Griggs courier., 1888-11-09


were destroyed by FIRE on the lst, the Total
loss reaching $4,000.
DURING tho seven days ended on the I'd
there we've 275 business failures in the
United States, against 203 the previous
seven days.
Mrs. FRANK A. De GRoor, Of Worcester.
NJ ass. on the I'd gave birth to four girl
babies. all living.
TWELVE large ice-houses at Toledo, o.,
owned by the Elevator, Coal & Ice Com
pany, were burned on the I'd.
HEnpERT L. CR1cHErT, financial clerk
for Boston real estate firm, disappeared
on the I'd, taking with him S25, 0t0 belong
ing to his employers.
FIVE persons lost their lives on the I'd in
prairie fires in Jackson township, Mimi
By decision Of Judge Brewer at To
peka, Kan, on the "a that land in Allen
County belonged to a railroad, over five
thous and settlers, many Of whom had oc
cupied the land for ten or fifteen years
and had made extensive improvements
would be compelled to give up possession
IN quarrel over settlem snt OF ac
counts on the I'd at Yoakum, Tex, Fayetle
Berry and John Hawks shot and killed
each other.
GEORGE II. EASpERRILT, OF New York,
on the I'd purchased one ousand acres OF
mountain lands near Asheville, n. C.,
where he would build a large industrial
institute for the free education Of poor
whi te children, who would be taught how
to work in wood and metals and thus be-
come skilled mechanics.
FCRTHER advices of the % say that IN
the recent cyclone in Iowa the NJ. r.
Church and e.. G. X. & n. depot at Mt.
Auburn were blown down and an elevator
unroofed, and a man was killed ny flying
tinbers
BERNARD NhrGMroN, of Boston, was on
the 81 awarded s45, 600 damages for the loss
OF leg in an accident at the coal wharf
of William Whito.
II was reported on the I'd that a large
number of miners had quietly Withdrawn
from the Knights of Labor.
Thomas SAYEI:s, q colored hignwayman
who murdered and robbed two pcddlers in
Mercer County, W. Va, was caWsnt and
lynched on the I'd.
FIVE meu war. killed and Is number Of
others were seriously injured on the I'd
by an explosion of the boiler of a thresh-
ing mach ne near Reading, Pa
JAMES BELL, Ben Russell and George w.
Griffin, all colored, were killed in Van
Zandt County, Tex, on the I'd in a political
quarrel.
W. BARNET l4E VAN reported to the
common pleas court 1T Philadelphia on the
I'd that the contriyance recently shown
him by Mr.. Keeley, of motor" fame, was
q STATIONARY structure, dependent upon
the man pulation Of an operator, and could
by no possibility be made self operating"
| DURING the twenty four hours ended on
| the Cd there were Is new cases OF yellow
| fever at Jacksonville, Fla. and deaths
| from tho disease, Total cases to date,
| A. 21O; total deaths Sj9
ESTIMATES ON the 2d of this years
| Southern cotton crop placed the aggregate
yield at about three per cont, less than
that of last year.
NEAR Hopewell, Pa, on tht, ol several
miners. when riding on a hand car, were
thrown from this car by q runaway team.
Sam Hastings was instantly killed.
Martin Mahcr had his skull! crushed and
seven others were seriously in jured.
| THE exchanges st twenty six leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the Atm aggre-
gated sl,0s9, ,345 l2s, against 1867. ::s3l tS73
the prev ions week. AS compared vita the
corresponding week of lsSs the decrease
amounted to Ii per cent.
| DEn1SG the twenty four hours ended on
the 4th there were IL new cases OF yellow
| fever at jacksonville. Fla, and :; deaths
from tue disease. Tot<l cases to date,
i.2s'-s; total deaths, aA.
Henry Bowen. q loading merchant Of
| Wilkcsharrn, Pa, while ont rid ng on tho
I'd was fatally shot by highwaylnan.
AN explosion occurred on tho Sd in the
Kettle Creek coal mines near Lock Haven,
Pa, and fifteen persons were killed and
four injured.
The Monticello Ladies' Seminary in Cod
frey, Ill, was burned on the 4th, involving
a loss Of $3.50, 900 OH the building and con-
tents. besides the loss on the personal
! effects of the pupils and teachers
JOE MlpnIEroS was killed and Gideon
Percitield was fatally wounded by Jacob
Brennan, town marshal Of Hope, Ind dur.
ing a political rally on the 81,
LIZZIE HILL. aged ten years, and a serv
ant girl, aged seventeen years, We're
burned to death on the I'd by me explosion
Of a gasoline stove in the house Of JON
athau Hill at Independence, Mo.
THERE was an earthquake shock at vi
emma, ILL.,, at 4 ::sO o'clock on the morning of
the Sd. 1t was distinctly felt and lasted
several seconds
AN express train was robbed near New
Orleans on the 3l OF about s'o,U by a
highwayman The messenger and bag
gage master were compelled to throw up
their hands Mt the point of revolver
TWO MEN were hll!Su tul lOuI OtucES
were injured in an accident 70 u hand car
ON the Sd near Hopewcll, Pa
AN earthquake shock was felt in Mem
phis. Tenn. on the Sd
DURING the progress Of a standcr suit
on the Sd at Fresno, Cal. Robert Seconce
was shot dead by man named Hnrdwick,
and Seconce's brother in return shot Hard
wick dead.
THnEE children of Or. S. F. T. Reid, Of
Gait, Ont, were playing on the banks of
the Grand river on the I'd, when they fell
into the water, and two Of them, girls,
were drowned.
| UP to- the Sd nine hundred tons OF stand
ard silver dollars. amounting in value ,o
s:>S. .ODO, 900 had been received in Washing,
! ton from the mints at New Orleans and
. Philadelphia and stored in the new silver
vaults in the Treasury Department TIL.
vaults have a capacity for 800 0UN. 900,
a MAN named Hodges notified Surveyor
General Julian on the sd that he and his
brothers and listers are the rightful own
ers Of tract OF land thirty miles square
, containing six hundred Thousand acres, il