Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-08
THE OLD YEAR.
Brief Tales Of SorrowfuI Events In
Twelve Months.
Losses Of Life by All Kinds of Casualties
Some Of the Most Striking CaIam-
ities-Fires, Murders, Hangings,
Lynchings and Suicides.
CASUALTIES.

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The following table gives the loss Of
life occurring by various disasters in
this country during the year:
Prownlngs ........ 2O94 lightning sos
Cyclones and SINS. . Falling buildings. PIT
Explosions .--- 66J Total. 5.42s
Mines. .....-.-- 80
The whole list OF casualties in the
Old World where the loss of life was
large enough to be reported by tele-
graph, including those who persisted by
disease and in battle, was 9O,6S0. as com
pared with 96.Ss0 last year, &c. 07 in
1883, 1871, $50 in 1887, 1Is,O2S in 1856, and
3s1, s45 in 1855.
DISEASES.
The number of deaths by pestilence
last year was 1900. This year they
reach 49,9O2, occasioned mostly by
cholera in Asa, Russia, Spain, Egypt
and Japan. The year, however, has
been a healthy one as compared with
deaths of 1862. go in 1887, 100, 800 in 1856,
and lOl, 900 in 1885.
BATTLES
There have been no great wars dur
ing the year and yet the loss-of- life
record reaches 10, 7s9, as compared with
40,276 last year. The most of these
were killed in the wars in Dahomey,
Senegal, Formosa and Massowah, and
in the revolutions in Brazil, Peru,
Buenos Ayres and San Salvador.
RAILROAD DISASTERS.
The loss of life by railroad disasters
shows an increase over last year. the
total mum n of killed being 1920, as
compared with >, 435 in 1889, 1854 in
1855, / ,822 in 1887, s55 in 1886 and 947 in
1855. The number of seriously injured
is also increased, being 2,746, as com
pared with 2,l2O in 1889, 1894 in 1883,
1,999 in 1887, 500 in 1885, and 986 in 1855.
MARINE DISASTERS.
So far as reported 4,76S lives have
been lost on the ocean and 240 on the
lakes and rivers Of this country. total
of 5, 015, as compared with 1900 last year
BUSINESS FAILURES.
There were 10,90Z business failures
in.the United States during the year
1890, against 9,sS2 in 1889. The total
liabilities were $3.50, 200, 900, against
S14s, 900, 600 in 1899.
WORK OF JUDGE LYNCH.
hh3t AACA4 AAttS GACGuIcQ QuFllR The
year 1876 victims, decrease over last
year as compared with 179 in 1889, IA
in 1888, 1873 in 1857, 1873 in 1886, and ISL
in 1885. The lynchings in the various
States and Territories were as follows:
Northern States-Calirornia. 2; Colorado, 3;
Indiana 2. Nevada, Nebraska, 9; Oregon, 4;
South Dakota, g Southern States-AlabamA
z; Arkansas, 5: Florida. 8; Georgia. IS; Ken
lucky, 5; Louisiana. 81 Maryland, 4; Mississip-
pi, 49, Missouri /; North Carolina .; South
Carolina, 5, Tennessee, s; Texas. "a; Virginia
z; West Virginia, 8; Arizona. / New Mexico /.
OF the total number l25 were males and / fe-
male. There were 81 whites 90 blacks, In
dians and Mexican.
LOSSES BY FIRE.
The total fire losses for the year,
where the loss in each case was under
$780, 600, amount to $50, 225, 444, which,
added to the larger losses, makes
grand total of Sos, AZ, 694, as compared
with s149, 9O2, 67O in 1889, 500, 600, 600 in
1883, $3.50, 900, 900 in 1887, and S115,-
600, 900 in 1886 A summary of fires in
volving a loss of S100,0O0 or more is as
follows:
January. 90 800 600 November. 100000