The state herald., 1891-07-17
NEWS NUGGETS.

President Harrison went fishing tho
>ther day and caught forty-six h lack
pass.
ffenchy, the New York ''Jack III
Ripper" hns been sentenced To III
lmpfisdnment.
The evcn-story building oi Burk-
hardt & Co. ut Cincinnati, burned tho
other day Loss; $l,00O,000
A company has been formed with n
capital of $5, 900, 900 to run line OF
steamers from Chicago to Europe.
An Indian settlement in British
Columbia was carried away by n land
slide recently, and large number OF
persons killed,
There will be n convention OF boom
ers in Arkansas City next Saturday to
make preparations for an invasion OF
the Cherokee strip,
The agricultural department is in
formed that grasshoppers in consider
able numbers have appeared in
Arizona and extend to Dakota.
Judge Blodgett pf Chicago has de-
cldea that Miss fhnbc Cousins is no
longer secretary Of the Bor I'd OF Lady
Managers Of the Worlds Fair,
While train loaded with tea was
being run on ferryboat at San Fran
cisco one car broke open and 10000
pounds OF ten was emptied into the
bay.
Tho census Of England and Wales,
Just taken, shows h total population
pf p9 ,00l, ,0lS, an increase OF . 2,026,572
or ll.65 per cent. since the last GEN.
sus was taken.
England made Il great impression
on the German Emperor by display
Ing to him an army Of $4,000 we'll
drilled troops. The emperor remark
ed that he understood Waterloo now.
The receipts from custom duties ut
New York continue to show n heavy
falling OF AS compared with last year,
the decrease being for the past ten
days in July, 1891, S3,3i2,97G; July,
1890. Si.9i3,29
The standing Of ball clubs In the
Western Association Oh the 18th was
as follows: Omaha. 652; Milwaukee,
592; Minneapolis, $50; Lincoln, 52l;
Kansas City, 52l; Sioux City, 1875;
Denver, 403; Duluth. 1888.
Ex-Trcasurer Bardsley Of Philadel-
phia has gone 10 the penitentiary Tor
fifteen years. lie will be allowed to
write TO his family once every four
weeks and can be visited by them
once in three months.
The United States steamship Chica-
90 has been repaired at the Norfolk
navy yard and has sailed for New
York to join the squadron there TO
take part In the maneuvers OF the
squadron, which begin July s5,
The will OF Hannibal Hamlin has
been filed for probate. i, shows an
estate valued tat about $4,000 the
bulk of which goes to his widow. 1t
was drawn during his last term in the
United States Senate. No codicils
have been added since.
The case OF the United States VS..
President I. NJ. Egan ct al, OF the
Kansas City q St. Paul railroad,
charged with violating the Interstate
commerce law, was dismissed by
Judge Thaycr at st Pml. He did II
on the ground Of II technicalits,
Hon. 4. N. Key. Judge Of the
United States Circuit Court, and post
mastcr-gencral under President
Hayes. has been offered and accepted
the position as dean Of the law school
Of Grant university. The tender was
made by Bishop Joyce. the new chan
ccllor Of the university.
A most shocking tragedy Is report
ed from Ellis. Nebraska, where
whole family consisting OF John Pu,cr.
baugh, his wife and four children
were found dead with bullet holes
through their heads. Whether the
father did the killing or whether
some outsider committed tho crime il
not yet known.
An explosion oi gas a, the Green
bridge colllcry on the sth ,gni,ed the
inner workings and fatally burned
John Dorsey and John Pickmon,o.
and seriously injured Christopher
ShoiIs,nll, Assistance has been sum.
noned Ia aid In controlling the iire,
which |. burning icrccly. The mine
Is one OF the largest and mos, vulu-
able In the anthracite region.
Col. A. X. Mcclure OF the phlladcl-
phia Times and John q. Nicolay. nu.
thor OF n history OF Lincoln, are en-
gagged In n hot discussion us TO whelh.
or President Lincoln desired the re.
election Of Hannibal llnmlln for Vice
President for the second term. Nico.
lay SAYS he did. while Colonel Me.
Clurc omphatically ni,lrms that Lin.
coin advocated the election OF Andrew
johnson.
A dispatch from Topeka. Kansas,
says about fifteen prominent Peoples
party leaders In session there. after
discussing the proposition made by
the Democratic State central commit
tee recently, To fuse with them In the
local county elections In Kansas this
ycnr md unite In nm electoral ,lcSc,
In opposition TO the Republicans next
your, declined 10 fuse, and state.
meui declaring ngaln., such notion
was ordered published In the iiiianc,
.iiroedic. the Official State organ.
A dispatch from Gainesville. Texas.
says; Indian Agent 3onnc,, and the
Chiekasaw militia hnyo arrested and
placed In camp over fliiy families
(whItcs) charged with being in,rudcrs.
who will be put across tho He'd river
Into Texas with orders not To return
10 the Indian territory again under
heavy penalties. A cattle tax Of 81
pcr hcnd is being collected by the
Indian militia from the whites. aud
the wire fences around big pastures
nrc being cut. There IL great alarm
among tho whites In that part OF the
nation.
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