The Holly chieftain., 1897-02-26
JAMES Asnrov, D brakeman. tried to

ride on freight train near Hawkins,
Tex, and a desperate fight ensued and
the tramp was killed.
MICHAEL GLEASON, aged SIS, residing
at Galena, Ind, started to transfer I.
flock of 40 sheep from one lot to ar
other. and WAS letting down the bars
Of a fence, when "a ram dashed at him
and butted him to the ground. While
lying PROSTATE, the other sheep fol-
lowed and trarnpled hirn to death.
REV. PETER WALLACE died at Chica-
go recently. aged 81. He was for over
and raised n company of soldiers in
1851 in Sangamon county, ILL.,, for the
Seventy-Third regiment, known as the
preacher regiment" all of the officers
of which were ciergymen.
The annual meeting of the National
Reform Press association was called to
order at Memphis, Tenn, by President
Paul Vanderyoort, of Nebraska. Nearly
every southern and western state was
represented.
A SECTION of the elevated seats at a
circus at Brownsville, Tex. collapsed
and precipitated 500 persons to the
ground. Six persons may die. Many
others We're badly bruised.
TIE populist editors who believe in
fusion with the democracy and are op-
posed to Paul Vandervoort, met at
Kansas City, Mo-, on the ed. A. Rozelle
calling the meeting to order.
A BABY girl was born toex-President
and Mrs. Harrison at Indianapolis,
Ind, on the 21st.
A sNowsLIDE at Pitkin. Col, killed
Martin Mentley and seriously injured
j. w. Brigham while asleep in their
cabin near the Cleopatra mine.
A FIRE broke out in Beares' dry goods
store at Grand Forks, n. D., at two
o'clock on the morning of the 2lst, with
the mercury 25 degrees below zero, and
did damage to the amount of S225, 900.
people in scanty clothing.
A DISPATCH from Middlesboro, Ky.,
on the 2lst stated that a most disastrous
flood had visited that valley, many
people being forced out of their homes.
Railroad bridges had been washed
away and trains water-bound. Near
Powell's river James Chadwell and his
family were drowned, the flood sweep
ing away his house.
KID O'BRIEN, of Arkansas, knocked
out Chess Alien, of st. Joseph, Mo-, in
the 14th round of contest for IL
rounds at Hot Springs, Ark
JOHN CIRcLELEZ started to make a
fire at five o'clock on the morning OF
the 10Th and got the gasoline can in
stead of the coal oil can. In an instant
!, L
was set on fire. John Circlelez's family
and his brother Jacobs family were
seriously burned. At the hospital IL
was thought that Ave out of the eight
persons injured would die.
DANIEL MCCARTHY was hanged al
Chicago on the 18th for the murder OF
his wife on May 12. 1896. She had sep.
arated from him on account of his
drunken habits and on her refusal to
live with him, he shot her at her moth.
ers house while he was in state oi
| intoNication.
WHILE force OF worltmen were low.
ering boiler into Spanish cruiser al
| the naval yards in Cadiz on the 18th
the tackling gave way and the boiler
fell on the men, killing six and seri.
ouSly III HJuTlHR tcil ObICTS.
| AN electric car at Chicago was struck
by lightning while carrying lot OF
men to work and all We're badly
! shocked. One man had to be removed
| in an ambulance.
TIE annual exhibition of the Nation.
| al Carnation society opened at Cincin-
| natl with over $1,000 blooms. The
decorating committee used 1000 carna.
| tions and two miles of asparagus, fern
and smilax on the banquet hall.
The special reporter of the Asso
.iated press, who has visited the
famine stricken districts of India,
states that children are deserted and
left to forage for themselves and that
| the mortality is awful at Banda, the
blaclsest spot of the Bundelkund pro
vince. where, out of population o1
| 700. GOO, 200, 900 are receiving relief and
the number is expected to reach 3OO,.
o00
| The residence of Thomas Brown
owslli at Iron River, Mich, was gutted
| by fire on the 18th and two young chill
1rcn who were in the house at the
time We're burned to death. The
mother had left the children locked in
! AT the meeting of the execu We
council of the Baptist Young People.
Union of America, recently held in Chi
cago, it was decided to hold the next
International union in Chattanooga
Tenn, on July Is. 1897.
TIE Michigan house committee on
state affairs, to whom had been re.
ferred a bill to make the apple blossom
| the official state flower, recommended
a bill in which the ''Pingree Peach
| blow potato was substituted for the
apple blossom.
| A CLAY bank near Rock Island, ILL.,,
caved in and buried three workmen
| One was taken out dead and the Other
two were seriously injured.
AN engine and IA cars, with contents
were demolished on the Illinois Cen
tral railroad near Boslsy Della, ILL.,, or
the 10th by the breaking OF an axle OF
the engine.
GEORGE A. FLOODING, OF Huntington
| w. Va, has received letter from
President-elect Mckinley assuring him
that he will be nominated as minister
and consul-general to Greece, Rou
mania and Servia.
The annual meeting of the depart
ment of supcrintendence of the Ma
tional Educational association wa.
| called to order at Indianapolis, Ind.
on the 10th by President C. g. Gilbert
500 members being present.
By decision of the secretary of thu
interior the swamp land in Florida
known as "the Everglades" is con
| yeyed to the state The tract cor,