Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-22
MISCELLANEOUS.


mentS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CASE of trichinosis was reported in a
family at Egg Harbor, Wis. Recently
Mrs. Michael Carmondy died of what
was thought to be typhoid fever. Her
death was followed a few days later
by that of her eldest daughter and the
second daughter. Three more of the
family were reported very low and none
of them were expected to recover. 1t
was found that the family had been
eating plentifully of summer sausage,
which, on examination, showed tri-
china to considerable extent.
NEARLY all of the prize fighters went
over to Juarez, Mex, on the 10th to at
tend the bull fights. Four horses,
worth about So each, were gored to
death, four bulls were tortured and
slain and the arena was covered with
blood. The fighters were disguised to
the last degree and tried to figure out
how a people who can tolerate the
sickening sight of the bullpen can OBJ
ject to prize fighting with gloves.
Bob WILLIAMS, negro murderer,
was taken from train near Montgom-
cry, Ala, and lynched. The negro
shot and killed Policeman John L..
Suggs. The officers were overpowered
and pillow line was thrown about the
Negroes neck. He was dragged across
field and hanged to tree half a mile
away. thousand bullets were fred
into his body. He confessed to the
murder.
FIVE children and three adults were
burned to death in a tenement house
fire at London.
A BLACK-FAcED burglar, either a
negro or a white man blackened up,
stabbed jefferson Smith fatally and
crushed the skull of his wife at Dallas
Tex, on the night of the 14th.
FEARS were entertained on the 18th
that the British steamship Aswanby,
bound from Hamburg to Philadelphia,
had foundered and that her crew of 35
men had persisted
THREE men were instantly killed at
Milan, O., by the caving in of the walls
Of an artesian we'll in which they were
working. They were all married, with
families.
ROBERT LAUaHLKN confessed to kill
ling his wife and niece and then set
ting their house on fire near Augusta,
Ky. He was taken ON board steamer
on the 18th and carried to the Mays
vile Jail for safety for fear of his be-
ing lynched, threats Of vengeance be-
ing heard.
The big soap factory of P. c. Tom
son & Co.. at Philadelphia, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 18th. The
dwelling houses adjoining the factory
and the works of the Philadelphia
Cooperage Co. were also badly dam
aged. The total loss will be about
$500, 600. About 300 men were thrown
out of employment
The old Houseman block at Grand
Rapids, Mich, was Quilted by fire on
the 18th. Many of the persons on the
upper floors had narrow escapes and
several were seriously burned. The
losses will aggregate $500, 600; par
italy insured.
A PASSENGER train on the Louisville
Sc Nashville, loaded with exeursionists
en- route to New Orleans, struck a COW
near Montgomery, Ala, and was
wrecked. The fireman was killed and
the engineer fatally injured.
j. PIERPoNT MORGAN has made a
special demand on the treasury de-
partment for all defaulted bonds of
the recent issue under his blanket bid
of 1a06S77. 1t was known that Will
liam Graves and associates of New
York had defaulted to the extent of
S4, 100000. Their bid was 115. 1891
A CsHCAGO syndicate was going to
send out an expedition to the Lena
river to ascertain the truth about DR..
Nansen and to help the explorers, if
possible.
THRoUGH a boys carelessness in
throwing a match down amongst some
oily rags after lighting a gas jet ter
rible FIRE was caused at the shirt fac
tory of Stettheimer g. Co. at Troy. II.
Y, on the 18th. There was a panic
amongst the girls and many threw
themselves out of the windows. Three
were killed and several more were
thought to have persisted in the flames.
The total loss was about $3.50, 900: in
sxrance. s109. OOe.
THE express Office of the Old Colony
railroad at Boston 800 feet of the outer
traiohouse and 40 feet OF the main de-
pot shed were badly damaged by fire
on the nth. Six passenger cars were
also destroyed and several others dam
aged. The fire was thought to have
originated in the oil room.
Two tramps laid down on a warm
cinder pile Ut the rolling mill at Har-
riman, Tenn, and were s1ffoca ted and
then cremated.
HALF of the business portion of
GreeaFille. NC, was destroyed by ere
on the 18th. Loss, $3.50, 600; insura 1ce
q bout one-third.
A NOS of so men recently took an
alleged barn burner from jail at Mon
ticelio. KY, and hanged him.