Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-12-28
MINOR EVENTS OF TIKI WEEK
Items o. General Interest Told in
Paragraphs. 5
COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY.
Record of Happenings OF Much or Little
Importance from All Parts OF the
Civilized worid-Prices of Farm Pro-
duce in Western Markets.

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New York William Mutter, AZ years
old, tobacco manufacturer, commit
ted suicide by shooting. He had lost
heavily in Wall street
New York-A wreck on the New
Jersey Central railroad at High Bridge.
N. j., resulted in the death of Christie
pher V. Hulsder, a grocer.
Pittsburg, Pa. Robert j.. Knox, alias
]. B. Bennett, who was arrested in New
York as one of gang of swindleers.
was found guilty of forgery.
Buffalo. N. William Lanigan, an
engineer of the Lackawanna road, was
killed, and his fireman, Herman
Shuttle, probably fatally injured in a
collision.
Washington The old building and
the dormitories of the Georgetown CON
vent were destroyed by fire. All in
mates and employees escaped. Loss.
$4,000
Atlanta. Ga.--Gov. Gambler signed
the bill prohibiting the sleeping carr
companies from furnishing berths to
negro passengers. except in coaches
used especially for the accommodation
of negroes.
Hopkinsyille, Ky.-Because Ermine
johnson, aged 16, demonstrated with
him for kicking a COW, Browder Camp
bell, colored, hurled stone at the boy,
fractnring his skull Johnson is dy-
ing.
South Send, Ind. Fire at the Wes-
tervelt tiber-pail factory caused sew
eral thousand dollars damage. Two
employees sayeu .heir lives by swim
ming across the mill race.
Kenosha. Wis-The police raided
every gambling den in the city, made
thirty-seven arreses and captured
equipment and furniture from the
rooms valued at over $1,000.
Rus willie. Ind.-The unpaid Short
age Of City Treasurer Mattox was COM
promised by the bondsmen advancing
1855 The bondsmen have now paid
$5,165 in settlement of his shortage.
Minneapolis, Minn.--The lumber cut
in Minneapolis this year was 594,S7S,-
009 feet, more than was ever cut in
year before in this or any other city,
and gain of 100000 feet over last
year. Ms% &NWM
Omaha, Ne5. Gov. POINTER has IN
structed the prosecuting attorney of
Sarpy county to begin proceedings
against the two regulars at Fort Crook
who We're implicated in the shooting
and killing of a deserter from that
post several weeks ago
Des Moines, Iowa-The Hamilton
Coal company of Bussey has discov-
cred in Marion county the richest coal
deposit ever located in Iowa. 1t has
developed by numerous borings vein
OF coal underlying a 570-acre tract and
from six and one-half to thirteen feet
thick
Washington, Ind.A work train on
the Southern Indiana Runway ran Into
handcar injuring six men w. r.
Barley had three ribs, his left wrist
and leg broken and was injured in
ternally lie will likely die Webster
BARS right arm and Charley Hannah's
left ankle were broken. The injured
men reside at Elnora
Oshkosh. Wis-The city of Oshkosh
has brought suit against the Commer-
cial bank of this city for $l0.2lS and
interest amounting to about 5000 on
certificates Of deposit held by the city
as part Of the Harris estate.
Toronto, Ont Judgment has been
given by Chancellor Doyle in favor of
the crown in the suit of the province
against the executors of the estate of
the late Daniel Scotch the millionaire
tobacco merchant of Detroit, for sue
cession duties.
Caracas, Venezuela President Cas-
tro's troops have occupied Maracaibo,
ousting Gen. Hernandez party without
fighting. This has produced a good
impression throughout the republic.
Cincinnati, Ohio-Alexander Melon
aid, president Of the Standard Oil COM
pany, will resign that position and re-
tire from the commercial field on
Feb l.
Batavia, N. Y.-Fred Gilbert of Spirit
Lake, Iowa, won the inanilnate target
championship of America from Will
lam r. Crosby Of Batavia, N. Y, by
score of 100 to il9. The men shot at
$50 targets.
Pittsburg~ fire completely destroyed
the school annex building OF st.
Michaels Orphan asylum on Plus
street, south side Loss, $780, coo; i'm
$4,000.
Topeka, Kan. Frank McFadden,
member of company A, Twentieth
committed suicide by taking
Anding, LAZY the overturning of
car OF steel rails Henry Carpenter
and Thomas Mitchell were killed and
seven others We're seriously hurt
London Bernard Quaritch, the IA
nous art dealer and yender Of rare
books, died in his SD year.
Washington-The Isthn.ian canal
has been informed that
Assistant Engineer Charles H. Sock
ton died at Grejtown on Dec II OF
typhoid fever
st. Louis, Mo.-Mrs. Henrietta BAN
berger, who has been indicted for muir
Ter, was arraigned for trial The work
Of securing jury began.
Washington Senator Scott of West
Virginia has gone to the homeopathic
hospital to have an operation per-
formed to relieve varicose veins
II strong the frame of the mother.
he son will give laws to the land. All
mothers should take Rocky Mountain
Tea Gives life and strength. 35
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