The Holly chieftain., 1897-12-31
hISi ELLANEOCS,

a hNNb VI ldlAlflS lIpIll hOputHldLl
nassacred all the inhabitants of
Christian town-about 500 souls-ncar
Salinas, Persia.
y MON at Glendora, Miss, captured
Joe Hopkins, who murdered two men.
and they hanged him by the heels and
burned him to death in that posture.
a NEW order, the enforcement of
which it is believed will expedite the
disposition of pension claims now
pending, has been issued by Commits
Sjoncr Evans, of the pension office, as
follows: thereafter claims for in.
crease of pension will not be considered
within IL months from the last action
allowance or rejection"
A PRISONER named Harry English at
tempted to burn his way out of the
Ysleta lTex.) Jail and was cremated.
Two plumbers at Little Rock, Ark.
named William Burns and Thomas
Ray, in love with the same girl, con.
Cludcd to settle the matter with knives
and fought so desperately that both
fell in the throes of death within five
minutes after they clinched
REV. DIR. SHELDON JACKSON sailed
way and Lapland with power from the
United States government to purchase
800 reindeer, harness and other equip
ments for use in transporting supplies
to the Yukon miners and to hire so
Laplandcrs to drive the outfits.
WHILE returning from a Christmas
entertainment at Terhune, Ind, Il
freight train on the Monon road struck
n carriage containing Mr.. and Mrs.
Moore and Miss Brattain. Mr.. Moore
was only slightly injured, but Mrs.
Moore was fatally hurt and Miss Brat
tain killed. Mr.. and Mrs. Moore had
only recently been married and this
was the first time they had been away
from home together.
AT dance at Cortland, Neb., o. W.
| Nanderpool insulted Miss Sherman.
Her brother Edward interfered and
was fatally stabbed by Vaudcrpool
and two others We're also severely
slashed.
a PASSENGER train was wrecked re-
Gently near Hartshorne, |. r., by a
broken rail. The track was badly torn
up for 10 rail lengths and three coaches
were partly demolished. About 300
eXcursionists were on board, but not a
single person was injured.
TIE Coliseum building at Chicago
where the last democratic national
convention was held, was destroyed by
| fire on the night of the 2ith. Five OF
six people were supposed to have lost
their lives and Il other persons were
more or less injured. The building
| cost $3.50, 900 and occupied floor space
| of seven acres. The crossing of elec
trio light wires was supposed to have
been the cause of the fire.
| TIE Ferry street car house at Eve
EFT, Mass, was destroyed by fire on tn,
cath, together with 30 electric cars
at $50, 900 and on the cars at sl2O,0
BESIDES the combine formed in tn,
east for the selling of anthracite coal
| there is to be created a similar cen ira
selling agency to cover each of Nh,
bituminous coal districts of Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana
and Illinois.
SEVERAL persons from Colfax, Wash.
declared that Notwithstanding all de
mails a lynching occurred ut that place
few days ago. II was asserted that
Chadwick Marshall and John Melon
aid, the alleged murderers of Orvill,
Hayden, a prominent citizen of Farm
ington, were taken from the count,
Jail by mob and hanged to trees neaI
the town.
A LITTLE daughter of Auguste Cock,
was bitten in the face two months ag'
by rabid dog at Hallettsville, Tex.
but it was supposed her wounds were
healed. A few days ago she was takel
violently i'll and after suffering awfu
agony died with rabies.