Griggs courier., 1893-12-22


Loan. Bond q Investment company dis
sppee.ed with the fundA
R0BBERs broke into . jail at Paris,
Mo-. and stole large sum Of money
from q drunken prisoner.
JOHN ARMSTRONG was hanged at
Athena Tenn, for the murder of French
Sharp in April last
TIRE large sale stable Of Il. l.. Dene-
nick at California, NO., was destroyed
by 6re. together with eight valuable
horseA
RENouNcBD BY Ida Hall. his sweet
heart. Edward Handfield shot her fatal
ly Ut Denver and then killed himself.
The New York board of health de-
clares consumption to be contagious
and asks for hospital for its exclusive
treatment
FIRE burned William b. Frear's dry
goods house in Troy, N. Y, the lagest
in the city, the loss being e400. 600
OwIHo to failure Of the government
to pay overdue lease money the Kaw
Indians in Kansas were said to be
starving.
INFLuEscED BY . dream Mrs. Rad:e
Hewitt Of Mount Summit, Ind, re-
fused to marry William Norton on the
wedding day.
An express train ON :he Pennsylva-
MIA road was wrecked near Nanticoke,
Pa. and twelve persons were injured.
SEvRa men were injured. three prob
ably fatally. by the falling Of . section
of the root Of an icehouse at BellAire, O.
The Bank of Rushville. Neb., was
closed by the state banking board.
The Sun vapor Street Light COM
pany at Canton. O.. went into the
hands of . receiver, with liabilities Of
over $500, 900.
E. L. DYKE. the big cigarette manu-
facturer Ut Durham, n. c., failed for
ssoo. 900.
BARRIER shops in Kansas City. Mo-.
will hereafter be closed ON Sunday.
THREE miners were fatally injured
by falling cage in Wards mine at
Moberly. Mo
THE j. W. Warren & Co.'S hardware
establishment at Troy. N. Y, was
burned. the loss being e2oo, 600
DURING the year now closing nearly
u per cent Of the entire railway mile
age Of the United States, representing
over IL per cent of the entire capi-
talization. has gone into the hands Of
receivers
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt at
Carmi and Albion, Ill. and at Evans
vile and Mount Vernon, Ind. No dam
age was done.
GRxAT suffering was reported among
tho fapmors in mort n xu,oatoru N~1,ru cl,n
on account of failure of the crops dur
ing the last three years.
VICAR GENERAl. McCABE, of the Prov
idence (R. ~ diocese, was found dead
in bed at the parochial residence.
FoR killing father. sister and step
mother Charles j. Lucky was hanged
at BrockviiIe, Ont He protested his
innocence.
THE Farmers' national congress at
Savannah, Ga. elected D. F. Clayton,
Of Iowa, as president
JoHN Y. MctkANE. the Gravesend (N.
Y.) chief OF police, was sentenced to
thirty days In Jail and fae by Judge
Barnard for offenses against the cleo
tive franchise at the last state election.
AFTER separation of fifty years
William c. Burner and Mrs Childs, a
sister. met at Lima, O.
ANGELO ZAPPA was hanged At Pitts
burgh. Pa. for numbering Frank Helm
stetter in July. 1892, in q row growing
ont Of q quarrel between the wives of
the two men. ....-.
The Arcade aud several blocks 1t
Buffalo. N. Y. were destroyed by FIRE,
the loss being estimated at $50, 600.
By direction of the president Secre-
tary Carlisle called for twenty -four
designations in the treasury service.
TnE Indiana supreme court holds
that residence property can recover
damages caused by the presence Of q
saloon.
e. PATRICK & Co.. bankers at Pitts
burgh, ia. closed their doors with lia-
bilities of S50o. 600 and assets OF $780,.
O09.
RALpn CRossMrRE, who murdered his
mother at Farmers Valley ON Novem-
ber 10. 1882, was hanged at Smithport,
Pa.
The exchanges at the leading clear.
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
sl,s15, $50. SIS. against ellis. ,5s7. the
previous week. The decrease. compared
with the corresponding week in 1891,
was 22.7.
The fourth span Of the great bridge
over the Ohio from Louisville, Ky.. to
Jefersonville. 1ud.. fell and thirty
three workmen were killed and many
Others were injured.
THERE were $50 business failures in
the United States (including seven
banls) in the seven days ended on the
18th. against Ss6 the week previous
and 80 in the correspo nding time In
1892
THE Crane from company OF Phila-
delohia failed for 500. 900.
Ix the Indiana gas belt over 10000
men were out of employment and their
families dependent on charity for sup
port.
ExEcUrIoss took place as follows:
Arthur Courtney and Henry Taylor
(oolored) at Princess Anne, Nd. for the
murder of Capt Cooper. and Dick Rob-
inson at Sedalia, Mo for the morder Of
y German domestic named Johanna
Schonman.
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