Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01

BY the bursting Of a bomb at an
Italian celebration in Newark, y. J.,
four persons were killed and eighteen
injured
{ J. X. CUMBERLAND, arrested in St
Joseph, Mo, confessed that he muir
dered James Robertson and his son
Jasper at Harlan. Ia two years age.
A FREIGHT train wreck on the Pitts
burgh, Fort Wayne IL Chicago road
near the Ohio and Pennsylvania state
+ line caused loss to the company of
5000 600
Is the newly opened Oklahoma lands
great suffering was reported among
the settlers owing 10 the lack Of the
4 necessaries Of life. IIatu. -~as twenty
five cents a glass bread fifty cents a
loaf, lemons twenty-five cents each.
ham and bacon one dollar pound and
other things in proportion.
THE boiler in a sawmill near Tion-
esta. Pa, exploded, killing J. Elva Ber-
lin, James Conger and Charles y.
Grove. all well-known lumbermen.
A RAILROAD elevator and other build
ings at Minneapolis were burned, caus-
ing a loss Of $500, 900 Nine fremen
were injured, some probably fatally.
ELIJAH WATT shot Miss Kate Halo
ran at Topeka, Kan, because she re-
fused to marry him and then killed
himself
NANCY HANKS trotted mile at Cam
bridge City, Ind, in 2:09i4.
Two lots in the town Of Chandler,
just plated in the land opened in Okla
homa territory, were offered for sale
for ham sandwich, but no buyers
were found
THOMAS CARE, farmer living near
Quincy, Ky, prompted by jealousy
killed his wife and sister-in-law with
corn cutter, fatally wounded his
motherin-law and then took his own
life.
A FREIGHT train ran into work
train at McKim's siding, Pa, killing
Engineer Houghton and eight Italian
workmen.
THE forest and prairie fires in Min
nesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas
were burning more fiercely than ever.
and several towns seemed TO be doomed
to destruction. Loss of life was reported
from several places. Many farmers
had lost their all
IN the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 25th numbered 2lO. against 239
the preceding week and 219 for the
corresponding week last year.
BURGLARS cleaned out every store
and the post Office in san Antonio, Mo.
FIRE destroyed ). Guckenheimer IL
Sons wholesale grocery and liquor
building at Savannah, Ga, causing d
loss of S450,000
5. g. WEBsTER's warehouse, the
largest in Chattanooga, Tenn, was
burned, the loss being S2o0, 900.
THIRTEEN houses in Oakcliffe, Tex,
a fashionable suburb of Dallas, were
burned
TUE report of Commissioner Carter
on the operations of the general land
office during the fiscal year ended
June 30 1891, shows that the number
Of acres Of public lands disposed of
during the year was 10, 1925, III. Total
cash receipts during the year, s. 429,-
22O. The vacant public lands in the
public land states and territories was
$40 664. 6s3
PETER JOHNSON, Of Dassel. Mimi,
claims To have rediscoverad the lost art
of tempering copper
INDICATIONS of silver IN paying guam
titles have been discovered at Saint
Croix Falls, Wis.
REPORTS from the large centers of
trade throughout the country show
business was constantly on the in
crease.
FoUR men were taken from resort
near English, Ind. and severely
whipped.
FRED TYLER was killed near Ashe-
willie " c., in quarrel with a negro
named Rankin. Friends of Tyler soon
after hanged the eolored man TO a tree.
JAMES DARLING and SANDY Ferry
were killed near Garfield Pa, by a
premature explosion OF dynamite.
Ten negroes were sentenced to be
hanged at Charleston, > G., October %,
for the murder Of another negro.
OK the farm OF Thomas Heavier, Jr..
in Silver Lake township s-'squehanna
county, Pa, paying vein OF gold was
discovered.
TnE first snow OF the season fell at
Leajville, Col, but it melted rapidly.
REEY SMART of Madison. Ind, died
from the stings of a swarm of yellow
jackets.
JAcoB ERowN. of Minneapolis, has
confessed to commjttin a murder in
Centraha, HI. eight years ago, for
which Thomas Gray is serving a life
sentence in the Chester penitentiary
Ar independence, la, Alierton
started to beat the stallion record to
wagon Of 3:20, and beat ali records by
going without skip in 2:l5. 1t was
the first time the king of stations was
ever hitched To wagon and the per-
/ Torrance was almost phenomenal
SECRETARY RISK. who is establish
I ing meat inspection stations at South
1 Omaha, Kansas CITY Milwaukee, Bos-
/ ton, Chicago and other cities, says that
it has been found by experts that wom-
en- are better inspectors than men.
PERSONAL. AND POLITICAL