Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-17
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending Jan. T.

William White, los years old. died at
Ottawa, Kan.
The legislatures of Idaho, Montana
and California convened.
J. f. Rumsey, ex-mayor of Upton,
Ind. was found dead in bed
Gov Richards and the other state
officers were sworn in at CHEYENNE,
Wyo.
Canada's public account shows an
enormous increase in the dominion's
pubic debt
Fire originating in the Eagle -four
mills destroyed the business portion of
Hamlin, w. Va.
Spencer Costello, negro burglar and
desperate, was lynched near Flora,
Miss, by mob
Two men were killed and four injured
in collision between Lake Erie freight
trains near Norwalk. 0.
August Trumpler. aged II. and his
wife. 50, were suffocated by coal gas in
their home at Baltimore, Md.
An explosion Of fire works in Dolorme
q Quentin's store at Milwaukee started
fire which caused 100000 damage
A receiver has been appointed for
the jefferson iron works of Steuben-
vile, O. It's Indebtedness is $50. 900.
Temperance workers from many
points were present at the funeral of
Mrs. Mary I. Lathrop at jackson,
Mich.
Appraiser Mcclure, of New York, re-
ports the value of the Gould estate for
he e a.
$50 10
Seven three-story brick buildings, in
Guiding the new Masonic block, were
destroyed at Coffeyville, Kan Loss,
slO5. 600
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, the woman
suffragist and temperance advocate,
will shortly retire from the temperance
platform.
Mrs. Susan Rowe expired while at
tending services in Woodward Avenue
Baptist church at Detroit She was "A
years old.
Postmaster Frank NJ. Doll and his
wife and son were murdered at Alma.
A. r., by robbers who broke into the
post office.
John L. Sullivan, while in drunken
tit at Paris, ILL.,, beat members of his
company and the organization was
disbanded.
A census office report shows that
owners of farms and houses possess
more than 90 per cent. of the wealth
of the country.
Mexico is actively preparing for war
with Guatemala. An invading army
of over 5000 is awaiting transports.
ton at Acapulco,
Gov Lewelling pardoned Hugh Gill
liland, aged 10, who had been in the
Kansas penitentiary on life sentence
for twenty years.
Daniel H. Craig who was the first
general manager Of the New York As
sociated Press, died at Asbury Fark,
\. j., aged so years.
Avalanches have overwhelmed num-
Der of small hamlets in the mountain
districts of France. At Razerques three
persons were killed.
A race from Minneapolis TO Chicago
between cowboys mounted on bronehos
has been arranged, the date of the
start to be February :.
y ItEIO HdHlttl ware living near
Dunangan, Ca. murdered Ills wife and
mother-in-law and then burned his
house. He was arrested.
A body in the morgue in Chicago
was identified that of I. Il. Smith.
who was supposedly buried at Crystal
Lake. ILL.,, four years ago.
Vigilantes came up with a band of
horse thieves near Cantonment. L. T.,
and captured three of their number
and hanged them TO tree
Mrs Ida Weinberger. bride of six
weeks, killed herself with carbolic acid
in Chicago otter writing farewell let
tiers to her husband and father
Minnie Shoese, member of a Chicago
gang of female footpads, whose steal
ings aggregate $500, 900, has been SEN
fenced TO years imprisonment for
robbing farmer
Thor Ii. Paynter. judge-elect of the
court OF appeals. handed in his resig-
nation 10 Gov Brown as a member of
the present congress from the Ninth
Kentucky district.
Rev Walter Wakefield, Disciple
minister of Greensburg. o., received
many congratulations on his oath
birthday. Mr. Wakefield is still an
entertaining speaker.