Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-03-07
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DOMESTIC.
EDWARD ARTS, colored man, shot Kittie
Palmer (colored) in Aurora, ILL.,, on the
10Th because she refused to marry, him and
then committed suicide.
BLAST of five tons of powder was shot
off at one of the quarries at Graniteville,
Mo-, on the Goth, and enough granite was
blown out to keep five hundred men ten
years in working it up.
AT Des Moines, Ia, on the 26th the jury
in the criminal libel case against Governor
Larrabee found a verdict of not guilty.
FANNIE MUKEs a lady of one hundred and
two years of age, living near Cementville,
Ind, fell into the fire place on the Goth dur
ing the absence of her family and was
burned to death.
THE twin infants of Mrs John Swanson,
of Chicago, were accidentally smothered to
death in bed on the 26th
DANIEL CASE, postmaster at Cass, Ind,
was instantly killed on the 26th by a runa-
way team.
FIVE men were killed on the 26th at the
Red Lodge coal mines near Helena NJ. t.,
by premature explosion.
J. STEWART and Silas Martin were arrest
ed on the 10Th at Shelbyville, Ind, charged
WIFI sAAN6l hpildASs ~ 30
amount of spurious coin was recovered.
AT Dickinson, d. T., on the 26th John
Hollen killed his wife and then took his own
life. Domestic trouble was the cause.
JOHN NELSON, a noted forger who had OPP
Grated in many of the larger cities, was ar
rested on the 9th at Omaha, Neb.
ELEVEN produce dealers, convicted of
selling oleomargarine for butter, were fined
heavily ON the 9th at Pittsburgh, Pa
L. TURLEY, the sheriff of Carter County,
Mo, was instantly killed and his deputy
badly wounded ON the 21th while attempt
ing to arrest saloon keeper named Thomp
son at Low Wassie, Mo-
FOLDS & GRTFITHs, dealers in carpets at
Minneapolis Mimi, failed on the 27th for
100000.
GEORGE A. HULL & Co, of Boston, dealers
in hides and leather, failed on the 27th for
$751; 600.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company on
the 21th commenced the work of turning
the course of Old Turtle creek, near Pitts
burgh and would thereby reclaim three
hundred acres of valuable land
Two NATURAL gas explosions in the vicin-
ity of Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 21th wrecked
five buildings and injured a number of per-
sons, one fatally.
In reference to the Alaska Canada bound
airy dispute now under consideration by the
| United States and Canada, the latter Gov
eminent claimed on the 27th to have deter
mined by survey that the line should be
! ninety miles south of where it is marked on
| the United States maps.
The ten unfortunate victims of the recent
| powder factory explosion at Plymouth, Pa,
were buried on the 9th. The entire town
| was draped with emblems of grief.
OSCAR NEEBE, now serving a ffteen-year
| sentence in the penitentiary for completely
in the Haylnarket tragedy i'll Chicago,
wrote an open letter ON the 21th, in which
| he said that he was not and never had been
an Anarchist, and had nothing to confess
| The letter was drawn out by the statement
that Judge Grinnell and others would sign
petition for Neebe's pardon provided he
would make confession.
| ROBERT WATKINS accused of stealing the
ballot-box at Plummerville, Ark, at the late
| election, was on the 9th held in 5000 to
appear for rehearing.
! MINERS were on the 27th thronging to the
| placer mines at Ensenada, Cal, where rich
| finds of gold had recently been made.
| The six-day walking match closed on the
27th at San Francisco, Frank Hart tcolored)
! being the winner, with 526 miles to his
credit. j.. C. Moore was second, with 52j
miles. The gate receipts were $4,000.
MRS 4 s. McDUFFY, of indianapolis,
locked her six-year old daughter in the
house on the 27tn while she went out shop
| ping The child set the building on fire
and was fatally burned.
CASHIER JACOB E. GOODMAN of the Cook
| County I'LL treasurer's office, was missing
on the 9th, and his accounts were $500
| short
THE village of Blooming Prairie, Mimi,
was almost entirely destroyed by fire on
| the 9th
| ROBERT WATKINS, arrested for election
frauds in Conway County, Ark, was on the
| 2Sth ult discharged No clew had been OBJ
tanned to the assassins of John NJ. Clayton.
A FINE flow OF natural gas was struck on
the 2Sth ult at Huntsville, Ind, and other
wells would be drilled
THE business portion of the village of
Lostant, ILL.,, was destroyed by fire on the
2Sth ult
ONE fireman was killed and ten badly in
jured in a fire at Milwaukee on the 2Sth ult
which destroyed property valued at $150, 600.
The house of Herman Umberger, an aged
farmer living near Jennerstown, Pa, was
entered by burglars on the 2Sth ult, who
robbed him OF $4,000 and then shot him
dead
EDWARD CoLBURN, of Boston, a CONNER
cial traveller, shot and killed his wife on the
2Sth ult. and then took his own life, No
cause was known for the deed.
A PARCEL-PosT convention was concluded
on the 2Sth ult between the United States
and Hawaii
THE Standard Oil Company on the 2Sth
ult. purchased one fourth interest in the
Ohio Oil Company at Lima, o., paying
$3.50 900 for the same.
GEORGE FOSTER, a leading yeung attorney
of Tuscaloosa, Ala, committed suide ON the
2Sth ult over the grave of his wife.
GENERAL WALLAcE's celebrated novel
Ben Hur,n was placed on the stage al
Charlottesville, Ind, ON the evening of the
2Sth ult
A Mrs STAFFORD, of Edgartown Mass
left home on the 18th ult having with hel
the first American flag ever used, which
would be carried in the inaugural process.
sion at Washington, She had been offered
on several occasions over 81 600 for the flag
A. b. CLEVELAND, head of New York
firm, wholesalers of seeds, was missing on
the 2Sth ult, and with loans and funds Of
the company was said to have carried of
$4,000
In Cincinnati on the 2Sth ult. Miss Lauri
Mcdonald, daughter Of Alexander Melon
aid, the millionaire oil man, was married t.
Edmund K. Stallo. Mr.. Mcdonald gave hi
daughter s300, 900 for wedding present
By premature explosion on the 18th ult
. in the Norway mine near Marquette, Mich.
Albin Heavy lost both arms and one eye
and Edward Rudder had both of his eye
blown out,