The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-12-12

the iewelry store of II. Hirchburg II
Omaha and got away with $4,000 IL
cash.
II. NJ. Scott. aged IS, of Bickville, III.
killed himself because his wife chide'
him for being intoxicated.
All the factories under the contro
of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass compan,
| in the country have resumed operation
after long idleness.
The circulation statement issued
from the treasury department show
that all kinds of money IN circulation
in the United States on December ag
gregated S1,646. 444,746.
Sheriff w. e. Hinton, of Plymouth
county, Ia, fell from train near Mer
rill and was SO badly injured that h
| could not move and froze to death be
fore help came.
The clerk of the house of representa-
tives has issued list of members o
the house of the Fifty-fifth congress
showing that it will be composed o.
2o4 republicans, 124 democrats, 10 flu
sionists, ~ populists and 3 silverites
and that there is one vacancy, from the
first Missouri district.
William Z. Counts, late postmaster
and keeper of general store at Reels
vile, Ind, was shot and killed by rob
bers.
A Russian family consisting Of man
his wife and three children persisted In
l. blizzard at Williamsport, N. ID.
The Third Avenue Methodist Episco'
pal church in Columbus, o., was de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being 5000.
Three distinct earthquake shocks
were felt at Pittsfield, ILL.,, and many
people ran from their houses.
Casper Hartlein was hanged at Weth.
ersfield, Conn, for the murder of Louise
ruary 20 last.
The New Jersey court of appeals has
declared the divorce law of the state I'M
constitutional.
A heavy snowfall in Virginia and
North Carolina blocked all railway
trains.
The submarine cable between New
York city and Hayti is completed. and
has been opened to the public for the
transmission of messages to Hayti and
other places in the West Indies.
George Nungesser, a well-to-do farmer
aged 6S years, was frozen to death near
Bucyrus, 0.
The National Council of Women OF
the United States met in Boston in an
nual convention. Mrs. Mary Low Dick
inson, the president, occupied the chair.
The administration building of the
New Jersey state institution for feeble
minded children at Vineland was de-
stroyed by fire.
Arthur Gardiner, of Chicago, estab-
lished two new bicycle records in Den
yer. riding quarter Of mile in 20 is
seconds, and half mile in one minute
fat.
The latest effort to establish new
morning paper in Cincinnati came to an
end after only II issues.
Mrs. Eliza H. Cummings, wealthy
woman of Hillsboro. o.. committed sui
eide by jumping from the sixth story
of a hotel in New York. She was de-
mented.
The Imperial Grand Opera company,
under the charge Of Col. Mapleson. was
stranded in Boston for lack of funds.
Charles Witter, of Winthrop, Mimi.
while undergoing the ceremony Of ini-
tiation into the Mystic Shrine at the
Masonic temple in Minneapolis, fell
dead.
Passengers who arrived in Key West,
Fla, from Havana reported that Wey-
!er's campaign in Pinar del Rio so far
had been complete failure.
President Cleveland issued procla-
nation reimposing tonnage and light
house duties upon German ships enter
ing the United States because of fruit
less effort to induce Germany to no
longer impose such taxes upon Ameri-
can ships, and the action is in the nature
of retaliation.
The National w. C. T. u. sent letter
to President-elect Mckinley asking him
to Danish wine from the white house.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 4th aggregated
S1,2s5, ,s04, against S935,953,113 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week in 1895
is 40.
The Cunard steamer Servia broke the
record from Europe to Boston. making
the run from Daunt's Rock in days,
II hours and 8 minutes.
There were $40 business failures In
the United States in the seven days
ended on the 4th. against 300 the week
previous and 324 in the corresponding
Terod Of 1895.
Fast Corinth. n town of 500 popula-
ton in Vermont. was almost entirely
destroyed by fire.
The report of II. F. Preston. director
of the mint, shows that during the past
fiscal year the total coinage was ST.
1SS,52S. He states that the silver coins
are being counterfeited, exactly similar
to the genuine in size. weight and de-
vices. and some cannot be distinguished
from the genuine, even by experts.
The town of Flippcn, Ky, was almost
wiped out by fire.
A fire that began in the Baptist
n