The farmers' union., 1895-01-10

ing j.; So, in the nitch States and .SJb
il, the Dominion of tanada. Liabilities
in the nitcd States We're ~ 112..:J2.>,'',
nnd in Cana,ia $17.i1f;2l:,. Neither the
decrease Of over half in this country. nor
the increase of over 10 per cent. III Can
ada is surprising, but til" statement shows
that most Of the decrease III the l njt"d
States IS in manufacturing liabilities,
while the entire increase in Canada II III
liabilities Of trading concerns. few
States, including New York ani IrnnSyl-
vaniu show more failures tllan in 1893,
and in Il few Southern States the amount
Of l!ablit", is larger. but in central and
western States, very much smaller The
failures have been 10 in every thousand
firms doing business: the liabilities have
averaged x132.11 tn rarl, firm in trade.
and in proportion 1o tn" volume of solvent
business represented by all cIrarny house
exchanges. $40; for every $1,000. The
review places in Il clear Ugh, the fact that
prices of commodities are ut the lowest
level ever known.
The office of the Toronto Globe was
destroyed. One fireman was killed and
Six injured by falling walls.
Convicted of discussing important in
formation concerning the war depart
French army WIS publicly dt-ra,icd at
Paris. sentenced to d"i,nr,ati"n and in.
prisonincnt in II fortress for life His
Tpaulcttcs were torn off by Il nuIl-cnnElis-
s,ont'! officer, his sword broken and
thrown at Ills feet. and. manacicu. he was
led around the public square. He at
tempted m:tny times tn proclaim his ln-
norence. but each time he esSAyed to
speak the roll Of drums drowned his ut
tcranc".
by the c:., ,Iosiun of IL boiler in G. Il.
Wilson, s:,w,nill ut Metz. Mo. four mon
were badly hurt. tw" of them probably
fatally. An explosion at the Meyer Coke
plant at tniontown. Pa. resulted in the
injury of six men. four of whom will die.
Corning mill No. = Of the Mimi Powder
works. located five miles north Of Ncni.l
Ohio. exploded. completely drmol>hin-
the building and killing three men. Tive
miners wrr" ut work in the rollicry Ii
HaZclion. Pa. when the breast closed ir
on them. crushing. them almost hryon';
recognition. Both men were married an,
leave large families.
For kissing Mrs. I.avna Nelson without
her consent I'itt Sicinm"ycr WAS called
up 1t Paterson. \. j.. to- answer charge
of indecent assault. and h. furnished 1,n
bail before Judge Stewart 10 await the
result of the grand jury'> investigation.
Sttnmcycr claims he remembers nothin.
about his n>culatory attentions to Mrs.
Nelson. The victim of the Objectionable
kissing declares Strinmrytr threw his
arms around her neck and Imprinted
kisses on her mouth. As the law is in
tcrprctrL in New Jersey kissing is i'll
decent assault
Frank l.. Brown. Il barber from Detroit
arrived IT Batavia. y. y. with his wife.
and Il few hours later quarantine! ~ It
smalEp"x suspect. Information reached
Batavia that Hrovn had shaved Il con
ccalrd ease Of sIuull-l'nN i'll Detroit
Erown denies it. but insists hat he is the
victim Of :, practical joke put III hy his
barber acuuaiuiuncts ut Detroit.
In II tit of jealous rag. George .Trrdan
Il Savannah. TIA. nr-,ru who has borne
an excellent reputation. shot and killed
his lu-ycnr-ul SON. shot his wife in the
forehead and through The neck, shot his
:,yrar-oId daughter i'll the chin ami back
Of the head :inl then shot himself twice
in the breast. His wounds are fatal ard
il is believed t'la, his wife, Will die. The
little girl has Il ciHucr H. recover. bur it
is prrb:he The entire iHl!l! OF four VIII
tr wiped cut.
William I!imcr. Of 'cnllrtou. Ind
was arrested charged with stealing hogs
and hut:h.riu- them i'll the owners pen.
He was helped by James Fisher. of An
dcrnu. cn,i in his confession makes IL
clean breast of everything. The pen he
used rs Il >lau.hter-yard was within
tw"uty Yards Of the owners house.
Fisher has He'd.
\ vicious tiger attacked horse during
an cShiinlnu n Cincinnati and Il nau.t
was narrowly .,,ertrd-
An .\ninSinn If fireworks III nclnru,t
Quentin store. Al Ml!Nauktt. ori-lIl:tt-
c,l L tire which caused Sl't'.ht damage.
Mexico js a.tivcI, l,rtparit- for war
with ,;un..,u:,Ia An Invading army IF
over .,.,.;p = awaiting transportation at
Acapulco.