The Red Cloud chief., 1891-08-14

IL The Grinnell cart factory wss the
heaviest loser.
LAST year the applications for pat
ents, etc, were: For letters patent
81 1855; for design pstentA LAG; Tor 10
issue patents III: for registration
trade marks, i.ss5; for registration Of
labels, sos; caveats, I. 1888; total, IS 4o
There were Is. o patents granted. LIZA
trade marks registered and 2Se labels
registered. =
NINE insane convicts Of the state
insane asylum 1t Auburn, n. T..
overpowered their keeper. secured his
keys and escaped. Five Of the es-
capped convicts were reesptured
A RUN was made ON the New jersey
Trust & Safe Deposit Co. Ut Cape
May. N. j.. caused BY . lad. John N.
Love. employed 1t the Stockton, start
ing . groundless story that the bank
was in trouble. Love was put In jail
THE river Yarra has overfowed It's
banks at Melbourne, Australia. One
thousand families were flooded out and
81. 600, 900 damage done.
THE st. Louis express on the West
Shore at Port Byron, neal Syracuse,
N. Y, ran into q disabled freight train.
Fire added a terrible horror to the
wreck. Twelve persons were killed.
all but one being Italians. About
twenty were injured, mostly of the
same nationality.
A wATERsPOUr on one Of the islands
of the Azores group has caused much
damage and resulted in the killing OF
six persons
THERE is no hope Of averting o dis
astrous famine in Madras, India. Men
and animals were perishing Of hunger.
PROCTOR KNOTT, the celebrated race
horse. died at Horse Haven. Saratoga.
n. Y, on the 9th, Of pneumonia
FATHER QUAR-, a Catholic priest OF
Snohomish, near Seattle, Wash, has
been tarred and feathcred for immor-
atty. He was removed from a charge
in North Dakota for similar practices
Born members of the assigned bank
ing firm of Schall & banner, of York,
Pa, have been arrested charged with
receiving money from John B. Walsh.
of New York, when on the verge Of In
sOlvcncy.
Ir is announced that the American
Sugar Refining Co. has advanced the
price of sugar, except cut loaf and
crushed, LILO.
DURrNG a heavy storm in Manitoba
two WOMEN were killed by lightning.
w. T. ScBMERTz an extensive shoe
manufactures of Pittsburgh, Pa, has
failed. lie confessed judgment to the
amount of s2S3, 600.
ABRAHAM BAcKER, the New York
broker who failed recently, is accused
Of shady work.
GUATEMALA proposes To spend $780,
600 for a worlds fair exhibit.
The Chicago express on the Big -Four
road ran into a horse and buggy at
Evansdalc, near Cincinnati In the ve-
hicle were Lewis Duckhorn and Thomas
Goodpastor. Both men were fatally
injured.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for
the seven days ended August q
numbered 23l, compared with a47 the
previous week and POS the correspond
ing week last year.
THE New York and Chicago limited
express ran into a mum Der Of gondola
cars at Palestine, O., and vas wrecked.
A passenger vas instantly killed and
the engineer and fireman badly in
jured. A switch had been left open.
Ar Homer, ILL.,, the New York and
Boston sleeper on the Wabash collided
with a freight train. No passengers
were injured, but quite a number Of
trainmen were badly hurt and q tramp
stealing a ride was killed.
NORMAN CAMPBELL, a member Of the
Consolidated stock and petroleum ex-
change, committed suicide in Prospect
park, Brooklyn. His family stated that
the suicide was probably occasioned by
business troubles
LETTER carriers in session ut Detroit,
Mich, voted in favor of an equalization
of salaries.
A WILD furry in western passenger
Circles vas created by the announce
ment Of the Chicago & Alton that its
harvest excursion rates would be one
fare for the round trip and that it would
run three excursions instead of two.
TWENTY-FIVE saloons closed at Sioux
City, Ia, having learned that the law
and order league was after them. The
conditions were very similar to those
existing in 1856. Liquor was being
sent across the Missouri TO Covington.
Neb., in large quantities.
In regard to the reported sinking of
the Pensacola's launch at Iquique
Captain Kantz said il was entirely err
roneous. The blowing up of an insur-
gent launch by a torpedo was probably
the foundation of the story.
THE Bly-Myer Ice Machine Co, of
Cincinnati, has made an assignment.
The company had an extensive trade
all over the United States and South
America The liabilities arc $50, 900;
the assets, $500. 600.