The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-08-17

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! ton cut of four fingers Of his right
| hand.
1 FIERCE forest fires were raging in the
state Of Washington and scores of
farmers had lost all they possessed.
| DR. J. II. WmTEFoRD. prominent
physician at Wilmot, s. D., while la
boring under temporary alteration
of mind shot and killed his wife and
then fatally shot himself.
| VICE PRESIDENT STEVENSON and party
sailed from Tacoma. Wash, for Alaska
on the steamer Queen.
JUD0K SMITH, Of the fourth district
court Of Utah. decided that women In
Utah had right 70 vote for the ratifi-
cation or rejection Of the new constitu-
ton, and also for the Ulcers Of the
proposed state
| nj. +. MoILER's organ works at Hn-
! gerstown. Md, were destroyed by fire
and 100 reed organs were burned.
| A. w. HRsUTIE, Of Crown Point, n
". and Miss Helen b. Randall, of
Oneida. were killed by the cars near
Oneida They were soon to be mar
ried.
LEW SMITH and his child wife, fear
ing prosecution at Wheeloclx. Tex, for
forging an order for marriage H.
cense, took morphine. and both were
found dead in bed.
TIE deaf-mute institute at Salt Lake
City, Y. t., was burned, the loss being
500. 900.
TWENTY-FIVE head of cattle were
killed by a single fash OF lightning In
Finney county, Kan.
A BOILER in a sawmill at Monticello.
Fla. exploded, killing Allen Brooks,
Prince Hall and Amos Cross.
The visible supply OF grain in tho
United States on the 18th was: Wheat.
37,s40,oo0 bushels; corn, 4,Gl3,00o bush
els; oats, 3,925,000 bushels; rye, 254.-
600 bushels; barley. $4,000 bushels.
THE Baptist church at Sterling, o..
was destroyed by lightning, the sec
ond time in eighteen months.
HERMAN KoHANP, a young German
at Sibley, Ia, blew out the brains of
Mrs. William Kruger, wife of his en-
ployer, and then committed suicide by
cutting his throat No cause for the
tragedy was known.
WHITE caps drove every negro out of
Delta county, Tex. One, who refused
TO go, was shot dead.
In fight at Nowato. /. r., between
the McGurt brothers and the Walker
brothers because OF an old grudge all
four were killed.
THE export of provisions from the
United States during July aggregated
si4, o24, 6ss, against Also, 1855 in July,
1894.
A FIRE which did damage amounting
TO S350,000 started in the fivestory
building occupied by Brown & Bailey
as u box mandatory in Philadelphia.
The boiler OF a sawmill on Clay lake;
Montgomery county, KY, exploded,
killing John Hines, his son and the
fireman, William Smith.
GEORGE CROWLEY, Cornelius Shay and
John Ryan, iron workers at Pitts
burgh. Pa, have discovered the lost
art OF welding copper to iron or steel
THE noted outlaw. Cherokee Bill, was
sentenced at Fort Smith, Ark, to be
hanged September 10.
THE First national bank Of South
Bend. Wash, suspended.
Will HARMS, negro who attempted
to assault Mrs. j. 4. Monroe. G0-year-
old white woman In Colquitt county.
Ga, was shot TO death 10y a mob.
PATRICK and Dennis Morgan, brothers,
quarrcled while intoxicated at Pitts
burgh and killed each other with pen
knives.
A STAGE COACH was held up by two
naked men at Wright's Bridge. Ore,
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their money and valuables.
J. Ii. SAGE. director OF the weather
crop bulletin OF Iowa. announces that
hot winds for week did great dam
age to crops
TIE number of tons of coal mined In
Ohio during the past year was 1870
2l0, n decrease of 3,pis,sss tons over
the year previous.
The picture of ex.President Harri-
son, painted by Eastman johnson. was
hung ia the white house at Washing
ton.
GEORGE +. LoHER and T. #. Cornell
left Oakland, Cal, for trip around
the world on bicycles.
THE residence of Henry Redd. near
Richmond, Va, was struck by light !
ming and Redd, his wife and daughter |
were instantly killed A little son of
Watt Lee, who lived neer by was also
killed about the same time.
IN a 20mile bicycle race al Mime |
apolis Burney Bird, OF ST. Paul, broke
the worlds record, making the dis
lance in 54:17.
MAX l.. GUTMAN, aretircd jewelry |
manufacturer at Rochester, N. ",
tried to kin his four daughters by
shooting them. The women escaped
and then Gutman shot himself fatally. |
THE Bank Of Shelby. Tenn, sus-
pended with liabilities OF 100000.
GEoRoE =. TINKER set 81 .O4i ems of
agate type In eight continuous hours,
correcting all errors This perform
ance smashes all previous records made
on the typesctting machines and con-
firms him as the most rapid typesetter
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