The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-10-07
MfSCELLANEOUp.

A sKGFr upset In the Ohio river as "A
party OF five negroes were returning
TO Kentucky from ball game at Tell
City, Ind, and three OF them were
drowned.
Two masked highwaymen held up
three stages travelling from Angels
Camp to Milton, Cal, one after the
other, and robbed the passengers and
dccamped with the express box.
The United States mint in Philadel.
phia completed the greatest coinage
in one month in its history. The coun-
ter statement for September is as fol-
lows: Gold, 2,292,3 1875; silver, Ss46, ,O92. =
80; five cents, Sis4,5lO; cents, s47, 4T2.
The total number of pieces turned out
was IL, 900, 900.
IN n ten-round bout before the Amer
lean Sporting club at Scranton, Pa,
Tommy Ryan, of Philadelphia. was
awarded the decision over Jack Nc.
Auliffe, of Brooklyn, the retired worlds
lightweight champion.
AT Kilbuck, o., Frederick Penhar-
wood, the railway station agent, was
shot and killed while en- route home.
The murderer was supposed to be n
tramp, whom Pcnharwood had ordered
away during the day.
AT Abilene, Tex, Patrick II. Grady.
a prominent blacksmith and iron
merchant, attempted to murder Rev.
Father Dole, formerly priest in charge
of the diocese. Grady alleged that the
reverend father had alienated the af-
fections of his wife and destroyed his
home.
NEARLY all cities in eastern, cen tral
and southern Texas have declared shot
gun quarantine against Houston, on
account OF the suspicious case of n
negro woman, whom the state health
officer has ordered guarded.
THE fourth annual convention of
mothers took place at Chicago on the
2sth. Mrs. J. n. Grouse called the
meeting TO order. The sub ject of dis
cusslon was mature study"
THE National Irrigation congress
opened at Lincoln, Neb., on the 2Sth.
Judge Emery, of Lawrence, Kan, re-
sponded to the a"'ress of welcome in
happy speech ;-.'l made an exposition
OF the question which called the con.
gress together. Chairman Moses, OF
the national executive committee, gave
resume of the irrigation work for the
year.
TRUST among the retail grocers OF
Des Moines, Ia, was said to be in pro.
cess of formation. The plan is to buy
20 or 80 of the best concerns in the city
by n syndicate and then kill the rest
by ruinous cut in prices.
SIXTEEN persons were killed and sew.
eral injured by the explosion of boiler
In n sugar factory In Hungary.
A CONVENTION OF live stock sanitary
inspec sors took place at Fort Worth,
Tex, on the 27th. The dipping cx-
periments for destroying the tick
which causes Texas fever was one of
the principal subjects of discussion.
The resolutions committee agreed on n
report requesting the secretary OF
agriculture to fix the time for quaran-
tine To go into effect AS January and
the date of its removal as November |.
POSTMASTER GENERAL GARY has au.
thorized the announcement that all
mails leaving New Orleans, where vel.
low fever is raging, are thoroughly
fumigated.
FIRE broke out in vacant store al
Livingston, Mont, ON the 27th and
threatened the business portion on
Main street, but the firemen confined
the iames To a cigar store and row
of frame buildings The fire was said
To have been incendiary and the third
attempt in a week 10 burn the town.
THE barn of Joseph Daters, farmer
near Eiiingham, III, containing 1000
bushels OF wheat 700 bushels OF oats,
four horses and farming implements
was recently burned.
Col PATRICK MCDONALD, editor and
politician, who is widely known in po-
litical circles in Kentucky, was cow
hided by Mrs. Sarah Brady, dress
maker, at Frankfort The cowhiding
was the result of an article in Col Me-
Donald's paper seriously rejecting on
Mrs. Brady.
The San Pedro mine, In the Corrali.
tos group, in Mexico, caved in, killing
II men who were at work in the mine
at the time.