The Holly chieftain., 1898-01-07

destroyed lnndFels OF men wcrt
thrown out Of work by the disaster
Loss, $3.50, ,0OO: Insurance, about one
third.
ALL of the slOO silver certificates now
in circulation in the United States
representing s2G O0O. 900 in currency
have been called in by Secretary ot
the Treasury Gage on account of tn,
discovery OF q most dangerous coun
terfcit.
FORTY roustabouts of the steamer
Bob Bali, while en- route on trair
for Pittsburgh. Pa, got into u fight
near Sisterville, w. Va, and two were
killed and another was probably fatal
lly wounded. Razors and knives were
used.
CONTRACTS for So, 900. 600 combina
ton of at least score of the big cor
porations which catch the fish of the
great lakes were made at Chicago re
Gently.
MAX ARNOLD, editor of the McKees
port. Pa,J Budget. was publicly horse
whipped by Mrs Emanuel Wolfe. wifi.
Of a hotel proprietor, for an alleged
slanderous newspaper article.
The Paris police recently arrested 81
persons belonging to an organized
band of murdcrers and robbers the
eldest of whom was only 81 years old.
Within three months the bodies of So
murdered persons were found in the
river Seine and most of the murders
were traceable to this band.
The race for the 25-mile worlds
cham pionship on the tcn-lap track al
Madison Square garden at New York
| between Jimmy Michael, the Welsh.
man. and Edward Tayiore, the French.
man. was won by the former, leading
! by - laps in 5i:5i %.
The National Red Cross society will
establish headquarters in New York
to receive contributions for the suffer.
ing Cubans Miss Barton will be in
charge. She will probably go to Ha-
yana to arrange cooperation with Con.
sui General Lee.
The battle of flowers and floral pro
cess on at Pasadena, Cal, on the Is,
was Il magnificent spectacle.
CHICAGO packers who manufactured
butterine as a side line have gone into
the butter and egg business on big
scale. This is because the law prohib.
itlng the cOlOring of butterine struck
a fatal blow to that business and
caused stock yards men to shut down
their plants.
HALF the business portion of Abbott
Tex. was destroyed by fire the other
night Ten buildings, occupied by It
miscellaneous mercantile establish.
mcuts, were burned with their con
tents
FIFTEEN Indians, convicted of vari
Gus violations of tr.b bal laws, were pub
licly whipped at the recent term OF
court at Alikchi, l. T.
THEODORE DURBAST, convicted a;
San Francisco OF the murder OF Blanche
Lamont, butwhose execution has been
again and again delayed on account OF
the appeals made by his lawyers. has
again been returned to the death cell
at San Quentin and the hour of his
execution fixed at 1880 a. IN. on Jan
uarv 7.
A FIRE occurred in Jersey City, n. j..
and Adolph Reich. his wife, twa
daughters and two sons lost their lives
and several others were injured.
DR. DELFIN in the Diario de la Ma.
rina at Havana stated that over 500.
700 persons. mostly women and chill
iren. had died of famine in the fields
)f Cuba Besides the paugs of famine,
the recommendations were suffering
from smallpox, dysentery, malaria
etc. which threatened determination
JAMES Mccoy, of Mud Run, w. Va,
forbade his sistcr-in-law, Miss Sham.
1 l.. a.. 1
books and started. He followed and
struck her blow with his fist, killing
her instantly.
SECRETARY LoSG has submitted to
the house naval committee n draft of a
bill to secure the attendance and testi
mony of civilian witnesses before
naval courts-martial without giving
the naval courts undue authority.
The receipts of live stock at the
Kansas City stock yards for 1897 were
as follows: Cattle, l,sl7, ,526; calves
l0+, 436; hogs, 3, $50, 796; sheep, /. 1874, 236;
horses and mules, $1,000.
A DISPATCH received at the interior
department on the 30th announced
that the government of the Seminole
nation of Indians had ratified the
iSShiVht itNtIbIN ChtGICu " We
tween the Dawes Indian commission
and similar body representing the
Seminoles. The agreement must now
be ratified by congress to become eff
fective.
THE business portion of Muchaka
mock. Ia. a mining town near Oska
loosa, was practically destroyed by fire
on the 30th. The fire started in res.
taurant and the flames burned them.
selves out, there being no water &c
fight them.
The crop bulletins Of the department
of agriculture next spring will be cen
tered more largely upon the collection
and dissemination of exact facts re-
garding crop areas than in guesscs on
conditions, thereby reversing the prac
tice which has prevailed for many
years The reports will have less dis
turbing influence upon the speculative
markets and will be of more real
value to the trade and to producers
A NEWS agency reported on the 3Oth
that the British naval reserves were
being mobilized. This created great
excitement in London. for it was held
to mean that Great Britain was pre-.
pairing for serious trouble in China.
THE plant of the Austin Manufacturi
ing company, makers of agricultural
implements, ut Chicago was destroyed
by fire on the night of the Goth and
Frank Sutton, an employe, was caught
in the flames and burned to death
Loss, $50, 900; covered by insurance.
A RICH strike of gold II been made
Al