The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-02-17
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

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For the Week Ending Feb. IL
Mrs. Mary E. Williams celebrated her
Tooth birthday at GAINESVILLE, O. /.
q Mrs. Mary Galloway (colored) cele-
brated her Ito birthday at Alton, Ill.
Jack Prince, bicyclist, beat horse
In . 10 mile race at Jacksonville, Fla.
A big tannery at Sand Bank, n. Y.
was burned, causing q loss of 100000.
Flames among tobacco warehouses
at Henderson, KY, caused loss of
$500, 900.
The Farmers Mutual Elevator COM
pany at Crookston, Mimi, failed for
$4,000.
The livery stables of w. o. Jones
were burned at Atlanta, Ga, the loss
being 100000
The Turks killed 125 Armenians and
wounded $40 during the recent riots at
Yusgat, Turkey.
Over half the business portion of
Genoa. O., avillage of 2, 900 inha bitants,
was destroyed by fire.
The unemployed at indianapolis, Ind,
refused to work at shoveling snow when
given an opportunity.
Lou Fehrman was shot and killed by
her husband, Charles. at Milwaukee,
who then cut his throat.
The government forces in Brazil
killed many insurgents in battle and
captured hosts of prisoners.
Dr. Arthur Duestrow fatally shot his
wife and then killed his little boy in
drunken frenzy at st. houis.
The 1900 emp4oyes of the Washing
ton mills at Lawrence, Mass, struck
against a reduction in wages.
1t is estimated SO, 1856 cattle, 49,
206, 49s hogs and 45,O4s,017 sheep were
in farmers hands on January /.
A cyclone swept over Mississippi and
Alabama, leveling houses and trees to
the ground and causing loss Of life
If mint bureau statistics prove true,
the largest production of gold for If
teen years will be recorded for 1898.
The house of Bert Croman, together
with his two small children, was burned
at Light Street, near Bloom burg, Pa.
Col. Gregorief was hanged as spy
at Odessa For two years he had be-
trayed Russian military secrets to Aus
tria.
Billy Deutsch, famous gambler,
known as the man who broke the bank
at Monte Carlo, died in Denver hos
'pital.
Arkansas law for the taxing of Pull
man cars and telegraph and express
companies was declared unconstitu-
tional.
A schooner ran ashore in the blizzard
near Race Point, Mass. Five of the
crew were lost, life savers rescuing the
others.
One thousand acres Of rich coal were
found on the farms of George Boyd,
Mrs. Virtue and Mrs Hurst near Fair
view, 0. -
Calvin Armstrong, convicted OF en-
bezzling $4,000 of Upton county
lnd.) funds, escaped from the Jail at
Kokomo.
The Northern Mill company of Min
neapolis, Mimi, made an assignment.
Assets and liabilities have not been an
noun need.
Sisto Wesley, a Mexican woman,
while visiting the grave of her child
near Silver City, n. NJ, was devoured
by bears.
Joseph Reindeau was found in the
woods near Concord. N. H., and two
persons arrested for killing him were
released.
The crew of the wrecked cruiser
Kearsarge were taken from Roncador
reef by the City of Para One man was
drowned.
John Barrett has been nominated by
the president for minister to Siam and
T. R. Jurnigan as consul general to
Shanghai
Henry McCrary (negro) was taken
from a train and hanged by mob near
Tenn, for assault upon Mrs.
Sallie Taylor.
Louis j.. Silva, who embezzled $780,
600 from the inwater- Bradford COM
pany of St Louis, has returned and
will stand trial.
George and William Lutz, 10 and II
years of age, were pinioned to earth by
q falling tree at Charleston, Ind, and
fatally injured.
John Wallace and his Mexican bride
were murdered on a ranch near Mon
clava, Mexico, by Juan Martinez, dis
charged foreman.
At San Antonio, Tex, fire destroyed
the St. Leonards and Central hotels,
the loss being 100000. Three fremen
were fatally injured.
Advices from Brazil say that the in
surgent cruiser Republica sank the
government transport Itapa and 600
soldiers were drowned.
William II. Fl. Strouse, aged 70. chap
lain Of the Indiana prison at Jefferson
Vile, dropped dead. He was a gov
scout during the war.
A barn near Penselin, Germany, in
which number of school children
sought shelter during hurricane, was
blown down and five of the children |
were killed.
JACOB and Robert Wilgus and Reuben
Gonna were drowned in the Ohio river |
between Uniontown and Shawnee
town in trying to cross in skitf dur