Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-06-13
The World in a Nutshell.
For the week Ending june 10.

Of the town
The Herlich piano works Mt Paterson, N.
j., were burned on Friday.
Colopel Charles Q. Langdon, Secretary OF
State OF Alabama, is dead
President Harrison shas issued an order
abolishing Sunday drills in the army.
Cristobal Fernandez, a kidnaper, was exc
cuted ON Wednesday at Jovellanos, Cuba.
A distinct shock of earthquake was felt
in New Bedford Mass, on Friday morning.
Eleven business houses and offices in
Syracuse, Kan, were destroyed by fire on
Friday.
The Clay County Bank, the Oldest institu-
tion Of the kind in Topeka, Kan, has failed
for 100000.
About o'clock Wednesday night very
perceptible shock of earthquake was felt at
Nashville, Tenn
Cheyenne had veritable blizzard Satur-
day, and three inches of snow fell in the
netghboring mountains.
At Biloxi, Miss, an incendiary fire on
Wednesday destroyed twenty five build
ings, causing loss of 100000
ZION Sunday Kansas City. Mo-, was visited
by severe storm of wind and rain, breaking
windows, uprooting treee, etc.
Hon. j. Hamilton Gray, Justice of the SUI
preme Court of British Columbia died at
his home in Victoria ON Wednesday.
Three men, c. l. Woods, George b. Lewis
and II. N. Gavin, were killed ON Friday at
Hutchinson, Kan, by boiler explosion.
The annual parade OF the Sunday -school
Union Of Brooklyn, N. Y, took place on
Wednesday, 10000 children being in line.
Lon Barrett, a notorious horse-thief and
general crook, was arrested on Thursday at
Terre Haute, Ind. for passing counterfeit
mQpey.
Forest fires were raging on Thursday to
the north Of Duluth, Mimi, all through the
yermilion iron range, and great loss was
expected
John Feaster and Charles r. Calston were
hanged on Friday at Charlotte, $. G., for the
murder of W. c. Abernethy, merchant, In
January last
Charles f. Ball. cashier at the United
States Express Company's office at Wash
ington, was arrested on Sunday for en-
bezzling $4,000
band of Mormon missionaries who had
for month been holding forth at Kinds
boro, Ill, were driven ont of town on Sun
day by citizens
James T. Lemay, wealthy farmer living
several miles northeast of Condor, Ind,
was murdered on Saturday by burglars who
entered his house
Mrs Dennis Carroll and Der little girl and
Mrs. Edmund Thomas were drowned in the
river at Pittsburgh, Pa, on Sunday by the
upsetting of q boat.
The Gear has bestowed dowry of 1000
600 rubles on Princess Militia of Mont
enegro, who has been betrothed to Grand
Duke Peter, of Russia.
The Ship Altmora, bound from Sidney to
San Francisco, was wrecked off the Fiji
Islands and number of her passengers
and crew were drowned
The Bank of Omaha Neb, Incorporated
about a year ago, closed its doors on
Wednesday Liabilities between $4,000
and $4,000; assets nominal.
While insane Mrs Quigley, the wife OF a
well-to-do farmer living near Peotone, Ill,
gave her two children dose of Rough on
Rats and took some herself.
Paul Bissel, young American, has peen
kidnapped at Bremen to be forced into the
German army. The State Department has
the matter under advisement.
The Italians who have been on trial at
West Superior, Wis, for the murder of
Charles Hubbard, the Omaha railroad fore
man. were acquitted Saturday.
The Derby-the greatest of all English
turf events-was run dt EPSON Downs on
Wednesday, and was won by the Duke of
Portland's famous colt Donovan.
The town of Mons, Belgium, was excited
on Thursday over the murder of the Mar
chioness de Chasteler. an aged lady of noble
family, who was found slain in her bed.
American boodlers in Canada are greatly
alarmed over the statement that the We'll
den bill is retroactive, and that they may
be turned over to the American authori-
ties.
Emigration Agent Bourke, of BellmuIlet,
Ennis County, Ireland it is charged, is
sending pauper families to this country on
money supplied by the British Govern
ment
At Jacksonville, Fla, early Wednesday
morning fire destroyed about sixty wooden
buildings, for the most part occupied by
colored people. The lose was estimated at
s2O0, 600
Scarlet fever of malignant type broke
out on Friday at the Michigan Military
Academy at Orchard Lake. The students
were leaving and the place would be closed
at once.
Kari Hahnmann, a farmer living near
Girard, Kan, strangled his wife to death on
Thursday and then went TO the barn and
hanged himself No cause was known for
the deed.
When the will of Mary ]. Kennedy was
probated at indianapolis. Ind, it was found
that the only heirs to her estate were two
sons who are both serving life sentences in
prison for murder
A huge dam In the maintains near Cuha
N. Y, is being constantly watched, as its
bursting would flood portion of the Gen
essee valley and give repetition Of the
Johnstown disaster
At Ashland, Wis, Saturday Judge Parish
sentenced Samuel Mcdonald and John
Graham to fourteen and thirteen years re-
spectively in States prison for beating
Alfred Mcdonald almost lifeless at Pence,
February
By a clerical error the Insurance bill
passed by the late Illinois Legislature, hold
ing companies responsible for premiums
paid their authorized agents. appears to
have been defeated. Efforts will be made
to correct the blunder.
The United States Brewers Association
met In twenty-ninth annual session on
Wednesday at Niagara Falls, N. Y A reso-
luton that $4,000 be appropriated for the
benefit of the sufferers of the Johnstown
disaster was heartily carried.
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