The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-29
DOMESTIC.

The National Good Citizens associa-
ton met in Nashville, Tenn, for the
purpose Of organizing on International
Good Citizens league.
George Francis Train, of New York,
has reopened his claim to the land on
which the city of Omaha, Neb., is built.
Ten thousand pounds of sugar beet
seeds have been distributed by the gov
eminent to farmers in four-tifths of the
states for experimental purposes.
Adolph l.. Luetgert, wealthy sau-
sage maker in Chicago, was arrested on
the charge of numbering his wife by
tasting her into vat of quicklime.
The visible supply of grain IN the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
29,737,000 bushels; corn, 10, sos 600 bush
Els; oats, o,S7G,Oo0 bushels; rye, 3,O01,-
900 bushels; barley, 1,4G7,OOo bushels.
Forest fires destroyed the house OF
Martin Wicks near Gresham, Wis, and
three children were burned to death.
Rev. Ira A. Priest has been elected
president of Buchtell college at Akron,
o., vice Rev. DR.. Orello Cone, resigned.
At Fort Madison, Ia, Ruott and Hol-
land, convicts, cut off their first fingers
to avoid work.
Joseph a. Rhomberg, proprietor of
the Dubuque (Ia.) street railway, died of
paralysis while on the street in his car
riage.
The city council of Galesburg, ILL.,,
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale or giving away of cigarettes under
n penalty of 500 for each violation.
At Dayton, o., four men tortured
James Dunlop until he told where his
money was hid and then secured $1,000
and escaped.
The Fountain house, the largest sum-
mer hotel on Delavan lake in Wisconsin,
was entirely destroyed by fire.
Forest fires were burning at many
points in the upper peninsula of Michi-
gan.
Daniel Evans, life convict in the
Anamosa Ga.) penitentiary, committed
suicide with morphine.
Business men in New York city who
are interested in trade with Cuba have
sent to the secretary of state q me-
mortal asking that the war on the island
be terminated.
For the last ten months the receipts
of internal revenue aggregated $122,-
350,404, an increase as compared with
the same period of last year of $500, Os3.
The reports as to the condition of
the crops throughout the country say
the cool weather has hindered their
growth.
William II. Hamilton, II contractor,
his wife, his son, Lee. nged 10, and his
daughter, aged IS, were murdered in n
small village near Helena, Mont, and
robbed of $500.
w. j. Mcconnell, the noted temper
nnce lecturer of Cleveland o., became
suddenly deranged while speaking Mt
Whitesville, Ky.
Miss Grace Briggs is the first woman
to be graduated by the faculty of Union
theological seminary in New York.
Failure is announced of the Miners
state bank of Cripple Creek, Col.
The courthouse at Lexington, Ky,
was destroyed by fire, the loss being
$4,000.
A convention of one-armed and one
legged men will meet in st. Louis in
September to consider the amelioration
OF the condition of this class of unfor-
tunates.
Emilio Clark, the United States con-
sular agent at Piura, Peru, reported
that his Office had been sacked and i'm
portant documents, money and other
valuables stolen.
Max Maretzek, the well-lnown OPP
cratic manager, died Mt his home on
Staten Island, N. Y, aged &c years.
AS a result of boiler explosion ut q
mill in Metcalfe county, KY, j. ID. and
T. Ward, the owners of the mill, and G.
Brown and Simon Kirkpatrick were
killed and two other men were fatally
injured