Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-11-19

value Of the exports Of domestic bread
stuffs during October was s24 49,, 3S4
! THE Meachem brothers-James. VIII
/ liam and Robert living at stratford,
/ Conn. are heirs to S. 030 600 left by
/ their brother in England
IL an old safe formerly belonging to
the late +. J. White. Of St Louis, a
| secondhand dealer discovered 4 roll of
bills amounting 10 s., 900.
THE California national bank at San
Diego Cal. closed is doors
AT Warsaw, y T., the Crystal salt
works were burned. Loss, sl25, 600.
YBoR CITY, subuFo Of Tampa, Fla,
was partially burned, causing a loss of
s4OO,O
THE body of David Allen, a hunter
and trapper, was found in bear trap
near Brace bridge, Ont He left his
home about month ago, was caught
in the trap and died from starvation.
AFTER hunt of five years the police
have captured the murderers of John
and William Kester, of Syberts-
vile, Pa.
AT the Knights Of Labor convention
in Toledo o., it was discovered that
the accounts OF ex-Treasurer Turner
were over 81, 600 short.
ONE HUNDRED policemen raided two
anarchist meetings in Chicago and ar
rested twenty-five of the leaders and
took them to the Desplaines street sta
ton.
FLAMES in the business portion of
Silver City, Ia, caused loss of $780,
600.
The Farmers national congress in
session at Sedalia, Mo-, adopted reso-
lutions recommending the passage of
national law requiring the stamping of
artificial hog products; demanding the
passage of federal law prohibiting
gambling in farm products, and indoors
ing the principal of reciprocity. A. w.
Smith, of Kansas, was elected presi-
dent.
AT the leading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
Sl,3l5, 321, 232, against 81, 1876, $50, $50 the
previous week. The decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1890 was 13. l.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued a
November 20, day of thanksgiving
and prayer
In tse United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 18th numbered POI, against 226
the preceding week and 266 for the
corresponding week last year
JAMES A. DUMoNT, supervising in
spector general of steam vessels in the
treasury department, reports that dur
ing the past fiscal yeaV there were
thirty-three accidents, in which 1856
lives were lost 1t was estimated that
900, 100000 passengers were carried
during the year making one life lost
to each l,755, AS passengers carried.
ALEXANDER CHAMBERS, alias Tom
Sutton (colored) was hanged at Fay
ette Miss, for the murder of Robert
Henry the 18th of last July, and Will
liam Somerset (colored) was hanged at
Marion, s. G., for the murder of Ed NJ
Fore. lie protested his innocence to
the last.
AN explosion on the towboat Tice
near Dixmont, Pa, killed Capt John
Dippolod and six men.
err in Chicago, failed for $500. 600.
JOE JEFFERSON, owned by A, L. Sar-
dig, paced miles at Knoxville, Ia, in
1910, thus lowering the worlds record
of l0:34l5 made by Longfellow at San
Francisco in 1861
CHARLES BETHEARD, his wife and
three children lost their lives in the
flames which burned their house at
Columbus, o.
THE total value of the exports of
domestic mineral oils from the United
States during the month of October.
1891, was So, $40, l01.
WILLIAM HUTHINs and Dick Joy were
literally blown to pieces in the Brush
Heap mine at Kingston. n. NJ, by the
premature explosion of powder.
A FIRE in Bills & Kochs lumber
dock at Toledo, o., caused a loss of
500, 600
S. N. STRAUBE, breeder of thor
oughbred horses at Fresno, Cal, failed
for $3.50, 900.
w. f. BAIRD, manager of the Bank OF
MADEIRA, Cal, was said to be nearly
500, 900 short in his accounts
GEORGE DUKE. proprietor of distil-
lery at Beach Grove, Tenn. shot and
killed Bud Elliott and Benton Messick
in fight
In railway collision near Brooklyn,
Mo, Conductor N. J. Jones and Engi-
neer 4, NJ. Smith were instantly killed.
| THE report that the United States
1 government had acknowledged liabil-
ity for the killing Of Italians in New
Orleans last spring and had agreed to
pay indemnity was denied by the au-
thorities at Washington.
GoLDBEARING dirt was said to have
been found in immense quantities in
Jackson and Clay counties, Kan.
Two NEGROES were lynched near
Burnham, Tex. They had participated
in a negro dance row, and it was sup
posed they We're hanged by enemies
made there
THE members of the National FEEDER
alton of Women's Press clubs in ses-
sion in Boston elected Mrs. Sallie Joy