The Holly chieftain., 1897-04-23

said that about so physicians OF Iowa
and Nebraska made post-mortem ex-
animation of the body Of Judge John
Rudd, who ate hearty meal on
Thanksgiving day and had been un-
able to swallow since The examine.
tion revealed that a wooden toothpick
had lodged in his throat. The man
had wasted away from 30 pounds un.
til he was little more than skeleton
at his death.
Mrs. CoRNELIA RAISING. midwife,
and Christopher O'Brien were charged
by Ellen English at St Louis with
making away with the latter's child.
The midwife confessed that she had
buried the child. as it was dead when
she received 1t, in the back yard, and
then, fearing exposure, she dug it ur
and burned it. The mother claimed
that the child was not dead. The
prosecuting attorney decided to have
warrant. is<sed .gairst Mrs Kassfns
and OBrien.
1 A. CoHS's chestnut colt Buckvidere
won the Tennessee Derby at Memphi.
on the 10th. Typhoon II. finished sec.
ond and Algol third.
The annual egg rolling took place in
the white house grounds at Washing
ton on the 10th. Fully 5000 children
enjoyed the fun.
The mill dam at Pinckney, Mich,
broke on the 10th and carried away
eight bridges and many buildings
along the stream.
THE Brooklyn Eagle published an
interview with Lieut.. Peary on the
18th, in which the arctic explorer said
that the $3.50, 900 needed for the new
polar expedition was all raised and q
trip would be made this summer to ar.
range al the necessary details.
MAIL advices from Honolulu stated
that Japanese soldiers have been pour
ing into Hawaii in disguise as immi
grants. 1t was asserted that Japan
was scheming to secure control of the
islands
b. FRANK BUTTs, of Kansas City, Mo-,
who assisted Rev. J. B. culpepper, the
evangelist, in q religious meeting a,
Sherman, Tex, was ordered to leave
that town by delegation of citizens,
because he made some remarks reflect.
ing on the virtue of southern women.
The plague of buffalo gnats was re-
ported spreading throughout the lower
coast counties in Texas and it was
estimated that the pests had caused the
death of over 1000 horses and other
farm animals in the counties east OF
Rockport-
CAPT. DANIEL HAYNES, formerly
claim agent of the st. Louis South.
| western railway, was convicted at Pine
Bluffs, Ark, of embezzling $40, 900 OF
the company's money.
DAN CREEDoN has signed articles nj
| New York to box "kidr Mccoy 20 TO Al
rounds for the middleweight cham.
pionship of the world at 1873 pounds
weight. r.
The body of Gen. Grant was trans
ferred from the temporary tomb and
put into its final resting place within
the huge granite sarcophagus in the
mausoleum at Riverside cemetery, n.
Y. on the nth.
| FOLLOWING the news of the incursion
by the Greeks on Turkish territory
the council of ministers at Constanti-
nople declared that war had broken
out and recalled the assembly, gave his
passports to the Greek minister and
ordered the Turkish military command
er to take the offensive. On the 18th
half dozen battles ragged between the
Greeks and Turks and it was said that
the Greeks got the worst of the slsir-
mishes.
By the explosion of an imperfect
blast in the Monarch mine near Mad
isonville, KY, two men, named Robert
Charlton and Theodore Stone. lost
their lives.
JOHN RANDALL. u tramp, was run
down on the c.. B. & Q. tracks at Rock
Island. ILL.,, and had both legs cut of.
He died from the injuries at the hos
pital.
| HARRISON DAWSON, n big colored min.
lister. has astonished his brethren al
Mayficld. KY, by deserting his wife
and IL children. He eloped with a
buxom colored sister.
THE recent report of the viceroy OF
India on the famine situation showed
that 2,S53,000 persons were employed
on the relief works, against .. 14l, ,32a
persons so employed month previous.
The condition of the people in the
affected districts was pronounced to be
from fair to good.
WHILE tapping u blast at the Repnb-
lican iron works at Pittsburgh, Pa,
the other morning, the molten metal
boiled over into a pit of water causing
an explosion. Five men were badly
burned two of whom will probably die.
An explosion of gasoline set fire to
the Bradley block ut Cleveland, o., and
the occupants were panic-stricken.
Three men were badly burned.
WILLIAM KAUFMAN, of Wright coun-
ty, Ia.. was attacked by hiccoughs the
other day. He was man OF strong
constitution, but was compelled to take
to his bed and succumbed, passing away
in terrible agony.
| A DYNAMITE explosion recently oc-
Cured in deep mine at fLanglaarte,
Africa. Eight English and 26 native
miners were killed.
Miss FRANCES WILLARD and the Chi
cago w. c. 7. U. have declared war on
the soda fountains, saying that some
of them dispense drinks to women
which are strong enough and varied
enough to serve as mixed drinks in any
saloon and are thus educating young
girls in taste for strong drinks.
THE failures for the week ended the
10th in the United States, according to
Bradstreets report. were 1876, against
PA in the corresponding week last
year.
JESSE EVANS, negro, charged with
accosting two little white girls, was
riddlcd with bullets by posse at Ed
| xva rds Mtaa opd tho l,<,dxy 1af< {v, tho
public street. The evidence against