Griggs courier., 1895-09-20

A PASSENGER train ON the Santa FL
was held up by four masked men at
Curtis Station, o. T., but the robbers
got nothing.
The international yacht series in
New York bay is ut an end. The
American yacht, Defender, sailed owe.
the course alone, thereby winning the
third and deciding race. The Val.
lyrie went to the starting point,
crossed the line and then hauled down
her sails and quit.
A HEAVY earthquake shock lasting
ten seconds prevailed in lower East
Tennessee along the North Carolina
state line. No damage was done.
A TORNADO destroyed the railway de-
pot Cape Vincent, N. Y, killing two
persons and injuriug several others.
The Iron exchange bank at Duluth,
Mimi, owned by the Merritts, made
an assignment and will retire from
business. Depositors will be paid in
full.
The exchanges at the leadingpclear-
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$780,, COG, ,9ls, against s914, s4O, 800 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1894. was 40.
CHARLES Fl. KEY was executed at
Paris, Tex, for killing Smith McLath-
lin in the Chickasaw Nation July 81,
1894.
TEssE were 1877 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 1856 the week
previous and 2l9 in the corresponding
time in 1894
A WIND and hail storm did damage
at Wooster, O., and vicinity to the ex-
tent of 100000.
THE eighth international conference
of Young Mems Christian associa tions
of the United States and Canada opened
at Clifton Forge, Va.
Mrs. EMMA R1GGs, aged Al, and her
daughter, aged 19, were burned to
death in Philadelphia. The clothing
of the daughter caught fire, and the
mother lost her life in trying to save
her child.
METHODIST conferences at Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, Ottumwa, Ia, and Jackson
vile, ILL.,, voted to admit women as lay
delegates.
THE withdrawal of 81, 500, 600 in gold
from the treasury left the gold reserve
in Washington at SOC, ,26S, 574.
FOREST fires were again raging in the
vicinity of Atlantic City, N. j.. consum.
ing everything in their course. A vast
amount of valuable timber and game
land was being swept by the flames
For the second time in two years the
Kearney (Eeb.) national bank closed
its doors, with liabilities of soc, ZOO.
Col. ROBERT ALDR1cH introduced a
complete constitution in the conven-
ton at Columbia. Its most novel fea-
ture was provision that no negro
shall hold Office in South Carolina.
FRANK MEYERS, veteran of the late
war, was notified at St. Joseph, Mich.
that he had been granted q pension of
$40 month and when he heard the
news he fell dead.
DANDY jim in trot at Huntington,
Ind, went the last heat in 2:1l%, max
ing new worlds trotting race record
on q half-mile track.
The Columbia liberty bell left Chi
cago on its trip around the world.
The twenty-ninth encampment of
the Grand Army Of the Republic closed
at Louisville with grand barbecue.
The Woman's Relief Corps elected Mrs.
Elizabeth Turner, of Boston, as presi-
dent, the Daughters of Veterans select
ed Mrs. Ellen M. Walker, of Worcester.
Mass, as their president, and the Ma
tional Association of ex-Prisoners of
War elected as president George w.
Grant, of Minnesota.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the 18th were: Balti.
more, 1854; Cleveland, .e3,; Philadel-
phia, .60s; Brooklyn, .542; Boston, .54e;
Pittsburgh. 542; Chicago, .542; New
York, .529; Cincinnati, .517; Washing
ton, 1929; St. Louis. .305; Louisville,
.25O.
Boiler & RoBNsoN's grain elevator
and large stock of grain which it
contained was burned at Brooklyn, N.
Y. Loss, 500. 100.
MELVILLE SCRANTON and Paul
Schmitt, of East Saginaw, Mich, were
drowned in Tupper lake, near Malone,
n. Y.
LoTE LAsHAw was killed and An.
drew Hospander fatally wounded at
Hazleton. Pa, by discharged Italian
miners.
GRAssHoPPERs by the million ap-
peared in southeastern Kansas.
WALLACE Bros, of Statesville. N. c.,
the largest dealers in medical herbs in
the world, failed for $500, 600.
FRED A. WEAGE and Hector Mac.
Gagan, of Chicago. broke the 10o-mile
tandem century record, making the
run in hours % minutes, twenty-five
minutes below the best previous record
The entire business portion of Len
oxdale. Mass, was destroyed by fire.
PROF. CHARLES v. RILEY, aged 4s, the