Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-31
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending Jan. go.


Peter Kuhn, a lumber dealer at De-
fance, o., failed for 100000
large amount of spurious money
has been put in circulation in south
western Virginia.
The firm Of Chaffe, West s. Co., cot
CON dealers at New Orleans, failed for
P-'l'VVu' ~
The Crescent oil mill near Little
Rock, Ark, was burned, the loss being
S475, 600.
NJ. de Giers. Russian minister of for
eign affairs, died at st. Petersburg,
aged 70 years.
Fire in the Hotel Castle, New York,
did 500, 900 damage and caused PANIC
among the 1856 guests. --..s- - q.
A train load of ore valued at 81 ,o6d.-
900 left the independence mine at Grip
d. rl- creeli Col. for Denver: ry'
John snyder and Bridget MIN phy,
on their way to church hi Coplterville,
Pa, were killed by fast train.
a man named Reuter- living near
Charles City, Ia, was frozen to death
and was found sitting in chair
A company has been formsd at Ash
land, Wis, to build a road from that
place to st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Capt. ]. D. Sawyer the oldest loco
motive engineer in the United States.
died at Denton, Tex. aged 80 years.
John d. Thayer, a state senator Of
Indiana, died at his home in Warsaw
from the effects of stroke of paralysis.
Sidney NJ. Kellogg, assistant post
master continuously for forty-seven
years at Erie, Pa, died at the age Of rs
years.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jervis. widow of Joel
Jervis, died at Amityville. l.. l.. at the
home of her son, aged 100 years,
months and 2 days
Milton b. Matson, arrested at San
Jose, Cal, was found to be woman,
and She admitted having lived ia
for sixteen years.
Daniel NJ lIardwick shot and killed
George Ward his brother-in-law. at
Mexico, Mo, and then killed himself.
Family trouble was the cause.
1t was said that some if not all Of the
state schools OF South Dakota would be
to close on account Of the
Of ex-Treasurer Taylor.
At Bouger's Landing near Natchez,
Miss, fatboat containing two men, II
woman and "a child capsized in whirl
pool and all on board were drowned.
Receivers were appointed for the
Bucyrus Steam shovel and Dredge com
pany Of South Milwaukee. The liabil-
tiles were s25g675 and the assets s461,-
s4l.
Commissioner Miller has prepared "a
notice, copies of which will be posted
in every city and town, calling atten-
tion to the provisions of the income tax
law.
Speaker Ferry and Senator Woodruff
have resigned from the Wyoming legis-
lature because their constituents APP
pointed a committee to lobby tor
state college.
The unknown man who died by fall
ing from a train near Detroit, Mich.
has been identified as Rev. Henry Lieb-
hart, d. D., of the Methodist Book
Cincinnati.
The Hatch cutlery works at Milwau-
kee were destroyed by fire. The loss
was estimated at $40, 900; insurance,
s3l, 500. Origin not known.
Long-distance telephone connections
have been established between Madison
and New York and Washington and in
points.
The Douglas county board of super
visors appropriated 81, 800 for the use
Of Frank A. Plower in the movement
for deer water ways to the Atlantic
ocean.
NJ Intosh Bros, Milwaukee contract
ors, have srcd the Indiana, Illinois &
Iowa road foz - 900 ALLEGED to be due.