The Holly chieftain., 1897-08-20
TIE .headle.. body Of man named

lC. Picken was found in . clump Of
bushes near the roadside in Stone
county, Ark, where there was evidence
OF desperate struggle. Aclose search
failed to reveal the whereabouts Of the
murdered mans head.
THE demand for stockers and feeders
in Nebraska has become SO heavy since
the new corn crop was assured that un-
heard of prices have been reached for
that class Of cattle and for the first time
in the states history train load Of cat
tie was shipped west from Buffalo, n.
v. for the Nebraska market.
A PASSENGER train was held up be-
tween Edmond and Oklahoma City,
Ok, at 1915 a. m. on the 18th by six or
eight masked men and the express car
looted. The passengers were not mo-
Tested.
THE town of ostrow, in the province
of Seidloe, Russia. was destroyed by
fire, 400 houses being burned and 1000
people made homeless. Four persons
lost their lives and many children were
reported missing and thought to have
perished in the flames
An explosion of fire damp in a coal
mine near FarminRton, ILL.,, on the
10th resulted in the killing of one
miner. Thomas Martin. and the serious
injury of two others
The steamer Belgica left Antwerp
on the 10th with the Gerlache antarc-
tic expedition on board. The crew of
the Belgica numbered 81 men and she
had on board provisions for two years.
A ROME special on the 10th said that
the pope would excommunicate Prince
Henry of Orleans and the count of
Turin, as dueling is forbidden by the
Roman Catholic church.
DETECTIVES recently found an illicit
distillery in Chicago turning out SO
gallons of ''moonshine" whisky day.
A BIN that held 1000 tons OF coal
burst in the Edison Electric Illumi-
Mating Co.'S building at Patterson, N.
j., and buried two men under it.
JAMES A. R. ELLIOTT, of Kansas City,
Mo-, defeated Sim Glover, the Roches-
ter. N. Y, crack shot, at the Rochester
driving park on the 14th and won the
title of champion wing shot and cap
tured the handsome trophy Of the Kan
sas City Star that goes with the cham
pionship. The score was 92 to 81.
CONGRESSMAN ASHLEY B. WRIaHT fell
dead at his home at North Adams,
Mass, on the night of the lith.
The Sac and Fox Indians recently
visited the Otoe Indians near Perry,
Ok, and had dance and feast on doN
soup
J. q. GEORGE, United States senator
for Mississippi, died in Mississippi City
on the 14th. He had been near deaths
door since last winter.
HEAVY hailstorms around Pueblo,
Col. on the 18th damaged the rail-
roads and stopped the trains from rum
ming.
The count OF Turin and Prince Henri
Of Orleans fought . duel with swords
at Paris on the 18th. Prince Henri re-
ceiyed two serious wounds in the right
shoulder and in the right side OF the
abdomen. The count Of Turin was
wounded in the right hand. The duel
was the result of criticisms on tho
Italian army.
A New YORK telegram said leading
bicycle manufacturers of England and
the United States were forming trust
to control prices.
The Cuban insurgents gained VIC
tory in Matanzas province recently
and not only defeated the Spanish
troops with heavy loss, but caused
Gen. Weyler, the commander-in-chief,
to beat retreat and killed Gen. Mo-
lima.
Ten young women of the best fami-
lies of Sevierville, Tenn, whipped a
young man named Story, drove him
out of town and threatened 10 hang
him II he returned. He made practice
Of speaking disparagingly of young
women.
An average increase Of 81 ton has
been made in the price OF structural
steel at the mills In Cleveland, O.. within
the past few days and it was expected
that the price might go up 81 q ton
more within the next 80 days
A NORWEGIAN railroad laborer at
Omaha. Neb., has long been ailing
from complaint which was supposed
to be eczema, but which is now de-
clared to be leprosy.
SPARKS from an engine ignited a
pile of shavings at furniture factory
in San Francisco, resulting in the total
destruction Of the factory and contents.
MANY eastern .'tenderfeet" who
started for the klondike region were
reported as being stranded at Tacoma,
WASH. and elsewhere ON the coast
In the fight at Waterbury, Conn, be-
tween Dan Murphy, of that city, and
All Hanlon, Of England, the former
Knocked the latter out in the 18th
round by'a ieft-handed hook on the
jaw. The match was for IS rounds
Ar the emancipation celebration
given by colored citizens at Little
Rock, Ark, ON the 12th Hon. H. l..
Remmel, the republican leader Of the
state, branded the movement for pen.
sioning ex-slaves as the veriest non
sense and advised them not to be duped
into, spending money for such an illu.
sion.
LEWIS DEERwEsTER, who was sus.
pected Of being implicated in the
Detrick double murder at Bellefon-
taine, O., was found unconscious on
his wife's grave with his throat cut.
Slight hopes were entertained for his
recovery.
FIRE in st Louis wrecked the two
top floors Of the seven story building
occupied by the Enterprise Brass Co,
causing $50, 900 loss.
ABOUT $50 miners of the Saginaw
(Mich.) Coal Co. struck on the nth for
q raise Of Is cents per ton.
PHfLrP HINES died recently at Della
ware, o., at the age Of 1o7. He enlisted
In the union army At the age Of Il and,
being on furlough at the close Of the