Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-24
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For The Week Ending Jan. Is.

ne fourth session OF the W2SN1Iig-
ton legislature convened at Olympia.
The livery barn of Nj. w. Wilson, of
Alton, ILL.,, with contents and eight
horses was burned.
David Pagen, 90 years old, froze to
death in his cabin on Kings mountain,
near Arlington, Va.
Michael Patsbo and John Minisha
were fatally stabbed in a miners fight
at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Gov. Mckinley sent car load of
provisions to the starving miners of the
Hooking valley in Ohio.
Dartmouth college will begin work
soon on Sl,000,000 worth of new build
ings in quadrangle form.
Joseph Ii. Meekers sugar refinery
near Lecompte, La, was destroyed by
fire, the loss being $4,000.
Henry NJ Burr Il Co. one of the largest
wholesale and retail millinery stores
in Boston, failed for 500, 600
Bill Cook, the leader of the outlaw
band which bears his name. was cap
tured at Fort Stanton, \. Nj.
Many farmers near Jacksonville, H.,
have lost valuable cattle by disease
that battles veterinary doctors.
John L. Merriam, pioneer of Min
aesota and father of the ex-governor,
died at st. Paul, aged 20 years
Alderman John Walsh, of Vicksburg,
Miss, was indicted for illegal votinga
not being a naturalized citizen.
In his inaugural address Gov. Nor
rill, of Kansas, warned his hearers to
cease talking about Reputation.
j. X. Palmer killed 95 out of 100 birds
in the shoot at Larchmont, n. Y, win
ming the amateur championship.
Col. Ulysses G. Scheller- Debuol, a
former member of Grants staff, died
at Galena, ILL.,, while at breakfast.
Orson w. Rollins and his wife were
found dead at their home in Minneae-
oils under suspicious circumstances.
Mrs j. p. Blue lost her life while
trying to rescue her two children from
burning house at Buena Vista, Ga.
Lava from a volcano on one of the
New Hebrides islands flowed IS miles
to the sea, devastating many villages
The dredge Mount Waldo was sunk
in gale in the Gulf of Mexico and
nine of those on board were drowned
The Cunning block and a number of
other buildings were destroyed at
GAINESVILLE, o., the loss being 1925, 00O
The committee of seventy has pre-
pared bill to the Legislature which
will wipe out police courts in New York
city.
All the trolley lines in Brooklyn, with
one exception, were tied up by strike
- - 4.
~ 5000.
Both the United States and Italy
will demand satisfaction of Morocco
for the boarding of the bark Seutola by
pirates.
At Lewiston, Pa, Wesley Paulding
shot and killed his wife and 4-weeks-
old child and then went to the barn
and hanged himself.
The Canadian revenue returns for
the last SIX months show a falling off
of So, OOO0 900. The total net debt De-
cember l was $246, coo, 0OQ.
Carey B. Moon, for a generation the
manager of Moons Lake house at Sara
toga lake. died of heart failure in Sara
toga, n. Y, aged So years.
The Cooley flour mill and an eleva-
tor containing 10000 bushels of wheat
were destroyed by fire at Scottsville,
n. Y. causing loss of 1925, 600
Rev. John Schneider, of the Metho-
dist church at Fort Howard, Wis, de
clares he will expel any member of his
church who persists in dancing
j. b. Tyrrell, geological surveyor,
arrived at Winnipeg, after six months
exploration of Hudson bay territory
never before visited by white man.
Eliza Mohney, aged &c, and John
Mohney, aged 81, after a married life
of forty-fve years, and having ten chill
dren, were divorced at Harrisonville,
Mo.
The Rhymes and Roberts families,
near Douglas, Ga, had trouble in
lawsuit, and Mrs. Rhymes and two
daughters stabbed the three Roberts
girls.
Resolutions calling for the revision
of football rules to prevent brutality
were adopted at meeting in Chicago
of presidents of northwestern univer-
stiles.
The restitution among the people in
st. Johns, n. f., was said to be dread
full. The relief officers and soup
kitchens were surrounded by hundreds
of persons.
At Paris, Tex, Mrs. Isaac Parr pre-
vented a wreck on the Frisco. She
discovered a bridge on fire and stood in
the bitter cold for nearly two hours to
flag the train.
Minnesota Bank Closed.
Sr CHARLES, Mimi, Jan. 14-The
Bank of St Charles was closed Satur-
day morning on the order of the state
bank examiner. Its stock is SOS. 900.