Griggs courier., 1893-06-23
The News Condensed.
Important Intelligence From All Parta
DOMESTIC.

u, and tWenty-one passengers were In
jured, some fatally.
JOHN L. OsMoND suffered death in the
electrical chair at Sing Sing, N. Y, for
the murder of his wife Mary and his
cousin John q Burchell ON October 8,
1891.
The American Wheel company's fac
tories at Charlottesville, Ind, Memphis,
Tenn, Paducah, KY, and Humboldt,
Tenn, were closed for an indefinite
time.
TIE yacht Pilgrim, built by Boston
syndicate to defend the Americas cup,
was launched at Philadelphia
The visible supply of grain in the
United States ON the 18th was: Wheat,
&c, ,662, 900 bushels; corn, s, ,159, 900 BUSH
els; oats, s,031, 900 bushels; rye, 500, 600
bushels; barley, $40, 900 bushels.
The coinage of Columbian souvenir
quarter dollars was begun at the United
States mint in Philadelphia.
A s1x-sroRY building in New York
filled with sweater shops caught fire,
and in the wild rush to the street four
persons were killed, two others were IA
tally injured and five others were badly
hurt.
EIGHT cowboys left Chadron. Neb.,
on horses for race to Chicago. The
distance is Oil miles.
The Franklin Buggy company at
Columbus, O., has been put in the hands
of receiver with liabilities of 500. 900.
THE steamer Winthrop, valued at $685.
600. was burned at Eastport, Me. 1t
was owned by the Mallory company of
New York.
WILLIAM SHORTER, a negro, was taken
from train by masked men near Win
chester, Va, and lynched. He was on
his way to his trial for assaulting a
girl
The Nashville (Tenn.) Savings COM
pany. of which Thomas s. Marrs is
owner and president, filed an assign
ment with liabilities of s2s2, $40.
DIR. JAMES MCCANN, one of Pitts
burgh's prominent physicians, died
from blood poisoning, contracted while
performing an operation.
The bank at Everett, Wash. closed
its doors with liabilities of s65, 900.
FLAMES destroyed ten buildings at
Waldoboro, Me-, causing loss of $780,
900.
Vim and Elbert Longley, aged II and
IL years, respectively, sons of E. w.
Longley, prominent citizen of Little
Rock. Ark, were accidentally drowned.
A SHORTAGE of s70.so0 was found in
the funds OF the Irving savings insti-
tuition in New York, and the president.
secretary and teller resigned by request.
The Pioneer Lithographing company
of Denver made an assignment with
liabilities of $134, ,sse.2S.
A PAPER on 1.-THE Philosophy of
Crime," read by c. H. Reeve, of Ply-
mouth, Ind, caused a warm discussion
in the worlds congress of charities and
correction in Chicago. Mr.. Reeve ad-
vocated the wiping out of the penal
code as it now exists.
The uAmerican national bank at
Omaha suspended with liabilities of
100000
MRS. JAMES KIRKENDALL, of Paradise.
Wash, fatally poisoned her little girl
and herself while temporarily insane
The village of Alba, Mich, with a.
population of 800, was wiped out by
fire.
w. z. MCDONALD, inspector of work.
shops and factories, has been removed
from Office by Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio.
A shortage of S. 900 was found in Nc
Donald's accounts.
WHILE three children of M. Lakin
were playing with gun at Frisco, O.
T., it was discharged and son II wears
old and daughter 10 years old were
fatally injured.
In railway wreck on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas road near Butler. /.
T., Ames Frame, engineer, and his fire.
man were killed and many passengers
were injured.
The interstate convention of the
American Sabbath union met at In
dianapolis and formulated a protest
against Sunday opening of the worlds
fair.
The one hundred and forty-sixth an
nual commencement of Princeton col
lege took place at Princeton, N. j.
WOMEN may practice law in Indiana
courts according to a decision of the
supreme court.
For the first time in American his
NANAS "eS SCucTdl C0lcOrdClO0 at
Philadelphia of the anniversary of the
adoption by congress June IA, 1777, of
the stars and stripes. In every school
the story of how the first flag was made
was told.
The worthy grand lodge of good
templars in session at Des Moines. Ia.
voted to change it's designation to the
international supreme lodge of the In
dependent Order Of Good Templars.
&c. CAMPBELL, of Minneapolis. WAS
elected most worshipful grand master
of the Loyal Orange Lodge of America
at the session at Minneapolis.
The Baaclkes Wire Nail COMPANY at
Cleveland, O., made an assignment
with liabilities of $225, 200 and assets of
5000, 900.
MRS. PHILIP KERcH, the wife of a
well-to-do farmer near Pleasant Hiil.
w. Va, while insane murdered four of
her children and then committed sui
eide.
In riot at Reading, Pa, two Hun
garian strikers at the Henry Clay fur
mace were fatally injured.
kIVE srs.