Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-12-03

THE Bai as - SD Dressed Beef and
Packing tot. r..n.'s plant was burned,
causing d loss Of S-gO.oGJ: insurance,
SOL. 900.
Two WorTNES were killed and six
fatally injured ny landslide on the
Northern Pacific road near Canton,
Wash
WHILE scin,ac in creek near St
Joseph, No. \ on-r Wilson, a farmer.
found coliee-pot containing 500 in
gold.
G. CAssAnD < Co. provision and
pork dealers at baltimore, Nd, failed
for S125,0J0.
TIE First national bank Of Whining
ton. y C.. closed its doors
Coz. }. II. FEsNCu, a Boston broker
failed for s90J.0J1.
THERE was evidence of the existence
Of an organized squadron Of opium
smuggling vessels on the Pacific coast.
Nat HADLEY. a negro murderer, was
lynched by mob near Gourdan, Tex
A TRAIN on the Queen K Crescent
road was wrecked near Joyce, Tenn,
and one man was killed and five in
jured.
CHARLES EMEECH, aged 46, and his
son John aged 10, were drowned in
the lake at Chicago by the capsizing Of a
yacht.
AT the leading clearinghouse in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 9TH aggregated
l,OO7, 400. go, against sl.253,034,7 1856 the
previous week The decrease as com
pared with the CORES ponding week of
1890 was 1876.
WILLIAM SMITH was under arrest in
Chicago on the charge of burning of
the hands Of his 9-year-old daughter.
A DRuNkARD whom he failed to cure
has sued Dr. Keeley, of Dwight, H.,
for SIP, 900 damages.
IN the United States the business
failures during the seven days ended on
the 9th numbered 295, against 2S5
the preceding week and 240 for the
corresponding week last year.
LEONARD STARR and his brother
Nicholas were fatally stabbed at
German dance in Cedar Rapids, Ia,
during d quarrel
LORENZO PEREZ, a Mexican, was
hanged at Midland Tex. and Gus
Simmonds and Frank Garrett were
hanged at Mansfield, La, for the MUIR
der of an unknown man.
w p. HEPBURN, solicitor of the treas
TRY, in his annual report states that
there remains on the docket of his
office SIS, 600, 600 of uncollected iudg-
ments The whole number of suits
brought was 5,sl4, of which 2,754 were
decided in favor of the United States.
The whole amount collected from all
sources was S797, 375, being an excess
of SSH. 32s over the previous year.
THE steambarge Oswegatchie and its
consorts, the Goodale and Potter, were
wrecked on Lake Huron, off Sturgeon
point. and seven of the crew were
drowned.
THE banking and brokerage firm of
Field, Lindley, Wiechers IL Co., of
New York, failed for about $1,000 900.
The head Of the firm is the son of
Cyrus ". Field.
In fight between train hands and
Italian workmen at YorAville, O., three
of the latter were fatally wounded
DAVID T. BEALs, the millionaire
banker of Kansas City, Mo-, whose ?
year-old boy was kidnapped, paid $1,000
10 the kidnapers for the return of the
child.
A HEALTHY condition of trade
throughout the country was reported,
with the exports increasing and the
imports decreasing.
FIRE burned ten business places az
Rock Creek, O., being half of the bust
ness portion of the town
GEORGE MoxY (coloredl was taken
from the Jail at Many, La, aud
lynched for assaulting a l3-year-old
white girl.
THE boiler head of an engine blew
out near Akron, o., and Engineer John
Byron and Fireman George Parker
were killed.
THE worlds fair directory in session
in Chicago figured the expenses of the
exposition at S21, 900, 900.
IT was reported that treaty allow
ing absolute free trade between the
United States and Hawaii had been
negotiated.
THE California Fruit association
shipped from Vacaville, Cal, a train of
seventeen cars of dried fruit, valued at
S35, 600
NEAR Lima, o., John Miller and
Joseph Wolph, ueighbors, fought with
an ak and a Ratchet Both would die.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
THE national republican committee
in session at Washington decided that
the next national republican conven-
ton should be held in Minneapolis on
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