Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-16
The World ina Nutshell.


Saturday.
Fifteen moonshiners were arrested on
Thursday in Mcdowell and Wyoming coun-
ties, W. Va
The main building of the Lutheran Or
phans' Home at Zelienople, Pa, was burned
on Wednesday.
An earthquake shock vibrating from
northwest to southwest was felt at Annapo-
lis Nd, on Saturday.
John r. Salisbury, Secretary of State of
Delaware, died at his home in Dover on
Friday, aged sc years.
At Findlay, o., ON Thursday the Bellaire
goblet works were destroyed by fire. Loss,
1000; insurance, So, 900
Ten thousand weavers employed in the
cotton factories at Thizy, France, struck ON
Saturday for higher wages.
James ID. Fish, ex-president of the Marine
Bank OF New York, was released from prison
at Auburn, n u, ON Saturday.
At Mountain Home Monroe County, Pa,
Friday, Jeffrey Harrison, aged H. shot ana
killed Sophia Everett, aged H.
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, the celebrated
Massachusetts orator, celebrated his S0th
birthday on Saturday in Boston.
The National Democratic Committee will
meet June IL in New York to elect a sue
eessor to the late W. II. Barnnm
c. G. Bessey, prominent businessman
of Abilene Kan, is missing Creditors are
interested to the extent of 5000
San Francisco man has offered purse
OF $3.50 TO the single sculler who will break
the worlds record for three miles
A fire at Fort Atkinson, Wis, destroyed
Cornish, Curtis 4 Green's dairy manufacture
ing establishment Loss, sl25, 600.
Mrs James Early was burned to death on
Wednesday and her aged husband fatally
injured by lamp explosion at Altoona, Pa
The immigration to Canada has fallen off
largely this season The whole number up
TO Saturday was 9695, against IA, 73s last
year.
A six-day's walking match for women
was begun at Baltimore, Md, at midnight
on Sunday. There were seven contest
ants
Near Slbley, Ia, Mrs Carrie Furrell was
mysteriously murdered on Wednesday while
returning to her home from her parents
house.
Five negroes and seven whites were
whipped at Newcastle, Del. on Saturday
for larceny, highway robbery and horse
stealing
The business part OF the village of Dam
vile, Vt, was wiped out by fire in one hour
on Thursday only the bank and hotel es-
Gaping.
The projected American bank in the City
of Mexico has encountered insurmonntable
difficulties and will be unable to perfect its
organization.
Some boys fishing on Friday at Shelby
vile, III, found soap box containing the
remains of man. There was no clew TO
the mystery.
F. T. Crump, millionaire of Columbus,
Ind, entered plea of guilty on Friday TO
the charge of renting rooms for gambling
purposes.
Mrs. Hannah Whistler who died on Fri
day near Logansport, Ind. was the mother
of thirteen children and had siXty-nine
grandchildren
Fred Bull, a dry goods merchant of Hud-
son, Mich. was drowned Wednesday while
sailing on Devils lake friend who was
with him escaped.
A find OF gold OF great value was made ON
Friday only few miles from Ishpeming,
Mich, but several miles from where gold
had been found before.
Near Brooklyn, la, Thursday Peter Scarf
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed l5-year-old boy was seriously in
AT Mountain Home, Pa, on Saturday JEFF
frey Harrison, aged IA years, shot and killed
Sophia Everett, aged 10 years The youth
full murderer was in custody
The second annual meeting of the Repub-
lican League of Kansas, composed OF Re-
publican clubs from over the entire State,
was held at Topeka on Thursday.
BY appointing Prof Collet State Geolo-
gist, Governor Hovey of Indiana, has prac-
tically removed Prof. s. s Goxley, who was
elected by the recent Legislature.
Andrew Cavenash and Stephen Goodtash
Hungarian laborers were killed by being
struck by train on the Pennsylvania road
OF Tullytown, Pa, Saturday night
The National Agricultural Department
reports an improved conditionIof the wheat
spring blowing being far advanced and the
crop prospects generally favorable.
stable belonging to Fred Hampke, at
Mount Oliver, Pa, was struck by lightning
on Saturday and consumed, and fourteen
horses and two cows were cremated.
At New York Thursday the seventy third
annual meeting of the American Bible So
ciety was held. The cash receipts were
s498, 500, and the disbursements sj55, 9S9.
The body of Dan Kennedy, prominent
young man of Michigan City, Ind, was
found floating in the harsor there Wednes-
day, and it is supposed that he was muir
dered
Visitors to the Paris exposition are loud
in their complaints OF hotel extortion- The
Government threatens to interfere and
compel landlords to be reasonable in their
charges
Reports from the Province of Ontario
concerning wheat and rye are unusually
favorable The clover crop is poor, but the
condition of farm animals is better than
expected
At Mount Zion, ILL.,, Thursday morning
Miss Mary Clark was found in her room,
dead She had had an epileptic fit, and had
smothered herself by burytng her face in
the pillows.
Lydia Briles was severely whipped by
White Caps near Leavenworth, Ind, for
getting drunk and acting unbecomingly,
and Barney Swartz was knocked down with
club for interfering.
Colonel Charles E. Fisher, president and
manager of the Manhattan Cattle Company
at Cheyenne, Wy. T., died on Friday of
pneumonia He served through the war
as an officer of artillery.
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