The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-08-04

street. New York, occupied by a mum
Der of firms, was Quilted by fire, the
loss being sl50,000.
Loss or property approximating 49,
600. 600 and heavy loss OF life, the ex-
tent not yet known. though at least
fifteen persons met death at Phillips,
is the record OF the forest fires which
swept northern Wisconsin for two
days.
H. Is. BURLEIGH. aged rs years. drove
from his farm In South Dakota To his
old home In Buffalo, n. ". distance
OF ,5sl miles. In thirty-three days.
THE visible supply OF grain IN the
United States on the Both was: Wheat.
81, IA, 900 bushels; corn, $685. 600 bush
els; oats, 1,247, 1000 bushels; rye, 2Ol.-
600 bushels; barley, 81, 900 bushels
A CYCLONE at Watonga. o. l.. de-
stroyed many buildings and crops and
injured a great many persons.
The whaleback Pathfinder ran down
the schooner Glad Tidings in the De-
troit river and her crew OF four were
drowned.
The production Of bituminous coal
in PENNSYLVANIA last year was 43,42l,-
sos tons, and anthracite 47,l79,55S tons.
The number OF men employed was
100, $50.
SEVEN deaths from the heat oc-
Cured in New York city, four in
Brooklyn and seven in Philadelphia.
LIVE stock was being hurried TO
market because OF the scarcity of feed.
Chicago receipts on the S0th were 1885,
900 head, the largest in the history OF
the yards
THOMAS EVANS, a negro, killed his
wife and himself at Louisville, Ky.
A CYCLONE which followed a drop Of
25 degrees In the temperature at Lake
Massabesic, n H., wrecked n score OF
summer houses and did other damage.
The smile bicycle record In compe-
tition was lowered TO 1920 As by 4. j..
Titus in a race at Lafayette, Ind.
CoRSErIus MEEs killed his wife with
Ratchet at Portland, Ore, in fit OF
jealousy and then hung himself.
MAYO college, the leading educa-
tional institution OF north Texas, at
Cooper, was destroyed by fire, the loss
being 500, 900.
FIRE. at Livermore Falls, n. j., caused
a loss OF 100000.
JosEPm WILSON, said TO have been the
leader in the tarring and feathering OF
Adjutant General Tarsney, OF Color
ado, was captured at Nevada, Mo-
HALF million loss was inflicted on
Minneapolis by a fire in the lumber
district originated by spark.
FRIGHTENED by gun being pointed
at him, Joseph Stakeman, OF Terre
Haute. Ind, went into trance from
which he did not recover for week.
AYAcnT capsizcd in The Hudson OPP
posite Hastings and Thomas Pickett,
aged -, his son Edward, aged 10, and
James Martin, aged 2s, were drowned
THE iron miners strike in Michigan
peninsula was declared off and the
! troops were ordered home.
CLAIMS for S49,s00 for damages in
ficted by the caisson explosion in Chi
cage have been forwarded TO the war
department at Washington.
Mrs ANNA Il. JONES, OF Chester, Pa.
blinded her husband with red pepper
when he complied with her request for
kiss before they parted forever.
The San Francisco market was SO
glutted with fruit that peaches were
selling for ten cents basket
SEvENTY-FIvE cans OF opium were
found by custom house officers on the
coasting steamer City OF Pueblo at
Tacoma, Wash.
The New York constitutional con
vention decided.in favor OF abolishing
all Limitation of damages i'm case OF
death by injury. The statutory limit
Is now 81, 900.
The cotton crop this year is esti'
mated at 5000, 900 bales.
The special committee OF the civic
| federation, after conSultation with
local employers and labor leaders, de-
cided 20 call national conference in
Chicago To consider the labor problem.
| A TORNADO wrecked over twenty
buildings at Litchfield, Ill.
WHILE conducting experiments with
a new explosive in a quarry at llaw'
thorne, H., G. II. Rudd and two Others
were injured and three OF his assistants
killed
MAJ. HALFoRD. former private secre-
/
/ thrown from a carriage at Omaha and
badly hurt.
THE strike commission decided "a
begin its inquiries at Chicago August
10, and issued n statement outlining
it's duties and purposes
The Ocean hotel at Long Branch
was seized by the sheriff. Guests were
obliged 10 vacate their rooms and q
hundred servants were left penniless,
Carr. NEIL, OF Chicago, won the ten
mis- championship of the northw, st By
defeating George Belden at Lake
Minnetonlxa, Mimi.
CITIZENS OF Foster, o., tied John Mo
Gregory. an ex-convict, TO a post and
applied a horsewhip until he was in.
sensible, then ordered him out OF town
WILLIAM and Frank Scott (coloredl
were hanged at Canton, Miss, for
numbering Norman Hopson, witness
against them on n burglary charge.
THE gold purchases at the mint IN
! Denver during July amounted To SI8S