Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-04-30

ring. in the Pennsylvania coke regions,
the sheriff shot woman IN the thigh
and man in the mouth. and was him
self wounded in the ankle. The fam
lies finally were put out of their houses
by the assistance of the militia
GEORGE GRADER, a Cincinnati drunk
ard. killed his wife and committed sui
eide Four little children were left or
phans.
An artesian well, believed to be the
greatest in the world, has been sunk on
a farm near Huron, S D. It's flow was
estimated at 10000 gallons per minute
AMONG the passengers landed at the
barge Office at New York from the
steamer Wisconsin were eighty Nor
mons in charge Of two elders en- route
for Utah.
WALKER LOWE. a farmer living in
Spencer county. Ind, was dragged from
his bed BY white caps and given sixty
five lashes on the bare back
THE total increase in the tobacco
crop of the United States since the
tenth census is, in round numbers, 90,
900, 600 pounds
WILLIAM GROSS, a farmer living in
Perry county, Ark, committed suicide
by hanging himself. having first hanged
his wife.
The Wisconsin worlds fair commits
sioners have resigned because of the
small appropriation 1858, o0o) made by
the state legislature for an exhibit.
Ex-Gov. EVANS, Of Colorado, has pre-
sented the university of Denver with
100000 for its further endowment.
DICK LIDDELL, a former member of
the Jesse James gang of robbers, has
been arrested at Richmond. Mo-, for
the murder of Wood Hite, a cousin of
Jesse James, in 1882.
john CALLAHAN fell into a sewer in
New York and was washed away. The
body was not recovered.
w. f. PMRoNNEr, Chicago board of
trade man, killed himself at McCoy's
hotel Dependency at the loss of his
fortune was supposed to have furnished
the motive
IN the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the oath numbered EOS against 251
the preceding week and 2tS for the cor
responding week last year.
WAITE 5. MARTIN tcoloredl was
hanged at Columbia, ). G., for the MUIR
der of Alice Mcleod, Bill Miles (col-
ored) was executed ut Pickens, 3. c.,
for the murder of Jake GrifTen, Edmund
Holiday (coloredJ was hanged at Man
ming, s. G.. for the murder of John w.
Dubose, John Wilson and Melvin John
son were executed at Baton Rouge, La,
ard James Croney was hanged at Lex
ington, Va, for the murder of Charles
Oliver
The center of population of the
United States has been located about
IL miles east of Columbus. Ind, and a
monument 80 feet in height will be
erected there May 10.
IN attempting to cross track in
front of an approaching train near
Washington, Ia, John Graham and his
6-year-od son were instantly killed.
LoRoNZo COLEMAN, the insane son Of
. farmer living near Steubenville, o.,
shot his mother. his sister and hired
man, the first named being danger
ously wounded The maniac thought
the shooting wonld reduce the price of
coffee
FRANZ OLSON and Charles Holmes
were fatally crushed at Omaha, Neb.,
by the caving in of a sewer trench
EXTENSIVE deposits of quartz carry
ing from 3 to per cent. of nickel have
been discovered in the Harvey City dis
triet of the Black hills.
AN abandoned woman was murdered
and mutilated in low resort in New
York. Detectives said the crime was
evidently the work of Jack the Rip
per.
IT was said that the Chicago & Alton
railroad, which was recently boycotted
by all the eastern trunk lines, was
doing larger passenger business than
eyer before.
Ar Archie, Mo, r. r Soper a butcher,
killed his wife and two children and
then took his own life. No cause was
known for the crime
A FREIGHT train on the Pittsburgh &
Lake Erie collided with work train
at Rock Point, Pa, and two laborers
were instantly killed and three fatally
hurt,
SOLDIERS broke open the Jail at
Walla Walla, Wash. and shot to death
A. j. Hunt, who shot Private Miller.
MATTHEW HUME CLAY, of Lexington,
Ky, was sentenced to the penitentiary
for ten and a half years for signing his
grandfather's name to over $4,000
worth of notes
HUMAN bones, old crocl1ery and other
curious relics were found in a bricked
pit under the rear portion of the old
Barnum hotel at Baltimore, Md.
ARTHUR Moon Of Middletown, \. Y,
gave his invalid wife spoonful Of car
bolic acid, thinking it was medicine
that the doctor had left. The woman
died in great agony
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
ELECTIONS were held for municipal
officers in the various cities of Illinois.
The license question was the issue in
many places, and twenty-four voted for
it and twenty against.
THE fourth annual convention of the