The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-01-05
The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
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father near IIiclSsville, O., by unknown
persons
NJ STATE teachers associations OF iii
nois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, In
diana, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Kansas held their annual meetings
Miss CELESTE STAUFFER, who was
engaged To Samuel J. Tilden at the
time OF his death, was married in New
Orleans TO George 5. Eastwiclk.
PRAIRIE fire swept over large
area In the southern part OF IN" coun.
~. o. It.. and a number of farmers lost
everything they owned and barely es-
capped with their families.
ALEX WILLIAMSON and VIII Perry,
two young men living at Coalburg,
Ala. fought for the hand OF Mamie
Bell and both were killed.
The worst blizzard In years swept
over the western and eastern states.
Along the Massachusetts coast many
ships were wrecked, causing great loss
of life. and In the cities OF Boston and
New York much damage was done by
the storm.
BURGLARS broke into the home of
Henry Fecker, at Piqua, o.. and car
ried off his savings, amounting to s4,-
750
JOHN w. FOSTER ex-secretary Of
state, has consented 10 go TO Japan to
aid the Chinese representatives in
bringing about peace.
FARMERS and robbers engaged in a
desperate fight near Salem, o., and
two OF the former were shot and one
of the latter.
The bank at Somonauk, ILL.,, was en-
tered by burglars, who robbed the sa
OF So, 100 and large amount OF valun-
bleR
JosEPH BrDwELL and William Find
ley. farmers OF Union county, were
killed near Columbus, o., by Pan
Handle train.
COLLEGE presidents OF Indiana and
Iowa decided 10 forbid intercollegiate
football games.
AUGUST PRRMoNTIR shot and fatally
wounded Miss Meister, the daughter
OF his landlady at New Castle, Pa, and
Robert Charles, another boarder and
then blew out his own brains He was
insane.
Iowa attorneys met in Des Moines
A. j. McCreary, of Keokuk, was elected
president
SIX horses and two mules were killed
in Philadelphia by coming In contact
with electric light wires blown down
by storm.
TnE Illinois Teachers association
will urge the legislature 10 erect an
other normal school in the northern
part OF the state.
The womens council OF the Nine
teenth Century club Of Memphis,
Tenn, voted 10 boycott Congressman
Breckinridge's lecture.
THERE were $50 business failures in
the United States In the seven DAYS
ended on the 2sth, against $40 the
week previous and 5iI in the corre-
spending time in 1898
THE dry goods and millinery firm OF
J. Lichtenstein & Sons, New York,
failed for $3.50. 900.
THE president has approved the act
10 establish n national military park
at the battlefield OF Shiloh.
TIKI Spokane (Wash.) Commercial
savings bank, with a capital of $50, 900,
suspended payment
FIVE men were killed and a number
of others badly scalded by the explo-
sion OF a sawmill boiler at Bonayr,
Ky.
AUGUST SIEvERDINo was stricken
with paralysis at Galena. H., and fell
across n buzz saw and his head and
arm were severed.
JACOB SHANE.ag ed 50 years. n
wealthy real estate man. was robbed
by two highwaymen az Des Moines of
$4,000.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United states during
the week ended on the 2sth aggre-
gated $3.50, 40i, 56l. against 81, 02O, O40,-
b44 the previous week. The increase,
compared with the corresponding week
ia 1893. was OIL
Tux county treasury at Santa Rosa.
Cal. was robbed by "a burglar OF s., 900.
MICHIGAN teachers in session Mt Lam
sing declared in favor OF free text
books and against teachers using to-
bacco.
TEMPERANCE societies In Iudinna |
were preparing TO make determined |
fight on the saloons before the legis. |
lature.
Ar Wellington, Mich. Matthew |
Palmer cut his wife's throat aud then |
cut his own. Botn were dead.
TWENTY-FIVE bakers In Cincinnati
reduced the price of bread from live TO
three cents.
LEELER's hotel aud other buildings |
in Waterbury, Conn, were DESTROYED |
by fire, entailing loss OF 500, 600.
Coal miners at Massillon. O., de.
cided 10 reject the award of the arbl-
tration committee and will not resume
work.
In was stated at Akron, O.. that there
was a project on foot to combine all
OF the larger printing houses OF the
country.
FIRE in Louisville, Ky, caused $780,
900 damage 20 the immense auction
house OF STICKY, Brent Co.
GLBERT JAMESON, an old resident Of
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