The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-03-21


Sporting club of London to fight Rober
j. Fitzsimmons before that organiza
ton next June for purse Of $4,000.
The Union Clothing company o.
Columbus, O.. Solomon NJ. Levy, pro
prietor, made an assignment with liz
bilities of si25.000.
Jacob Marty, aged SO, resident ol
Mcpherson county, S. d., in a state oi
dependency killed his wife and then
took his own life.
i While DIR. Henry B. Berghill was ex'
perimenting with some chemicals In
Chicago an explosion occurred, blow
ing off both the doctors hands and de-
stroying the sight of his eyes.
The New York legislature passed the
Raines excise bill. 1t is measure 10
put the entire liquor traffic and inter
cts under state control. 1t abolishes
all local excise boards and creates a
state commissioner. All night licenses
and the sale of liquor on Sundays are
prohibited except in hotels with meals
and no saloon can do business within
200 feet of church or school.
The big wholesale boot and shoe
house of Childs, Croft e. Co., in Cincin-
natl, was forced to the wall by the
embezzlement of large sum of money
by William II. Huntington, the junior
member.
The Washington bureau Of statistics
says that for the eight months ended
February 30 the exports of breadstutfs
amounted to 500, ,912, as compared
with S7l,279,2s3 for the same period
last year.
j. II. Murphy, conductor, and Jere-
miah Nolan, assistant roadmaster, were
killed in rear-end collision caused by
the snow at Kent, Conn.
A car fell to the bottom of coal mine
in New River Valley, W. Va, and seven
men were killed, three fatally injured
and three badly hurt.
The Pope Bicycle Manufacturing
company's building in Boston was
burned. the loss being S350,00O.
! All the union tailors employed in
Chicago went on strike to assist the
clothing cutters who went on a strike
several weeks ago.
Edward Guy Ward, an employe of
the Santa Fe railroad at Denver, shot
and killed his wife, aged %, and then
killed himself. a quarrel was the
cause.
Misses Honora and Annie Cavanagh,
who lived with and for each other dur
ing the past 10 years, died within few
hours of each other at Alton, Ind.
There were 300 business failures in |
the United States in the seven days |
ended on the 18th, against 2s5 the week |
previous and 266 in the corresponding |
period of 1875.
Miss Gertrude A. Bailey was shot and |
instantly killed at her home near Ben
ton Harbor, Mich, by A. L. Belangea |
because she would not accept his love,
and Belangea then killed himself.
The exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
S943, s,024, against S1,061, s46,9o7 the
previous week. The increase, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1895, was SO.
The governor of Ohio signed bill
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes, cigars
and tobacco to minors under Is years of
age.
a prairie fire ragged for three days
near Hardesty, o. T., doing many thou
sands of dollars damage to ranges.
stock and buildings.
Eleven persons were hurt by an ex-
)losion of natural gas at the distillery
If Rheinstrom Bros in Cincinnati.
According to report on the organ
zed militia of the United States, which
las just been prepared by the war de-
the United States, in case of
reed, can put 9,4G7,G04 men in the field.
Herman Bentert, the Nebraska
siant," committed suicide near Hast
ngs while insane. He was young,
Wealthy and nearly seven feet tall.
Near Greenville, Tex, train IVES
boarded by masked and armed man
who entered the sleeper and went
through the passengers. The amount
secured was small.
j. VI. Hall was seriously burned and
lis mother, aged so, was cremated in n
ire which destroyed his residence at
w. Va.
At Bantam, o., the residence of VAL
milne Mushbacker was burned and his
laughter, aged Is, and veteran SOL
Iier named Isler. who lived with the
amily, were burned to DEATH
Miss Katie Wrinkle, a prominent
'oung lady of Ieck, Kan, and Mrs.
levers, lady who tried to save her, {
tere burned to death by the explosion
f an oil can.
Fire at Louisville, Ky, destroyed the
ctail dry goods store of L. b. Nugent,
he loss being 100000.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. I
"Gru ndmother" Watson d;el NJ E;rlx | !