Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-08-27

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ferred the pallium on Archbishop Kat
| ger.
AT Terre Haute, Ind, Anil Willis
| died at the age Of 81. He was the old
| est veteran of the rebellion in Indiana
and one Of the first members of the g.
A. r.
EDWARD BLAIR was hanged in the
penitentiary at Columbus, o., for the
murder Of Arthur Henry at Harrisburg
March II, 1887
FRANK ALMY, who most brutally
murdered Miss Christie Warden, a
beautiful young lady of Hanover n.
H., several weeks ago, was captured in
haymow on the Warden homestead.
FIRE originating in a telegraph office
at Dallas. Tex, destroyed business
property TO the value of 1912, O0O
THE Red River valley of Minnesota
and North Dakota was the last to
gather its wheat crop but the returns
are said to discount any previous year.
OF wheat alone there is crop of over
10000, 600 bushels, not TO speak of mil
lions of bushels of other grains, be-
sides other crops and 1.-Two stock, result
ing in per capita income to its people
greater than that received by the popu-
lation Of any equal agricultural area of
America.
THE Great Northern railway of Min
nesota and the DalJotas is the largest
carrier of wheat from original points
in the world Last year single stations
in the Red River valley shipped over a
million bushels each. This year it is
expected to beat any previous record.
CLARK WooDMAN, a wealthy and in
fuential citizen of Omaha, Neb, was
found dead in his room at the Grand
Pacific hotel in Chicago. The cause of
his death was unknown.
THE blue grass palace at Creston, Ia,
was formally opened on the goth.
Az express car in charge Of J. T.
Byne was robbed by three masked men
near Collins station, Ga, of $40 900
FLAMES in New York destroyed the
buildings of l.. II. Mace Il Co, manu-
faeturers of rcfrigerators, toys and
woodward of various descriptions.
Loss, S25O,O0O
w f. MURPHY, of the New York
ATHLETIC club, broke the worlds record
at Rochester, n. y, by making a mile
on a bicycle in 2;25 As.
IN the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 2lst numbered 2i6. against or
the preceding week and 1872 for the
corresponding week last year
Ar Alexandria, Va, Mrs. Banhowser
during a fit Of temporary insanity
drowned her 13- months-old baby, then
Drained her 3-year-old boy with
Ratchet and attempted to take her own
life She would recover
BUSINESS in nearly all branches of
trade was reported to be improving all
over the country.
PEACHES and other growing crops in
Brown county, Ind. were seriously
damaged by wind and nailstorms. Fifty |
acres of corn in one locality were de- /
stroyed
Az oil tank caught fire and burst at
Mcdonald Station, Pa. the fire de-
stroying many wells and buildings and
1000 barrels Of oil
LARGE tracts of land in Nevada and /
Eidorado counties, Cal. were being
completely denuded of buildings and /
all kinds of vegetables by forest fires |
STORMS in and around Kansas City, I
Mo, and Huron and Leavenworth, |
Kan, unroofed stores and farm build |
ings, destroyed corn and Frustrated
telegraph wires
GEORGE FUssELL, an old resident of I
Cumberland, Wis, and his grandson /
were drowned by the upsetting of
boat
Carr. BARKER of the steamship /
OLDHAM, upon arriving in New York |
reported that on his last trip out Of
New York the stolzers mutinied and
that lie shot the ringleader, a socialist
named Duzen, dead
THE three little children Of George
Hamilton OF lronton, o.. were suffo.
Gated ia "A tool chest during the absence
of their parents stick fastened in
the staple of tile chest indicated muir.
der.
BY an overflow Of the Charlton river
in Macon county. Mo. crops were