The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-01-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Latest Intelligence From All
Parts Of tho World.


practically over.
Miss Jane Kimbrough of Aurora, ILL.,,
dropped dead on the way to church.
2 Barnes Bros, clothicrs, OF Hastings
Neb., have suspended Liabilities esti-
mated at SIS, 600; assets, $4,000.
9 f. g. Cockrell has written "A letter on
the Illinois senatorship, attacking Cleve-
land and the money power of the country.
Chairman Murphy, OF the New York
Democratic State committee says that
Gov, Hill will be nominated for United
States Senator and will accept.
2 The New York Press Club selected dele
gates to the international Press Club con-
vention mt Pittsburg.
2 Because of a quarrel between the electric
light company and the city council the city
of Creston, Iowa has been in darkness for
the last few nights.
Louis Long, n painter at Sioux City,
Iowa, was shot by William Walters, a
Waterman. Long assaulted Walters,
knocking him down, and Walters shot him
through the head.
Arrangements have been completed at
Des Moines Iowa, to unite the Belt line,
steam railroad some four miles in
length, with the electric system, thus CIV
ing the city one complete electric system
OF street railroad.
The Boise City Rapid Transit company
has awarded the Edison General Electric
company the contract to furnish the en-
tire plant for two and half miles of cleo
trio road in that city to be completed by
Sune /.
The Hon John l.. Mitchell has resigned
as Worlds Fair Commissioner from Wis
cousin, on account of his election to Con-
gress. Governor Peck has recommended
David NJ. Benjamin of Milwaukee, to fill
the vacancy. Mr.. Benjamin will accept
Mrs. Kate Peterson of Keokuk, Iowa,
has brought suit for S., 900 against Charles
Nagel, John Burns and William Worley
for selling liquor to her husband and caus-
ing him to fall down and break his collar
bone. This is the commencement of the
crusade against saloons, as local authorities
make no attempt to close them
An enormous landslide occurred on the
Northern Pacific Road near Tacoma, Wash.
Des Moines expects to have club in
the Interstate League.
General s. V. Benet, chief of ordnance,
United States army, will be placed on the
retired list.
President Harrison approved the act for
the erection of new public building at
Sioux City, Iowa.
Englishmen have offered 81, 100000 for
the Durango Mining company plant, To-
Gated in New Mexico.
Twenty five gamblers of Camargo, ILL.,,
are on trial at Tuscola, and are making a
bitter fight,
Charles City, Iowa, has made final
agreements to secure the German college
to be removed from Galena, Ill.
At Denver, Col, Police Inspector Haw-
ley, who was shot by Harley Mccoy dur
ing discussion over the legislative trouble,
died
Articles Of incorporation of the Hydro
pneumatic Power company at Chicago,
capital stock $l2, 900, 900 to manufacture
machines, were filed with the Secretary of
State of Illinois
At Mankato it was discovered that one
Powlinson, Sunday school superintend-
ent; had embeZzled about S., 900 from his
employer and had defrauded numerous
friends of smaller amounts. Powlinson
has disappeared.
Mrs. Maggie Hughes, living with her
husband in Kansas City, was found dead
in bed. Her husband was arrested, charged
with having kicked and beaten her to
death. The body was covered with
bruises and several ribs were broken.
+. l.. Pilbeam, who attempted to kill
Macena Stone and his wife at Marshall
town last November, was indicted for as
sault with intent to kill, and is held in
$1,000.
A party of thirty young Swedish people
leave Omaha to-day for Shanghai, China,
where they become missionaries of the
Swedish Evangelical church Another
party of fifteen leave next month
The charter of the Kansas and Missouri
Railway to build railroad from Boone
Vile, Mo-, to Topeka, Kan, with a capt.
tai of 81, 600, 900, was filed with the Secre
tary of State of Kansas Friday.
Mrs. Julia Dunn, of Erie, Pa. received
$500 damages in her suit for false impris-
onment against Ezra Cooper, a banker.
She sued for 100000.
Business failures throughout the country
during the past seven days number Al /, Us
compared with 403 the preceding week,
and 1886 for the corresponding period last
year.
Crowds are attending the trial at Terre
Haute, Ind, of Ethel Towne for forgery.
Rulings OF the judge seem to favor the
prosecution.
At Lehigh. !. T., Mrs. Matte fletcher,
poverty stricken widow, choked her two
little boys, aged 4 and years to death and
then, with them in her arms, jumped into
the spring which supplies the town with
water.
Green Watson, white, shot and instantly
killed Frank Watson, colored cook on the
steamer Belle Crockett, near Texarkana,
Ark, because the latter, who was waiting
on the table, when asked for butter said
there was none.
The State Insurance Department Of New