Griggs courier., 1893-09-29


senate on the 22d for the coinage Of silver
mouey. Messrs. George (Miss.) and Hans
brough IN. d. spoke against the repeal of the
silver bill. 80. In the house bill was introduced
by Mr.. Loud Cali approp opriating 100000 to en-
force the acts regulating and prohibiting Chi
pese immigration
DOMESTIC.
The National bank of Ashland at
Ashland, Neb., resumed business.
MASKED men overpowered the watch
man at the Little Johnnie mine near
Leadville. COL, and secured ore worth
O,OG0.
FRED MILLER and Will Kessler, two
young Germans, were instantly killed
by lightning while sitting in house in
St. Paul.
CRIPPEN, LAWRENCE & Co., Denver
loan concern, made an assignment with
assets of nearly $1,000, 600, which will
cover liabilities.
FoR sixteen days forest fires had
ragged on the Laurel mountains in
Pennsylvania, doing immense damage.
All sources of waver supply had gone
dry.
SIX men were instantly killed by the
explosion of a sawmill boiler near
Whittier, N. c.
The Bellaire, Riverside and Wheeling
iron and steel companies works in
Bcllaire, O., and Benwood, w. Va,
started after ten weeks shutdown at a
reduction of 20 per cent. in wages.
The governors Office ut Topeka was
flooded with appeals for aid from desti-
tute farmers of western Kansas They
say they must have help or starvation
will follow.
The centennial anniversary Of the
laying of the corner stone of the capitol
at Washington was celebrated with
speeches and parade.
BURGLARS blew open the safe of Will
bur & Co., wholesale grain dealers at
Phillips, Me-, and secured $500
The remains of James Knox Polk.
tenth president of the United States
and those of his wife were taken up
and reintered on the state capitol
grounds at Nashville. Tenn.
The village of Criglersvi]le, Va. was
almost swept out of existence by a
Hood in the Robinson river, and in the
surrounding country immense damage
was done to houses and crops.
SUFFERING at the Cherokee strip
among the settlers was said to be ter.
rible. and many were sick and dying.
The new opera house at Canton, Ill. i,
valued at 100000, was destroyed by
fire, and about Fifty persons were burned
or crushed. several of them fatally.
TIE entire family of benson Wrat-
ten. consisting of himself, wife and
three children and his aged mother,
were found murdered in their home 0
miles southeast of Washington, Ind.
Robbery was the motive.
THE president sent to the senate the
following nominations: w. Il. Horn
blower, of New York, to be associate
justice of the supreme court, vice Sam
uel Blatchford, deceased; James J. Van
Allen. of Rhode island, to be ambassa-
dor to Italy.
FLAMES that started in q livery stable
destroyed the business portion of Ow-
1ngsvilie. KY, the loss being $3.50, 900.
A REVISED list of the injured in the
wreck on the Big Four ut Manteno. ILL.,.
showed eight killed outright and four.
teen seriously hurt.
RoUaHs assaulted Rev. Mr.. Mers.
fielder, of Spencerville. o., for scoring
them from his pulpit and he may die.
EssAYING to marry a negress, Louis
Simmons, a white man at Lebanon.
I'LL, was thrashed and chased out OF
town.
MAYOR LoUaHRAN. of hot Springs.
Ark, shot at Alderman Cripps and
killed James Rainey. The mayor was
arrested.
The Mast, Bufford & Burwell Car.
riage company at st. Paul failed fo,
$780, 200.
TIE issue Of standard silver dollars
from the mints and treasury offices 70,
the week ending on the 18th was $751;.
lis; for the corresponding period las,
year, $629, 1853.
NONE but American citizens will
hereafter be given work at the big
plant of the national rolling mill al
McKeesport Pa.
In New Haven 201 women voted a,
.he school elections. No woman had
ever voted before in Connecticut.
MAN who said that he hailed from
Chicago, that his name was Tascott
and that he was tired of his life be-
cause he was followed by detectives,
threw himself in front of train near
Easton. Nd. and was killed.