The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-11-30

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Point. Ky.
Rev. John Henry Barrows. ID. d.. pa<-
| tor Of the First Presbyterian church ia
Chicago for the past IA years, resigned
TO become lecturer on Christianity ia
India.
The report Of James White. supcrin-
tendent OF the railway mail service.
shows that during the past year 407 ac-
cidents occurred to railway post Offices.
in which seven clerks were killed and
ITS injured. an increase over 1894 Of 1877
accidents and "a clerks killed and IN
jured. OF the 1887. s75. 900 pieces dis
tributed and rcdistributed, but 1,lo0, 062
errors occurred.
Ihe director of the mint in bis annual
report says the value of the gold de-
posted at the minis and arsay offices
during the fiscal year was $50, 4s2 .0s2;
value OF silver. sl5.7l4.3e5. During the
year the gold product wassaIued at $50.
500. 900; silver. $3l. 422 900. The coinage
by the mints during the year was:
Gold. $4a.933. ATS; silver dollars. 5000.
oil; subsidiary silver coins. s5.ii3. AGO;
minor coins. S712.5o4. total coinage OF
$50. 7i5.540.
The interstate commerce commission
in it's report on the income and *
penditurcs of railways In the United
States for the year ended June 30. 1895.
includes the returns from $50 roads, OF
% per cent. of the mileage OF the United
States. The gross earnings were ST.
o03,o22. 1853 and the operating expenses
were s677 ,677 .635. leaving net earnings
OF 1925, .21s. against $500. 137. 670 for
4 e same roads In 1894. Dividends paid
were ST., l35.545. leaving a deficit from
the operations of the year Of $31 OF, 03O.
In fit OF jealousy Hans Allen. a
wealthy Norwegian farmer near Nc
Gregor, Ia. killed William Cross. seri-
ously shot girl and then committed
suicide.
The post Office at Cambridge, O., was
robbed of $500 worth of stamps and the |
contents OF numerous registered let |
ters.
Thomas Davis. David Callnm and Miss |
Nora Work were drowned while cross
ing the Cumberland river near Nash |
Vile. Tenn.
Robbers entered the State bank at |
Alpha, Ill, and secured S4,see.
Prof. Perdue. white school teacher
60 years old, charged with assaulting
Miss Willie Grady. was lynched by
mob at Alley, Ga.
John Richards and Thomas Watts,
negroes who robbed, murdered and then
burned the body of Miss Bagwell. near
Greenwood, s. g.. were hanged by
mob.
The Hasty Pudding club of Harvard
wound up it's centennial celebration in
Boston with n big banquet.
Investigation among the miners In
central Pennsylvania shows starvation
among them at the outset of winter.
The trouble il that there are two men
for every job.
Commissioner Stump, of the immi-
grafton bureau. in his annual report
that congress enact rad
cal legislation for the suppression of
The padrone system.
Jack Marlborough, convicted OF the
murder of Josie Davis and sentenced
o the penitentiary for life. was taken
rom officers by mob at Crystal
springs. Miss. and hanged.
At Amsterdam. N. A.. Fred Banker
filled Miss Cora Harrison and then
COX his own life. Jealousy was the
ause.
The Gaithright-Benton company, fur
iiture dealers at Richmond. Va. as
'igned. with liabilities OF $4,000.
Boatmen reported fall of foot in
he Missouri river in South Dakota. The
water was lower than at any known
ecord.
Buyer a. Keicn. wholesale dealers In
ancy goods in San Francisco. failed for
l20. 900. IL
A heavy snowstorm prevailed all over
he west, In Chicago and vicinity the
torn being very severe. and much
Iamage was done to telegraph and tel
phone lines.
A flve-story brick building Mt the |
outhwest corner of Wabash avenue
nd Randolph street in Chicago was {
estroyed by fire, the total loss being
f22, 900. II
Herman Hnttenhaft. physical i'm '
tructor, killed his two children and
himself In Brooklyn. N. X. No cause !
vas known for the deed.
A negro tramp who tried TO wreck | ]
rain near Calvert City. Ky, was taken
nto the woods by mob and riddled I
nth bullets. 1
-Four people were found murdered on {
boat ndrift in Red river near Paris, e
'ex.
The visible supply Of grain in the y
United States on the 25th was: Wheat, I
[, PEI 900 bushels; corn, 5000, 1000 bush 0
Is; oats, o,055.ooO bushels; rye, 1892 I
90 bushels; barley, 5,057,oOo bushels.
In collision on the Santa Fe road c
ear Shoemaker, N. NJ, between rn ex- c
ress and freight trains. IL passengers I
ere more or less seriously injured !
The eighth annual convention OF the