The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1893-07-01
MINOR NEWS TENS.

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For the week Ending june as.
The business por ton Of Union City,
Ind, was destroy ed by fire.
The deaths from cholera at Mecca,
Egypt, were averaging 600 q day.
The firm of Mann Bros, clothing
dealers at New York, failed for $3.50,
600. \. ..ss
The Broadway bank at Los Angeles,
Cal, that failed recently, has resumed
business.
John Hudson, pioneer of southern
Michigan. died near Battle Creek, aged
1O1' years.
The Pennsylvania democratic state
convention will be held at Harrisburg
September 10.
South Cardinals. sli luor dispensary
has begun business and all saloons will
soon be closed.
The Sycamore hotel at Lake George.
n. Y, was destroyed by fire, the loss
being $4,000
The Braddocl wire mills at Rankin,
Pa, have been shut down and 700 men
are out of work.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Mrs q. s.
Grant had a long chat at their meeting
at Cranstons-on-theH Hudson.
James Stephenson was killed and his
son fatally injured by a mad bull at
their farm n ear West Union, O.
Frank Hayes, aged 20 years, was
found guilty of murder at Detroit and
sentenced to imprisonment for life.
The principal part. of the town Of
Lexington, 0. T., was destroyed by fire
and two men persisted in the flames.
The SOth anniversary of the birth of
Henry Ward Beecher was commem-
Grated at Association hall in Brooklyn.
The ST. Paul and Minneapolis Trust
company has suspended. Its assets
are said to exceed it's liabilities by $780,
900.
By the breaking of levee near As
cension, La, some fifteen sugar plan
tations were ruined, the loss being &1,-
00O,00
1owa's banks are in excellent con di-
ton, according to Examiner Fl. A. Mil
Ter, who has just completed a tour Of
the state.
The Milwaukee g. Northwestern rail-
way has been completely absorbed by
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
company.
The Bedford Qnd.) Stone Quarries
company, the largest producers of
oolitic limestone in the world, made an
assignment.
The Bank of Commerce at San Diego,
Cal, and the Savings bank at Fresno,
CAL, which suspended recently, have
resumed business
Bennett & Franz, carriage builders Of
Burlington, Ia, assigned with liabili-
ties of $25, 0C0 and assets that will ex-
coed that amount.
Forty-one persons have been acct
dentally killed Oh the worlds fair
grounds since the construc ton of the
buildings commenced.
An explosion of gasoline caused the
destruction of five business establish
ments in Huron, S. D., and Alderman
Feary was burned to death.
!. Thomas McMullen, years old, and
his brother Joseph, ~ years old, were
drowned in the Genesee river at Roch-
ester, N. Y, while in swimming.
Pietro Ferraro and Edward Angelo,
Italian bankers in New York, disap-
peared with more than $1,000 belonging
to members of the italian colony.
An engine left the rails on trestle
near Mount Washington, O., and Con-
ductor David Holman and Fireman
Philip King were fatally injured.
The body of woman Of the unfortu-
nate class was found in a suburb of
London with her throat cut in the
manner affected by Jack the Ripper.
The Toledo Spice company of Toledo,
o., has made an application for the ap-
pointment of receiver. The liabilities
amount to over $40, 900; assets unknown.
G. p. Harrington, a private banker of
Edinburg, ILL, confessed Judgment for
amounts aggregating $4,000. His liza
bilities will approximate quarter of a
million.
William Ransdell was bitten by a tar
antula at Lebanon, Ind, while handling
bananas. In the bunch of bananas a
nest of 200 young tarantulas was found.