Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-11-10
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GENERAL DOMESTIC NEWS,

Destructive forest fires occurred
near YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, last week.
The Choynski-Godfrey prize fight
was won by Choynski in fifteen
rounds.
Gallery Junction, twenty miles from
Pittsburg, small village, was prac-
tically wiped out by fire. Only a few
buildings were left. The loss will cx-
coed $4,000
The total exports. exclusive of
specie. from the port Of New York,
for the week ending Nov. /. 1892. were
9,7o5.7s0 against s7,222255,759 for the
corresponding week of 1891.
The worlds fair directors will de-
clare that the fair should be kept
open Sundays. and will inauguratc
movement for the repeal by con-
grcss of the Sunday-closing clause Of
the law.
The citizens of Scdala, No. arc
alarmed at the prevalence of crime
there and at the apparent inability
of the officers of the law to check il.
met in mass meeting and organized
Il vigilance committee.
Town Marshal Eugene Heath, of
Corrydon, Ind, was shot and killed
by Clabc Shuck, sheriff of the county
The TWO had long been friends. \
dispute arose over an election quar-
rel. resulting in the shooting.
One thousand five 1acl cans OF
opium were seized by customs officers
on the steamer Oregon at San
| Francisco last week. The opium is
valued at $4,000 and the duty
thereon is estimated at $4,000
Ed Hansen. Il Sioux City engineer
t was fatally scaldcd while at work ir
The engine room at the packing mouse
The plug blew out of the boiler and
the escaping steam cooked the mans
flesh SO that it fell from his bones.
Subscription books have been open
ed at New York to capitalize a rubber
company with capital stock of s27.
000,0G0. 1t isto be organized under
the laws of New Jersey, and will be {;
! practical consolidation of all the rub
Der companies of the country.
Preliminary steps towards the or
! ganization Of Il naval militia have
been taken in Pennsylvania and Yer
mont. There are already eight state.
With properly equipped ana crcdita
| bic naval forces organized in conform
ity with the national law.
An effort is being made in st. Louis
with every prospect of its success. Il
consolidate the ST. Louis, the Laclcdc
the Browncll and the American stree
car building companies. The fou
corporations have a combined capita
now of $500. 900. and are among tn,
largest of the kind in the country.
One forenoon in Cleveland, Ohio
no less than twenty-five alarms wcr,
turned in from different parts Of TIL
city, many people believed fircbug
were making systematic attcmp
to burn the town. Fire department
officials, however. think the troubl,
was caused by defective elcctri,
wires.
The inhabitants of the Esquima,
village at the Worlds Fair were try
ing in a half civilized way to pain
things red in Chicago one day las
week. The cause Of it was a daugh
ter born to Mrs. Manak, whose hus
band votes up near the North pole
when he is at home. The little rs
quimau was named Christophc
Columbus.
News has reached Natchcz, Miss
of the lynching Of the son ant
daughter Of John Hastings, a negr
jailed there Saturday for the murdc
of Zip Norment of Calahania parish
La. Another son was killed Will
resisting arrest there at the tim
Hastings was arrested. Neither hat
any connection with the Mormon
: murder.
Rose Brooks is in Jail at Sioux Cit
for highway robbery. She caugh
Gilbert Dcyong passing an alley an'
pulled him into it, pinned hin
against building and rifled hi
pockets, getting s35. He tried t
hold her, when she knocked hin
down and escaped. She lost her ha
in the scut,ie and it gave the clu
that led to her arrest.
The new telephone system just con
, plctcd at La Porte, Ind, and know
as the Stronger Automatic tclephon
) system, is now successful operation
, The system differs from the old il
that it does away with the sshcllO