, O00, 600 was passed-yeas, ldl; nays, d9.
A bill was introduced TO amend the Civil
Service law, making eligible for appoint
ment without being required TO pass tho
civil-service examination all HONORABLE dis
charged federal soldiers and sailors * tue
late war
REPUBLICANS Of Idaho met on the "a az
Boise City and elected delegates 20 the Ma
Eonal convention who were unrestricted.
THE doors Of the Second National Bank
at Xenia, o., were closed on the 80, owing
to the failure of Hoover q Allison, mor-
chants.
INDIANA Republicans held their State
convention at indianapolis on the 81 and
selected Albert q. Porter, II. w Thomp-
son, Glenn Studebaker and J. N. Huston as
delegates-at-largo TO the National conven-
tion. Resolutions were adopted indorsing
General Benjamin Harrison as a Presidcn-
tial candidate, and sending greeting TO
Senator Ingalls,, OF Kansas, for his scathing
expose of the reasonable record Of Daniel
W. Voorhees,, a man who at the outbreak OF
the rebellion was In close accord and corr
respondence with the Southern conspirl-
tors, and who discouraged onlistmonts ia
the Union army by loading the volunteer
Union soldier with opprobious opithets.h
WINoNA, Mimi, was partly under water
on the Sd, owing 10 o rise in the river.
The residents Of the Pond Lily addition
were well out to sea, and reached their
houses BY boat.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations wero made
as follows on the 3D.: Indiana, Fourth dis
trict, William s. Holman (Dom.); North
Carolina, Third district, O. b. Robinson
(Rep) Kansas, Second district, Edward
II. Funston Qicp).
THE West Virginia Union Labor parity
met at Charleston on tho 3D. and nominated
full State ticket with s. II. Pierson f1r
Governor
on the 81 Allan o. Meyers was convicted
at Columbus, o., OF contempt Of court %
publishing Objectionable articles during
the tally-sheot forgery cascs and was uncd
500 and sentenced TO three month"; m-
prisonment.
A FIRE in the yards OF the Chippewa
Lumber Company at Chippewa Lake, Mich,
destroyed ten million feet Of Inn on tho
Sd. Loss, $4,000; insurance
In tho town OF Boring, Mo., several
buildings were blown down In q STORM Ola
the 4th, and James Myers was Killed
liz the streets Of Wilson y q, Haywood
Ward and his wife were fatally injured ou
the 4th by the explosion OF adynamiecar
ridge.
On the 4th ono thousand men employed
in the iron mines near Huluth. Nuu,
struck for higher wages,
A CYCLONE on the 4th at Pebiu l,l. uu-
rooted buildings, uprooted trees and blow
down chimneys and fences in it's pata BIO
one was killed.
A BARN on tho farm Of Widow Freeze,
near Arlington, Neb., was destroyed by Ok
on the 4th, and the entire family con
ing Of four adults and three childrca. pen
ished IN tho flames, probably III the atterpt
to rescue the cattle from the burning
building, Twenty-Five head Of stock also
persisted.
on the 4th a cyclone swept over Camden,
Ark, destroying several houses and cvol-
ing trees At Blake and other neighbCrug
places damage was also done. No lives
were lost
Two GIRLS, aged about seven years,
daughters Of John Blake and Taut Clayton,
were fatally burned on the 4th near Shaw
neetown, Ill They were pouring coal ol
on the fire, when the can exploded
A FIRE az Milton, O., on the 9TH damaee
tho town hall, Presbyterian church Hn1
many business houses. Loss, $4,000
A TORNADO and hail-storn passed north
Of Texarkana, Ark, on tho 4th, unroodrc
houses, uprooting trees, killing stock ani
greatly damaging the crops.
ON the 9Th Mrs. Aimee Elsenbarth, of St
Louis, fell dead in her residence, aud her
sister, VINO uVcd near, upon DelhI bAl.+
moned, went 10 the room whore the dead
woman lay and fell dead beside her,
THE death of Thomas Kggleston, aged emo
hundred and eleven years ten months AVID
twenty days, occurred at his home near
Grifithsville, w Va, on the 9Th he was
supposed TO have been the Oldest whito
man in this country.
ALFRED BARNES died on the 9Th az Mex
leo, Mo, aged ninety eight years lie was
the Oldest Free Mason 10 che world, hayine
been member % the order sevcniyse
years
A FIRE destroyed tho business portion 0f
Sandersville, Ga, on the 9TH.
PRoP. j. w. SIsK assembled one milo ia
balloon at Paris, H., on the 9Th, aud Then
dropped 70 the earth by the aid Of para
chute, landing IN safety
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
THE firm Of Hughes Bros, wholesale trY
goods dealers al Toronto, Ont failed
the Sd for $4,000.
WILLIAM O'BRES, on trial at Loughrcl.
Ireland, for violating tho Crimes act, was
convicted on the 3D. and sentenced % tlree
months Imprisonment
ADvIcEs Of tho 4th from Buepos Ayrs
say the reports Of the suspension o. bank
ing houses in that city arc without fogna.-
ton.
GAS exploded on the 4th in a tunnel meas
Meesfna Ifalv killing eiv 1vorlfroqr arid il