The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1892-12-22
NEWS OF A WEEK.
December Il.


burned to death in a fire at Union Park, Nina
VOlney B. Gushing. the famous prohibition
orator of Maine is thought to be deranged
Sam Partridge, assistant secretary of the aeri-
| cultural society of Minnesota, dies at st. Paul
woman in Russia is shown to be guilty OF
suffocating III children. She has been sentenced
to only one years Imprisonment.
lt is said that Jay Gould before his death SUE
gested that 81 600, 600 be expended to endow aa
institution to fit young men for college,
There has been an almost unprecedented can
at the land office in Washington for information
as to the location of unoccupied government
land.
December Is
Senator Gibson of Louisiana dies at Hot
Springs Ark
Since last Saturday Mr. Blaine has been grow
ing worse.
W. Gould Smith, prominent Montana farmer
is frozen to death on the prairies
AdVlces received from Apia show that tram
guilty prevails in the Samoan Islands
The MasOns of st. Paul Lodge No. 3 prescott
Master j. f. Lawleas with masonic Jewel
A drunken Pinkerton detective is nearly
lynched in Chicago for creating disturbance n
the street.
December IT,
V. N III
having failed for 100000.
Miss leila Zurnn of st Paul falls a distance
OF twelve feet and is killed.
Roger q. Mills of Texas will bt, elected to fna
senate without much opposition
Hugh Monroe, the oldest pioneer in Montana
dies at his ranch near Great Falls
Another employee of the Carnegie Steel ,s,a,-
pany dies victim of the poisoning plot
The American delegates to the internationA
monetary conference will sail for New YOrx
Dec 81.
1t is rumored in Washington that Mr.. Blaine
prefers before he dies to see his only son reeon
ciled to his wife
December H.
1t is admitted at last that Mr. BLaine's cop.n
ton is serious.
George Gould has been elected director of ths
Union Pacific road in place of his father de-
ceased
The anniversary of Whittiers birthday is ob-
served at Amesbury, Mass. with appropriate
exercises.
The wholesale liquor and cigar firm of Fsei-
burg Klein & Co.. of Dallas. Tex make a gen-
eral assignment.
Nelson f. Evans. who wrecked the Spring
Garden National bank in Philadelphia is seq
fenced to seven years imprisonment.
The president of the Commercial National
bank OF Dubuque is convicted of making false
reports to the controller of the currency.
December Is.
Five men are killed and six badly hurt in J.
railroad accident at Nelson Station Mimi
An epidemic of typhus is prevailing in several
Mexican cities including the City of Mexico
The building of w. G. A. .Jurgeus, wholesale
grocer of Brooklyn. N. Y, is destroyed by fire
More than 5000 bales of cotton and 500 sacks
of flour are destroyed by fire near Liverpool.
Eng. Loss, S5O0,OOO.
dispatch from st. Petersburg says that
President CarnOt has informed the car that he
will remain at his post
The Minneapolis Press club are to send a sou
venir album of Minneapolis views to Chauncey
Nj. Depew as Christmas present.
Joe Goddard, the prize fighter deposits in Chi
chagO So 800 forfeit money evidence of his
desire to fight Jim COrbett.
December 49,
There is shortage of $6sOOo in the city treas
ury at ST. Louis
The Udell Woodenware company is destroyed
by fire at st. Louis. Loss, $4,000.
The report of the failure OF f. I. Archibald &
Co. of Mortified, Mimi, is without foundation
A poor mother in st. Paul is arrested on 8
charge of stealing a pair of mittens for her
child.
Hennepin county will perhaps be assessed
ST. 100000 in order to complete the court
house.
The st. Paul Pillow works, which were burned
to the ground in November, will be in activs
operation to-day.
December 20.
Hon. Patrick Eagan sails from New York
his way back to his post in Chile.
Nicholas Conner, editor of the IOara and Lssr-
emb,yger Gazette, dies at Dubuque
The Brooklyn N. " board of aldermen ara
said to be implicated in crooked work.
Iron ore is found at Minong. Wis. ON the cous-
ty line of Washburn and Douglas counties.
Loring Pickering, senior proprietor of the San
Francisco Morning eau. is reported to be dying
Harold Hagan. the champion skater of the
world, wins the first race from Mccormick 10
Minneapolis.
The Atlanta will sail in few days for Haity
with Minister Durham on board, to investigate
the outrage on an American citizen.