Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-06-04


by hanging.
CHARLES SEIDLE was arrested at
Grand Rapids, Mich. for bigamy He
has five wives living and was on the
point Of marrying the sixth tirne.
Il a st of dependency Mrs. L. A.
/ Uptegroff. of Topeka, Kan. set fire TO
her house and she and her three chill
dren we're burned to death
MARTIN SPILLMAN and his wife were
| killed by the cars at a crossing near
/ Lebanon, Ind.
The monument erected by the state
4 of Kentucky to the late Gov. Luke p.
/ Blackburn was unveiled at Frankfort
ANDERSON HARRIS, a colored man,
was hanged in Raymond. Mis- !, for the
murder of q. NJ. Lew S. mayor of Gin
| ton.
IL quarrel over some horses in Nor
ton county. Kan, Edward Hageman, a
constable, and Cyrus Aldrich, farmer
killed each other with pistols.
A PROPOSITION to admit liquor dealers
into Knights Of Pythias lodges was de-
feated by the grand lodge in session at
Cincinnati
MAX KLERER, IA years of age, of
Philadelphia, died of hydrophobia. He
was bitten by dog three months ago
IN fight between circus employees
and citizens at Mahanoy City. Pa, one
man was killed and a number wound
ed, three fatally.
CARRIE, the II year cd laughter of
John Peters, ncar LeaYenworth, Kan,
was killed by lightning while eating
supper
The reports Of French commanders
stopping the sale Of bait to Americans
in Newfoundland waters are confirmed.
CHARLES MoNCRIEF, his wife and
three children, of Washington town
ship, Mo, were poisoned by eating
canned salmon, and the wife and two
children would die.
w. q j. VI. BENT, boot and shoe man
ufacturerS at Cochituate, Mass, have
failed for Sl50 600
NELSON MOFFAT. 80 years old and
Sam Puelling (coloredl were hanged,
the former at Lexington, Miss, and the
latter at Guthbert. Ga.
THE Anne lean university was organ
Ized at Washington by representatives.
y
pal, Baptist and Methodist Episcopal
churches. Mari, Hoyt was elected pres
ident and Bishop Hurst chancellor
Five million dollars will be asked for.
JAMES HENsHALL, of Cincinnati, was
elected president OF the American Fish
cries society at Washington
Ar Sioux Falls, 5. D., Plenty Horses,
an Indian, was acquitted of the muir
der of Lieut.. Casey during the late In.
dian war.
An epidemic of hydrophobia pre-
vailed among farm stock in the vicinity
of Port Clinton, o., and many valuable
animals were dead.
WILLIAM DARsr & Co. wholesale
liquor dealers of Omaha, Neb, have
failed for 100000
The bronze statue of John Harvard
at Harvard university was painted red.
The work was supposed to have been
done by college boys.
MARTIN NEoKE JR.. who lost a leg
by falling under street car in Chicago
three years ago, has been awarded Sl0,-
900 damages.
TaE population of Alaska. as per cor
rected returns. is 30, GOO
CUTwoEMs were doing much damage
to corn and potatoes in central Iowa
TUE general synod Of the Reformed
Presbyterian church in session at Pitts
burgh, Pa, adopted resolutions deelar-
ing the actions of the ministers who
voted at an election as 'heinous sin
and scandal"
AT the afternoon session on the 2Sth
of the Presbyterian assembly In De-
troit, Mich, Judge 5. NJ Breckinridge,
OF = louis, dropped dead while max
ing an address. lie was 63 years OF
age
ALEXANDER CAsEMAN, aged 81 years,
was suing his wife, Mary aged 81 years,
for divorce on the ground OF desertion
at Lima, O.
The Hamilton Rubber Company of
Trenton. n J failed Tor 500. coo.
THBrY-SIX lumber firms in Brooklyn,
n. y, have closed their yards in sup
port of the New York Lum ber- Dealers
association in it's fight against the boy
colt of the labor unions.
THE large boiler at p. f. Kramers
sawmill in Frankfort Ind, exploded.
killing Frank Hun, the engineer. and
fatally injuring William Davis, Eric
Koontz, Benjamin Keys and Van Swar.
engen.
FRANCIS w KENNEDY. president OF
the ruined Spring Garden national
bank at Philadelphia, was arrested on
the charge Of embezzling over 500, 600
Of the banks funds.
SURROGATE ABBoTr, Of Brooklyn. y.
y, decided the famous Myra Clark
Games will case, sustaining the will of
January 5, lss5, which divides ST 100000
between two children
THE first attempt to care for and
Amcricanize immigrant Hebrews in
bulk will be made at Harrison, \. j.,
where the American committee of the
Baron de Hirsch fund viii build zoo OF
500 cottages
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
DAVID BUTLER, the first governor OF
the state Of Nebraska, died suddenly al