Griggs courier., 1894-08-31
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
WILLIAM MCCORMICK, aged 81. deputy
postmaster at Wordsworth, O., was
drowned at Lake Brady.
The entire business portion Of Tai
mage, Neb., was wiped out by fire.
The Society of American Florists. in
session at Atlantic City, N. j., selected
= Pittsburgh as the place for holding the
convention in 1895.
FRITZ BRINKMAN, Nebraska farmer,
committed suicide at Manlato, Minn.,
by hanging.
MIGUEL CoUcHARTY, a full-blooded
Seminole Indian, was sentenced to
death by the Seminole council for the
murder of Dan Brooks.
AS A north-bound express train of
the Paducah, Tennessee & Alabama
railway was nearing Hazel, KY, it
struck wagon loaded with people,
killing five of the occupants.
JOHN T. CALLAHAN, member of
New Orleans city council. was con-
victed of receiving a bribe and COM
mitted to Jail.
LIEUT.. JOHN R. RArHBoN, U. s. A.,
committed suicide at Perry. o. T.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, suffered loss
of 100000 by fire, two entire blocks
being burned.
JAKE MORRIS, aged II years, fell
from a freight train at Mexico, Mo-,
and his head was severed from his
body.
Four persons were injured and much
valuable property destroyed by an ex-
plosion of dynamite which was being
used in excavating in New York.
BY decision of the attorney gen.
eral women will hereafter be allowed
to vote for superintendent of public
instruction in North Dakota.
OHIO miners who have been on strike
for an advance in wages would resume
work September l at the operators
prices.
j. NJ. WINsTEAD, q bank presi-
dent, committed suicide by jumping
from a balcony on the fourth story of
the city hall at Greensboro. N. C.
JOHN w. CoBURN, of New York. was
elected grand master of the general
grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons
at the triennial convention at Topeka.
Kan.
HENRY r. PEARSON killed himself in
Kansas City. He was short in his ac-
counts with the Plano Manufacturing
company.
JAMES HALE was murdered by white
caps near Pennington Gap, Va, His
offense was the whipping of boy.
GEORGE BALDWIN was foully mur-
dered in the presence of his family by
Deputy Sheriff jackson Lily aud q
posse in tfle Choctaw Nation.
The national encampment, Sons of
Veterans. in session at Davenport, Ia,
elected Col. William E. Bundy. of
Ohio. commander in chief.
THREE men were killed and three
seriously injured in a wreck on the
Chicago & Northwestern road near
Fort Atkinson. Wis.
SQUIRE WILLIAM BLAND, prominent
citizen of the Conemaugh, committed
suicide at Johnstown, Pa, while mel.
:ancholy from business reverses and
drink.
A. s. TUCKER, prominent board of
trade broker at Chicago, committed
suicide. Unfortunate speculation was
assigned as the cause.
PRoF. CHARLES j. HINKEI.. who for
years occupied the chair of Latin and
Greek literature at Vassar college,
died from heart failure at Amagan-
sctt. l.. I.
SLAv and negro miners indu]ged in a
fight at West Overton, Pa, during
which one man was fatally shot.
The great textile strike has devcl-
oped into a lockout, and as a result
$4,000 mill operatives of Fall River,
Mass, are idle.
BEFORE the American Bar associa-
tton Moor6eld Storey said public
honesty and trust had reached a low
ebb.
ADAM STIvErrs, father of John
Stiyetts, the Boston baseball PLAYER.
was accidentally killed in coal mine
at Ashlands. Pa.
Miss MADGE HOWE, of Springfield,
+. ILL.,. was elected president of the La
dies Aid society. auxiliary to the Sons
of Veterans, at the national encamp-
ment at Davenport.
THERE were 234 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 24th. against 22e the week
previous and 40 in the corresponding
lime IN 1853.