The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1891-01-09
NEWS NUGGETS.
A blizzard is raging in Dakota.


collapsed.
Emma Abbott Is dangerously i'll at
Salt Lake City.
The Kansas wheat crop 10 reported
in fine condition.
General F. 4. Spinner. ex-treasurer
OF the United States, is dead.
The quarrel over the sealing rights
in Behring Sea is growing serious.
Kansas is covered with blanket
OF snow from six inches to foot in
depth.
The population of London has in
creased 90 per cent in the last five
years.
The Fifth Avenue theater in New
York was burned to the ground on
the End.
The thermometer registered 60 de-
grees below zero al Garfield, N. H.,
on the 3lst,
The elections bill has been laid
aside by the Senate and the silver
bill taken up.
The mine owners OF Altoona, Pa.
refuse the miners demand for IN adj
vance in wages.
dispatch from Shanghai an
nounccs the death OF Prince Chun, the
father OF the emperor of China.
Rev. b. T. Foster, late Of Kapsas, is
leading movement OF colored people
from Mississippi to Oklahoma Terri
tory.
The late earthquake in Indiana is
attributed TO an explosion OF natural
gas and people are greatly worked up
thereat.
The report OF the building depart
ment shows that during 1890 $50, 0OO.-
600 was invested in new buildings in
Chicago.
The government OF Mexico is COM
polling all people along the Texas
frontier to be vaccinated against
smallpox.
The killing of J. r Matthews. post
master OF Carrolltou. Miss. was held
by the coroner's jury to have been in
self-defense.
Emma Abbott died in Salt Lake
City last Monday. Her body will be
cremated. She leaves "A fortune OF
nearly $1,000, 900.
The Governor OF Nebraska ha,
ordered out a company OF militia to
protect the people along the Dakota
boundary from Indians.
Dispatches from different parts of
Kansas indicate the almost entire
cessation OF all but local railway trat-
tc as result of the storm.
More tonnage passes every year
through the straits connecting Lakes
Superior and Huron than there does
through the isthmus OF Suez.
Great uneasiness is felt along the
lower Mississippi because OF the late
rains. The unfinished condition of
the new levees makes them unsafe.
a caucus of the alliance members
OF the Kansas legislature has been
called 10 meet Jan. II, the evening
before the assembling OF the legisla.
turc.
Vice President Levi Z. Morton has
sold his summer residence, ..Fair-
lawn" TO Isaac Townsend Barden, of
New York. The price paid was about
$4,000.
The Paris correspondent OF the
Times confirms the report of the prob
able retirement OF Mr.. Parncll on the
condition that Mr.. O'Brien replaces
Mr.. Mccarthy rs chairman OF the
Irish party.
Representative Kelley, OF Kansas,
has introduced bill in the House
directing the Secretary OF the Treas.
ury to print fractional currency Of
the United States TO the amount Of
$50, 5000
The government expedition 10 ox-
plore Death valley. In California.
have already made partial invcsti.
CATION In the Yo and Owens valleys.
the borders OF the great desert. Mnny
species OF new mammals have been
secured.
The German emperor has issued an
edict commanding that all literature
OF the Young Mems Christian Associ.
alton must disappear Instantly from
the railway stations. A similar order
Is expected from the authorities In
charge OF public buildings and resorts.
A British Pompcii has Just been
discovered near Reading. In Berk.
shire on the great Strathfcldsay es. 1
tate OF the Duke of Wellington. 1t is
u true city mot II mere camp, and when
fully eScayated will throw light upon
the domestic life of our remote nnces.
tors. The city now being laid bare is
the Brito.Roman ''Silehester."
Professor +. S. Holden. Of Lick oh.
servaiory ut Mount Hamilton, tol..
graphs that registers there Indicate
iha, the shock OF earthquake Frldny
was the most severe that has occurred
In northern California since the shock
OF 1865. Ceilings were cracked In
the observatory and fell To the lloor.
The large telescope II believed 10 bc
unlniurcd.
Professor Edwari W Merely. Of
Adelbcrt College, Cleveland. aud Pro.
lessor William a. Rogers. Of Colby
University. have succeeded In mous.
uring by means Of the wave lengths
OF light the changes In the lengths OF
bars OF metal caused by variations Of
temperature. Changes In length wcrc
measured In milllonths Of nm inch.
The experiment has hitherto been un.
tried by physicists.