Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-10


from an l;.bil ~ on account ot the company,
ana requires that this RroYso Shall be printed
on All bonds aad ether obligations provides
that no stock shall be ssacG uath ten per cent
has been pad n ii cash, and reserves to Con-
gross the right 10 alter or repeal the act and TO
regulate the tarin rates.
DOMESTIC.
So FAN rs reported 4,0t5 lives were
lost in 1883 upon the ocean and 50 upon tho
lakes ana rivers "a total Of 1855. as com
pared with 7a9 in lsSl ., SCI by disasters
in the New World, 80, 800 by disasters in
the Old World, and 1887 by battle and
pestlcnce, making in all 14,G97, rs COM
pared with 19a- l6i in 1851
THE total number OF business failures in
the United States during the ycf lsss was
10, 5Sf, against q $40 IN 1881
w p BIGciNnoTHAM' Blue Valley Bank
at Manhattan, Kan, closed its doors on the
3ist ult Total liabilities, gl04 GOO; assets,
5000 coo The bank was organized in 1859
CLEgK LEiGHrosS, Of the Boston munich
pal court. was or the LIST said to be de-
faulter TO the extent Of s25O eco
A TOTAL eclipse Of the sun was visible
on the lst ii portions Of California and
Nevada.
The money order department Of the In
dianapolis Office was robbed on the
3lst ult Of s., 800 in greeubacks.
a FIRE on the 3gst ult in ST Louis de-
stroycd business property valued at $500,
500
DuRiSe 1855 there were 3SS SOS immi-
grants landed Mt New York, being an IN
crease of 1871 over the prevous year
AN assignment was made on the 3lst
nit, by the Livingston Cloth Mills Com
pany at Bristol, Pa, rendering three hun
bred persons idle.
Tue exports of gold from New York
during 1855 were s8e $40 an, while the
imports were bat s5,9H. #9--a net loss Of
S2G 42G l0!, against q net gain Of S39 1873 G}0
in 1857
Tnl total production Of pig iron in this
country during the year lSss was est.
mated at 6g000a0 tons, and Of Begsemer
steel rails at l,8500o0 tons.
NJ SENLLER a leading merchant at Som
eryiHo Tenn, tuled on the 3lst for 500
900
the steamer sallie. loaded with cotton,
was burned on the Mississippi river oppo
site Trenton on the 3lst ult
a FIRE on the 3lst ult. at Decatur, Ala,
destroyed eleven new buildings in Iafay
ette square. Mr. Wood was fatally and
Mr.. Rice seriously burned.
THE steamer Natchez, one Of tho finest
the 1st near Lake Providence, La, and
sunk in nine feet Of water She was val
ucd at $4,000, aud was total loss.
HENRY G. STICENEY left Boston on the
ist, taking with him about $4,000 Of the
money o. the Chelsea Salt Company, for
which he was book keeper.
TIE farmers OF Frankin County, Mass,
were greatly excited on the lst over the
discovery OF gold among the auckland
hills.
IN a fight on the ist near Augusta, Ga,
among Louis Black, James Brown and
Sam Fielding aud the latter's son all were
probably fatally injured
CHARLEs SWIFT and Jacob Reislock,
pupils at the Institute for Deaf and Dumb
al Columbus, o., were drowned on the LIST
by the breaking OF ice on a pond.
THE output of gold and silver in the
mines Of Colorado during 1883 was SIG,
06l 5iG Of which Sl1 OPS, Cos was silver
lS q quarrel on the "a rs TO the owner
ship Of thirty cents Dan Daily Kansas
City tMo) bartender shot ana killed 10
seph Long, a switchman.
DtPHLuEnIA was epidemic on the ID ~
Springfield, Mass, and the schools had
been closed
By an explosion Of dynamite on tho Cd
near Snnneytown, Pa, two young men
named Erb and Scheckcr were blown to
pieces.
TIE residence or William Gerald at Terre
Haute, Ind, was burned on the "a, and his
wife ana little boy wefo suIocated.
InE competition of artists in designs for
tho Grant monument closed at New York
on the %. The fund for the monument
amounted to $50 001
THE Soldiers Home at Albany, n Y,
had 06i inmates on tho "a. For 1855 the
cost Of purchased rations was l53S cents u
day and cost OF clothing Sl6.a2 a man.
The statement o. the public debt issued
on tile II showed the total debt to be 81,
GS5, 363, 21i; cash in Treasury, s6a,636 2G4;
debt less cash in Treasury, 81, 1906 25s
Decrease dnIins December, Sll,42i, % Do
crease since June ~ lSsS, S3l522 395
HUNDREDS OF school children at Pekin,
ILL.,, were suffering with measles on the "a,
and the health officers had ordered the
schools closed
TIE Richardson Drug Company OF St
Louis, one of tile largest concerns Of the
kind in America, transferred its orders TO
rival concern On the "a and permanently
retired from business after thirty one
years Of existence.
NEARLY the entire business portion OF
Altoona, Ill, was destroyed BY fire on the
ID
Al school house near Mary sville, Mo,
a 10y named Brady was cutting an apple
on the ~ with poekel knife when Dale
Robinson ran against him in play, driving
the knife through Brady's heart and kill
ing him instantly
The dead body Of John Il Martin, Of
Washington, No, one Of tho most widely
known Republican politicians in the State,
was found on the iron Mountain tracks in
st Louis on the I'd. He had been robbed
of gold watch and all his money
JouS HGONEK, previously found guilty
in Chicago OF having dynamite bombs in
his possession, was on the 81 sentenced to
twelye years In Tie peniteutiary by Judge
Collins
tSf P1fAE HALL Ct the Philadelphia
masonic dliI' SAID to be the finest Of the
klna n me world, was formally opened on
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