Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-24
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Binding July 81.

crop mas been entirely destroyed by the
hot, dry weather.
Tie machine works Of j. C. Todd at
Paterson, y. J.. were burned on sun
day. Loss $50. 600
Eighty-s-x Swedish-Americans we're
naturalzej in Chicago on Friday and
liz We're graasod first papers.
Judge Rowland decided at Indian
apolis on Thursday that German must
be taught in the public schools
At Rosenau, in Hungary, the parish
church, the synagogue and seventy
houses were burned on Thursday.
William Gerberding, an old soldier,
was run down by a train at Cadillac
Mich, sunday and instantly killed
A whole family, consisting Of father
mother ana six children, were suffocat-
ed on Thursday by charcoal fumes in
Paris
A disastrous fire occurred in Toxic
japan, June 2l destroying about |, 600
houses and rendering many people des-
titute
Nearly 10000 Italians emigrated in
1889, OF whom 80 600 came to the United
States and s., 600 went to the Argentine
Republic
A fire was started by spontaneous com
bustion in the Starr piano factory at
Richmond. Ind Thursday, causing a
loss Of $4,000
Another fight took place between the
Smith Messef factions in Knox County,
Ky. Thursday night in which four
men were killed
The influenza scpidcmic n st. Louis,
France the whole population Of the
place being affected Business is en-
tirely suspended
Mrs William Prairie and Mrs. Henry
Rivers we're fatally burned by an explo-
sion OF kerosene stove Saturday at
Three Rivers Mass
1t va, reported that five OF tie Apache
Indians who murdered sheriff Reynolds
and a deputy recently in Arizona have
been killed by cowboys
Green Jackson tcoloredl was lynched
at Fort White, Fla. on Friday bv neigh
bors Of Mrs Robert Pritchard, a white
woman whom he had assaulted.
] During fracas on Friday at Tuscum-
/ bia, Ala, Mayor Steele was shot dead
and John Goodwin and W. p Challen
were probably fatally wounded
In quarrel over mulo trade on
Friday al Guyton, Ca, T. e. Norton,
Jr, shot and killed Willie and John
BIRD ,brothersl All were young BOYS.
A Pittsburgh, Pa. the prophecy Of a
4 fortlne-teller that Jennie Mcdowell S
wedding dress would be her shroud was
fulfilled by The girls suicide on Friday.
A gigantic system Of counterfciting
rare coins with headquarters in New
York and branches in various other sec
tons of the United States, has been
d -scovered
Colonel Thomas Goode Morrow. until
recently the editor and proprietor Of the
Sunday Gazette at Washington, died at
his residence in that city sunday after
brief illness
A pine box containing the breast. foot
and hand OF human being was found
in a st. Louis baggage-room Friday
The police have been unable TO solve
the mystery
party of twenty-threo Esquimaux
left Cartwright, Labrador several
months ago in search OF deer They
found no game, and the entire party
starved to death
Two counterfeiters mem bers of a
gang that has been flooding the country
with an excellent two-dollar silver GER
tiacate, were captured by the New York
police Thursday
Brigadier-Gencral Daniel T. Van
Buren,, VINO was one OF the first to vol
unteer at the outbreak Of the rebellion,
died at his home in Plainfield, n j.,
Thursday morning
Frank Villerman, secretary Of the
German and Centennial building and
Loan Associations al Denver, Col. was
on Thursday said to be short in his ac-
counts about $50, 600
Charles jackson. an S-year-old boy.
found pocket-book containing SIS, 900
in the street at Lynn, Mass, on Thurs
day, and returned the money to itsown-
er, Captain Robinson.
The Manchester Canal Company's
warehouse at Liverpool has been
burned. An enormous quantity Of cot
ton, grain and flour was consumed The
loss IS estimated at $500, 600
Prof. Peters, the eminent astronomer
and professor of that science at Hamil-
ton College, New York, was found dead
in one Of the college halls Saturday
morning The cause was apoplexy.
Chauncey NJ. Depew in an interview
published in a London newspaper con
demned local government in America
and charged that the evils are due
largely to the fact that good men are
too busy to vote.
A Kansas City original package firm
has begun suit for damages against the
sheriff chief Of police and county attor-
ney charging conspira,~ 10 prevent il
from carrying on its business, and fix
ing the damages at $40 900
Lieut.. John n Rhodes 81 the revenue
marine service. VINO died recently al
Algiers, La. Was the officer who dis
played such bravery at the wreck Of the
steamship City Of Columbus near Mar
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