The Holly chieftain., 1899-01-06

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| channel on the ID causing Hui'e'
! wrecks along the coast -,
A DISPATCH from home on '"e "a
stated that a mob Of 1000 people hau
! DESTROYED the internal revenue sentry
| boxes and stoned the gendarhe9
around the Nisceu. Sicily. as protest
! against excessive taxation.
The biennial session Of the Nebraska
! legislature commenced on the Sd
NEGOTIATIONS are nearly completed
for the equipment Of part OF the St
Louis street railway system with com
! pressed air motors
Miss SUSIE s THOMAS and Gavin
! Chamberlain were fatally injured oy
train striking their vehicle whi.e cross
! ing the track near Latham Corners
( n. Y.
Mrs. PRIscILLA EHEEsoS was found
! frozen to death In her home at Strat-
ford, Ia. day or two ago
AT Jacksonhoro. o., John Clifford
and Philip Kuth qaarreLed over the
| division OF a crop q! tobacco and the
! former killed the latter and then COM
mittcd suicide.
A FREIGHT tra.a on the hA!t. more a
| Ohio railroad. while going down
| grade near New Concord. o., broke
| into two sections The sections col
| lided at the foot Of the grade, killing
two tramps and drraaLnE the train.
Four miners were killed IN the
Jumper mine at jamestown. Cal, by
skip dropping TO the bottom OF tine
shaft
THE cattlemeu Of TeZas will hold
convention at Galveston January l7-9a
Immediately afterwards about 200 Of
them will take trip t" Havana to IN
yestigate the prospects for shipping
! live stock there.
WILLIAM STIChEEr and his wife were
burned TO death in tAo.r home al Da1-
! las. Wis. Their th-rc children were
saved with difficulty.
VICTORIA. b. g.. Oh III" ID had the
worst snowstoru since lsJ-
ABOUT sc. OOu rr"u.c. according TO
the estimates oi the convention hall
doortcndcrs, a,.,uIrri iu" gift distrl-
button AZ Kan.as Dt'r Mo. on the I'd.
A MEETING OF the creditors of Mrs
Leslie Carter. the actress. was recently
held at New York before y \. Ircn-
tiss, baukruptcy referee. \ trustee
was not appointed The schedules
disclosed no assets agl the liabilities
were S63, ,773
ALL the Lontou papers, in review
ing the events Of the year, give great
prominence to tue >1Iu >h-A mcrlcan
war and regard the year l-J' as me.
morable for the ''man.fcs, destiny
consciousness Of the Eng spcaking
peoples.
SECRETARY L1SG proposes TO adhere
to the letter OF the Law and to reduce
the navy to peace footing as rapidly
as possible. Under orders recently
issued by the navy department it was
expected that at least 500 men will
soon be discharged, but the result will
be to make number of vessels short.
handed.
EDMUND PAEKER, once a slave in the
Washington family and for almost
century the guardian Of the tomb Of
George Washington at Mount Vernon,
Va. has died. lie will probably be
buried inside the grounds of Mount
Vernon.
+. J. YOUNG. OF Atlantic City. Ia,
ate a quail day for 30 days for 500.
JOSEPH VAcHER, the French murder.
er, was guillotincd at Bourghon.
Bresse, France, the other day. 1t was
known that he had killed 23 people AT
least lie had u passion for cutting
his victims Ithroq'7 AVID otherwise
mutilating then
ELEVATOR y Minneapolis. Mimi,
was destroyea yv lra on the 29yh, to-
gether with 100000 bushels Of wheat
Loss, about s 90 400.
FLoEEScE AAssESGALE, aged Is, vas
burned to death in Dallas, Tex.
ACCORDING to Bradstreet's CONNER
cial report on the 3Oth there were
Ii, 63s failures in the United States in
1895, involving liabilities ofsl4l, 1877, III,
decrease from 1897 in number of ll.2
per cent and in liabilities of 95 per
cent.
A Providence iR. l. dispatch stated
that deal was on to consolidate the
paper manufacturers of this country,
involving about $40, COO OOO
CHARLES PREI.L committed suicide at
Cincinnati on the SJth. He left a note
to the bookkeeper OF the Globe Tobac.
co company stating that he was SlO. 600
short, but it was intimated that his
alleged shortage was an insane idea
FIRE practically wiped out the bust.
ness section OF Litchfeld. Ky., over
500, 900 worth of property being swept
away before the flames could be got
ten under control.
The Office Of the Wells-Fargo Elk.
press company at San Antonio, Tex,
lost, it was reported, 500, 900 in cur
rency and $500 in gold. The driver
who had it to deliver was missing and
his wagon was found outside the city
in the brush.
FIVE children were left locked up in
the home of Albert Brown at Wash.
ington Courthouse, o. The house
burned and two Of the children per.
ished.
CORNELIUS McCASNEY and ten horses
were burned 10 death in a fire which
destroyed the two-story brick and
frame stable Of Mrs John Brooks, of
New York. MCCanney was asleep in
the loft of the stable when the fire
started.
MAY THOMAS, a school-teacher near
Glare, Ia, was shot oy a man who had
been keeping company with her. The
murderer then killed himself.
The Confederate Veteran camp OF
New York passed resolution con.
demning the efforts of Senator Butler.
of North Carolina, TO obtain pensions
for ex-confederate soldiers from the
United States government
A STATEMENT to the effect that the
Liggett & Myers Tobacco company OF
| St. Louis will be consolidated with tho