Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending FEB. 10.

A 3. Fleming was on Thursday inau-
gurated Governor of West Virginia
Three men were drowned while boat.
ing at Marine City, Mich, on Wednes-
day.
Catherine Henry, aged 1906 years, died
n Kingston Ont, on Thursday OF infu-
enza.
The Hudson river was on Wednesday
open to navigation 100 miles above New
York.
A very pereeptible shock Of earth
quake was felt on Saturday at Prince
ton, n. J.
A fire on Saturday at Paterson, N. j.,
destroyed Washington Hall, causing
loss OF $500 600
The overflow of the river at Los An
geles, Cal, and vicinity had on Satur-
day caused a loss of over $3.50, 600
The wages Of the coke workers in the
Connellsyille PA. region were on Fri
day advanced from 10 to Is per cent
The courthouse at Dallas, Tex, was
burned on Friday, and most Of the rec
ords were destroyed. Loss, 500. 600
General sherman was 70 years old
Saturday, and Ne received numerous
testimonials Of esteem from all over the
land
i. A. Walton, the Dallas (Tex.) money
clerk who absconded week ago with
S35, 600, has been lost track OF IN his trip
East
Sam Morgan, of Rhinebeck, ~ Y, was
blown by dynamite into such fine pieces
on Friday that they couldn't find any
of him.
John Brown, upward OF so years and
one Of the most notorious of counter
letters is dying in his cell in the Ohio
penitentiary.
The historical palace of Queen Mar
garete, at Navarro, France, was de-
stroyed by fire on Sunday. The loss was
1000, 600 francs.
The situation of the railroad blockade
in the Sierra Neveda mountains is un-
changed, the land-slideS having caused
enormous losses.
The schooner Minnehaha, en- route
from Philadelphia to Providence, X. l..
was, with her crew OF six men, given up
on Friday as lost.
The active militia force of Canada
numbers 81, 900 members, of whom two
thirds belong to rural battalions and the
remainder to the cities
Private adyices from Brazil state that
General Da Fonseca is seriously i'll and
has been retired from the head OF the
Provisional Government.
William Eastbroolx. an old and prom
inent citizen OF White Pigeon, Mich,
was found dead in his barn with his
throat cut from ear to ear.
Peter Giblin. aged s, and Eddie Cain,
aged years, broke through the ice on
Lapham's pond at Worcester Mass, on
Wednesday and we're drowned.
James j. West, ex-editor Of the Chi
cago Times, was released from Jail on
Saturday on bail pending the determi-
nation of the writ Of error granted him.
Sixteen men. Of whom three were
white, We're whipped az New Castle,
Del, on Saturday by Sheriff Allen. The
total number Of lashes administered
was 1903.
At Birmingham. Ala, Dick HAYES
confessed on Saturday that he paid
John Wylie (under sentence of death)
$500 to get his wife and children out of
the way.
The American Axe and Edge Tool
Company, comprising all the edge tool
concerns in the country, has been organ
lied at Pittsburgh, Pa. the capital stock
being $4,000, 600.
At Hamilton. O., on Friday George
Lummis, aged % years, made an unsuc-
cessful effort to murder Effie Long
necler, aged 10 years, because she re-
jected his suit, and then killed himself
The Wisconscon State INSURANCE
Commissioner has revoked the license
of the American Building and Loan
Association Of Minneapolis, and hence
forth it can not lawfully do business in
Wisconsin