Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-09-05
The World in a Nutshell
For ths week EaaIps s,r.. ..

Eogued till November 10
gushing natural-gas we'll has been
struck near Washington, ~.
Three new Methodist churches were dedi-
GATED on Sunday at Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Shepard & Morse Lumber Company
Of Boston failed on Saturday for 500, GOO
The wheat crop OF Minnesota is Estimated
at $4,000, 900 bushels, the largest in many
years.
It is given out from St Petersburg that
the Czarowitz will soon start on tour OF
the world
The New York woman suffragists will
hold State convention at Saratoga Octo-
Der 2 and 8
There were twenty-five cases Of typhoid
fever in the hospitals at Johnstown, Pa !,
on Thursday.
The entire western portion OF the bust
ness section of Dansville, Mich, was burned
on Thursday
The entire business portion of the village
Of Big Rock ILL.,, was swept away by fire
on Thursday.
Mrs W. T. Christian only child Of Gen.
eral Stonewall Jackson. died Friday morn
ing at Charlotte, N. C.
Levi Sawyer, an Elkart County Ind
pioneer, aged 30 years, died at his home
near Elkhart on Friday.
George Fawcett Rowe, the well-known
playwright and actor, died in Now York on
Thursday, aged go years
Tho Kansas Methodist Minister'S Associa-
tionta Topeka, Kan, declared prohibition
in that State to be a success
The business portion of the historic vii
lage of Sacketts Harbor. n. Y, was de-
stroyed by fire on Thursday.
Tho five children of George Runyap, a
rich farmer living near Lynchburg, O., were
bitten by mad dog ON Thursday.
1t is thought that Deputy Marshal Maggie
will never be brought to trial for the kill
ing of Judge Terry, of California
James NJ. Newbaker, a prominent polL
tician, was assassinated on Thursday at the
door of his home at Satartia, Miss
Fire which broke out in one of the
largest blocks at Ganoque. Ont, Sunday
destroyed 100000 worth Of property.
Welty Mccullough, OF Greensburgh, Pa
ex-member of Congress for the Twenty.
first district of Pennsylvania, died on Sat
urday.
Jean Smith won the free-for all trotting
race at Hartford Friday, going the fifth
mile IN 2:l6, the fastest fifth heat ever
trotted
Adyices from Springfield are to the effect
that the seasons yield of the Illinois corn
crop will not justify early estimates Of pro-
duotion
Mrs d. l. Bauslay, wife of Hrominent
farmer living near Middletown, Ind, was
killed on Friday by the kick of cow she
was milking
John Lawrence was killed ut Montwallo
Ala, by three burglars whom he discovered
In his uncle's store. The burglars have
been arrested
Paul G.. Branch, a prominent attorney,
and Frank J. Dudley, a business man, were
killed in runaway accident at Evansville
Both were drunk
Jacob Cygnan a Chicago grocer, was
burned to death in the cellar OF his place,
6i5 Milwaukee avenue, Saturday night by
an explosion OF kerosene.
The assignee of Lewis Bros & Co., of
New York, made "A statement on Friday
showing liabilities of 81 243, 4Sl, with assets
amounting to 81, $40
The experiments which have been con-
Quoted under the direction of the Kansas
State Board of Agriculture in silk culture
have been highly satisfactory
Alfred Broad, treasurer OF the Steele
Packing Company ut Ionia, Mich, was on
Thursday said to be $40, 900 short in his ac
counts He had disappeared
James Egan, former liquor dealer of
Chicago, killed himself Saturday at Detroit
He had recently been discharged from the
Kankakee Insane Asylum as cured
DR. J. H. Hozen, soldier of the war of
1872, and probably the last of the heroes of
Perry's victory on Lake Erie in 1873 died
Saturday at Marshall, Ill, aged 81 years
william Terhune, Newark ~ ~
butcher, hanged himself on Saturday with
halter-strap because another man had
been adjudgcd a better sheep-killor than
he.
In the first race on tho new track at
westchester, n Y, en- Friday Geraldine ran
the half mile in forty-siX seconds, beating
the best record by one and tire quarter
seconds
Nimrod Daily and his wife celebrated the
sixty seventh anniversary Of their marriage
on Saturday at their home in New Albany
O. Daily is 81 and is able to work His
wife is feeble
Joseph Armstrong, OF Philadel phia aged
81 years Jumped from the board walk into
the water at Atlantic City, y. j., Friday,
and, striking his head upon the sandy bot
tom, broke his neck
The widow of Prof Richard A. Proctor is
to deliver a number of the distinguished as
tron0mer's Lectures next winter, using her
husbands stereopticon outfit Mrs Proctor
is now at Orange Lake. Fla.
A. A. Amidon, prominent lawyer of
gainesville, o.. was shot and<killed on Fri
day by Stanley G. Jones, a cigar manufact
urer. Jones' wife is an applicant for divorce
and Amidon was her counsel.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Company has bought the Canada & Eastern
Illinois railroad projected from Bay City,
Mich, to st Louis via Brazil A section Of
the road is already completed to Goshen,
Ind
A petition signed by nearly 1905 railway
brakemen has been sent to the Interstate
Commerce commissioners asking them to
take steps TO secure the adoption of au-
tomato brakes and couplers on the rail
ways of the country.