Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-19
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
DOMESTIC.

ySdE-Olu DdDc. DDmHatic lEOuDtC WIS
the cause.
AFTER a separation of forty yea 5
William II. Todd (colored), living at
Washington Courthouse, O., learned
that his mother, now 100 years old. was
living at Atlanta, Ga, with three sons.
THE Minneapolis Tribune was sold to
a company headed by w. J. Murphy,
of Grand Forks, n d.. for $500, 900.
JoHN GLOVER and lis wife Sarah
were struck by a railroad train near
Holly Oak, Del. and killed.
FIRE destroyed the Burt building and
Quilted the Dental manufacturing build
ing at Buffalo, y. Y, causing a total
loss of S225, 600
Thomas ECKER, who was too sick to
move, and his 3-year-old boy were
burned to death in their home at ELS
worth Wis
AT New York the Lackawanna Coal
& Iron Company and the Scranton
Steel Company were consolidated under
the name of the Lackawanna Steel 81
Iron Company.
HENRY c. LAMAR and Miss Louise
King Connolly were drowned while
rowing in a canal near Augusta, Ga.
REPORTS from the flooded districts in
the south indicated that the waters
were slowly receding, although the suf-
fering at some points was of Distress
ing character.
THE little town of Salem, Ala, was
struck by cyclone and some fifteen
houses blown down. No lives were
lost
THE steamer Buckeye which was re-
ported as lost ON Puget sound with
crew Of twenty men arrived safely at
Seattle Wash.
Coz. III. CLAY kIN6 shot and mortally
wounded Attorney David Poston at
Memphis, Tenn
THE extensive tea-importing firm of
Dudley Han Il Co at Boston assigned,
with liabilities of S4O0 600
Two membc of the Arkansas house
quarreled and hurled spittoons ink
stands and other missiles at each other.
Neither was injured
Ar Carthage Mo-. I'd Turner (white)
threw a rock at Thomas McClane tool
oredl. The stone missed its mark and
struck the latters daughter killing her
instantly.
THE lower house of the Tennessee
legislature passed bill prohibiting the
running of excursion trains or freight
trains, except those carrying fruit or
stock, on Sunday
\ LOUISVILLE Ky judge decided
that the pool-rooms were doing law
full business and could not be closed
ASSISTANT SECRETARY NErrLEToN has
notified claim agents and others inter-
ested in claims under the direct tax act
that all payments under that act will be
made to the states in trusts for citizens
thereof from whom they were collected
or their legal representatives and that
claim agents and other will not be al
lowed to examine the direct tax records
unless they are authorized 10y the states
To do So.
THREE men were killed BY the explo-
sion of sawmili boiler near Filing
ham. III.
FURIOUS blizzard swept over Great
Britain, blockading railways and rem
dering streets almost impassahle Many
lives were lost. and the damage was
enormous.
THERE arrived at New York on the
nth 2,7l1 immigrants, the largest mum
Der on any single day this season.
INvEsTIG CATION Of the accounts of ex-
State Treasurer Woodruff. of Arkan-
sas showed that he was short $4,000
in addition to his admitted defalcation.
PETER HECKEB, 68 years old. killed
his wife with razor and then com
mitted suicide at Albany. \. y.
TEN men were shot at dance at Kill
gore. Ky, six Of whom would die
OWING 20 trouble with Wholesale
firms retail lumber dealers Of St Louis
propose TO organize an Interstate asso-
citation, from the lakes to the Rocky
mountains TO offset the eneroachmcnts
of the big concerns
MuCH damage was done ut Bangor.
Me, by an unusually high tide which
flooded all the lower portions of the city.
EIGnr business firms were burned out
in Chicago, the total loss being $3.50, 600.
THE Weldon building at Pittsburgh,
Pa, and the building occupied by the
Germania bank and chamber of com
merce were destroyed by fire, causing
a loss of $500 600
News was received at the depart
ment of state in Washington contain
ing deere by the president Of Brazil
declaring the ports of that country free
and open TO the imports from the
United States that were included in
the recent reciprocity agreement.
AFTER sleeping eight months Hiram
McGonbey, Of Springport Mich, awolse
on the nth. He remembered nothing
since he went into the sleep, but could
recall everything previous to that time.
~ preparing a retired list for privates
and non-commissioncd officers of the
United states army Secretary Proctor
has decided that the war of the rebel
lion began April =. 1861 and ended
August 70 ~66
GEORGE ELMER, prisoner in the
ehio penitenuary. was believed to be
Tascott, the Chicago murderer
AUGUsr HEINZ x to, merchants ut
La Grange, Ten have assigned with
liabilities OF Sl0U 900 and assets nm