The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1896-02-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

vary OIKdulZdLlOu6 uI1A4 purposes
and also for Grand Army encamp.
ments.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A 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 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 a considerable extent
NEARLY all of the prize fighters went
over to Juarez, Mex, on the 10th to at
tend the bull fights Four horses,
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 q people who can tolerate the
sight of the bullpen can OBJ
ject to prize fighting with gloves.
Bob WILLIAMS. a negro murderer,
was taken from a 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
a field and hanged to a tree half mile
away. A thousand bullets were fred
into his body. He confessed to the
FIVE children and three adults were
burned to death in a tenement house
fire at London.
A BLAcK-FAcED burglar, either a
negro or q 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 14th
that the British steamship Aswanby,
bound from Hamburg to Philadelphia.
had foundered and that her crew of IS
men had persisted.
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 LAuGHLIN confessed to kill
ing 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, 900. 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
TALLY insured.
A PASSENGER train on the Louisville
& Nashville. loaded with excursionists
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 q
special demand on the treasury de.
partment for all defaulted bonds OF
the recent issue under his blanket bid
of ITO 6s77. 1t was known that Will
liam Graves and associates of New
York had defaulted to the extent OF
81, SOC. 600 Their bid was lis. 1891.
A CHICAGO syndicate was going to
send out an expedition to the Lena
river to ascertain the truth about DIR.
Nansen and to help the explorers, il
possible.
THROUGH q boys carelessness in
throwing a match down amongst some
oily rags after lighting gas jet ter.
rible fire was caused at the shirt fac
tory Of Stettheimer & Co. at Troy, n.
Y, on the 18th. There was q 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
surance. 800, 600
THE express office of the Old Colony
railroad at Boston, 800 feet of the outer
farmhouse and 40 feet of the main de.
pot shed were badly damaged by fire
on the 18th. 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 at the rolling mill at Har
riman, Tenn, and were suffocated and
then cremated.
HALF of the business portion Of
Greenville, N. c., was destroyed by fire
on the 18th. Loss, $50. 600; insurance
about one-third.
A MOB of so men recently took ar
alleged barn burner from jail at Mon
ticello. KY, and hanged him.
THE family of P. A. Higgins-con
sisting Of father. mother, son ani
daughter. the two last aged 20 and II
respectively-were all taken dowr
with measles at Brigh<s, Ala, anG
died. Neighbors haG to bury the fam
lily one by one.
SOME women were cleaning the car
pets Of the Pullman sleeper Wyndhau
in the Pennsylvania yards at Pitts
.burgh, Pa, when the gas was ignitet
from the stove and an explosion fol
lowed, wrecking the Wyndham AMI