The Holly chieftain., 1898-07-29


Admiral Sampson by Cubans at Glen
fucgos, besecchiug him to come tc
their aid, as many of them were dying
OF starvation. Nothing. however, can
be done for them until the place is
captured.
PUGwAsu, y. $, town of 1,2OO in.
habitauts, was wiped out by fire on
the 95th, 200 dwellings, five churches,
20 stores, three hotels and several
mills being destroyed. The fire was
started by lamp exploding.
FOUH children Of Elmer Wallman, u
farmer near Beatrice, Neb., were
burned to death in the absence of their
parents.
CLYDE DAVIS, mail carrier of Bea'
trice, Neb., was recently drowned
while swimming in the river there.
A DROUGHT existed ut Lincoln, ILL.,,
and farmers were greatly alarmed nj
the outlook for Il crop of Indian corn.
Logan is the banner corn-growing
county of Illinois, but estimates from
nearly every township showed that
not bushcl over the actual needs of
home consumption will be raised this
year unless rain came soon.
CuLoRADo SPRINGS, Arriba, For:
Morgan and other sections in Colorado
have been invaded by myriads of grass
hoppcrs. At Arriba, it was said, freight
trains on the Rock Island RI lroad had
to divide into sections, because the
rails were covered for miles to the
depth OF several inches, making them
so slippery that the engines could not
make any hcadway.
:, JouS F. TAYLOR, Georgc Wilson and
Et StricklGr were drowned in the Wa
bash river. eight miles from Marshall,
H., while seining.
IuE L ujted States government is dis
patching a large fleet OF tug boats and
other small craft, carrying Il few rapid
fire guns, to Cuban waters, tn relieve
the big cruisers now that there is no
Spanish fleet there.
TrrE Beach hotel at Dallas, Tex,
was burned the other day. The loss
amounted to about siOO, 900, with only
So, 600 Insurance on the building. The
cause was said to have been defective
wire,
THE people of Maryland have raised
a fund Of s25,0 to purchase a villa,
surrounded by a small farm, within
an hour or two OF baltimore and
Washington, to present to Commodore
Schlcy, who is a native OF Maryland
as a snug harbor for him when he goes
upon the retired list
A CONSOLIDATED statement prepared
by Mai John A. Johnston, assistant
adjutaut general, showed that of the
2TT, 500 men authorized by congress to
be enlisted in the regular and volun-
tccr armies, 25i, 4To up to the 22d had
been mustered into the service. OF
the 25U3l yet required to complete
the authorized quota of the army, H.
sos are regulars; 5000 are volunteers
under the second call $50 are immunes
and S5l are engineers.
THE United States domestic postal
service is to be extended to the Ha-
wniian islands as soon as the United
States flag is raised there.
ATLANTA. Ga, was decorated with
endless miles of bunting for the con.
federate parade on the ed. Mrs.
Stonewall jackson, Miss Winnie Davis,
Mrs. John II. Gordon and Mrs Cab
belle Currie, president of the Daugh.
tiers of the Confederacy, were among
those who occupied carriages. A reso.
luton was passed to substitute for
"the war of the rebellion" the expires.
sion 1.-THE civil war between the states -
Charleston, :, c. was selected as the
place for the eucampmeut next July.
JAMES CLARK, an escaping prisoner
from the workhouse at St Louis, com.
mitted suicide to prevent capture.
After begging the guards to let him
escape, Clark told them he would kill
himself if they approached him. An
instant later he plunged into the river.
The car barn of the Consolidated
Traction company at Pittsburgh, Pa,
was completely gutted by fire, entail
ing loss of SITS, 600 Thirty-six cars
out of the so in the barn were de.
stroyed.
THE steamer Edward Smith was run
into and sunk in Lake St Clair, near
Detroit Mich, by the schooner Aura.
MIA. Those on board were rescued.
THE Sixth Missouri infantry, raised
under the second call. has become a
kaA Va SAt NNAAhNttE ol Nht
United States, the last company being
mustered in on the a2d, according to u
St Louis dispatch.
THR town OF New Holland. ten miles
northwest of Chillicothe, o.. was near.
ly wiped out by fire early the other
morning. All the business houses on
the principal street and hotel were
entirely destroyed.
The Red Cross physicians now in
Cuba are experimenting with a pow
der which they believe will prove n
preventive and q possible cure tor vel.
low fever.
IT was stated at Cleveland, O., tina,
the movement to form big fish irus,
on the great lakes by English capital.
lists had been abandoned and that a
similar organization. oackcd by Amer
lean capitalists, would be formed.
Ar Bowling Green, o., Charles Nell
son, colored, was convicted of murder
ing James Zimmerman and sentenced
to be clectrocuted in the Ohio peniten-
tiary on November 4 Nelson mar,
rowly escaped lynching at the time
of the murder.
THE comptroller of the currency has
allied on the national banks for a
statement of their condition at the
close of business on July II.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL
HkArn has A force of postal employees
ready to go to Porto Rico as soon us
the army has opened mp the way to es.
tablish offices in the various cities and
towns of the island as fas; as they arc
occupied.
TuE business failures in the United
States for the week ended the sad mum.
bcred ISIS according to Bradstrects
report, against sse for the correspond.