Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-06-20
The World in a Nutshell.
For tho Week Ending june II.

Aploo hes been discovered ut Belgrade 10
dethrone the young King Of Servia
OF l3s saloons in Johnstown and vicinity
but two escaped destruction by the flood
Philip Young, farmer near Lima, o.,
was fatally gored Saturday by vicious bull
Six thousand dock laborers at Glasgow,
Scotland, struck on Thursday for higher
wages
James Stubbs the wealthy English salt
manufacturer, died suddenly in New York
on Friday
w. B. Brooks a. Son, miners and shippers
Of coal at Columbus o., failed on Thursday
for sl50,O0O.
The Massachusetts, Legislature has passed
q bill making it penal oifense to dock
horses tails
While bathing in the Rio Grande at FL
Paso Saturday Miss Gonzales and boy
were drowned
Frank Woodruff, assistant postmaster OF
Lawrence, Kan, is charged with en-
bezzling $1,000.
Jennison's hardware store at Bay City,
Mich, was destroyed by fire Friday, causing
a loss of $4,000
The exercises OF the 142d annual COM
mencement of Princeton IN. - College
were begun on Saturday.
A portion of the new pontoon bridge
across the Missouri river at Sioux City was
swept away by the current Friday.
Advices from Brazil, Ind, say that recent
reports of starving miners there were false
and were circulated for political effect
AN italian boy of years fell into sew
er at Baltimore on Friday and when search
was made no trace of him could be found.
Mrs. J. d. Boggs, of Boone Court House,
W. Va, was shot and killed Saturday by
her son, who playfully pointed his rifle at
her.
William Yerder, a negro desperate, set
fire to the Jail at Archie, Mo-, where he was
a prisoner, and his body was burned to a
crisp
At West St Paul Thursday fire destroyed
three dwellings, small hotel, an ice-house
and two stables Loss, 10000; partially
insured.
John Price and David Evans were fatally
injured on Thursday by the premature ex-
plosion of dynamite blast in a colliery at
Scranton, Pa.
Thursday afternoon squib factory at st
Clair. Pa, was wrecked by an explosion Of
powder. Mamie Null, aged l9 years, was
burned to death
Two farmers at Deckard's Run, Pa, en-
gagged in a quarrel Friday, and Germans
skull was crushed in with a crowbar kill
ing him instantly
Hog cholera is raging near Lima, O. Hun
dreds of animals have died and many more
are dying of the disease, which it seems I'M
possible to check
George Coffee, negro in custody at Nor
fri ff6ihs Va, has confessed that he set fire to
the residence Of Rev F. G. Clarke, in which
five lives were l0st>
The Ripley marble properly at kutianu
Vt, has been sold for $3.50, 600 70 the YER
mont Marble Company, of which secretary
Proctor is president -
William W. Simpson, postmaster at Silver
Springs, Md, 50 years of age, was married
on Wednesday to Miss Winnie n, Willis who
is but 10 years of age.
While drunk ON Thursday at Cayuga, ILL.,,
Joseph Nenne struck his wife causing her
to fall and sustain injuries that proved
fatal two hours later
Randolph Uncles (coIored) is soon to be
ordained priest by Cardinal Gibbons at
Baltimore He will be the second colored
priest in the country.
Natural gas was struck Friday at Su llivan
Ind, at depth of $50 feet The citizens
ready been formed to drill.
Patrick A. Ward, 63 years old, and the
most prominent Irishman in Indianapolis
Ind, committed suicide on Thursday. De.
spondency was the cause.
Fire at Ishpeming, Mich, Thursday after
noon Quilted the Mickey block, occupied by
stores and offices, causing a loss of $4,000;
fully covered by insurance
n. ~ C.e,ft - Cal h,
cepted the presidency of Parsons College
at Fairfield Ia and viii assume the duties
of his new position in September.
The woods in the vicinity of Barrville
Pa, are swarming with young locusts and
it is feared that fruit and forest trees will
suffer from the insects this summer.
At Vincennes, Ind, a jury has returned a
verdict of &, 900 damages against the Louis
vile, Evansville & St Louis railroad for
causing the death of James Summers.
The works of the Canada Powder Com
pany near Brockville, Ont, were blown up
on Friday, killing q number of sheep and
horses and wrecking windows IN the town.
J. Leaman said to be the Oldest Odd
Fellow in this country, died at Chico, Cal,
Friday He was charter member of the
lodge organized by Wilde at Baltimore in
1919
In a collision of trains near Hayre dc
Grace, Md, Wednesday two cars loaded
with provisions for the Johnstown suffer
ers were wrecked, and man named Jo-
seph Mexican was killed
William Writ Henry, grandson of Patrick
Henry, has been appointed by Governor
Lee to represent Virginia at the meeting of
the Governors of the thirteen original
Mt lnhf ~
July.
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