Griggs courier., 1890-03-14

THR following clubs will comprise the
National Base Ball League the coming
season: New York, Boston, Cleveland,
Chicago. Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Wash.
ington, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and In
dianapolis. +,
1 w. II. FARNHAM, of Milwaukee, for
twenty-seven years assistant cashier Of
the Northwestern Mutual Insurance
Company, shot himself to death on the
9Th. Temporary insanity was the cause.
FIFTEEN stores and dwellings, at Read
ing, Mass, were burned on the 9th.
HENRY KEEP made bet in st. Louis
on the 9th that he could drink seven
ponies Of whisky ON top Of half beer
glass Of gin. He won the bet but died
four hours later.
A FIRE on the 9th ct Madrid, Neb.,
destroyed seven buildings in the bust.
ness part Of the town.
The Chicago express train ON the Lake
Shore road was wrecked on the night Of
the 9Th near Hamburg, N. Y, Pull
man and two day coaches being piled in
heap. Ten persons were reported
killed and about twenty-five more or
less severely injured.
j. W. GALLOWAY, q Little Rock lark. }
tax collector, was on the 9th found to be
$12, 900 short in his accounts.
THE American wire, rod and nail mills
at Anderson, Ind, were burned on the
9Th. Loss, 800, 900.
DURING the absence Of Mrs. Eliza
Moore on the 9Th her residence at Co.
lumbus, Ind, took fire, and two Of her
children were consumed in the flames.
JOHN CHENEY and wife and their SER
want were found asphyxiated at their
home in Philadelphia on the 9th.
DANIEL D. BLAKE, mill employe at
Fall River, Mass, was informed on the
9Th that he was heir to 81, 600, 600 by the
death of an uncle in England.
NEAR Petersburg, Va, sand-bank
caved in on the 7th, killing Lewis Stew
art, John Dawson and Archer Griffin.
THERE were 215 business failures in
the United States during the seven days
ended on the 7th, against 100 the
previous seven days. The total of fail
ures in the United States January 1 to
date is 2,75s, against 2,94s in 1889.
EIGHT persons were seriously injured,
some Of them fatally, in runaway &C.
cident on the 7th at Baldwin, Wis.
The dwelling Of Alexander Stokes,
near Ridgely. Md, was destroyed by
fire on the 7th, and Mrs. Stokes perished
In the flames.
By the capsizing of q boat on the 7th
near Knoxville, Tenn, the two sons Of
William Naples and . son of William
Baker were drowned.
FURTHER advices of the 7th say that
six persons were killed in the recent
wreck near Hamburg, N. Y, on the Lake
Shore road.
The village of Liberty, KY, was con-
sumed by fire on tho 7th.
PATRICK GROVE, Of Omaha, wanted for
stealing diamonds, was arrested in Chi
cago on the 7th by Officer Linville on
Clark street. He shot the officer twice,
shot bystander who interfered, and
then kept an immense crowd at bay un-
til he reached the Pullman building, IA
tally wounding Officer Briscoe on the
way, who had attempted to stop him.
AT the burning Of the house Of Moses
Feldman, Boston peddler, ON the 9TH,
three Of his children inhaled so much
smoke that they could not live.
JAMES MCINTOSH and two daughters
of James Evans were drowned on the
7th near Spirit Lake, Ia., by driving
into an air-hole in Lake Okobogi.
AN assignment was made at New York
on the 7th by the brewing firm of Mon
roe Eckstein for $123, 1000.
The private banking firm of Belloc
Freres, at San Francisco, CAL, failed on
the 7th for $500, 900.
FELIX KAMPF was hanged on the 7th
at Charleston, w. Va, for the murder
of his daughter Mary, aged 20 years, and
his son William.
CHARLES FREEMAN committed MUIR
der on the 7th near Sacramento, Cal, by
holding the head of his victim in tub
Of water until death resulted.
A DERA1LED freight car near Cisco,
Cal, on the 7th caused the collapse Of
seventy feet of snow-sheds; and twenty
head of cattle killed.
The town Of Casey Hill, Pa, which
stood over an abandoned mine, caved in
on the 7th, and many buildings were
wrecked.
A FEW hours after getting married ON
the 7th John N. Hodgson, book-keeper
at Cleveland, O., shot himself with
revolver, causing death instantly. No
cause was known.
THREE boys-Fred Sachs. George
Crawford and Willie Cheatham-were
burned to death on the 7th in a FIRE in
the Armstrong furniture factory at
Evansville, Ind.
In portions of New York and Vermont
the mercury ranged from 28 to IS de.
grees below zero on the 7th. ~,
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
JUDGE DANIEL B. TILDEN died 1T his
home in Cleveland, O.. on the 4th. He
was "a years old and was member of
Congress during the Mexican war.
The third annual convention at the
National League Of Republican Clubs
met at Nashville, Tenn, on the 4th.
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