The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-05-23
DOMESTIC.

John Abnet, a wealthy farmer, was
robbed OF over $4,000 while attending
a circus at Portland, Ind.
The Sumner national bank, estab-
lished at Wellington, Kan, in 1886, and
having capital stock of S75, 1000, closed
its doors
At the Methodist general conference
in Cleveland Bishops Foster and Bow
man were placed on the retired list.
Scott Jackson was found guilty Mt
Newport, KY OF the murder OF Pearl
Bryan on February / last and his pun
ishinent was fixed nt death.
A widow named Fitzpatrick hanged
her four children and herself near Rip
ley. o. 1t was supposed that the woman
became suddenly insane.
The five children born I'm Mayfield,
Ky, April 20 TO Mrs. Oscar Lyons are
ali dead.
Near South McAlister, /. T.. Austin
Pusley, negro. received 100 lashes,
and John Prola, white citizen, 80 lashes
on their bure bucks for various crimes.
Mitchell, Dexter a. Co., large general
produce merchants IN Boston, failed for
over 100000.
The Odd Fellows Temple company
at Cincinnati failed for 100000.
Smithton, q mining town in Penn
sylvania, was wrecked by windstorm
and cloudburst.
Ties piled on the Chicago, Milwaukee
81 st. Paul railway at Waldo, Wis, de-
rallied freight train and Engineer
John O'Connor, Brakeman Emil Caspair
and John Miller were killed and two
other persons were injured.
The treasury receipts in Washington
for the first half OF the month of May
were $i2 ,s43,4 ASS and The deficiency for
the IS days of the month was IS .0OO, 900.
The Red Lake Indian reservation in
Minnesota was opened for settlement
and many persons filed claims. a
Rev. Mr.. Rhodes, living IL miles east
of Upton, Tex, while blowing his field
unearthed $4,000 Mexican dollars.
The Indiana supreme court decided
that the law OF 1885 Is the only existing
apportionment law, and that elections
must be held under that law in the
state.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
010,000,27S, against Sl,135,0S3.4l2 tho
previous week. The decrease. COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1895. was 1913.
There were PEA business failures In
the United States In the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 2ss the week
previous and 2i1 in the corresponding
period OF 1898.
Bernard Koch. Of Irwin, Pa, while In
sane drowned himself after poisoning
his brother-in-law, his wife and two
children.
Mrs. james Cadamire and her infnnt
child were burned TO death mt MELON
aid, Pa, by an explosion OF gasoline
and five other children were SO badly
burned that but little hope was enter
tanned for their recovery.
The poulation OF Chicago, according
20 the school census just completed, is
..s2o.ooo.
Alfred 9. Fields (colored) WINS hanged
in Chicago for the murder on February
20 OF Mrs. Ellen Randolph, also colored.
More than 100 persons were killed by
a cyclone which swept over Sherman,
A'N*s "Aii fttthtt9s oiNtl OF nOIt tlrt
death Ina Sherman and 30 others were
killed south OF there. The list of I'M
jured was equally large. Fifty houses
were wrecked and the western part OF
the town was completely swept nway.
Eight persons were killed at Howe. ten
at Gribble Springs and two at Justin.
Gov. Altgeld spoke TO n large audience
at the Auditorium Ia Chicago In favor
of free coinage OF silver.
\ message around the world In so
minutes by telegraph was the feature
nt the national electrical exposition In
New York. II was sent from New Yorl.
a. Toxic and back, via Chicago. San
Francisco. Vancouver, Montreal and
Cnnso. distance OF .. GOO miles.
The Markham hotel and business
block were burned az Atlanta, Ca, the
loss being 100000.