The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-08-21
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
Important Happenings from All
Parts Of the World Con.
cisely ChrOnicled.
A Complete Resume Of Crimes,
Casualties and Current Events
for the Week.

for the Week.
Governor Humphrey, of Kansas, has
proclaimed Labor Day, Sept. 1, a holi-
day.
The Farmers alliance at Greencastle,
Ind, have boycOtted the Studebaker
/ wagon.
Anexplosion occurred in distillery at
Posen, killing ten men and injuring sew
eral others.
The work of the census enumerators
shows the population of Maine to be
65S. 453 AN increase of $500 since 1880.
The census Office has completed the
rough count of the State of Delaware.
It shows the population to be 1851.
Fire destroyed forty-two business
houses and large number of dwellings
at Austin, Pa. Loss estimated at $780,
600.
A summary of the spring wheat crop,
given by The Farmers Review, of Chi
cagO, shows shortage of 5000, 900 BUSH
| els.
has occurred at MOosh, in Armenia, and
oliA1i1A ouViaS d1C 1CpOA CCu 11O1u OC1SA
places.
The people of Lake City, Mimi, claim
that mysterious light is seen at night
over the place where the Sea Wing was
wrecked.
An organized movement for the emil
grafton of negroes from North Carolina
this winter, to the South and West is
under way.
Syria, duchy in Austro- Hungary,
has been ravaged by storm and flood,
the losses attaining the dimensions of a
national calamity.
Nauvoo, Ills, reports an unprecedent-
eddy large grape crop. The manufacture
of wine in that locality is becoming an
important industry.
A mysterious explosion occurred at
the Kendall soap factory, at Providence,
Il. l.. in which ten persons were badly
burned. Two will die.
A Des Moines young lady named AL.
| Smith was arrested Tuesday for circu-
lating obscene literature through the
mails. She had been carrying on a big
| business for some time.
It is said at the state department that
the services of the United States have
been rendered as peacemaker between
Guatemala and Salvador.
A Northern Pacific train was wrecked
in collision near Garrison, Mont. Miss
Potter, of Lansing, Mich, was killed
| and several others injured.
The press censors of Sweden and Nor
way have been instructed by King Os-
Car to relax the severity with which the
censorship has recently been exercised.
Eight cattle cars were thrown over an
| embankment by rear-end collision on
the Pan Handle railroad. Two drovers
and two trainmen were badly injured.
Thornton's cloth mills, in St. Peters
burg, were partly destroyed by fire.
The loss is ascertained to have been
1000, 900 roubles. Eight workmen were
killed.
The first purchase of silver bullion
under the new law was made Wednes-
day, 10000 ounces were taken, but
Mint Director Leech refused to state at
| what price.
A German named Won Gemling has
stolen the seal of the Berne university
and fled to the United States. where it
is believed he will issue fraudulent di-
pIomas for doctors.
A terrible explosion occurred at a
country saw mill twelve miles west of
Newberry, S. G. -Four men, one white
and three colored, were killed and two
colored men seriously injured.
Postmaster General Raikes has finally
decided to reinstate so of the 400 Lon
don postmen recently dismissed for en-
gaging in strike. A number of others
are leaving the country.
Miss Mary L. Weldon, of Schwein-
furth's "heaven" at Rockford, nls., has
given birth to another baby whose par
entage is charged to the holy ghost by
the new Christ.
The supervisor of census authorizes
the statement that in round numbers
the present population of Vermont is
3G2, 1000. The census return of 1880 gave
the population as 332 900.
Nellie Taylor, dissolute Chicago
woman, was lassoed by her lover,
Bud" Harris, and hanged to gas fix
ture. She was rescued by the police,
but the shock will kill her, The doctors
say.
Senator Quay, in an interview, ex-
planned that his resolution to postpone
action on the federal elections bill was
to save the tariff bill, which, he said,
could not otherwise be passed during
this session.
Editor Bentley, of The Azusa, CAL,
News, was taken out by armed men and
tarred and feathered for publishing an
article rejecting on the conduct of c. E,
Frasier while teacher of the Azu.a
grammar school.
At the midsummer handicap games of
the Detroit Athletic club, Harry Jewett,
of Chicago,a Notre Dame student, broke
the American hOp-step-and-jump record.
The record has been A feet 5 inches,
Jewett made A feet ST inches.
At the Shelby Iron works near Birm-
ingham, Ala, a bloody fight occurred
between the negro laborers and crowd
of negro gamblers. Several women
were also mixed up in it. Three men
and one woman were killed and eight or
ten persons wounded.
Italy has completed arrangements for
the establishment of line of steamers
to Africa, which it is expected will as
sist in the work of BUSTING the Aus
trians. Spain is extending her territory
in Morocco, and strongly fortifying her
advanced positions against the attacks
Of rebellious natives.
1t has been announced that the we'd
ding of Miss Julia, daughter of ex-Gov-
ernor Larrabee, would occur at Cler-
mont, Aug. IL. Don Love, of Kansas,
is the bridegroom.
Engine No, 17a, one Of the new ten
wheel passenger engines on the Big
Four road, now running ON the st.
Louis division, last week ran nWlabsr
of miles at speed of mile in 40 sec
onds, and one mile, it is claimed, was
run in II seconds, the engine hauling
six cars.
-Four Years for Horrible Crlme..
MILWAUKEE, July 30.--Dr. Thomas
Hatchard, u years of age, and his wife,
aged 30, who were found guilty of man.
slaughter, in causing the death of Miss
Annie Langworthy and child by an
abortion yyare sentenced to fortr Years