Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09

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| Gal. 5ss. The arrivals from 1871 to 1890
were 8, 120, 907. or 51.92 per cent. of the
| total arrivals from 1921 to 1890. The
| only leading countries from which ar
| rivals have fallen off during the past
ten years are France and China. Of
/ the arrivals during the ten years from
| 1881 to 1891, 3.2O5,9ll were males and
| 2,O40. Oh were females. The greater
/ portion Of females came from Ireland.
/ EIGHTY feet Of the bank Of the canal
at Goshen. Ind, went out, entailing a
heavy loss and necessitating a shut
/ down of the factories.
THE Missouri river cut through Dom
l iphan Point, Kan. transferring several
thousand acres Of land and water from
Missouri TO Kansas.
THE census report shows that the
total value of the mineral products of
the United States at the eleventh cen
sus amounted TO 1856, 9sS, $50, the
greatest total ever reported for any
country The number of industrial
mining establishments was given at
go 600 The number Of persons en-
ploysd in mining industries 5l2,1
The annual wages paid them aggre-
gate SIP, 400. 500. The capital employed
in mining operations was 81, u.s. 600, 900.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued a
proclamation granting the privilege of
copyright in this country to the citizens
of Great Britain, France, Belgium and
Switzerland
AT Huntsville, Ala, John Baker, a
colored man, shot and killed his wife
and then killed himself
AT New York Alexander Wisse shot
and mortally wounded Maria Hodig
and then committed suicide.
THE Newton (Kan.) national bank,
which failed November 30, 1890, has re-
opened its doors with 500, 900 new cap
ital
GEORGE SIMMONS, of Galveston, has
reached Chicago, winning a wager of
81 900 on condition that he walk the
distance between the two cities in sixty
days. lie had seven hours to spare
STATISTICS OF the sugar industry of
Cuba for the last ten years show an
average production and export of ESQ
900 tons, % per cent. of which came to
the United States.
BERRY TURNER, charged with having
killed six men, was arrested near Knox
will, Tenn.
THE public debt statement issued on
the LIST showed the total debt to be ST.
COS O25, 226; cash in the treasury, $751;
1913, sos; debt less cash in the treasury,
81, $40 996, sol. Decrease during June,
81, 21s,666. Decrease since June so, 1890,
$50, 463. Sl9.
The Minneapolis harvest machine
makers claim that the crop is so heavy
in the northwest that they cannot fill
their orders.
MAX GILLIs aud Rhinehart Peters, of
La Crosse, Wis, were thrown from
freight car at Dubuque, la, by low
bridge and fatally injured.
Mrs. EMMA Brown, wife of prom
inent business man at Fort Benton,
Mont, drowned herself at Woodhaven,
l.. l., while temporarily insane.
GEORGE w. Richie, of Philadelphia,
was sentenced to three years imprison-
ment for stealing ss,3i9 from the Com
monwealth national bank, while act
ing rs its receiving teller.
A. LoUpoN SNowDEN, of Pennsyl-
Eania, has been appointed minister from
this country to Greece, Roumania and
Servia, and Romualdo Paeheco, OF Cal
lfornia, minister to Guatemala and
Honduras.
MIR JOHN SMITH and Miss Mary Daw-
son, of Franklin Ky. We're thrown
from a buggy and killed.
JoHN BARpSLEY, the defaulting tr' as
urer of Philadelphia, was sentenced to
fifteen years solitary confinement IN
the penitentiary and to pay fine equal
TO the amount of his embezzlement,
which may reach S239,ooO
SHERIFF WAKEFIELD, OF Arkansas
City, Ark, was said 70 be defaulter
TO the extent OF $4,000.
q. NJ LOWRY agent Of the New York
Lie Insurance company at Oakland,
Cal, was charged with emhezzling 500
GEO.
JouN BfEaN, tharlsS Newton and
Chalmer Shaifer were scaided fatally
at Newcastle. Pa, by traction engine