Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-12-20
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
For til. Week Ending Die. ~.


A fierce gale upse, a uumher-ot houses
II So Franchises
capt Jonathan Norton. oi Lee Mass.
died at IT,, age OF iol Years
oxford Won the English football! charm
p.orsh.p from CamhriGs,.
Jam, j lI.ll las tGn,G The presidency
OF In" Great Northern roaG.
Ernest Erc,n,r of Basic has been ,lect-
eG president ut SwitZtrlal.G
The bank at l;rillton. Mis- closed IT'S
Goors!with liabilities OF $1,000
The Nloudike and Alaska gold Yield this
Year is estimated at 5.13.i 22223
Joplin, Mo, was shaken by an earth
quake lasting about minute.
SharperS gained access to the safe in an
Italian monastery and stole $5o,oD
Florida this Year Will snip 600 boxes
OF oranges. against Io0.Gtn last year.
Chicago German Americans raised ST.
500 for the poor at their charity ball.
Paddy Ryan, eX-champiom heavyweight
pus!!.st, die d at Green Island, y y
Three children of f. w. GrubbS persisted
in burning building at Golinza. Ia
Castle Bel Dell, built in l456, WAS de-
stroyeG by fire al Antwerp, Belgium.
j. c. w. Beckham was inausurated gov
ernor Of l<entucky for Il term OF three
Years.
The Taft commission has adopted IL
cense law at Mamie, limiting the sale of
liquor.
Eleven persons We're injured in eoll-
sion on the Fort Wayne road at Edsewa-
ter. Pa.
\ baseball war has been inaugurated
between the National and Am, rican
Charles Peck. one of Chicaso's OLD, ST art
lists and a founder of the Aeaot my of De-
sign. is te;td
y Philadelphia fcrryboat collid,d With a
schooner i'll miestreum ard 70 passehsels
Mere il jured.
Gen. Michael j. Hulser. a distinguished
contetie rate general. die at Dace Vile. Ma,
| aged loo years.
Joseph Huffman shot and killed Thomas
| Meehaln. rival coal dealer, ana theh Killed
| himself in Chicago.
Sidney Samuel son of a New York rabbit
! shot and killed himself because lac could
| Not marry Catholic.
| Statistics show that the total number OF
pecsous who entered the Pans Exposition
grounds ~. 3o.
Mrs Jeanette Eroatbert Witness IN
divorce ease at Des M0!nes. la Was shot
| by an unknown person
Fire destroyed a convent at Fort Dodge.
| la Sisters of mercy and children mar
rowly escaped the flames
john w Hyotn, well known educator.
and John Minc,y w,,e Killed 10y (. u"!n
near Philadelphia. Tenn.
The Illinois S>aAts IL !tuug with ground
ana building. was sold in Chicago To Mrs.
| Margaret Raster for 500
Irish societies III convention in Dublin de-
| roUrced the toel war and voted liea!y and
ctrew out of tn Irish party
Great britain. ii is =. clarcd must man
! age the natives of South Africa With care
| W there VIII be 4 great uprising
The 'rhirty->cventh infantry is 20 sail
from Manila january /. Tho LlrN' nth
cavalry Will sal! ON january l..
Tire persons were Killed ard many m
jured in a train wreck on lin, Great A"rln-
ern railway in ErocktulI. Mont
Senator Proctor, ot Nefmott has bought
the CtrrarA qus,rr;.s in Italy aud Will COLE
/ troll the world : marble output
\ false fire alarm in hall in Chicago
caused panic among children attcnuluS
a sho" and over - were ih1ured,
Joseph Dupuis. noted dwarf, died at
kankakee, III. aged Is years He was but
IS inches tan ard Wore a child : shoe
\ William NoodSon, convict. Was hanged
al Richmond Va. Tor the murder in May
last OF Ambrose Ferrbre u fellow convict.
\ lone hiehwayman held up the Lake.
view and .tger stage near l.akeEle", Ore.
securing a large amount of registered mail
During the past year only Il divorces We're
granted in Canada. and in the y years since
confederation only 2.l have been granted.
Porto EAcdnS Elred TO Work III fia wall re-
fused to go further than the Pacific coast.
fearing slavery, and are stranded in San
Francisco.
Robert T Tiehe. who established the first
Geographic system in South America, IS
dead a, his home in New York. lie was
born in Dublin
Sir Robert T. Reid in the British house
suggested making terms With the BocrS.
declaring the imperlli!.s the ex-
istenc. vi the empire
Fast mail train No 10 on the Burlington
road was wrecked While running mile
a minute near kirkwood, Ia one man was
killed and five injured.
An Illinois Central fast train was held up
near New Orleans the conductor shot in
the back and the mail Cai robbed OF l.gis-
tered money packages.
Carl s;rhurz declined reelection as ptesi-
dent of the National civil! S.INic. Reform
league. and Dani" G Gilman. nresi'olt vi
Johns Hopkins university Wa chosen.
Miss Edna Brown. a young woman Of
the hiGht 81 character and great popularity
in exclusive circles of GAINESVILLE co. So
/ ciety, drowned herself Thursday night in
the Muskingum river.
Edward Ryan. a pioneer resident ard fn"r-
chant prince. died at tn" family reSlott
in Hancock Mich. He LEAVES 4 large fam
lily Of adult sons and daughters and an
tate oil about 81 ooJr)e He Was at one
in y N!s