Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-04-11
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president HARRISON on the evening OF
the I'd gave a special reception in honor Of
Prince and Princess Takehaits, of Japan
AT San Francisco on the I'd custom house
officers seized 2, pa boxes of opium, valued
at sl5,5 6s, which had been Struggled.
DURING heavy thunder storm on the I'd
at Gonzales Tex, flock OF wild geese were
struck by lightning and seventy eight of
them were killed.
THE total amount of coinage of the United
States mints for the month of March was
1885, 405.
The village of Mount Pleasant, NJ T., was
destroyed by prairie fire on the I'd. Over
one hundred families were made homeless
and utterly destitute.
GENERAL H. X Mcconnell, one OF the
most prominent attorneys Of Usage City,
Kan, committed suicide on the I'd by
shooting.
AT a mass meeting of general railway
passenger agents on the I'd in Cincinnati a
motion to abolish second-class fares was de-
feated
THE oyster-dredging season at Baltimore
closed on the I'd About nine million bushels
of oysters were received there during the
season
NEAR Rapid City, D. T., prairie fire did
great damage on the I'd, and young lady
was burned to death.
In wreck on the Northern Pacific road
near Missoula, NJ r., on the I'd three men
were killed
THIEVES broke into the State House at
New Haven, Conn, ON the I'd and carried
away the sword Of Admiral Foote, held by
the society as relic. 1t is presentation
sword studded with jewels and precious
stones valued at $4,000
A HEAVY snow-storm prevailed in portions
of Dakota on the I'd.
BIG landslide occurred at Pittsburgh
Pa. on the I'd, covering the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad track and carrying away
nearly half of Bluff street
The State Department at Washington was
ON the I'd officially informed that Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the new British Minister to the
United States, would sail for New York
April IS.
JOIN L. HUDSON was on the I'd elected
presiders g the American Bell Telephne
Company
The whole country around Blunt, d. T.,
was being devastated by prairie fires on the
3D. One farmer had lost five hundred sheep
cattle and hogs, and many farmers were
homeless
FIRE on the Sd among business buildings
on South Canal street, Chicago, did damage
TO the extent of $500 600
BURGLARS blew open the safe of the First
National Bank at Plymouth o.. on the Sd,
but got only 81 600 for their trouble
AN entire block of fourteen buildings al
Nelson, Neb., was burned on the 3D. caus
ing loss of S50,000
REPORTS of the Sd from Des Moines, Ia,
were to the effect that the city was infested
with fire bugs, who made life a burden to
the fire and police departments
THE American Meat Company, with a
fol IF 0OO O00 inanrn0rafad n
Philadelphia on the 81 The company
would run it's own ranches, slaughter
houses, etc. and had acquired valuable
properties in Indian Territory, New Mexico
and Texas
THE Secretary OF State at Washington re-
ceived Geographic information on the Sd
from Consul Allen at Kingston. Jamaica, OF
the sale to an American syndicate of the
entire railway system OF that island
A wIND-sToRsI passed over the town OF
Chipley, Fla, on the Sd, tearing up trees,
demolishing chimneys and completely de-
stroying the Methodist church and other
buildings. One man was killed
LEoLA, the county seat of Mcpherson
County, d. IT,, was completely destroyed by
prairie fire on the Sd
JOHN DEBURNER and Thomas Datson, OF
Auburn, W. Va, fought and killed each
other with axes on the Sd
THE lumber district of the city of Hanni
bal, Mo-, was totally destroyed by fire on
the Sd.
AN attempt was made at Louisville, o., on
the Sd to wreck an express train on the Fort
Wayne & Chicago railroad.
WILLIAM HEAGENKoPF, night editor of the
Milwaukee Sentinel, while on his way to
lunch ON the night of the Sd broke an artery
in his left leg and bled to death in few
minutes
THE house of Abner BascOmb at Marietta,
Ga. was burned on the Sd, and Bascom's
young son and two girls were cremated
FORTY houses were unroofed at Balti-
more, Md, on the Sd by wind storm, and
$4,000 damage done to other property.
AT Somerset, Ky, W. W. Wells, superin-
tendent of the Cincinnati Southern division
of the Queen and Crescent system, died
suddenly in his car on the 4th
FINANCIAL embarrassment caused Jacob
Hernung, a New Alband Hnd. brewer, to
commit suicide on the 18th by shooting.
IN collision on the Decatur (Ala.) di-
vision of the Louisville 4 Nashville road on
the 4th three men were killed and many
persons wounded.
SEVERAL members of gang of fire bugs
which had been destroying property in
Brooklyn, n Y, and fleeing insurance
IT was announced on the ith that prairie
fires had completely wiped out three towns
in South Dakota and that hundreds Of
farm-houses had been destroyed, also
barns with all their contents, and many
persons we're homeless and entirely destf-
tute. The losses were placed at 81 COOOOO
MARTIN ROLAND (colored), awaiting
trial for the murder of a white man named
Courts, was taken from the Jail at Abing-
don, Va, on the 4th by mob and hanged.
COLONEL RICHARD LONG, prominent
business man OF Chicago, was run over and
fatally injured by q train at Allegheny City,
Pa, on the 18th
OWING TO quarrel with his wife on the
4th at Pittsburgh, Pa, Edward Dietz cut the
throat of his three year old girl and then
cut his own throat. Both were dead
DWIGHT j. MOODY, the evangelist, opened
a convention for Christian workers at the
Chicago Avenue Church, Chicago, on the
4th. The meetings would continue from
thirty to sixty days, according to the in
terest manifested,
A MANIA of suicide is prevalent at Pitts
burgh, Pa. During the six days ended on
the 4th nine attempts at self destruction
were made. and six of them were sue
cessfuL
FISH in the White river near Columbus,
Ind, were ON the 4th said to be dying by
thousands They fiOated on top OF the
water and lined the banks, and poultry
which pecked at them soon died
THE United States Marshals who attempt
ed to make evictions from Des MOines river
lands near Fort Dodge, Ia, ON the 4th were
met with armed resistance and driven from
the field
Downs 4 Finch, OF New York, shirt man
ufacturers failed on the 9Th for $4,000
DURING the seven days ended on the 5th
there were 222 business failures In the
United States, against 40 the previous seven
days
REPORTS to the Indiana Board of Agri-
culture on the 9Th from all over the State
Indicated that the growing wheat was In
splendid condition
THE discovery OF rich placer dlggings in
the Bear Paw mountains fifty miles north
of Fort Benton. VI T., was reported on the
18th
Isaac Rich 4 Co, the oldest fish dealers
it Boston, failed ON the 9TH for $4,000
PRESIDENT HARRISON on the 5th issued a
centennial proclamation recommending
that on Tuesday, April ~, at the hour OF
nine o'clock in the morning. the people Of