The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1896-01-18

burned. the loss being <i5o.oo0.
Lew Lewis, aged IA years, and his
brother Joseph. aged ~, were instantly
killed In St. Louis while playing with
wire which became accidentally fns-
tened TO an clcctric-light wire.
During revival at Kingsbury. Ind.
al but two persons in the village Of
800 inhabitants professed religion.
The visible supply OF grain In the
United States on the 18TH was: Wheat,
6s.04s,Oo0 bushels; corn, 6 isl 900 bush
els: oats. 0.36e.000 bushels: rye. l.
$4,000 bushels; barley. s.71i 900 bush
els.
Three brothers named Lettner while
skating on the river at Encon, ILL.,,
broISe through the Ice and were
droHned.
David. William and George McKisson.
aged respectively 10. ID and seven
years. died at Philadelphia from in
juries received in an explosion while
they were attempting TO blow open n
toy safe with dynamite
The Bank of ogalalla. Neb., failed 10
open It's doors.
The l20th session OF :he New Jersey
legislature began at Trenton.
BY the falling Of scaifcid in Phila-
delphia William Anderson and Edward
PetS.ski were instantly killed and
Henry Peterson was fatally injured.
Jens Hansen murdered his family of
six in Chicago by turning on the gas
after they retired and took his life in
the same way. He had been living UNI
der the name OF Peter Hougaard, and
was said to be a fugitive from Danish
justice.
A gang Of forgers were flooding st.
Louis with bogus ten-dollar bills.
The Goth general assembly of iowa
convened at Des Moines. ii. w. Byers,
of Shelby county. was elected speaker
of the house.
Harry Jordan, a negro charged with
attempted murder,was burned 20 death
by mob near Alachua, Fla.
Occidental college at Los Angeles,
Cal. was burned, causing a loss of
100000.
Colored children were refused ad-
mittancc to the public schools in Perry.
O. 4.
SwindelI Bros storage sheds in Bal
timore were burned, the loss being
100000.
The steamer Congo sank in the river
at Charlottesville, Mo-, and four per-
sons were drowned.
Mixing up of hats caused Tom Ross
TO fatally shoot Frank Meade and John
Higgins in Carter county, Ky.
The large warehouse in Buffalo. N.
T.. of 5. s. Jewett a. Co, stove manu-
facturers, was destroyed by fire, the
loss being $250,000.
w. Il. Aldrich, treasurer of Casper
county. Neb.. was said TO be $4,000
short. He had left the country.
The Ketchnin Lumber company In
Chicago made an assignment with Lin
bilities of $275.co0.
While Joseph Hilderbrandt was alb
sent from his home near Marysville,
Mo-. his wife, In n TT of dependency.
killed her seven children with poison
and then took her own life IN the same
way.
The banks at Blue Springs and STRAIT
ton, Ncb., closed their doors.
South Cardinals general assembly
met at Columbia. The governors mes
sdge dealt only with state affairs.
GOV. Upham issued a call for special
session of the Wisconsin legislature TO
meet February IA to reapportion the
state.
The state supreme court held that
wolnnn in Ohio cannot serve as a notary
public.
William Oswell, of Ogdcnsburg. N.
y, shot and killed his mother and then
ended his own life. He Ind been out
OF work md was respondent.
A call was issued for all the Christian
In the United States 10
send delegates 10 national Christian
convention Mt Washington, ID. c., To
meet on Saturday, February %. 1896, to
consider the deplorabie condition of
Armenia.
The superintendent of public schools
NJ Perry, O. T., AZ last resort To pre-
vent mixed schools ordered every school
closed
Commander Ballington Booth. who
Tor nine years has been in supreme COM
mand of the Salvation Army in the |
United States. was ordered by his father |
10 return to England.
A new counterfeit $50 bill on the |
South Bend (Ind.) national bank was in
circulation in that city.
Charles w. Landell. manufacturer of |
glazed kid and morocco leather in Phil
idelphia. failed for $4,000.
The American Savings and Loan as
'ociRtion went into the hands Of re-
'eiver at Minneapolis with heavy liabil-
ties.
Brig. Gen. Charles A. Hickman. n vet
ran OF the Mexican war and the rebel
ion, died at his home In Germantown.
Pa, aged T3 years.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
w. X. Marshall, who was governor OF
Minnesota from 1869 10 lS72. diei nt
PASADENA, Cal. where lac went for his
iealth.
The Wisconsin republicans will meet
n state convention at Milwaukee March
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