Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-03-14

Ar.saxSeEn lfats ron into ditch On the
7tl near Ccshoctun. q dozen persons he
ing hurt hut none faially
DURING the seven days ,ltded ON The 9th
there we're ssi business failures III the
United states, against ~; The previous
seven days, The total failures ia the United
states from january 70 date was 2ais
against 24sl in 1855
REpoBTs Of the sth from the towns through
the northern and western portions OF Mary
land gave accounts of severe earthquake
shock At Westminster numberof wonr4
en- were badly frightened and rushed panic-
stricken from their houses
THE eighteen year-old wife Of Charles
Honald was found dead on the floor OF her
home at Elkhart, Ind, on the Stl Foul play
was suspected
SUSPENSION Of payment was announced
on the stb by the Bufford sons photographic
Company Of Boston, whose liabilities were
estimated at 100000
SAMUEL GAsKISs fcOloredl was hanged on
the Sth at Camden. ) c. for the murder of
Betsey Clark, q colored girl,
THE Camden Point Female Orphan Asy-
lum at Platte City, Mo, was destroyed by
fire on the Sth, but all the inmates escaped
a. w BusBY a prominent citizen Of Gate
City Ala, was shot and killed by an UNI
known assassin on the Sth while sitting ath.s
fresidc
l. O. DISCHARGES & Co, of New Orleans
who lost number Of coal barges in the
storm of August last, assigned on the Sth
with liabilities of sl4l,600,
OFFICIALS OF the Government on the Sth
arrested In Conway County. Ark, Martin
Thorp and William Garner, leaders OF the
most extensive gang of counterfeiters in
the Southwest An immense sum of bogus
money, comprising s., SO and so imita-
ton gold pieces. was also secured
The business portion of Slater, Mo-, was
destroyed by fire on the Sth.
john HUNTINGTON, of Cleveland, O., one
OF the original members OF the Standard Oil
I Company, conveyed by deed OF trust to
board of seven citizens on the Sth 500 600
worth of gilt-edged six per cent. stock, the
interest of which is to be used for charitable
purposes
JOHN PEERS stables on the Florence stock
farm near Three Rivers, Mich. were burned
ON the sth, together with nine finely bred
horses.
WILLIAM GEssLER, of Fostoria, o., a glass
worker, in fit of jealousy on the sth shot
Rad killed his wife and then took his own
life
THOMAS G. COOPER, wholesaler of flour
and provisions at Albany n. Y, failed on
the sth for $4,000.
FIRE on the sth at Louisville, Ky, de-
stroyed three business buildings causing a
less az Si25 goo
ANNE Room committed suicide by hang
ting on the Sth at Ida, Mimi. She was in
love with Lee, recently hanged for murder.
EARTHQUAKE shocks were,felton the even
ing Of the sth in Reading Harrisburg, Car
isle and Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania
Crockery and windows were ratified Violent
", butn damage YVES dane,
DENNIS MCCARTHY, an idle fellow OF Port
/ land, Conn, was whipped by White Caps on
the Sth until he promised to stop beating his
wife and give her proper support
AT the convention of Railroad State Com
missioners in Washington on the Sth it was
stated that over 600 active, strong men
were either killed or maime- nor life during
Lhe year fSS5while coupling cars
The best part OF the village OF Wabash,
Neb, was swept away by flames on the Sth
THE farmers near Still Pond, Nd. were
on the sth losing a great many cattle by
cerebro spinal meningitis, which was prev
alent there