The Holly chieftain., 1897-10-01

IT was fe ared that the Iron ship May
(! Flint, which recently lsft RhilAdelphii.
for Japan with is3, 600 casea Of refined
petroleum, had been wrecked in the
recent hurricane which swept the
north Atlantic OCEAN.
TIE barn Of Joseph Dsters, farmer
near Emngham, Ill. conta ininR 1000
bushels of wheat TOO bushels Of oats,
four horses and farming implemen t.
was recently, burned.
BAD blood has existed for long
time between the Poles Of two board
ing houses At Girardyille. Pa, and ON
the 27th it was brought to climax by
q bloody riot, in which - least nine
men received fatal injuries and possibly
two score others were more or less
sefiously wounded. The battle was
thc outcome of aqustfel over the Ha-
xieton troubles, Thssn foufxt like
demons, usins5 sxes, kx1ysa ainsSani
other weapons. Some Of The tlng1Sads
ers were areeetcd Il
A coNvRxfioN Of live stock sanitary
inspectors took place at Fort Worth,
Tex. on athessTth.s The dipping expert
ments for destroying The tick which
causes Texas 4sver was ono ~ the prin.
cipal subjects of discussion. The reao-
eiutions committee agreed q : report
requesting the secretary Of agriculture
4 TO fix the time for quarantine 10 70
into effect as January and the date Of
Its removal as November 1. ASis,5 Z
FIRE broke ont in vacant store At
livingston, Mont, on the 27th and
threatened the business portion on
Main street, but the firemen confined
the flames toia cigar store and = row
Of frame buildings. The fire was said
to have been incendiary and the third
attempt in week to burn the town.
MIcMAEI. SINoNDs,, . railroad brake
man, shot his sweetheart, Miss Jennie
Long, and dangerously wounded her
at Baltimore, Md, because she APP
peared inclined to repulse him. He
then fed, but the police located him in
the house of . friend and when they
entered he committed suicide by send
ing . bullet through his heart.
r. 7. Spear and two sons, ranchmen
of Presidio county, Tex, were drowned
in the Rio Grande. Their skin cap
| sized while crossing the river.
| COL PArRIcK 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 IN article In Col. Nc
Donsld's psper 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. %ff
THE westbound passenger train on
the Northern Pacific railway was held
up near Moorehead, Mimi. on the 9oth,
but the robbers fliled to secure the
money In the express ~, owing tor.
blunder In cutting % the cars, 20 they
rapidly daspoiled the crew Of watches
and money aud made their escape.
An attempt to do murder with poison
resulted in the death Of three men at
hay camp six miles south of Dewitt,
Ark, and the fourth victim fingered
on the verge of the grave. II
AT Cleveland, O., Nils Carlson, the
Swede, reduced the worlds amateur
bicycle record for one mile. unpaced,
standing start. BY ! rs seconds, MAX.
ing 1t in 2:f4K. n "
MARTIN Rosa. : coal miner; w4s
Jailed at South McAlester, /. |: I. I
charged with the murder Of his bride
Of two weeks. III S
r. w. vALENTTHE, well-to-do law
yer oi Rrooklyn, was instantly killed
in aranaway accident in pomfrst, Conn
Henry L. Burt . prominent druggist
Of Putnam, who WIS with him, wnsI
probab fatally hurt and the Wives
Of both men werc severely bruised.
The schooune Katie J. Ireland was
lost In . recent hurricane ON the Flor
ida coast The crew was saved by an
other vessel a.. sssg5es Il al J.
ONE man was fatally burned and six
other persons were injured by the ex-
plosion of gasoline stove at Chicago
the other night.
NEAR New Boston, Tex, fire de-
stroyed the home Of Jefferson Conuor,
. farmer, and burned his three small
children 70 death during the sheanes
Of the rest OF the family. r
A vRRIGMr wreck occurred 1t Ysn
Buren, Ark, the other nig ightson the St
Louls 4 San Francisco road. when
freight train No. fsb wrecked SIX cars
Of merchsndise. The accident was
caused by the train breaking In. two
A valuable race horse, owned by J. ID.
Craig, Of Paris, Tex, was instantly
killed, and her driver, who was In the
sams car, seriously injured.
THE citixens Of Helena, Ark, who
have become sccustomsd to getting
their Sunday shaves, drinks and cigars
will be deprived a. this privilege for
some time TO- come. - the odict has
gone forth that the Sunday ordinnnce
will be rigidly and impartislly enforced
by the police against Sabbath break
erA Every place In town will be
closed, including eating houses, drug
stores, barber shops and fruit standA
THs steamer Queen arrived from
Alasks 1t Seattle, Wash, ON the Esd
with ls5 passengers, nearly 100 Of whom
were disgusted Klondikers returning
after failing to cross the Skaguay trail
They brought news well calculated to
stop the rush Of Klondikers until spring
at least. II was practically impossible
to cross the Hksgusy trail and the law
less element was In control at both
skaguay and Dyea- ssl
Buck" KILGORE, United States dis
trict Judge, died at Ardmore. l. T., On
the 9Sd.
SrLvANus JOHNSON was legally
hanged 1t Key West, Fla, ON the 98d
for assault He confessed his crime.
An Indian boy named Green Bull.