Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-10-25
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending oct. 1e.


Snow fell in many counties in Penn
sylvania 70 the depth of inches
The Tabor Amusement company at
Denver assigned with liabilities of
s275,O
The First national bank of Kearney,
Neb., suspended because unable to
make collections
oran Follett. prominent official and
newspaper writer of Ohio, died at San
dusky. aged 95 years.
Government returns for October
show slight gain in the percentages
OF all crops except cotton
In the Belgian elections the liberals
met with defeat Surprising gains
were made by the socialists.
The new issue OF postage stamps was
rapidly being disposed of, the govern
ment sending out 10000, 900 day.
Experiments at an Omaha distillery
of making spirits from beet sugar mo-
lasses have proved very successful.
In the recent storm on the gulf coast
fifteen fishermen lost their lives on
Sand island, near Apalachicola, Fla.
Chester Hill, an Ohio village, was
almost wiped out by fire. The loss
will reach $4,000, with no insurance
Frank Mcintyre, James Ford and
Frank Britton, of New Brighton. n.
Y, were drowned by the capsizing of
boat.
Thomas b. Reed, of Maine, opened
the republican campaign in New York
with protection address at Cooper
union.
The directors of the Washington
! Park club IN Chicago decided to aban-
don racing, but will maintain the club
house.
Brazilian customs officers fred upon
American sailors who were endeavor-
ing to save the cargo of the wrecked
| Comet
In the 2:15 trot at Nashville Trevil-
liam lowered his record to 2:Os4, rank
ing next to the stallion king" Di-
rectum.
Henry H. Green, classmate Of
Gen. Grant at West Point and Next
can war veteran, died at Mora, n. NJ,
aged II.
stranger distributed about $500 in
worthless old Indiana state bank
notes at Anderson, Ind, and disap-
peared.
Twenty-one persons were seriously
injured and property worth $40, 600 de-
stroyed by a train collision at New
Orleans.
Investigation shows that the sol
dier's home at Dayton, O., is haunted
by thieves who rob the inmates on PEN
sion days.
Wholesale grocers of Chicago are
leaders in revolt against the sugar
trust which is spreading over the en-
tire country.
William Pattison, an escaped mad
man, entered achurch at York Pa. and
stampeded the congregation by firing
right and left.
T. L. Dixon, an ex-state official of
Kansas, makes affidavit that Mrs. Mary
E. Lease urged him to steal $40, 900
from the state
Charles B. Allen, alias Harry Con-
way, leader of a gang of bank swind-
lers, was arrested in Chicago ana con-
fessed his crimes
A cipher letter received by German
traveller intimates that the czar's i'll
ness is the result of poison admins
cred by nihilists.
The strike of the New Bedford
Mass spinners, which involved 80, 600
persons, was ended, compromise hav-
ing been effected.
During riot among drunken Slavs
at Maltby, Pa, boy was shot dead,
two girls fatally wounded and two
persons badly hurt.
Willis Griffey (colored), charged with
assault on Miss Leila Berry (white),
was taken from jail at Princeton, KY,
by mob and hanged.
Col Breckenridge was suspended
from communion by the congregation
of Mount Horeb (Ky) Presbyterian
church until February.
John Joy, who robbed man of five
dollars, was sentenced to prison fol-
life by San Francisco judge under
the habitual criminal act.
Mrs. Elizabeth Gang. who after
separating from her husband. a
wealthy Denver brewer, had become a
recluse, was found dead in her home
in Chicago.