The Holly chieftain., 1897-08-06

NorrcE has been served by the super
intendent of the Flemington mines o
Grafton, W. Va, to every striking min
er occupying the company's houses t.
vacate the property Immediately Oh
their goods will be thrown into tn,
street An attempt will be made 4
ope rate the mines by non-union men
Excitement was running high.
TIE Pioneer Fire-Proof Construction
Co.'S plant at Ottawa, ILL.,, the largest
of its kind in the world. was partially
destroyed by an incendiary Are, entail
lag loss Of 800. 900.
A CALL has been issued by Rev. n
H. Becker, Of Dayton. o.; W. Z. Covert
of St Louis, and other prominen
snti-spiritualists for national meet
ing of anti-spiritualist associations il
Anderson, Ind. on September to or
ganixe = national association.
AT Carlisle. Ind. Mr.. and Mrs. Gran
Hammond and DIR. and Mrs Abnsl
Morris were drowned in the Wabash
river. 1t was believed one OF tn.
women was seized with cramps and
the others were drowned in trying Il
rescue her.
TWELVE mill opera tives while cross
ing q bridge At Thiemandorf, Germany
were swept OF by sudden rise of ths
river and all were drowned.
NEAR Alva, Ok, with an origina
preparation, Sheriff McGrath so sue
cessfully treated cattle infected with
Texas fever that the ticks were al
killed and the quarantine raised.
The, American bishops At the confer
ence in London ON the 3lst rejected
the proposition of the British bishop.
to make the primate of all England the
head of the Anglican church and al
its offshoots throughout the world.
HUsH GERAH, of Union Hill, N. j..
left that place on the 31st for the In
dian territory, after taking an oath te
kill Day, the man who murdered hi,
brother. James Gerah, at Chickasah q
few days ago.
The general strike of the Pants
Makers union went into effect on the
lst in the $50 shops in the Great ter New
York district. There were nearly s, O0t
operators out and 5000 6nishers were
made idle in consequence. f
A MOB Of toughs attacked Policeman
Devine in Harlem, N. Y, on the Sis,
and attempted to take prisoner away
from him when he fred and instantly
killed one OF his assailants
CARDINAL JAcoBINI, of Rome. is said
to have written to all Catholic bishops
in the world, proposing extraordinary
religious services to mark the close oi
the 18th century.
For 40 days Lena Collinsworth, liv.
ing in Claiborne county. Tenn. has
tasted. She is starving herself to death
under vow. She quarreled with her
husband, they separated and she made
q vow that she would fast until hs
came back to her. Nothing has passed
her lips but water.
HARRY LISTER, son Of the purchasing
agent for the Monon, was murdered
by being pushed from . train. it was
alleged. by John Williams, of Trenton,
Mo. Williams was jailed. An engineer
named George Welch claimed to have
seen the murder.
LEE DAVIDSON was arrested at Ozark,
Ark, for throwing his wife's baby into
hog pen where it was devoured by
the swine.
BEN VAUGHAN, = young engineer,
was Jailed for promiscuously shooting
at q Sunday school picnic near Perry,
Ok. He fred about 20 shots and an
old soldier. who was conducting the
picnic, and several little children were
wounded, though not fatally.
MAxIxo MARTINEZ was hanged in
the Wilson county jail At Floresville.
Tex, for murdefing Jesus GARLIC and
wife and Juanita Acosta.
MYRIADs OF young grasshoppers have
made their appearance In the Bonito
district Of Lincoln county, n. M, and
are doing much damage to growing
vegetation. This locality is the CHIEF
breeding district for the hoppers that
eventually find their way to Kansas
and Nebraska the following season.
and old-timers are predicting that next
year will witness hopper visitation
in the region west of the Missouri.
In a stock brokerage office at Waco,
Tex, B. +. kivett and w. w. Kivett,
brothers. were shot and killed by Will
liam Lamden. Bad feeling had existed
between them. but the killing was said
to be justifiable.
A CORRESPONDENT in Rio de Janeiro
telegraphed that authentic informa-
tiou had reached that city to the effect
that more than 5000 soldiers had been
killed in big battle near the city OF
Csnudos. The fanatics numbering
more than 10000 men, all well armed,
attacked the government troopA
Whole brigades Of the soldiers were
swept down and destroyed.
JAMES HENRY, bachelor. aged 104.
and Miss Emily Boynton, aged 81, both
colored, were married 1T Knoxville,
Tenn.
Gently made . raid on all the hop ale
or beer saloons In Ardmore, I. T., and
arrested the proprietors OF the estsb-
lishments on charges of introducing
and selling intoxicants.
BRIDGE was carried away u Az
tritz, Austria, and eight children were
drowned.
EIGHT negro preachers were jailed
at Montgomery, Ala, charged with
conspiracy, in the murder of p. H. Pat
terson, the negro deacon who was shot
to, death In the negro Baptist church
at that place.
STAR POINTER defeated Joe Patchen
and LOttio Lorraine at the race It
Cleveland, O., on the Goth. Time, s:oi
Patchcn was second and Lottie Lor-
rafne third A magnificent floral horse
shoe was presented to the winner.
LIZZIE CLAW and Tillie Anderson,