Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-07-25
The World in aNut-shell.

The World in aNut-shell.
Ten dwellings were consumed by nre Gs
Corinna, Ne, on Thursday.
There were three fatal cases OF sunstroke
in New Orleans on Thursday.
A big strike of silver is reported abodt
thirty miles from Grsa. Falls, NJ. i.
pearcs Il Ryan, wholesale whisky dealers
at Nashyi le Tenn, failed on Friday for
10000
John Wilhelm was arrested Saturday ut
Frankfort, Ind, for coming counterfeit sill
yer dollars
Captain John Oliver, the discoverer Of
Michigan iron mines. died on Saturday at
Norway. Mich
Moses Weips livery stable in New York
City was burned on Sunday, and i21 horses
were cremated
Canadian capitalists have erected cleo
trio generating machinery under Horseshoe
falls at Niagara
Max Lee shot and killed his wife at Phil
adelphia, Pa, Saturday night They lived
unhappiiy together
The National Editorial Association viii
hold its fifth annual session in Detroit Au-
gust q, IS 20 and 50
The Dodge Olcott chemical works at
Jersey City, n. j., were burned on Satur-
day. Loss, s320.00O
The Lafayette Belt Railroad Company
was Incorporated Thursday at indianapolis.
The capital stock is S25, eco
John W. johnson, a wealthy farmer OF
Hillsdale Mich, was fieeced out OF S2. 900 by
three card monte men Saturday.
Bloomington Ill1 people are happy over
H. haI-a yxxsbf ab five
cent Ioayes OF bread are sold for two cents.
Mrs John A. Logan arrived in New York
on Friday from Europe on the steamship
Trave She left at once for Youngstown, ..
II is reported that the Queen OF England
has decided to place her burden OF state
documents on the shoulders of the Prince
of Wales.
Louis D. Sillman, OF Menomonee, Wis.
student at the State Agricultural Farm,
was killed Saturday by falling forty feet
from a haymow.
O. p Cheney's stables at Canal VIM
chester o., were struck by lightning
Thursday evening, and several valuable
horses persisted
Captain Daniel Appleton was unanimous
ly elected Colonel of the famous Seventh
New York Thursday. vice Colonel Emmons
Clark, resigned
Statistical returns in England show thst
there are about 900 900 more women than
men in the country, and that these are
nearly all widows
Pete Willis a negro prisoner in the jail at
Warsaw Ind, was lynched on Friday by
mob Willis was charged with having as
saulted a little girl
Fifty tons of provisions raised in Chicago
for the relief OF miners families ut Braid
wood, Braceville and Coal City Ill, were
delivered Saturday.
Governor Nichols OF louisiana has fixed
Tuesday, September 3 for the election of a
Congressman in the Third district, vice Ed
ward j Gay, deceased.
The Jury in London in the case of Mr.
William o. Brien against Lord Salisbury for
damages for SANDER returned verdict In
favor Of Lord Salisbury
The bungling work of experts in the get
ting out of the published editions of the
laws make many acts of the last Illinois
Legislature imperative
John 7. Morton, veteran book publisher
of Louisville Ky, died on Friday OF gener-
al debility caused by old age. lie left
fortune of over 81, 100000
Five bodies were found ON Friday at
Johnstowns, Pa, and there were indications
that many more were under the debris
where the men wore at work
A shock of earthquake mas been felt ON
the island of Arran and tho mainland of
Scotland The shock was so severe that
houses were violently shaken.
An insect supposed to be the green nudge
is working havoc around Madison, Wis.
Farmers In several localities complain that
wheat is rapidly being ruined,
w B. Tate a wealthy Tennessee bachelor,
on Thursday distributed $4,000 among
forty one-legged and one-armed Confed-
crate soldiers of East Tennessee.
During storm on Friday near the
Standing Rock Indian Agency in Dakota a
wigwam containing five Indians was struck
by lightning and three were killed
Captain Abbott with posse of secret
service men raided the United States Hotel
near Dayton, o., on Thursday and secured
two carpet-sacks OF spurious $40 bills
At the session OF the National Education
al Association at Nashville. Tenn. on
Thursday James Fl. Garfield, of Kansas
was chosen president for the ensuing year
Dave Harrison alias Henry Henderson a
member of gang of horse thieves that has
operated extensively in Illinois ana Indi-
ana, was arrested Friday at Seymour, Ind
Prof Craig made a balloon ascension on
Friday at Coldwater, Mich, and dropped
with aparachute from height of 4, 900 feet
falling in the lake He was rescued mn
harmed
Auditor al Graham, of Lebanon, O., de-
oamped on Saturday with $50, 600 belonging
to the county, and County Treasurer O. r.
Coleman was arrested on a charge Of en-
bezzling $4,000
Count Leo Schwab, Familiarity known as
the Soldiers friend died at Beachmont.
Mass, on Friday. He expended large fort.
une in relieving the wants Of soldiers and
sailors in distress
The 20-year old SON of Hiram CAMDEN. a
farmer In Green County. Ind, was thrown
by q runaway horse and dragged by the
harness, In which his foot had caught, for
quarter of a mile He died soon after