Telegram-herald., 1890-07-26
BITS OF IMPORTATION.


mont. q burned Thursday. Loss. sl5.-
90, insurance, $500
Prunes are a very profitable crop IN
California one grower cxPscLs ~ get
sll.00e for his crop
Two Illicit ~hlsky distllieries have
been raldsd b. revenue officers Ia Ran
do!pA County, W. Va
The school authorities Of Clinton,
Wis. have decided 20 erect a new school
building AZ cost Of $4,000
Two valuable horses belonging TO Ed
ward Brown, Of BroanstOwn, III, we're
killed ia a storm Tuesday night
The work on the Congo railroad is
making rapid progress. About one
thousand negroes are employed upon II.
1t Is estimated that the corn crop Of
Kansas viii be so per cent Of last years
yield. which was the largest on record
A tin deposit embracing 2Zqo acres
1t san Jaeinto. Cal, has been sold 10
Englishmen, including Mr.. BalfpuF, for
1900, 600,
The grape crop Of New Jersey viii be
failure tins year. owing 20 rot and
the rose bug. The loss 70 growers will
be more than $500, 600
Mrs. Mary Randolph, one of the
early pioneers Of Central Illinois, died
at her home near Tuscola, H., Wednes-
day, az the age Of 95 years
The largest sheep ranch in the world
is in the counties Of Webb and Dimnet
in Texas. 1t contains 400, 900 acres, and
yearly pastures 100000 sheep.
John Gillinger, love sick farmer liv-
ing near Nashport O., burned his house
and attempted suicide because young
woman re fused 70 marry him.
The assessment roll OF Los Angeles
County, Cal, will foot up about so7, 600. :
600 this year, which is ST, 600, 600 less
than the roll OF two years ago, when the
boon" was on.
Letters covering nearly all the South
ern States, received by the American
Wool Reporter. indicate that the cotton
crop is forward, clean and promises an
early and full yield.
Colonel Hiram Stotts, aged s4, and a
soldier in the Mexican war, was strick-
en- with apoplexy while seated at the
supper table in his home at Lima, o.,
and died in few minutes.
Thursday the Poorman mine of Carl
bou, the largest silver mine in Colorado.
together with the Hubert gold mine at
Central City, was transferred TO an En-
glish syndicate for 81, 500, 900.
The Michigan State troops began
their annual encampment at Goguac
lake Thursday. Four regiments OF
militia and the Nineteenth Regiment
United States army are in attendance.
Fruit raising in California is not all
profit. Not less than 10000 fruit trees
were lost on ranch at Woodland last
winter. AT the low estimate of five dol
lars apiece, this means a loss Of $50, 600.
Complete returns of the census OF
Madison County, Hl, show a total of
52,697, gain OF 2,57l. Three-quarters
of this gain is in the city of Alton. AS
a rule the rural districts have lost and
the towns have gained.
waterspout formed on the bay of
Escanaba, Mich, Thursday, lasting fif-
teen minutes. 1t was 200 feet in diam
eter az its base, extended into the
clouds and made noise audible at a
distance of two miles.
B. Is. Tillman, candidate for Governor
on the Alliance ticket in Louisiana, re-
fused to speak at the Democratic mass
meeting at New Orleans Thursday for
fear of assassination. He was guarded
by policemen at his hotel.
The firm OF Stadler & Co, retail
clothiers at 461 Broadway, New York,
has made an assignment to lsidol
Rosenheim without preferences. Henry
NJ. Stadler made an assignment 10 the
same assignee. The liabilities are es
timated at $3.50. 600 and the nominal
value of the stock az 500. O00