The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-02-04

boys and herself. They were all re
ported In a critical condition.
THE fruit steamship Albert Dumois
collided with the steam yacht Argo in
the Mississippi river near New Orleans
on the 2sth. The yacht sunk and two
reporters for the Picayune were
drowned.
As the result OF a misplaced switch,
an engine drawing a train Of empty
cars collided with loaded passenger
train on the Brooklyn elevated railroad
on the night OF the 2sth. One person
was killed and five were injured, one
perhaps fatally. The engine and the
forward car of the loaded train top
pied over into the street 30 feet below.
THE small steamer Plankinshaw was
scuttled by ice and sunk in the Ohio
river near Evansville, Ind. on the night
of the 27th. The engineer was drowned
and II others on board escaped 10 a
barge in tow, but suffered considerably
from the cold weather and several were
badly frozen.
The bill TO permit glove contests has
passed both houses of the Nevada leg
islature and Dan Stuart has announced
that the Corbe ett-Fitzsimmons fight
will occur in that state.
EIGHT business houses were destroyed
by fire at Tom Bean, Tex, recently.
A SECTION hand on the Mobile g. Ohio
railroad at Beech Ridge, H., was found
frozen TO death the other morning
PROMINENT stoeknen of the Indian
territory and the Panhandle in Texas
have reported that the recent blizzard
had resulted in the deaths of thousands
of cattle on the range.
THE Colonial express on the Consoli-
dated road struck and killed five men
at East Norwalk, Conn, on the 27th.
The men had been working on the
track and stepped out of the way of
one train directly in front of the ex-
press.
The greater portion of the village of
Holland, n. Y, was burned. The citi-
zens fought the flames with bucket
lines.
BY the explosion of gasoline stove
in Popps livery stable at Toledo, o.,
which caused II fire, IL valuable coach
and bloodcd horses were suffocated by
the smoke and 30 others were so badly
burned that the majority of them had
to be shot.
a BLOODY battle took place in Gray
son county, KY. G.. w. Hazelip, Alfonso
IIazelip and his son on one side and
Eugene and John Carrier, Luther
Scaggs and Nathan Scaggs on the
other. The fight was caused by the
alleged betrayal OF the Carriers sister
by Alfonso lIazelip. Two of the Haze.
lips were fatally wounded and Nathan
Scaggs was probably mortally wounded
and n looker-on was shot in the hand
PosTMAsTER-GESERA WILSON has
made public the statement of postal
receipts for the quarter ended Decem-
ber 81, 1896, as compared with the re.
ceipts of the corresponding period of
1895, which shows n decrease OF about
S3O, 600. OF 80 offices only 13 show an
increase, while II show n decrease.
A HOUSE on farm near Belleville,
Mich, was burned through defective
chimney and Miss Anna Vanadawater
and a girl and boy were burned so
badly that their bodies could not be
recognized.
THE large grain elevator of the w
II. Purcell Mailing Co. at Chicago was
destroyed by fire on the Goth. The loss
was estimated at S35o,000. The fire
men were handicapped by the intense
cold
THE pottery factory of Conciad Bros.
at Peru, Ind, the largest in the @oun-
try, was burned on the Goth.
ARNOLD TREUTHART, farmer, was
found frozen to death near his home at
Nauvoo, Ill.
The coach shop and paint shops of
the Il. g. M. X. X. X. at Plattsmouth,
Neb., were destroyed by fire. Loss,
sl50,000. George Sletchner fell from
one of the roofs while assisting TO put
out the fire and broke his neck.
PHILADELPHIA was visited by dis
astrous conAagration on the Goth which
started in Hanscomb's grocery store
and damaged John WanamalSer's dry
goods store and many others. The loss
was estimated at over 81, 10000
Mrs. ROBERT WILKEY left her two
children, aged one and four years,
in the house while she was out calling
at Linton, Ind. The house caught fire
and burned up both children.
THE New York newspapers were full.
of letters discussing the ostentatious
display of wealth in the face of the ex-
listing hard times and the churches took
hold of the subject on the cath and
many ministers denounced the prepa-
ratious for the Bradley-Martin ball.
1t was said that several wealthy wom-
en- will remain away from the ball on
February 10 fearing an outbreak of
some kind from the prominence which
the affair has received
THE Economy light and power plant
in Joliet, H., was burned to the ground.
Loss, $3.50, 900, with only $40, 900 insur-
ance. The fire started in the basement
from the explosion of an oil stove.
jim HARBoLT. who, with Bill Isaacs,
was indicted for the murder CT Sheriff
McGhee, at Canadian, on the Southern
Kansas railroad, about two years ago,
was rescued from the Canadian TEX.
Jail by party of his friends during
this county. Harbolt was to have been
tried on the 25th.
A GAS explosion occurred in a mine
at Smock station, Pa, on the Goth.
Two men were blown to atoms, seven
were perhaps fatally injured and two
others were less seriously hurt One
of the miners drilled into pocket Of
gas and, as naked lights were used, the
explosion followed.
The fight at Paso Robles, Cal, be-
tween George +. Green young Cor.
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