Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-03-05
DOMESTIC.

shipping bill was passed after long debate.
DOMESTIC.
FLooDs at Yuma A. T.. had done
st50,00O damage and threatened to
sweep the town away. Gus Lee was
drowned in bed
NEAR Winchester, Ky, A. c. Barrow
and Thomas Barrow were swindled out
Of 81, 500 by the gold brick scheme
THE charge against Banker Cowles,
of Clarks, Neb., of killing his wife on
February 4, was withdrawn by the
county attorney.
FRANK GAvEL, tax collector near
Honesdale, Pa, disappeared, taking
$4,000 belonging to the county.
IN the case brought by Marshall Field
& CO., of Chicago, to test the legality
of the United States revenue law, Judge
Blodgett decided in favor of the gov
eminent
FIRE in Armourdale, Kan, de-
stroyed an elevator, owned by j. p.
Campbell & Co, forty freight ears and
about 100000 bushels of grain. entail
ing loss of about Sl50,0O0.
The Windsor national bank Of Wind
sor, Vt, assigned. Depositors would
be paid in full
MAY WRIGHT SEwALL. of Indiana,
was elected president of the National
council Of women of the United States
at the session in Washington.
HYDEoPHoBIA was raging in Brandy
wine township, Indiana, and many
hogs, cattle and horses had been killed
TO prevent its spreading.
HUNDREDS of acres of bottom lands
were under water at Covington, ind,
caused by the overflow of the Wabash
river
THOMAS HALL, the inventor of the
turbine water wheel. was killed by an
Erie train at Railway, n, j.
JOSEPH HoILAsE, a Polish miner at
Iron River, Mich, angered by some
boys who had been throwing snow
balls at him. shot Peter Hector, bar
tender, and Ed Scott, chief of police,
wounding both mortally.
ROBERT GRAYsoN aud Charles Nc
Comb discovered heavy vein of silver
in Grayson's farm on Silver creek, in
Clark county. Ind.
THE business portion of Edna, Mo,
was swept by fire causing loss of up
wards of 100000
A LARGE meteor burst with loud re-
port near Madison, Me Ii was seen in
all parts Of the State
IL "A wreck on the Reading road near
Gordon. Pa, five oil tanks, four freight
cars and four engines were demolished,
causing a loss of $3.50, 600
IN tornado at Sunbury, y. c., two
children were killed and much property
destroyed A number of persons near
Sunbury were said to have lost their
lives in the storm.
The New York board of aldermen
passed resolution naming the triangu-
lar space at Seventy third street and
the boulevard sherman place" in
memory of the late general.
FLAMES at Burlington, Vt, destroyed
the cotton mills and lumber yard,
causing a loss of $3.50, 600
THE issue of standard silver dollars
from the minis during the week ended
on the 2lst was 1928, 500. The issue
during the corresponding period of last
year was $685. $50
IT was reported that gold had been
found along the streams of Brown
county, Ind. since the recent freshetS.
A DESTRUCTIVE tornado visited the
region near Jacksonville, Ind. The
greatest damage was done at Utica,
where many dwellings and business
buildings We're demolished.
Mrs. COFFEE, of Omaha, poor me-
chanic's wife, is heir to s75. 900, 600 left
by her father at Bradford Eng. The
woman was the only daughter and was
disowned years ago as "a result of an
undesirable marriage.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN, the pugilist, was
soundly thrashed by a train hand in the
cars near Athens, Ga, for using insult
ing language.
JOHN d. MILLER Of Greensburg, was
appointed by Gov. Hoyey to fill the
vacancy on the Indiana supreme bench
caused by the death of Judge Berk-
shire
Tue Lumber exchange, the Edison
building and adjoining buildings at
Minneapolis were burned, causing a
loss estimated at $500, 600
CoUNsELMAN's grain elevator in Chi
cago was almost entirely destroyed by
Ere, involving a loss of 100000
EIGHTy soldiers were in the hospital
and four deaths had occurred at Fort
Logan, Col, from the grip.
FoUR persons were killed in wreck
on the Richmond division of the Pan