The Holly chieftain., 1897-11-19
MISC ELLANEOCs.

Two negro boys set fire to the iuil al
Waycross, Ga, in which they were con
fined and managed to escape, but an
other inmate was fatally burned.
CATTLEMEN in Nebraska are much
exercised over the shortage of stock in
the state. nearly all the ranges having
been drained of their supply, extend
ing even to the calves and yearlings.
II something is not done they admit
there will hardly be anything in Ne
braska next year in the shape of cat
tie.
BERLIN newspapers assert that Ger
many is on the verge of famine. The
price OF meat is SO high that poor peo-
pie cannot buy it, and the price OF
cereals is moving upward and may
soon give. rise to bread rioting.
BICYCLE manufacturer of Toledo.
O., announces that pool has been
formed of about a dozen OF the leading
manufacturers of medium grade
wheels and that they will fix n scale
of prices and practically control the
output
ASA HoDGMAN, secretary-treaSurer
of the building Trades council, of Chi
cago, and secretary of the district
council of the Brotherhood of Carpcn-
ters and Joiners of America, was re-
two associations.
FIRE ragged in the Smuggler mine at
Aspen, Col, on the 18th, due, it was
supposed, to spontaneous com bustion.
In fighting the fire over 40 men were
overcome by the deadly gas and for n
time their lives were despaired of. If
the mine has to be flooded to stop the
fire it will drown out all the big mines
in the camp.
OSCAR GARDNER, the Omaha Kid"
defeated Jack O'Brien, of New York,
in l5-round contest at New York.
WHILE watching some stock being
loaded at Girardville station, Pa. the
other night Enoch Davis, Henry Jones.
Edward Davis and Frank Grady, all
young men, were struck by an engine.
Enoch Davis and Henry Jones were
killed and the other two seriously in
jured.
THERE were o7S failures in the United
States for the week ended the 18th, ac-
cording to Bradstreet's report, against
e5s for the corresponding week last
year
A SPECIAL freight train on the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern ruil.
way struck three-wheeled railway
velocipede, carrying man and two
women, at New Liberty, Ia, the other
evening. Fred Lausen, section boss,
and Matte Schulsen were instantly
killed. Annie Schulsen. the other wom-
an, was not seriously hurt
The two CARRIER boys at Guthrie,
Ok, played with stick of dynamite,
which they had found, when it ex-
wrecked their house.
FAST freight on the Rock Island
struck a COW at Renfrow, Ok, derail-
ing the engine and several cars. En-
gineer Frank Berry, of Trenton, Mo-,
was killed.
JOHN BREWER, apparently dropped
dead in front of grocery store at
Henderson, KY, and was carried into
back room and the coroner summoned.
While the inquest was in progress
Brewer sat up and suggested that
'ei shNi oC
Brewer said he had been seized with
an attack of heart disease.
SECRETARY ALGEB has approved the
estimates for coast defense work sub
mitted by Gen. Miles and they will be
submitted to Chairman Cannon. of the
house committee on appropriations,
some day before the opening of the
session.
JAMES SIMPSON, engineer, and John
Robinson. fireman of q freight engi inc
on the Burlington & Missouri river
railroad, were blown from their cab,
near Crawford, Neb.. by the explosion
of the engine boiler and both instantly
killed. The engine, which was pulling
out "double-header," was completely
wrecked.
j. G. DARRAoH, former president OF
the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Saw
ings bank, which failed on July IL,
1898, was found guilty on the iith OF
receiving deposits when he knew the
bank was insolvent and his punish
ment was fixed at two years in the
penitentiary.