Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-04-10
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Wees Endlng April :.

men.
Recent rains have put the soil in the
Northwest in fine condition for spring
work
The American Consul at plauen has
been robbed in hotel Of jewels valued
at $1,000.
Adam Beach had his eyes blown out
on Friday al Lima, O., by natural-gas
explosion
China is strengthening her northern
frontier against anticipated attack by
the Russians
All the universities in Russia have
been ordered closed owing TO disorder
among the students.
Thursday at Denver two thieves stole
diamonds worth 50. zoo from the jewelry
store OF NJ j Mitchell
John Sloan and Robert Burgin in a
quarrel at Somerset Ky, Friday night
fatally shot each other
Twenty-six men started at 1915 Mon
day morning at Pittsburgh, Pa, in
six days walking match.
The l-year-old daughter of Rev. sam
uel Clifton accidentally hung herself in
a hammock at Wichita, Kan, on sun
day.
Lord Randolph Churchill predicts an
early dissolution Of Parliament fol-
lowed by the success of the Gladstone
party.
Reports from 500 Minnesota farmers,
published Friday, were to the effect
that the crop outlook in the State is ex-
cellent
Fast day was observed throughout
New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Thursday. Business was generally sus-
pended
The Grundy County qll) soldiers
monument will be dedicated at Morris
May 80. Governor Fifer will deliver the
address.
DIR. William Fithian, the Oldest and
richeSt citizen Of Nermillion County,
Ill, died at Danyille on sunday, aged
81 years
Mrs Elizabeth Price, said to be the
oldest person in Central Illinois, died
Thursday at Bloomington in the Tooth
year of her age
Dolpha Grahbam was killed and hiE
younger brother fatally injured by a
piece Of falling scantling at Hamilton,
o., on Thursday.
Enoch Jenkins, aged 81, fell into a
fly-wheel Saturday at Fixes saw-mill,
five miles south of Marion. Ind, and
was instantly killed.
Thirteen Cinnamon were arrested at
Tiajuana, Mex. Saturday night, while
making an attempt to cross the boundary
line into the United States.
The sixtieth general annual confer
ence of the Mormon church opened at
Salt Lake City on Friday with President
MILFORD Woodruff presiding.
Two women and negro girl were
burned to death in fire which de-
stroyed the Chamber of Commerce at
Santiago de Cuba on Thursday.
Miss Leila j. Robinson, the first woman
lawyer admitted to the Massachusetts
bar, was married on Thursday to Eli b.
Sawtelle Boston business man
Another movement has been begun by
citizens of Trenton, n. j., to render
financial assistance to Mrs Della Par
nell, the mother Of the Irish leader
The Cameron mine at Shamckin, Par
with its twenty-five miles of galleries,
will have to be flooded on account of
fire. The loss will be over 500, 600.
An Indian named Eagle Horse shot
and killed Frank +. Lewis, school
teacher, on Friday at Pine Ridge agency,
in Nebraska, and then killed himself.
The steamer Saginaw, from Hayti, re-
ports that the rumors of an uprising in
San Domingo are without foundation,
and that there are no signs of a re-
bellion.
Mrs. Carrie Young. aged 40, an in
valid, was slowly roasted to death early
Friday morning at Paterson, n. j., her
clothing catching fire from lamp she
was carrying.
James Wood, a poor carpenter of
Springfield. O., found on going to En-
gland recently that he, with others, is
heir to $3.50, 900. He has filed a claim in
the chancellor's court
Will Hicks and Robert Mccoy, both
COlOftu, were HdHgcu al IlOutFFilic,
Ga, Thursday for the murder Of Will
lam Hughes and wife, an aged white
couple, November last
George b. Andrews, farmer living
in Union township, Ind, has been ar
rested charged with setting fire to
barn in which thirty-fve head Of Polled
Angus cattle belonging to c. f. Bryant
persisted
Constant Girardin, heiress to the es-
tate of the late Ernest Chanteloup,
brass founder, valued at $3.50, 900, has ar
rived at Montreal from France. She had
never seen her uncle, and the bequest
was an entire surprise.
The slab from Mount Calvary, which
is to form the cornerstone Of DIR. Tai
mage's new tabernacle, arrived at
Brooklyn on Thursday. Legend says
that the Saviour stepped on it while on
His way to be crucified.
Wisconsin appointment.
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