The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-11-19
EVENTS OF A WEEK.

NEWS OF Cu1TeuB lnteEeBS oAbOh ASkACA
Mention.
Allen G.. Thurman was rs last Satur-
day.
Early Saturday morning fire destroyed
part of the business portion OF Lexing-
ton, Neb. Loss, 100000.
The Cheyenne National bank at Chey-
enne, Wyo., failed after depositors had
demanded $43, 900 in fifty minutes.
Mary E. Russell, of Asbury Park, N.
j., has obtained verdict OF $12,50u
against j. A. Bradley for imprisonment
on false charges.
Fifty-one ctates and territories are
represented in the w. G. T. U. conven-
ton at Boston, and the membership OF
the order is now 1853, 400.
James Charleston, a mechanic, fell
nineteen stories from the top OF the
smashed all out of shape.
Contractor Whelan, who built the
new court house at Quebec, claims that
he paid $115, 900 to officials of the Prov
ince of Ontario and city of Quebec in
order to obtain the contract.
George and Fred Cook, aged II and 10
years, stole two horses in the northern
part of Delaware county, Ind, Travelled
south and tried to sell them. The boys
have been arrested and will be prose
cuted.
Knights of Labor have voted in favor
of consolidating with the Federation Ut
Labor.
A can containing s., 600 was found at
Wheeling, w. Va, by workmen ex-
cavating for foundation.
A south bound train on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton jumwed the track
at Lima, o. The engineer and fireman
were badly injured.
An attempt to rob the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas south-bound train at
South Canadian, I. T., was frustrated
by officials of the road.
Marshal Treat, of Great Falls, Mont,
engaged in q shooting affray with a
gambler of that city. Four persons
were injured, including the participants.
Miss Henrietta R. Crowell, an heiress
with 50 900, 900, created a sensation by
marrying the man of all work employed
at DIR. Gates sanitarium> at Lakewood,
N. j.
Memorial services to the memory Of
Charles Stewart Parnell were held in the
Academy of Music, New York, Sunday
night. Chauncey Depew was the
eulogist of the occasion.
Captain Hattie Smith, of the Clinton
Qa.) Salvation Army corps, was shot
and killed at Omaha by Cadet Clara
Beadle, of the local Army. The MUIR
Natural gas has been discovered at
Stronghurst, Ills.
W. J. Florence, the comedian, is
seriously i'll at Philadelphia.
Postmaster Winter. of Woodbine, Ia,
has disappeared, leaving his affairs in
bad shape.
The plant of the Brigham Safe and
Lock company, at Avondale, Ala, was
destroyed by fire Monday. Loss, $780,
600.
A collision on the Panhandle road at
Burgellstown, Pa, caused a damage to
rolling stock of about 100000. Two
trainmen were injured.
In row over a game Of cards in sa-
loon at Chandler Creek, Colo, John Cox
shot and killed two men. The muir
derer then fed to the hills.
At Lansingburg, N. Y, the residence
of William Holton, the millionaire
brewe-, was entered and Sc, 900 worth
of jewelry and valuables taken.
According to the report Of the COM
mittee the St. Paul Jobbers' union sent
out pa threshing outfits to the farmers
of Minnesota and the Dakotas to help
thresh this seasons crop. $685.. i.
The skeleton of a large man, encased
in copper armor. was unearthed near
Chillicothe, O., Monday. He is sup.
mound builders and buried six hundred
years ago. ...
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jacob Aster, Jr. 1t will bear the
now famous name of John Jacob. The
infant belongs to the fifth generation
which has borne that name in America
and will inherit $3.50, 100000.
General B. F. Butler is seriously ill
with an abscess. vi
The United States gunboat Concord
has sailed for the West Indies.
The striking miners of the Pas de
Calais district in France now number
10000.
Palo Alto broke the worlds stallion
record by trotting mile in 2:0sa at
Stockton, Cal.
Asiatic black tongue is affecting the
people of Kirkland, Ind, One family
reports five deaths.
Rear Admiral George II. Cooper,
q. S. n, retired, died at his home in
Brooklyn Tuesday.
Three trainmen were killed by q col
hsion on the Grand Rapids and Indiana
railroad, near Cadillac, Mich, Tuesday.
Secretary of the Treasury Foster de-
hvered an address at the annual dinner
of the New York chamber of commerce
Tuesday evening.
A GRAIN BLOCKADE.