The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-12-13

sheriff Golfer, Of Ha:,l.man County,
says that w +. Krire. cashier Of the
City National Bank "f uu&slah. liarle-
RAN County. TcA&S. i Il i. taullcr III the
sum Of $:1.'nn and Il fugitive. The de
! f?ic:ltinn WAS discovered Monday. The
capital of the bank is Sl,D,sn. with Il
S-n.tn surplus. The loss. has been made
good and Il national bank examiner re-
! ports the bank perfectly solvent. Hcicr
WITS reared in Terrell Texas. had 10
known evil habits un. there IS ito expla-
nation al his 'l>e Of the stolen money.
! In til" Kansas City jail Thursday. with
/ the prisoners in the surrounding, cells for
witnesses and .Iust;c" Krurger for Of
tl,latlng clergyman. pretty Mimi" Brown.
: :i-ed III; WIS married To- William IIrkc.
! hat TWO wears her senior. VIII, had been
! arrested charged with robbery. When
/ Young llulr WAS arrested. charged hy the
| firm for which he worked with grand lar
crny. Sh" refused to believe that he WAS
! guilty. To emphasize her confidence i'll
! her lover she prevailed upon her mother
! t. get Il license for her. Mrs brown con-
/ scented. and accompanied her daughter TO
/ the jail. where the brief ceremony WAS
! performed. The evidenc. against Uuke
! Is strong.
Th" hacked. chopped and broken body
! of Il man. who later identified rs \.
| -. Harucs janitor uf the iIiawatha
| i:uiliinG. .:,S Thirty -seycnth street. was
/ found early Friday morning securely
! packed in shirpin--hox which WAS
! thrown int, Il hole made 10y = break in the.
! sidewalk On South Park avenue near
/ Sixty third street. Chicago. The police
| believe they have lighted on Il rarely sch
sat III hat l,,S
| body was stuffed int" the parkin--ca>e
! had first been murdered and aftcrwarI
/ nailed up aud dumped into the breach in
! the sidewalk. No clrw is at hand.
Count Ferdinand de I.eSscps. who has
| been one of the most prominent charac
! trr> in France for mere than 4 quarter of
Il century, is dead. Ferdinand dc Le>scps
was born in 1900 at Versailles. and. after
! = brilliant educational career ut the Ly-
crum Henry ~. he was appointed con
sui at Alexandria in 1850. just as the
plague had smit;rn that city and people
We're fleeing from il by thousands. DE
| LpSstl'S remained II his post. started an
! ambulance and icn,lcd the patients till the
/ pest Was over The vessel in which he ar
! rived on one occasion at the harhor of
/ Alexandria WIS put under quarantine.
! DE LcsScIs asked the Captain To lend
! him Il few books with which to while
! away the drcary hours. One of these vol
unes contained an imaginary sketch of Il
canal through the Isthmus of Sue. Its
/ pcrusal fascinated DE IcSSaps to such an
extent that he determined ,hr, and there
to think the project over and see if il
could not be carried out. He met with
numerous obstacles of all sorts. but over
came them one after the ether. and the
canal was built. and on Nov. II. 1869.
formally opened. The highest horors
We're paid to the great engineer. and on
his return to Paris he was invested with
the grand Gordon OF the Legion of Honor.
The next project of his life was the I'M
fortunate Panama enterprise. Readers
are familiar with the collapse of the
! scheme and the great financial scandal
connected with it.
In an attempt to escape from the con
Wet camp 1T Wells. Texas. Cnnvicts
FrrcSc AMI Brandon fatally shot Guard
| Foster who killed Brandon and fatally
shot Frec-c FrtrSe afterWartl fired 4
pistol ball into his own heart
The formal order in the IIirsllticld case
has been filed 1T Fargo. y. ID. 1t com
r!rtciy vinIicatcs the wife. declares that
She was locally married in Chicago.
Eov. -. 1873. and gives judgment in hci
! iIN"r.
Obituary: At Grand Rapids Mich.
Mrs. Andrew McHcy n"ds. *. Il direr,
descendant Of Elder William brewster.
Al jackson. Miss. Mrs. +. Ii. Woods.
wife Of Justice Woods. At Verona. WIS.
/ William tSilv!e. Is. At La Crosse. Wis.
Mrs. J. +. Jnngcn. IS At Ann Arhor.
Mich. .Iarob Halter. -. At Virginia.
| H.. William Calvert. 90.
The tircc-.uaS;"l schooner Mary t.
Baird. Captain Fisher. from Phiat!cl-
,iiia for HoSton. with Il cargo OF 1850
! tons Of coal. Went ashore eff \c,eagu.
lifc-savin. station 1T 4 o'clock Thurs
day morning. The crew are still on board.
The Mary Il. Baird is Il doublc-lec!,ed
schooner of ST., toms register. 81" was
built ut Camden, y. J., in 1890. and is
oW.!"d toy Jcptha May.
Central Church of Chicago. David
Swings greatest gift t. religion and tn"
most Important living memorial Of the dis
tn-uIShed divine. * 70 have Row guide
anI pastor. Rev. Newell II. Hills Of the
First Presbyterian Church of Evanston.
was extended = call i.y the trustees Of
Central Church. and lie has announced
his intention Of accepting.
DR. John H. nrrlanI. president of the
Prnyi,lcnt Bond and Investment Com
pany If Philadelphia WAS found guilty on
the charge Of using til" mails 10 further Il
scheme 70 dcfraui, Dur!and's counsel
l:ipYr. for I new trial.
lanes II. Hawkins. Il Lnwery MOI
farmer. advanced So, on = >laI draft to
l..ll, TWO strangers out of trouble 1T Kun
y
set Apple" and Mr.. Hawk iIls has far
failed IL cash Il.
Prairie fires have devastated $500
square I!2ile> Of Texas grazing land.
The site OF the Brooklyn Tabernacle
has been sold under foreclosure 20 the
holder ot tlc second mortgage for $40
un who paid Sln.HS above til" face Of
his security. Russell Sage held TIE first