Griggs courier., 1893-07-14

The News Condensed.
important intelligence From All Parts
DOMESTIC.
The Leroy business block at Petrolia,
Pa, was burned, the loss being $780,
900.
THE Omaha 4 South Texas Land
company made an assignment at Hous-
ton with liabilities of s400, 900.
JOHN MARIE, James Francis and
Dempou Smith were shot dead in q
fight at picnic near Woodbine, KY,
by Joel Mitchell.
ALEXANDER FRAZER, Patsey Daley,
James Morris and j. A. Carlson were
capsized in a sailboat on Lake Tahoe at
Glenbrool, New, and all were drowned.
NEAR Kansas City, No.. Irving Clark,
aged 10, and Frank Paullin, 13 years
old, were killed by lightning.
The Bullionville reduction works at
Piache. New, were burned, the loss be-
ing over 100000.
AT Little Falls, Mimi, Fred Denny,
his wife and two children were drowned
while crossing the river by the capsiz-
ing of a boat.
FREnERG BROTHERS, dealers in liquors
in Cincinnati, failed for 5000, 900.
AN increase of $105, 254, 354 was shown
in the assessment rolls of New York
under the new law. Jay Gould's es-
tate was listed at $4,000, 900, against
$500, 900 during his lifetime.
THREE brothers named Lofts were
instantly killed by lightning at jack
son, O., while taking shelter under a
tree during thunderstorm.
DURING q fine in the gun cotton fac
tory at Newport, R. l., Frank Laugh
lin, Michael Reagan and j. Harrington
were killed by an explosion and three
other men were seriously injured.
The department store of Fish, Jo-
seph & Co. in Chicago was damaged by
Gre to the extent of 100000.
THE money circulation in the United
States at the beginning of the new
fiscal year was 81 ,593, ,726, ,41k per cap
ita of s23. Sc. or So, 346, 927 less than July
la year ago.
The American national baSk Of Lead
Vile, Col, with liabilities of sS49, 900,
the First national bank of Cisco, Tex,
and the Jefferson county bank at Cold
en-, Col, with liabilities of SIC, 900, closed
their doors.
The trotter Ayres p, with running
mate Telephone, went a mile on the
kite track at Kirkwood, Del, in 2:03155
In fire at Buffalo, N. Y, caused by
lamp explosion, two children of Dem
mis- Mccarthy lost their lives.
The largest attendance at the worlds
fair on any one day since its opening
was on the Fourth, when 3O2, ,9O6 admis-
sions were recorded.
w. H. ToRNEH and his wife and
4-months-old child were thrown from q
wagon in q runaway at Warrington,
w. Va, and Mrs. Torner and the child
were killed and Mr.. Torner was fatally
injured.
A CONVENTION of the friends of sill
yer" has been called by President War
ner, of the Bimetallic league, to meet
in Chicago August /.
The National Amateur Press associa-
ton held its eighteenth annual conven-
ton in Chicago and j. L. Tomlinson
was elected president.
The two daughters of John Ray, aged
Is and years, respectively, were MUIR
dered by an unknown tramp while
picking berries near their home near
Wickliffe, Ky. The lower part of the
elder girls body was horribly mutilat-
ed, after the manner of the Whltechapel
murders in London.
THREE persons were burned to death
in fire that partly destroyed the
Bethel boat at st. Paul, MINI.
ANDREW DEBNEY, farmer residing
near Clarks. Neb.. fatally shot his wife
and then jumped into the Loup river
and drowned himself.
The Haskell Show Printing company,
one of the largest concerns of the kind
in the middle and western states, made
an assignment at Kansas City.
BANK failures were reported as fol-
lows: The American savings at Pueblo,
Col; Everett national at Everett,
Wash; Findley county at Garden City,
Kan, and Mobiles county at Worthing-
ton. MINI.
0EVEN AOTScS were killed, a mum Der
of persons injured and wagons and cars
demolished by a runaway cable train
in New York city.
WALLACE DEsK1Ns was shot and
killed at Nolan, Va, by Andrew Farmer
during a drunken row. The assassin
was pursued by posse, but he fired on
his pursuers and fatally wounded
George Geskins and q man named
Thompson.
A HA1LsroRM near Reading, Pa. did
great damage to crops and fruit and the
vineyards on Mount Penn were COM
pletely ruined.
The New Haven Conn., opera house
was damaged by fire to the extent of
100000.
The first series in the Southern Base
ball league ended with the Augusta
(Ga.) club ahead, having lost only II
games out of61.
LIGHTNING struck and burned the
farmhouse of A. Roberts near Gage
town, Mich, and five of the ten oc.
cupants perished in the flames.
A TEAM driven by NJ. P. Bradley ran
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