Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.


THE thirtieth anniversary of the bat
tie of Manassas was celebrated on the
2lst at Charleston, 5. G., by the unveil-
ing of an obelisk in city hall square.
A BULLETIN from the census Office
gives the population Of Michigan at
2,093. $50. an increase in ten years of
$50, 952
a TRAIN ran into hand car near
Boydton Va, killing three worl,men.
4 HAmsroRM in Nicollet county,
Mimi. damaged the crops to the extent
of $780, 900.
AT St Louis the circuit court decided
that express companies were liable for
goods received from owners until they
arrived at their destination.
SAN PULLIAM (colored) was iynched
at Shelbyville, KY, for assaulting Mrs.
Thomas Glenn.
THE Southern Pacific railroad, it was
said, had passed into the hands of the
Standard Oil Company.
PETER PAsCOE, JR., and James
Dover Jr., were suffocated by smoke
in a burning mine at Marquette, Mich.
MISS C. Il. BUELL.. of Evanston, ILL.,.
was elected president of the Women's
Christian Temperance union in national
session at Mountain Lake Park, Md
LARZ ANDERSON, of Ohio, was APP
pointed by President Harrison as sec
ond secretary of the legation at Lon
don TO succeed r. G. Mccormick, re-
signed.
A STATUE of General "Stonewall"
Jackson was unveiled at Lexington,
Va, on the 21st, the thirtieth anniver-
sary of the first battle Of Bull Bun.
Two MEN were killed by boiler ex-
plosion at Lakeview Mich.
THREE men robbed the Easton PA
national bank Of 81, 900 in broad day
light and escaped
JONI Cook was shot and killed at
Tiff City, Mo. while disturbing a re-
ligious meeting, and another rutiian had
his hand shot off
Mrs. MARY MCCARTNEY and Mrs.
Farris, of Pittsburgh, Pa, gave their
babies carbolic acid. thinking it a cough
mixture and both children died
OVER 100 conversions was the record
of the sixteenth camp-meeting at Bay
View. Mich
AT Kettle Creek, Pa, in April, 1889,
Frank Hancock and four OF his chill
dren were found dead in his yard, and
il was supposed that Hancock had muir
dured the children and hanged himself
His wife died recently and at the last
moment confessed that She and two Of
her paramours had committed the muir
ders. The names of the men were with
held.
A DISASTROUS hailstorm mile wide
passed through the northern part of
Cloud county, Kan, cutting the corn
crop all to pieces
J. A. VAIL. bookkeeper at the West
Park window glass works in Findlay,
o., disappeared with SCI, 600 of the com
pany's money
BUp BERRY and William Garrett, as
the result of quarrel over a girl,
fought duel with knives at Ripley
o, and Berry was killed and Garrett
fatally wounded.
THE Citizens bank Of jefferson,
Tex, made an assignment with liabili-
ties Of 500. 600
CHARLES HAsEMER and John Hardru-
ba, engineer and fireman in the Bur-
lignton shops at Portsmouth. Neb.,
were killed by a locomotive exploding
THE general grand chapter Royal
Arch Masous began its twenty-eighth
triennial convocatiou at Minneapolis.
1t is the largest masonic body in the
world, having a membership of 14t, 90l.
CHEROKEE county, Ia. was visited
by heavy rain and windstorm and
two buildings in Cherokee were swept
into the river and an immense amount
of damage was done 10 crops and other
property.
LIGHTNING struck the house Of Jere-
miah Carson at Huntington, Neb, fa-
tally injuring Mr.. Carson, his wife and
child
THE output of pig iron in the United
States for the first half of 1891 was
3.87l,o25 gross tons, against 1850, 513
gross tons in the first half OF 1890
WILLIAM JOHNSON (coloredl was
lynched at Henderson, Tex, for crimi-
nal assault
GEORGE ". HIGGINs the leading
merchant at Olmstead Ill, was killed
by Miss Minnie Reddy, who was hand
ling revolver which was supposed not
to be loaded
SEARLE lIuL, prominent farmer at
Warren, Wis, and his two sons and two
horses were struck by lightning and
killed
Tur Kimball Il Champ Investment
Company of Council Blufs, Ia, failed
for 500, 900
THE business portion Of Westpoint,
Neb., was flooded by rise in a creek,
and great damage was done
GEORGE c. CURRY has arrived at Van
couver from Alaska in dugout canoe.
1t was said that he was the only white
man who ever made that journey in
such Il craft
\ STATEMENT prepared at the post
office department shows that the
number of post offices in the country
June 80, 1891, was 6l39I, as fol-
lows: First class, ll6: second class,
$50 third class, 2,276; fourth class, OIL
449 This is an increase Of 1000 offices
during the year
4 TERRIFIC wind and rainstorm at