The Dickinson press., 1890-05-31
BRIEF REPORTS OF news
A Concise Summary OF Events
That Have Occurred During
the Past Week.
Short Recitals of Crime, Disas-
tiers, and General Happen
ings of Interest.

Saw-fies are running Illinois wheat
fields.
Madison, Wis, had three suicides in
as many days last week.
An extra session of the Nebraska leg
islature has been called.
The little town of Kolo, Iowa, has
been wiped off the map by a miners
strike.
The statue of Vice President Hen
bricks will be unveiled at indianapolis,
July 1.
st. Louis Odd Fellows have adopted a
resolution excluding saloon keepers from
the order.
There were two fist fights between
members Of the Kentucky legislature
Saturday.
The largest freight house of the New
York Central. at Albany, burned. The
loss is $4,000
scalpers are said to be making an $11
rate Chicago to New York, and a rate
war is imminent.
The auditor of Stearns county, Mime
sofa, is said to be short in his accounts
anu HIS disappeared.
The Russian government has granted
a subsidy to a new expedition to explore
Northern Siberia.
The annual convention of the Supreme
Council of knights of the Mystic Chain
is in session at Pittsburg.
The Southern Presbyterian general
assembly has adjourned to meet next
year in Birmingham, Ala.
The twenty-fourth annual convention
OF the American branch of the Universal
Peace union is in session at Washington.
Bishop O'Connor died at Omaha Tues
day. He had been ill for over a year.
Preparations are being made for a large
funeral.
Negotiations for the sale of the Union
stock yards of Chicago to an English
syndicate are said to be again in
progress.
Gen. A%nnenkof, director of the CEN
trail Asain railway, is on his way to
Paris, whence he will visit England and
America.
Advices received at London report
that the village of Rephaie has been
destroyed by an earthquake. None of
the villagers were killed.
Shellenberger, the Doylestown, Pa,
laWyer-forger, plead guilty on seventeen
counts, and was sentenced to twenty
two years in the penitentiary.
Billy Meyer, the "Streator Cyclone"
was knocked out in the twenty-eighth
round by Andy Bowen, a New Orleans
pug. They fought at New Orleans.
Archbishop Fabre has issued a pas
toral letter saying that the Tongue
Pointe holocaust was a visitation from
God on account of the sinful state of the
country.
The announcement that no British
vessels will attend the coming German
naval manoevers at Keil has created a
feeling Of painful surprise in official cir
cles in Berlin.
DR.. Justin's new dynamite gun ex-
ploded at the first trial at Perrysville.
N. Y. There were thousands present to
witness the experiments, but, strange to
say, no one was hurt.
The Owego National Bank, at Bing-
hampton, N. Y, has been completely
wrecked by the populations of the cash
lei. His stealings L ~variously estima-
ted at from $50, 900 to $775, 900.
Banker George H. Pell has been found
guilty of grand larceny in taking $31. 900
in bonds belonging to the Lennox Hill
bank at the time of the recent bank
wrecking plot. Sentence was deferred.
The tow path bank of the Erie canal.
near Utica was washed away by high
water, wrecling the New York Central
railway and throwing a freight train
into the ditch. Fifty miles of the canal
are useless.
A young woman committed suicide on
a Chicago, Hamilton and DAYTON yesti-
bule train when neal Monon, Ind, by
tying a rope to the rear platform, then
fixing a moose to her neck and jumping
from the train.
During a light thunder storm at
Lucas, Ohio, lightning struck a hard
ware store, setting fire to it. While
goods We're being removed a can of
dynamite exploded, killing two men and
injuring twenty-five.
George Gould has resigned the presi-
dency of the Pacific Mail Steamship
company, and Houston, the former pres
ident, was again elected to the position.
Col. G. S. Brice and Samuel Thomas
were elected to the board of directors.
Spalding predicts the death of the
Players league on Decoration day if it
rains. If it doesn't rain then and does
rain July 4, it will go up like a big
fire-cracker on that day. Anyway it is
war to the death between the league
clubs.
Gen. Paine says hat the Volunteer
would not be entered this year for the
Brenton Reef cup against the Trek, in
fact, he practically said that the crack
sloop would not be entered in any of the
races, but that he would put her in COM
mission for pleasure sailing only: Ifany
boat, ne knew nothing about them.
An Englishman has bought the con-
tents of the rnral castle of N11ranaher.r