Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-01-22
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending Jan. 10.

zeal Exposition was opened at Jackson
vile.
The planing-mill Of Blodgett & os-
good at 81. Paul was burned Loss,
$500. 0O0
A. c. Petrie 4 Co, wholesale dealers
of lumber at Dallas, Tex, failed Friday
for SI9O. 600.
A FIRE at Buffalo, y. y, in the hard
ware store Of Walbridge 4 Co. caused
loss of S225. 900.
Charles King. of Middletown. Mass,
was 10 wears old on Thursday His
health was good
At Shelbyville H., a dangerous $40
counterfeit bill raised from one dollar
was in circulation.
All the saloon-keepers in Missouri
Valley, Ia, We're indicted On Thursday
by the grand jury
\ large number of business buildings
at Horton Kan. were burned on sat
urday. Loss, 5000. 600.
Mrs. Emily Young. of Johnstown.
Pa, 80 wears old, eloped on Thursday
with John Cannon. aged 50 years.
Andrew Kenmire, James Newgent
and John Muller were fatally injured
at Carnegie's works ut Pittsburgh.
Colonel McCaull. the famous operate
manager, is a hopeless invalid at his
home in Baltimore from paralysis
William Nair. OF Upton, Ind shot
his wife and then himself Both died
instantly. jealousy was the cause.
Andrew Kenmire. James Newgent
and John Muller were fatally injured at
Carnegie's works at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Sultan of Turkey has granted
complete amnesty to the hundreds of
Armenians accused of political offenses.
Three young men have Just per-
formed the hitherto untried feat of
scaling Mount Killington, Vermont, in
winter.
AT Boone. Ia, gasoline stove Mrs.
John b. Anderson was using exploded,
so badly burning her that she died a
little later.
Polly Ann Collins, aged ~ years and
8 months, was married to Jesse l.. Dun
ahoo, widower of 80 years, near St
Helens. Ky.
John Chambers, the oldest citizen of
Morgan County, Ill, celebrated the
Tooth anniversary of his birth on Friday
at Jacksonville.
The First Presbyterian Church OF
Newark. \. j., celebrated on Saturday
the Tooth anniversary Of the dedication
of its building.
In Blount County, Ala, two Mormon
elders, Ira Hicks and Arthur Ford. were
badly beaten by masked men and driven
from the county.
The Stoneboro Savings Bank and the
Sandy Lake Savings Bank, both of
Pennsylvania and both managed by the
same parties have failed.
Directors of the Bell Telephone Com
pany at Boston voted to issue 81, 500, 900
new stock. This would increase the
capital stock to SIS, 600, 600
While crazed with liquor Judge j
A. Warder, of Chattanooga, Tenn, shot
and killed his son-in-law, S. Nj. Fugette,
and fatally shot his daughter.
Mrs. Julia Dunn, Of Erie, Pa, re-
ceived $500 damages in her suit for false
Imprisonment against Ezra Cooper,
banker. She sued for 500, 00e,
A. P. Luse, a well-known type found
er of Chicago. H., died at Los Angeles,
Cal, while on a visit to brother
in-law, Judge Wade. He was 81 years
old.
Further advices say that the loss by
the recent fire in the Dobson carpet
mills at Philadelphia was $780, 600
and 5000 persons We're thrown out of
work
Donald McKinnon and his wife were
found at their home in Goderich, Ont.
Friday mortally shot The woman said
her husband did the shooting in jeaI-
Gus rage.
William Huff, l4-year-old boy who
has been on trial at Ottumwa, Ia,
charged with killing companion
through carelessness while hunting, has
been acquitted.
Mrs. Wilson, of Ottawa, Kan, left
her three young children alone in the
house. Nora, the youngest. found
loaded pistol and accidentally shot her
sister Sylvia.
Work has been quietly going ON at
Irwin Station, Pa, on the foundation
for an immense plate-glass works. 1t
is stated the works will be the largest
in the country.
A party Of thirty young Swedish peo-
pie has left Omaha for Shanghai, China,
where they become missionaries of tho
Swedish Evangelical Church. Another
party of fifteen viii leave next month.
John G. Howell citizen Of Semi
nary township, Faye .te County, H.,
was found by the roadside near his
home dead He had been drinking, and
it is supposed went to sleep and froze
To death.
A syndicate of swamp land owners
have made arrangements 10 locate a
number of Hollander families ON a.
large tract of reclaimed land at De
catur, Mich, to engage in the cultiva
ton of celery.
Petitions are being circulated over
the State of Iowa asking Congress to
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