Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-31

York. She arrived in this country re-
Gently, and announced that she came
for the purpose of killing President
Harrison.
WILLIAM $ PARSONS and August
Boniug. business men in Philadelphia,
died from the effects of escaping IL
Eliminating gas
DURING the past year 4,1Gs miles Of
railway track have been laid in forty
three states and territories. This in
creases the railway system of the
United states 10 I1i,O00 miles.
THE scale factory of john Chatellon
& Sons in New York WAS destroyed by
fire. the loss being sll5.u0D
An ammonia tank ia Armour's pack
ing establishment at Kansas City, Mo,
exploded and four men were killed
and several others wounded
Ar Augusta Kan, William Rhoades
MORALLY wounded his divorced wife
and then shot himself dead
CHARLES iIfI, At one time a
wealthy lawyer in Cincinnati, died
from starvation His rich relations
were kept in ignorance of his where
abouts and financial condition aud were
horribly shocked to hud him dead.
THOMAS DAssoS, farm hand, fatal
ly shot Eda Rutzen, the 1S-year-old
daughter of his employer, near Liber-
tyville, Ill, because She rejected his
attentions, and then shot himself dead
IN the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 25th mum bered 292 against 335 the
preceding week and 383 for the CORE
spending week last year.
A VALUABLE vein Of lead ore was dis
covered about miles east of st.
Joseph. Mo.
THE Nebraska distillery at Nebraska
City was destroyed by fire, causing
loss of 500, 600
AFTER struggling for two months, at
a cost of S1.75O, 900, the striking coal
miners in Indiana returned to work at
their former wages
Ir was reported that the officials of
the state and navy departments at
Washington considered the prospects
of peaceful settlement of the Gillian
affair more doubtful than at any time
since the Valparaiso outbreak.
Two MEN were killed in a wreck on
the Baltimore * Ohio near Plymouth, o.
IL woodshed in rear of a dwelling
at Sedalia, Mo, the bodies of two in
fants who had been murdered were
found
OUTLAWS in Cl~Staw county, Ala,
under the lead Of job Sims, robbed the
store or John Mcmillan and shot and
killed four persons.
LowENTHAL, LIVINGSTONE 81 Co.,
merchants at San Francisco, failed,
with liabilities of about S42O,OO0 near
ly all due to English firms.
MARTIN MEYERS, one of the leading
checker players of this country, was
found dead at Reading, Pa, the result
of excessive drinking.
ARRANGEMENTS have been completed
by the director of the mint at Wash
ington for issuing the new silver sub
sidiary coins, dimes, quarters and half
dollars early in 1892.
/ The bureau of statistics reports that
8s,6l5 immigrants arrived in the United
States during the month of November,
1891, against 4O,643 during November
/ of last year
An express train on the New York
| Central ran into another train near
Hastings, n. Y, and eleven persons
were killed, six fatally injured and
/ four badly hurt A drunken brakeman
| caused the disaster
FLAMES in the plumbing works OF
the L. Wolff Manufacturing Company
/ in Chicago caused a loss of $500, 600.
IT was reported that Capt Francis
Hardie of the Third cavalry and his de-
tachment of fifty men met an armed
force of Garza's followers near Carriso,
Tex. and that in the engagement that
| ensued fourteen of the United States
| soldiers were killed.
Miss EULA BEACH WILLIAMS, pianist
of the Bijou Theater Company, while
playing the overture at Starsels hall
in Jessup. Ca, fell dead.
ALvAN l., GREENWOOD was arrested
in Boston. charged with the embezzle
ment of $50. 900 from the Mutual One
Year Benefit Order.
STEPHEN b. ELKINs took the oath o.
office as secretary of war in Washing
ton.
A BEER wagon collided with Pitts
burgh cable car, crushing in the side
and fatally injuring two persons and
seriously wounding several others.
Amour one-half the business houses
at Nayerly, Ill, were destroyed by fire
FIRE destroyed a business block a
Hutchinson. Kan, the loss being $3.50,
600
IL fire at Bingham, Utah, Pa
O'Mallev and Eric jacobson, miners
were burned to death.
PINK FRANKLIN and his son and JOIN
Canterbury were struck by falling
tree near Gadsden, Ala, and killed
A PASSENGER train on the East Ten
nessee railroad ran off the track nea
Williams, Ca. and seventeen person
were injured, none fatally
WILLIAM BRENNAN, an old reclus
living near Huntingdon, Pa, was fataI
" beaten by unknown men and the
robbed Of 81, 600
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
KAruEEINE ROGERS, the well-knowl
actress. died in New York city
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