Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-10-13
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
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The Georgia factory in Clark county,
Ga, was burned, the loss being S13O, 600.
The United States Cruiser Yorktown
has arrived at San Francisco from Behr-
ing sea.
E. S. Sampson, member of congress
for two terms, died at his home in
Sigourney, la.
Twelve horses belonging to John
Downey were cremated in burning
stable in Chicago.
A light fall of snow, the first of the
season, is reported from various parts
of New York state.
John Cavanaugh and b. F. Berreto,
New Orleans firemen, lost their lives in
burning building.
The Wisconsin legislature will meet
in special session on the nth inst to
make a new reapportionment.
Richard johnson and his daughter
Johnetta were murdered and cremated
by negroes at Davis Ferry, Ala.
William w. Rice, 20 years old, Of
Yonkers N. ", was arrested on the
charge of having four living wives
Silas A. Gett, aged 6s, one of the best
known men in Allegheny county. N. Y,
was carried over Niagara falls and lost.
William ]. Jamison was sentenced TO
be hanged at Quincy, ILL.,. for the muir
der of ex-Supervisor Charles Aaron last
April
The democratic state committee, in
session at Huron, S. D., formally de-
cided not to fuse with the peoples
party.
The number of cholera cases in the
Caucasus during August and Septem-
Der was 1877, 273; the number of deaths,
64,767.
Mrs. Anna Griffin, 19-year-old di-
vorcee, shot herself dead in the pres
ence of her lawyer, A. w. Billings, at
Cedar Rapids, la.
Three men, Mr.. Watkins, Mr. Davis
and negro, living near Terry, Miss,
have been murdered and robbed by four
negro desperadoes.
The 3-year-old son of Adam Hankner
and the 5-year-old son of NJ. C. Plum
mer were burned to death in barn at
fredericksburg, Ia.
William Cummings walked into
Cleveland, O.. after tramp from Cali
fornia. He is an old soldier and was
after his discharge papers.
train on the Wabash railroad
plunged into an open switch at the
yards at Hammond. Ind, and six per-
sons were injured, one fatally.
Conrad Bender, German timer at
Louisville, Ky, fatally shot his wife
and then cut his own throat with
razor. jealousy was the cause.
Ada Gallagher, variety actress,
known on the stage as Ada Deaves
committed suicide at Philadelphia by
cutting her throat with razor
Thomas Brooks (colored) was hanged
at Pickens, S. c., for the murder of
Jerry Hugher, the town marshal of
Eastley, on the night of June 2l, 1892.
A prairie fire near Huron, 5. D.,
burned over stretch of country 10
miles wide and 20 miles long, and
many prosperous farmers lost every
thing
The government crop report fer Oc-
tober increases the yield of wheat, corn
and oats. 1t shows a yield of Is bush
els of wheat and 243 bushels of oats
per acre.
The democratic state central com
mittee of Minnesota has withdrawn
four Of their eight presidential electors
and indorsed four Of the electors of the
peoples party.
In a collision on the Panhandle road
miles east of Dayton, O., between
passenger and a freight train Joseph
Nichols, engineer of the passenger
train, was killed.
James Shook was shot dead by DR..
r Turner at Elkhart, Ind for refusing
to leave his office when ordered to do
so. Shook was under the influence of
liquor at the time.
Jacob Lambert, prominent farmer
residing near Parkersburg, w. Va.
was shot from ambush and killed Sun
day night His son, Lewis, aged 20, is
charged with the deed.
Owing to the overcrowded condition
of the Michigan asylum for the il sane
all patients are now refused. Eleven
hundred applicants are on the books
that cannot be accepted
The dead body of DR. w Il. Akerly, of
Lisbon, la, who left his daughters
home. ! mile west of Stanwood Sep
TENDER - was found in field near
the road He had been murdered and
robbed
BODIES IN A BURNING HOUSE.