The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1892-10-22
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hOrSeman.
Special services in honor of
Columbus were held in many New
York churches last Sunday.
Chinese are now being smuggled
across the Canadian border into the
United States clothed in woman's
garb.
A Canadian Pacific steamer sunk
in collision in Puget sound Tues
day. Five persons were killed and
seventeen injured.
Mexico gains four miles of territory
in some places under the new survey
of the boundary line between that
country and the United States.
Word was received Friday of
terrible fire raging in the woods near
Crookston, Mimi. The damage
already done to private property
amounts to 100000.
The little town of Salix, sixteen
miles southwest of Sioux City. on the
Northwestern road, was wiped from
the prairie, on the 18th, by fire of
unknown origin. The 600 inhabit-
ants are mostly rendered homeless.
At Coatsville, Ind, the insane wife
of William Sharp poured coal oil on
his bed clothing while he was sleep
ing and then applied a match to it.
burning him to death. She was
badly burned while holding him in
bed.
October 18th was generally cele-
brated throughout the country-and
in New York city more especially
as the four hundredth anniversary Of
the landing of Columbus. An
imposing naval procession was one
of the features in New York, the
representatives of five nations being
in line.
In published interview Byron A.
Dalton, father of the leaders of the
Dalton gang, the claim was made
that the boys were led into their
life Of outlaws by reading dime novels
of the blood and thunder sort. The
father and married daughter are
described as most excellent people.
On Friday last, after 95 days
service, the 10th regiment marched
out Of Homestead with flying colors,
to the sound of music and followed by
the cheers Of some nOn-unionists.
About 1000 strikers watched the
troops depart but preserved strict
silence. Homestead is now free from
troops. The cost to the state of
tanning the National Guard at
Homestead has been 100000
Chicago is to have the largest and
most powerful telescope in the world.
1t is the gift of Charles T. Yerkes,
the street railway magnate, to
Chicago university. He has author
lied Prof. Hale and Prof. Burnham,
recently of Lick observatory, to have
for the university the finest telescope
on earth, equipped with everything
to make it the best. Alvin G. Clark,
the famous telescope maker, has
undertaken to cast forty-fve-inch
glass, which is several inches larger
than the one at Lick observatory.
The outlay which Yerkes will meet is
estimated at S5OO,OO0.
Gov. Tillman of South Carolina has
refused to interfere with the death
sentences OF Mildrey Brown, a 49,
year-old color ed who poisoned a
white infant in Spartanburg, and of
John Williams, a negro who killed
Mayor Herman, of Spartanburg.
The two were to be hanged last month,
but were respitcd. Very strong
petitions for pardon were sent and
the colored press and clergy interested
themselves in the case of the girl.
William Wilson, white, of Anderson,
for the murder of his wife, and
Amanda Tribble, of Newberry, for
the murder of her own offspring, will
also be hanged.
With the passing of each day, Mrs.
Harrison grows weaker imper-
ceptible it may be to the loving
watchers, but surely weaker. With
each day she drops more into sleep,
which lasts longer than the day
preceding, but from which she awakes
more and more exhausted. Her food,
entirely liquid, assimilates less and
less, and the quantity is lessened.
The right lung has ceased to perform
its function and the left lung is far
gone: how far, the physicians cannot
say, as they have refrained from
making critical examination for
fear of disturbing Mrs. Harrison,
when the examination could accom-
plish no good purpose. Her death is
looked for any day.
The Cattle Feeding and Distilling
Company better known as the great
whiskey trust will soon have a strong