Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-09-10
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.

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making the distance in Is 3-5.
THE efforts Of Melbourne, the Spring
field (O.) man, TO produce rain at
Cheyenne, Wyo., were successful A
half inch Of rain fell when, according
TO the governmental signal service OBJ
server, there had been no premonitions
of a storm.
A. i. PATTON, a bookkeeper, was
murdered in his residence in San An
tonic, Tex, bq burglars.
Mrs. MARY RYAN and her 7-year-old
daughter, Of Oklahoma. were attacked
by negress Mary Hewitt, with a
Ratchet and fatally injured.
CENSUS COMMISSIONER PORTER re-
ceived the last card showing the exact
population Of sle United States to be
O.. G22, 80.
IT was decided that tower would
be erected al the worlds fair to exceed
1, 100 feet in height and TO cost 81, 0O0,-
600
ALoNsoN KNox and daughter were
killed at Chadron. o.. by train dash
ing into the carriage IN which they
were riding
MosEs GuYErrE. landlord Of the Guy
cite house, Sheboygan Fails, Wis, was
killed by fall from his bus lie was
one of the pioneers Of the county, hav-
ing arrived in SIS
By the collision II two teambarges
on the Detroit river three persons were
drowned and one OF the vessels sunk
A NEw submarine cable line. which
for the first time provides direct tel
egraphic communication between Bra
I'll and the United States, was formally
opened for business.
EoBuEEs held mp q train near Canon
City, Col, and robbed the express car
Of 5000
lHE public debt statement shows
that the decrease OF the bonded debt
during the month u August amounted
TO 81 09l. ZIG Total cash ii the treas
ury, 500, 609.3t1.
JAMES A CHAMBERs. a window glass
manufacturer, of Pittsburgh Pa, as
signed, with liabilities exceeding $780,
600
JAMES PATTON and his son, aged
years. were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed their home in Johns
town Pa
JAcoB RASEY, horse dealer of
Myerstown, Pa. failed for about $780,
600
ROBERT WrELAND, rich brewer of
San Francisco who was at Dayton, o.,
on visit was found dead in his room
with two bullet holes in his head.
RICHARD NASH. a Reading engineer,
was decapitated by some obstruction
"a
Oreville Pa, with his head out of his
cab window
FARMERS Of Grand Forks and adioin-
ing counties ia North Dakota organ
lied the Northwestern Farmers Pro
tective association for the purpose of
handling their own wheat
FIRE in the business portion of Will
lows, Cal. did damage % the extent OF
$500 00 partly insured
BANDITS robbed a train at Del Rio,
Tex, of several thousand dollars
FRANK ScoFiELD, who resides about
: miles from Cold Spring, r. y, shot
and killed his father and brother while
quarreling over pickle crops
The Indiana state board Of equaliza-
tion gives the grand total Of all prop
erty in the state at s9tl,72L2ll, as
against s7S3, So, 100 in 1890
DAVID BELANGFR. a Lowell Mass.
shopkeeper, was stabbed to death in
his store by an unknown intruder.
AT Monmouth Pa. Susan Tins
fired a shotgun at two strange men who
had entered her home. bat missed them
both and fatally hurt her little brother,
HENRY NAN Oosr was stabbed and
fatally wounded at his own wedding
in Chicago. The assailant was the best
man in the wedding ceremonies.
sudden quarrel was the cause
w. f. MuRpHY. OF the New York
Athletic club, rode solid-tire bicycle
three-fourths Of a mile in las %,
breaking the worlds record for that
distance.
The worlds fair directory ) executive
committee unanimously communicated
to the commission an expression that
the government he asked to loan
$1,000, 600 to the fair on the security Of
the first gate receipts.
EDWARD LINN, a member of the New
York produce exchange committed
suicide by shooting himself through the
head
PETER 3ESrRow. who was found
guilty of msrder in the first degree,
was sentenced at Springfield, Mo, to
hang Friday, October .. lie murdered
Deputy Sheriff Doris in Texas county,
July Is, lSSS.
FIRE at The Dalles, Ore, destroyed
property worth $500, 0oo
GEORGE l. WOODS became entangled
in the mcsheS of balloon while it was
making an ascent at Oswego. n Y,
and fell distance of 100 feet, alight-
ing on his head Ten thousand people
witnessed his terrible death
THE body of Alexander Breller-
work, who was buried al Dubuque,
Ia. nineteen years ago was exhumed
for removal aud was found TO be per-
fectly preserved, although not petri-
fed. Even the grave clothes showed
no signs OF decay
ARGrNGENfs in favor of closing the