Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-21
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
DOMESTIC.


have mown . fiery swath through the
heart of three counties, and besides in
flicting immense damage TO property
have probably destroyed human life in
many places The villages Of Otia,
Fields, Park City Liiley. Clinton and
Walkerville have been wiped out of ex-
istence. In each case the destruction
of the homes Of the inhabitants was ac-
companied by heavy loss to the lumber
firms having sawmills at the places
named.
THE schooner W C. Kimball, of
Northport. Mich, was lost in gale off
Point Betsey, north OF Frankfort
Mich. There were four persons on
board and all persisted.
LEVY Bros & Co, one of the largest
wholesale clothing houses in New York,
failed for $500 600
o. K. WILSON, eX-mayor Of Great
Bend, Kan, was said to be an embez-
zler and defaulter in the amount of
at least $40 600.
THE boiler on a tug boat exploded
near Cairo. ILL.,, and Dick Slcason,
James Lawrence and John Arnold were
blown into the water and drowned
FRANCIS MURPHY has closed two
weeks series of temperance meetings
at Huntington. Ind Over LOO signed
the pledge.
il Pennsylvania forest fires were
raging along the Alleghenies at Hunt
ingdon. Warren, Bradford and Mechan-
icsburg, and great damage had been
done.
THE millers national convention at
New York elected A Il. James, of Buff
falo, n Y. as president
THE plant Of the Eagle Refining Com
pany at Linn. o., was consumed by
ire causing "A loss of 500, 000.
Az excursion of 1000 negroes left
Hannibal, Mo, for Montana and Wash
ington
JAKE SEEL was arrested at Wellston,
O.. for the murder of John Cary The
crime was committed ten years ago
RICHARD IEUMBuIr, a member Of
the CHILEAN congress. was arrested 1T
San Francisco for violation Of the neu-
trality laws, bat later was liberated on
$4,000 bonds
ANTHONY GREEN leoloredl was taken
from jail at Centeryille Md. by a mob
of masked men and hanged He had
been convicted of assault ON a white
woman.
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By the explosion of boiler in a
,a,vmill Al Wilson'S station. W Va.
.hree men and boy were Instantly
xiled.
fxVEsrtG ALTON proves that within
i've years child labor iii the cigar fac
tories az Cincinnati has decreased wages
20 per cent, and that the children in
he factories ont number adults two TO
one.
TuE Montana elevator ut Bozeman,
Mont, was totally destroyed by fire,
the loss being 500, 600
THE Tooth anniversary Of the estab-
lishment 81 the capital of the state Of
south Carolina at Columbia was eele-
hrated ON the 18TH.
FoBEsT fires have completely wiped
ont the town OF MiddlebuIy. Pa. and it
was believed that over 100 persons had
persisted in the fires Ia the vicinity Of
Austin
TnE steamers George Roberts, Eagle
and Twilight were burned at Pitts
mrgh
A COMMITTEES OF the New York Union
League elut nave prepared the formof
petition Ia De circulated among citizens
throughout the country, regardless Of
party affiliations. asking congress to
pass laws that viii protect this country
from the tide of undesirable European
AI1caAEI SnFlIY, Of Wooster. O., an
vear-old farmer who was robbed OF