Griggs courier., 1893-10-06

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FIRE which swept the western por-
ton of the Cherokee strip in Indian
territory caused the loss of many lives
and destroyed settlers property.
INCENDIAR,Es fired the stables Of the
Stark county (O.) fair, causing the de-
struction of prize cattle and q loss of
S75, 200.
AN engine telescoped a special car on
the Grand Trunk road at Bellevue,
Mich. killing Henry b. Newland and
wife, of Detroit, and wour ding five
others
WITH songs of praise and words of
thanks the worlds parliament of re-
ligions held in Chicago came to an end.
GEORGE WALKER, probably the
largest man in the United States, died
at his home in Rockland, R. l., aged
AZ years. He weighed 500 pounds and
was feet II inches tall
SOMETHING of a sensation was created
at the white house by the advent of a
lunatic. who claimed to be President
Cleveland's son.
AT Hazel Patch, KY, Louisville 4
Nashville passenger train was wrecked
and Express Messenger Jim Kelly, Mail
Agent Smith and Fireman Lew Ryan
were killed and Arthur Pearce fatally
injured.
A DOZEN persons have lost their lives
in prairie fires in the last few days in
the western part of the Cherokee strip
in Indian territory.
HENRY MAHER, a wealthy operator of
western silver mines and cattle ranches,
dropped dead on Bank street in New
York. In his pocket was found g, 900
in money.
THE entire business portion of Casa
Grande, A. T., consisting of hotels,
stores, saloons and q few dwellings,
was destroyed by fire.
The supreme council of the Mime
sofa Knights of Pythias in session at
ST. Paul decided not to admit saloon
keepers as members of the order
MARION HEDGEpETM was found guilty
at st. Louis of train robbery and SEN
fenced to a term of twenty-five years
in the penitentiary.
MRS. j. II. RAIsIEY killed her hus-
band at Paola, Fla, and then took her
own life. Domestic trouble was the
cause.
jim MCGRATI, notorious Chicago
bully, fatally wounded a companion
and was aftcrward killed by two po-
lice officers.
In q head-end. collision on the Chica-
90, Burlington & Quincy road near
Streator, ILL.,, Engineer Gribbell was
killed and eleven other persons were
injured.
FRANK KENDR1cK. a bank cashier at
Syracuse, N. Y, confessed that he was
a dcfaulter for $50, 1000.
NEAR Gulfport, Miss, a passenger
train went into an open switch and
three persons were killed and eight
others injured.
II. c. TYLER made o new worlds
bicycle record at Springfield, Mass,
going 2 miles, with standing start. in
4:15 SIS.
CLIFFORD M. CLAvERTY, tight-rope
walker, fell distance of 80 feet at
Trenton, N. j., and sustained fatal in
juries.
JOHN TURP1E, a brother Of the Indi-
ana senator, has returned to his home
in Delphi after being mourned rs dead
AOA a 4uAE VCE VI q CcuCuTvs
LOUIS KING, Chinese merchant at
Seattle, WASH, was denied citizenship
in the United States court.
AT an African Methodist conference
in Indianapolis Bishop Walters said
that tho lynching of negroes in the
south for trifling offenses, and in many,
cases innocent negroes, was increasing
to an alarming extent, and called for
vengeance. DR.. Thompson, of st. Louis,
urged the negroes to avenge their
wrongs with blood. o. ..
THE exchanges ut the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended ON the 29th aggregated
S772, ,0es, 725, against sos. s07, 399 the pre-
vious week The decrease, compared
with the corresponding week in 1892,
was 27.O
HENRY COLEMAN, Jr., a negro who at
tempted to assassinate Capt. Thomas
Lyles at Midway, was hanged by a mob
near Benton, La
BUSINESS failures to the number Of
329 occurred in the United States in the
seven days ended on the goth, against
s10 the preceding week and TT during
IAe Satno tiue AaSt year. during the
past three months the total number of
failures was nearly 1900 and the ag-
gregate of liabilities about $3.50, 600, 600,
greatly surprising the record of any
previous quarter.
ROBERT T. HUNT shot and killed his
wife and himself at Indianapolis He
was dissolute artist.
w. c. PERCIvAL, cashier Of the Ma
tional shoe and leather bank of Lewis
ton, Me-, died in the state prison at
Thomaston.
Milo WILSON. who killed 11-year-old
Ina Warman because she would not
marry him, committed suicide by blow
ing his brains out at Williamsburg, O.
AT meeting of the Greene County
Baptist association at Springfield, NO.,
Elder j. NJ. Carter, as well as the ASH
Grove Baptist church, was expelled for
heresy.
HARLEY JOHNS and Sim REYNOLDS
were eentenced to two years in prison
at Macon, Mo-, for attempting to wreck
. train. .
THE Texas state treasury was said to
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