The Holly chieftain., 1897-07-16

Enwlx j. BErs and his wife took re-
fuge under 1 tree near Delhi, N. Y,
trom shower and were struck dead
BY lightning.
BY reason of the bteaking Of the con-
Meeting rod attached to the governor,
the 4o-ton hy wheel of pair Of Corliss
compound engines went to pieces and
wrecked the plant and building of the
street railway company II Tacoma.
Wash. 1t meant . stoppage Of the
lines operated for psrhsps . week and
no electric light
4 THERE was 4 wreck on the Frisco
railroad At Underwood, near St. Louis,
which smashed in the front end of =
locomotive, completely demotished 3
cabpose. broke two cars into kindling
!, wood and scattered the wrecksge for :
distance Of 500 fest along the track.
Only q brakeman was slightly injured.
The wreck was caused by the train
breaking in two,
The usual celebrations in commemo-
ration Of the battle Of the Boyne took
place in Ireland on the 19th At Bel
fast 20, 900 orangemen marched In pro-
cession. Everything passed OF in an
| orderly fashion.
LOUIS ARRArA, who claimed to live
! In New York, was arrested ut Hinck-
ley, Mimi, recently for begging ON the
street When searched q, 800 was
found on his person.
FRANK WALLER, the Flying Dutch
man. won the i0o-mile bicycle race at
Manhattan Beach. N. Y, ON the 10th,
but Yves disqualified by the referee on
account Of being illegally paced in tho
concluding lap and the race and the
purse OF $50 went to the second man,
(, Thomas A. Barnaby. of Boston. The
century was run in hours, "a minutes
and 0 seconds
THE Christian Endeavorers ut San
Francisco have chosen Nashville,
Tenn, as the place of meeting In 1898.
London Is to be the rallying place for
1900. The selection Of the convention
city for 1902 was not made.
/ A TENEMENT house in Providence, 3.
(, l., was blown topieces and burned by
~ explosion Of gasoline the other
evening and two children were fatally
1 injured.
Two men near Lacinta, N. NJ. took
an old woman, whom they thought had
bewitched . belle of the eneighborhood,
and fastened lasso to her and then
started their horses and she was
dragged TO death and horribly man
| gled.
FIRE destroyed part OF the viles 4
Robbins packing establishment at Chi
cago the other night. Loss, 500. 900.
ALBERT NJ. WINEBRENNER waa ar
rested at Beatrice. Neb., on the 10th ON
the charge Of having brutally beaten
his 17-year-old stepdaughter' with .
buggy whip and otherwise ill-treated
the girl. At midnight mob Of 100
masked men entered the jail, took
Winebrenner out and. after stripping
him and giving him severe horse
whipping, coated him with tar and
feathers and sent him back to Jail
THOMAS H. MERRITT was shot and
killed by Jacob F. Harris at Lexing-
ton, KY, the other day. Harris found
Mrs. Harris sitting on Merritts lap in
GRATIS park and the pair kissing one
another.
| MISS TITLE LARSEN tried to commit
suicide at Omaha, Neb., on the sth by
tearing open the arteries Of her left
wrist with hairpin. She was uncon-
scious whom found from the loss Of
blood, and only prompt action on the
part Of those who discovered her saved
her life. II wanted to go TO Heaven,
and that Is why did 1t, she said. The
authorities cannot understand her case.
The drought which has prevailed
around jackson, Tenn, for two months
still continued on the 9Th. The gar
dens were burned up and ruined and
unless II rains very soon the corn crop
will be failure. The cotton crop was
reported failing daily.
DURING q severe storm the house Of
S. E. North, near Larmore, N. D., wss
struck by lightning and North. his
wife and three-year-old child were
killed. The only member of the fam
lily that escaped was a 15-months-old
child. 81
The gold mining convention at Den.
YER, Col, selected Salt Lake City for
holding the next meeting. A minority
report on the 9th declaring for the free
coinage of silver at sixteen to one was
laid on the table.
FIFTY picnickers were rendered un.
conscious by. an electrical storm near
Wheelersburg, o., on the 7th,- but mo-
body was killed.
MAKING MARTINEZ, who murdered
his sweetheart and her parents. after
J having assaulted the girl, has request
ed that brass band plsy at his hang
ing and that the occasion be made ono
Of festivities, and the citizens Of
Floresville, Tex. have arranged to COM
ply with his request and genuine
Mexican fiesta will be held the day Of
the hanging. The condemned man
will be allowed to participate under .
strong guard.
] Two daughters, aged six and eight,
| OF David Harmon. farmer near Spring
field, O.. were burned to death By an
explosion of coal oil while startipg Z
fire.
THE convention of rcform rabbis ct,
Montreal, Can, ON the sth passed .
strong resolution condemning the pro-
posed plan of establishing IN indie
| pendent Jewish state in Palestine.
"A rHRAsHI4s machine boiler blew mn
In field one mile north Of New Haven,
Neb., the other morning. Three men
were seriously injured. The boiler
was blown 300 yards
HUGH JoEsoH, his wife and four
children, who lived near Pineville,
KY, were burned TO death In their cot
tage, which was fred over their heads.
The remains Of all six were found in
the debris Tho fire was undoubtedly
Of incendiary origin.
AT st. Lonis on the sth the thermpu,.
eter showed 100 degrees on the street
and seven people died from the hest.