The Holly chieftain., 1897-09-24

J. L. MALcoLx, well-known attor>
ney Of Denver, Col. grub-stal<ed Mike
The attorney has received . letter
from Gideon. dated from Dawson City,
Alaska, announcing that he has made
~ ,000, 600 and that he will deliver half
to the attorney.
A COLLISION occurred near the Union
depot 1t St Louis on the 1eth between
an outgoing Wabash passenger train
and an incoming St Lcr;s. Ksrsas CITY
& Colorado passenger train and four
persons were injured.
THE business portion Of Wilmore,
KY, was entirely destroyed by f,re,
supposed to have originated from
sparks from passing train.
In the match race at indianapolis,
Ind. ON the 18th between Star Pointer
and Joe Patchen the former paced .
mile In a:01, lowering the worlds race
record one.half second. Joe Patchen's
time was 2:olsi.
Two men and woman went out on
the lake 1T Chicago for boat ride ON
the 10th and the boat capsixed, owing
| drowned. The woman managed to
grasp the upturned boat and was res
cued. M fa.
Two sections of freight train on
the B. & NJ. railway ran into euch other
at Helpers station. O., and the engi-
neer and three tramps were killed.
Six new cases and two deaths from
yellow fever were reported on the 10th
at New Orleans. At Mobile, Ala, IL
new cases were reported, at Ocean
Springs, Miss, three new cases and 1T
Edwards, Miss, four new cases and no
deaths.
1T was said that DR.. v. A. Norgaard,
of Denver, Col, has discovered . sure
cure for cattle fever by dipping
Should this prove true, tho cattle mar
ket will experience revolution, as
stock will be shipped north during the
prohibited season. A meeting Of all
states and territories that handle cat
tie has been called at Fort Worth, Tex.
on September 81 to examine the cure.
AT crossing over the track Of the
Versailles & Midway railroad near
Versailles, KY. train struck car
riage containing Ambrose H. Wilson
and j. w. Bridges, killing the former
The latter jumped in time to save HIM
self
THREE daughters OF Preston Howard
| were burned to death at Port Alma,
Can. on the shore Of Lake Erie
MARIAH BI1LINasLY, q widow, went
toprayer meeting the other night, after
locking up her five children in the
house at Richmond, Ark. On return
ing home she found the house in ashes
and the children cremated.
GEN. LUQUE reported to Gen. Weyler
that his column Of 5000 soldiers had
utterly destroyed 1900 farms in the
i.prcvinss - aentiegU 'ds Cntks THIS
country people on the farms were
obliged to march with the soldiers and
afterwarded were herded around Man.
zanillo as concentrates. Officially
only 100 were reported as arriving at
Manzanillo. The others, numbering
over 5000, are not mentioned in Gen.
Luque's dispatch. News from Cuban
sources said that they were shot by the
column.
francis BROWN, aged Eve years, died
recently at Evansville, Ind. Her sis,
ter died few days before and little
Frances grieved necessarily for her
and Mt last took to her bed. The ply
sicians pronounced It case Of broken
heart, as the child was perfectly we'll
in all other respects
The executive board of the National
Anti-Spiritualistic association, at q
meeting at Andersonville. Ind. agreed
on the publication of an official week.
| ly paper at once. H. j. Becker, of Day
ton, o., will be editor-in-chief. Michi-
gan, Ohio, California, New York, Penn
sylvania and Missouri were stated to
be ready to organize.
PRIVATE advices received at San
Francisco convey the information that,
after two days Of hard fighting, the
garrison of Barrios' soldiers at Quezal-
tenango succumbed to superior num-
bers. and the revolutionists are mas
ters OF the situation in Guatemala
This is understood as the equivalent
to the end of the career Of Barrios as
dictator of the Central American re-
public
AT Denver, Col, the mails were said
to be loaded with counterfeit postal
cards and it was stated that the cards
were sold in large quantities TO mer.
chants and others In that city and inn
! mense profits were being realized.
WILLIS b. STANLEY. ex-treasurer Of
Beaver county, Ok, was acquitted OF
the charge of cmbezxling $4,000 of
county funds
THE postmaster OF Belmont, Neb..
was held up in his Office by masked
men and compelled to deliver up some
| S4OO Of his funds. Two Of the robbers
were afterwards apprehended after q
fight in which one was mortally
| wounded.
Two Russian steamers, the Tzarvitch
and Malpitka, collided in the volga
near Astrakhan and the former was
sunk. Her passengers, panic-stricken,
jumped into the river. Many reached
the shore, but 40 were drowned.
The great Dismal swamp Of Virginia
and North Carolina, covering an area
of perhaps 400 square iuiles, was afire
from one end to the other on the nth,
the result OF an unprecedented drought.
Forest fires were also raging In adjoin-
ing counties.
THE lifeless body OF D. T. Watson, .
colored school-tcacher. was found
hanging to tree in Lonoke county,
Ark, the other morning with this
placnrd pinned on 1t: "a warning to
'niRRer' sschool-teachers. We want
mono OF this kind Of people in this
country; others beware" Watson had
been teaching q school In the county
during the last three months.
OSCAR GARDNER the Kansas City
| featherweiQht had 4 2O-round ro with