The diamond drill., 1895-08-24
The News Condensed,
DOMESTIC.

legislature; II. II. Coleman aud X. T..
Fox, prominent residents OF Vicks-
burg. Miss, were sentenced 10 life im-
prisonment for the murder Of X T..
Dinkins in quarrel.
LOUIS GMM. of Cleveland, O., rode
455 miles on bicycle in "A hours, beat
ing the worlds record.
THE shops OF the Colorado Midland
railroad at Colorado City, Col, were
burned, the loss being 100000,
Ir was discovered that Cinnamon
were being smuggled into New York
from Havana by hundreds every
month.
II. SnERMAx's distillcry at Leaven-
worth, Kan, recently built at cost
of Sl10.00c was burned No insur-
nnce.
GREAT damage was done by storm
at Chickamauga park, near Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. Some Of the finest trees
in the park were ruined.
TnE town OF Hindostan, Ind, was
wiped of the face OF the earth by an
inccndiary fire.
The conference of free silver demo-
Gratis concluded its session in Washing
ton. The address To the party urges
united action TO have white metal
declaration at the national convention
ard n candidate for president nom
mated who is free coinage man. A
plan OF organization was also outlined
for states TO carry out
MRs. ELEANOR BITING, who lives
near Washington, attempted 10 take
the lives OF her seven children by
strangling them. but was prevented by
ncighbors. Mrs. Biting was partially
Insane because OF the death OF her hus-
band.
EMMETr DIVERS, a negro who killed
Mrs. Cain near Fulton, Mo-, couple
of weeks ago. was taken from jail by a
mob and hanged to a railroad bridge.
MRS. M. ii. CASE, 90 years old. and
confined to her bed by infrmities of
age, was burned TO death at her home
near Delaware, o.
A BICYCLE railroad has been incor-
poratcd TO run from San Francisco to
Santa Cruz. 90 miles.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing honscs in the United States during
the week ended on the 10th aggregated
S873, res, against S076, ,032, ELS the
previous week. The increase. com
pared with the corresponding week in
ls0S. was i3.O
TwENTy-THREE men, charged with
participating in the recent assault upon
the colored people Of Spring Valley,
I'LL, and with driving them from their
homes, were arrested and held for
friUl
A LOO house near Arlington, Tenn,
was burned, Mrs. Callie Ilarrill and
two grown daughters pcrishing in the
flames. Foul play was suspected.
Mrs. WILLIAM HowARTII, of Newark,
n. j., and her brother, Joseph Shaw,
OF New York, met after an enforced
separation OF thirty years.
FIRE destroyed nearly the entire VIII
logc OF Ludlow Falls, o.
THE notorious Bedderly brothers,
who had long been a terror to cattle
men on account OF their bold thefts of
cattle, were lynched by a vigilance
committee In Buffalo County, s. ID.
Tom Wilbur. aged ni years, commit
ted suicide with razor at Norwich,
N. ".
the United States in the seven days
ended ON the 10th. against 2e5 the week
previous and eco in the corresponding
time In 1904
TnE thirtieth annual reunion of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive engineers
opened at Pittsburgh. Pa, with 1000
members OF the brotherhood present.
THE directors of the Commercial
bank In Milwaukee decided TO close the
bank because of poor business.
AT Stinevillc, Ind. David Culross
and Charles Deck fought duel with
knives. the outgrowth Of an old feud
between families, and both were fatal
~ injured.
Aushland fought duel at Portland,
Ore and both were fatally injured.
EIGHr men were killed and ten
seriously hurt by the premature cx-
plosion OF blast near Mehaffy. Pa.
THE Humane society viii prevent the
advertised bull fight at the Atlanta ex-
position II possible
Ir was decided by Acting Attorney
General Conrad that the appointment
of Matt Ransom as minister To Mexico
was illegal, on the ground that the
salary OF the Office had been increased
by congress while Mr.. Ransom was
senator
III was estimated that the wheat
crop of Nebraska would bc i5.0o0.00
bushels and the corn crop iso,o0o.oO0
JoHN JOHNSON lcolored) was hanged
nt Mount Sterling, KY, for killing
Policeman Charles Evans on June i5
The Otis Elevator company at Cleve-
land. O., has gone out OF business, Civ
ing as reason the decreased demand
for grain caused by bicycles and troll
ley cars
The percentages OF the baseball clubs
tn the National league for the week
ended on the 7th were: Cleve-
land. .oe3; Baltimore. .0i5; Pittsburgh.
-sof; Chicago $50; Philadelphia, .55f;
Cincinnati. 1858; Boston. .5fa: Brools-
1yn, .5ef: New York. 500: Washing