The Holly chieftain., 1897-03-19
A ooILrsIox occurred on the chicago

n ElhSbeEn lilluOlS IhllTodu near Snel-
byville, ILL.,, between two engines and
an engineer and fireman were killed
and switchmnu probably fatally in
| jurcd. Running without orders was
the cause.
| Two negroes were drowned on the
Green river near Conglcton. KY. their
frail craft being crushed by some huge
logs which they were trying to Sc
cure.
Gov. BRADLEY, of Kentucky, has re-
fused n respite in the case of Alonzo
Wailing, convicted of completely in the
murder of Pearl Bryan. and he will be
hanged with Scott jackson, the other
| convicted murderer, on the Goth.
THE compress ut Sheffield, Ala, was
burned with 700 bales of cotton. Loss,
s45,0 200. Boys smoking about the
place caused the fire.
SEVERAL men on family boat near
| Vanceburg. KY, were run down by Il
towboat on the 18th and all were
/ drowned.
/ AT Dover, Tenn, the Jail was de-
stroyed by fire early on the morning of
the 18th and two men and woman,
all colored, were burned to death.
THREE negroes, who had been ar
rested for a double murder for the pur-
! pose of robbery, were taken from the
sheriff at Tallahassee, Fla, on the 18th
and strung up to trees by mob and
their bodies riddled with bullets.
| EX-CouNTY TREASURER FAIR was ar
rested at Butler, Ind, for embezzle-
ment. He turned his office over to his
successor $1,000 short.
INVITATIONS to be guests OF the city
of New York and take part in the cere-
monies attending the dedication of the
Grant monument April 81 have been
sent to President Mckinley and the
governors of all the states.
On all the islands near Memphis,
Tenn, and in the lowlands of Arkan-
sas there was much suffering reported
on the 14th among the people and
great loss of stock and property
through the high water of the Missis-
sippi river.
A FIRE which broke out in a furni-
ture store at Elkins, W. Va, on the
18th burned almost the entire business
portion of the place. The buildings
were mostly frame and the place had
no fire department.
THE trestle approach to the high
bridge over the Etowah river near
Rome. Ga, gave way under mixed
train and five freight cars and the bag
gage and the smoker fell into the cut
and the engine plunged into the river
80 feet below. The wreck caught fire
and the seven cars were burned. Four
trainmen and two passengers were in
| jured.
In the vicinity of Morrison and Leila.
Ok, Il terrific hailstorin occurred on
the night of the 18th. Poultry were
killed, window-glass broken out and
farmers said many wheat fields were
| ruined,' f.-S> - l4 ~ -
SEVEN young men OF Edmond, Ia,
have been arrested for taking r. S.
! Ferguson from Jail and riding him ona
rail, beating him and then leaving him
half dead in a barn all night, whereby
his arms and feet were 80 badly frozen
that amputation WAS necessary. Fergu-
son had been jailed for being drunk.
BY the breaking up of the ice in
Saginaw bay on the 12th about 100
fishermen, mostly belonging to Bay
City, Mich, were carried out ON a fioe
All but five, however! managed to
escape to Maison and Lone Tree islands.
About S400 worth of nets and 90 shan
ties also went.
MGR. MARrINELLI- the papal delegate
to the United States. recently had to
leave New Orleans in a hurried man
ner because he had stirred up the Italian
Malta and they howled for his life.
The eminent Catholic had made some
structures on the Italian immigrants
who come to this country.
STEPHEN HOnToE- n wealthy farmer
at Rutland, Pa and his wife were
found dead in their house on the l2th
from poison. 1t was thought that Mrs
Horton poisoned her husband and then
herself while temporarily deranged
| wHIRLwTND visited the town of
Mingo Junction, o., early on the morn
ing of the 14th and blew off the iron
roof of the cast house of the iron and
steel works and the tall brick walls
fell in. Three men We're fatally
crushed under them
Isaac $. DEMENT,. of Chicago. cham
pion shorthand writer. broke his pre-
vious record of 397 words by writing
402 words in one minute at Quincy
A DISPATCH from Trenton, N. j.. on
the 12th stated that Vice Chancellor
Reed had dismissed the case against
the American Tobacco Co. and the trust
was victorious in the big fight to de-
stroy it.
A STATEMENT issued by the im,nigra-
tion bureau at Washington shows that
for the six months ended December 81.
1895, the number of immigrants that
arrived in this country was 149. .sOs, .
decrease as compared with the same
period of 1895. of 5000. For January,
1897. the decrease as compared with
January. 1896. was 3,325. making the
total decrease for the seven months A..
5a5
THE Ryan elevator at Buffalo. N. Y.
containing about 5000 bushels each of
wheat and oats. was burned on tho
11th. Loss, probably 500, 900. A float
ing elevator, valued at $4,000. was
also destroyed.
FIRE broke out in John A. Tolman's
wholesale grocery house ut Chicago on
the 18th and did damage to the amount
of $4O0,0O0. Chase & Sanborn's spice
house also suffered. Both firms were
fully insured.
The business failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th, ac-
cording TO Bradstreet's report, were
227, against 282 the same week last
year.
The federal grand jury at Louisville,
KY, on the 11th returned 9i separate
and distinct counts against J. NJ. Nc
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