Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-11-10
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending Nov. g.


Gold that assays SIS ton has been
discovered in Lincoln, r. l.
Prot. Heinrich De Alma, the famous
violinist. died in Berlin at the age of 81
years.
A. NJ. Alexander, who was a member
of the Forty-seventh congress, died at
Paris, Mo.
The Brazilian government has passed
bill for the encouragement of Chinese
immigration.
The Atlas iron works in San Fran
cisco were destroyed by fire, the loss
being 500, 600.
In fight over politics at Caseyville,
Ind, Miles Hanlon struck and killed
Edward Kirkwood
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Take, Swedish
settlers on a claim near Okarche, !. T.,
were found murdered.
Allen Parker (colored) was lynched
by mob at New Monroeville, Ala, for
burning a cotton gin.
Six drunken Indians were burned to
death in a cabin in okanagon county,
Wash, during a debauch.
Helen Nichols lowered the worlds
year-old running record by going a mile
at Columbus, Ga, in 1:411S.
William johnson. II years Old hanged
himself at Elgin, Ill Reading dime
novels unbalanced his mind.
A cyclone struck the vicinity of Oak
land, Tex, and many houses were
wrecked and others unroofed.
The supreme court of Missouri has
decided that official notices published
in Sunday papers are not legal.
G. Delinger stabbed to death Jack
Wilfong, a prominent stoclSman, in
political quarrel at Catawba, n. c.
A train went through trestle at
Honey brook, Pa, and one man was
killed and several others were injured.
A fire in Brooklyn, n. Y, destroyed
twenty-five buildings, caused loss of
$500, 600 and made fifty families home
less
An attempt to wreck an express
train on the Lehigh Valley road with
bomb was discovered ne ar Corfu,
n. Y.
Col. Van II. Manning. ex-member of
congress from Mississippi, died at his
home in Branchville, Md, aged SO
years.
Sixteen persons concerned in the
lynching of Chris Chambliss at ST.
Stephens, Ala, have been indicted for
murder.
! Vienna is now declared to be free
from cholera and the prohibition of
| public meetings has therefore been re-
scinded.
John Hastings (colored) was taken
/ from Jail at Jonesville, La, by mob
and hanged. lie was charged with
murder.
Lord Melrose the largest ST Bernard
dog in the world, died at Melrose,
Mass, Of gastric collie lie was valued
at $40, 600
Ex-Gov. Merriweatber, of Kentucky,
who succeeded Henry Clay in the
United States senate, celebrated his
93d birthday.
Joel Davidson, well-to-do farmer,
was placed in the asylum at Richmond.
Ind, Il maniac. Campaign excitement
turned his brain.
A mob at Granada, Spain, burned sew
eral buildings because the queen re-
fused to unveil the Columbus and Isa-
bella monument.
Sixteen members of the Salvation
Army were arrested in Pittsburgh, Pa,
for violating an order forbidding the
holding of street meetings.
William Kittrick, a wealthy lumber
dealer at Orville, Cal, and A. G. Green,
real estate dealer at San Francisco,
committed suicide at that city.
Jane +. Kellogg, wife of George Kel-
logg and mother Of Clara Louise Kel-
logg- Strakosch, died of neuralgia Of the
heart at her home in New York
Columbia Susan Manalf, the first
child born on the grounds Of the
Worlds Columbian exposition, died
after an existence Of seven days.
During a row over game Of cards ut
Bloisburg, Ala, three miners Law
renee Early. Richard Thomas and 2. b. (
Johnson-were fatally shot by Joe Muir
ply.
A false alarm that the steeple OF
church in Vinagora, Austria, was col
lapsng, caused panic among the con
gregation and twenty-five persons were
tramped to death
osman Digna, who has been reported
dead dozens Of times, has appeared in
Scudan. With a number of his follow
ers he has occupied Sinkat, and has
raided close 70 Suakim.
THE returns issued by the London
board of trade show that the imports
decreased 81. 1870 900 and the exports
decreased e., 40, 900 during October as
compared with the corresponding
month last year.
Fatally Shot by Porter.
DETROIT, Mich, Nov. s-ChaHes S.
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