The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1897-10-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

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Mo-, on the 9TH was parade of all ma
tions, glimpses OF the life and customs
in other countries being shown. Uncle
Sam marched at the front, being seven
feet eight inches tall and dressed in
the traditional costume.
NEAR Sandy Springs, Nd, william
Timmons shot and killed William Hin
ton, his sfather-in-law, inflicted a wound
which will probably prove fatal to his
wife and also shot the wife of John
Hinton, his wife's brother, causing u
serious but not necessarily fatal
wound. The shooting was the result
Of a quarrel between Timmons and his
wife.
THE barn of the Kansas City (Mo.(
Transfer company caught fire about
,;30 on the morning OF the Sth. There
were about so head of horses burned
and the loss was between $40, 900 and
s25, 600
EAST and north of Niles, Mich,
marsh fires were reported as raging.
The farmers had fought the flames for
week and were utterly exhausted on
the 9TH. Some had moved their house
hold goods to places of safety and had
sacrificed their homes. Near Berricn
Springs hundreds of acres of potatoes
had been roasted in the ground.
FIFTY high-class horses perished in
the stables of the Cheshire Improve
ment company ut Brooklyn, which was
recently burned. The loss was $50, 900.
The comptroller of the currency has
called for the condition of the national
banks at the close of business octo.
Der 8.
THE first party of IS of number of
Mennonite colonists from Kansas were
stopped in Robertson county, Tex, the
other day by armed men, who threat
sned them with death and destruction
Of property unless they turned back,
which they did. They will try to set
tie in some other portion of Texas
THE October term of the United
States supreme court will begin on the
llth. There are I6G cases on the
docket, as against Gl0 at tho beginning
of the October term last year, of which
3s3 came over from the last term and
IS have been added during the courts
vacation.
By the explosion OF gasoline stove
At Chicago two women were probably
fatally burned and another one serious
ly injured.
Two men were killed and ten injured
by the blowing down of big new ho-
tel at Lindsay park, Charlevoix, Mich.
The men were at work on the structure
when storm caused it to collapse,
through not being properly braced.
A COW lying on the Choctaw railroad
track near South McAlcster, |. T., de-
rallied an engine and l2 ears the other
aight The engineer and fireman were
killed and the brakeman was badly
hurt.
A DESTRUCTIVE prairie fire broke out
IN the Indian territory near Sloan
springs on the 4th aud the flames were
reported as eating everything before
them. There was great apprehension
FELT for border towns. The flames
were destroying hundreds of tons of
prairie hay and II was feared that
many lives had been lost
FIRE broke ont in Austin, Pa, on the
ith and in five hours every building in
the town was burned TO the ground
and about 500 people made homeless.
The place was practically without a
water supply.
SoLLY SMITH, of Los Angeles, Cal,
was given the decision over George
Dixon, of Boston, in 20-round fight
the other night at san Francisco. The
match was virtually for the champion
ship of the feather-weight class, and
Smith is now at the top.
OWING 10 the long drought, !
a dispatch on the 4th said, the people |
of Osceola, Ark, were forced to buy
drinking water, paying five cents a
quart for it, All the wells and springs
in the vicinity had gone dry.
FLOODS and typhoons wrought great
destruction in Japan recently. the
Official report showing that 27 900
houses were submerged or wrecked.
Many deaths by drowning also oc-
cured.
THE Rock Island road has offered
of $500 each for the capture of
the five men who held up and robbed
its passenger train at Chickasha, l. r.,
recently.