2749. Bank of Augusta (Augusta, GA)

Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
state
Start Date
January 12, 1885
Location
Augusta, Georgia (33.471, -81.975)

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gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
7c5374c7

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Description

The Bank of Augusta was assigned for the benefit of creditors in January 1885 and later placed in the hands of receivers. Coverage describes serious bookkeeping irregularities, injudicious loans to insiders, and criminal charges against officers. There is no clear contemporaneous description of a depositor run/flight; events point to failure/suspension and ensuing receivership/closure.

Events (6)
1. January 12, 1885 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Assigned for benefit of creditors following insolvency linked to injudicious loans, large insider exposures and irregular bookkeeping (expert found shortages and improper entries).
Newspaper Excerpt
Augusta.-Bank of Augusta assigned to Harper Brothers.
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newspapers
2. January 17, 1885 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The Bank of Augusta, Augusta, Ga., assigned for the benefit of creditors.
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newspapers
3. March 8, 1885 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
expert...find they have been kept in a very loose and reckless manner; in many cases false entries have been made...shortage of $4,274.86...debit balance...notes and bills discounted of $1,846.93...President...represented by him as maker or indorser on paper held by the bank amounting to $39,848.66 and that the bank holds notes of A.J. Twiggs, amounting to $140,753.07
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newspapers
4. March 16, 1885 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
petitioners...filed a petition...asking the appointment of a receiver and an order restraining the payment of all money by those now in charge...Judge Roney signed the restraining order, and issued the mandate of court ordering all interested to appear in court on the third Monday in April to show cause why the injunction should not be made permanent and the receiver appointed as asked.
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newspapers
5. May 12, 1885 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
Mr. William S. Roberts...has been in very low spirits ever since the suspension of the Bank of Augusta...The grand jury found three true bills against him for embezzlement and perjury...
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newspapers
6. September 24, 1885 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The bill of the Receivers of the broken Bank of Augusta and depositors against the directors, has just been filed at Augusta, and will probably be tried at the fall term of the Superior Court.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (9)
1. January 12, 1885 Savannah Morning News Savannah, GA
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GEORGIA. Atlanta.-Curran & Scott, saloon, dissolved; J. C. Scott continues, and gave chattel mortgage for $5,958 to his brother. J. B. Mount & Co., dry goods, closed by Sheriff. A.P. Stewart & Co., wholesale stoves, etc., assigned to R. H. Knapp; liabilities $30,000, nominal assets $36,000; preferences $8,400. Augusta.-Bank of Augusta assigned to Harper Brothers. W. S. Roberts, the President, was of Roberts & Co., who failed recently, owing the bank quite a large amount. The statement of the bank. made by the Cashier about a month ago, showed assets-good notes discounted $240,000, doubtful $19,000, stocks and bonds $19,000, due by other banks $18,000, real estate $88,000; total assets $304,000. Liabilities-capital stock $150,000, in divided dez posits $51,500, due to banks $7,000, surplus fund $5,300. unpaid dividends 4705, rediscounts $109,000. O'Donnell & Burke, wholesale groceries and liquors, dissolved. and James Burke aswine a. 11. May; liabilities $19,000, nominal assets $34,823, actual assets about $15,000, preferences $11,892. Frasier.-W. H. Frazier & Brother, turpentine, reported heavily mortgaged. Griffin.-J. Newmeyer, dry goods, closed by the Sheriff. Macon.-Burkett & Roberts, general store, receiver appointed; V. A. Menard (agent), drugs, mortgage foreclosed. Sandersville.-E. W. McCarty, confectioner, assigned to A V. Bayer; preferences $850. Talbotton.-T. N. Beall, general store, assigned. SOUTH CAROLINA.

2. January 16, 1885 The Kenosha Telegraph Kenosha, WI
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WEST AND SOUTH. TWENTY-FIVE men took part in an affra th knives recently at Rutledge, Ga. s killed, and many of the others dly wounded. IN the Indian Nation snow has nsiderable suffering to stock. The losse us far this winter are about fifteen nt. FIRE destroyed the county jail in Fred leksburg, Gillespie County, Tex.,recently d one of the prisoners perished. THE Chamber of Commerce at Denver 1., invited all friendly to the unlimite inage of silver to meet in national ntion in that city on January 28. ADAM BROWN, of Newport, Ky., ckster, was oformed and $769 take om under his pillow a few nights is was the savings of himself and . years. A FIRE the other evening destroyed tensive iron-works of Stovering eming, on the flats at Cleveland, O. THE marriage of Major Nutt, the famou varf, four feet high, and aged forty-fou ars, occurred in Boston on the 8th ara Corfield, aged eighteen, and of dinary size. ON the 8th Elijah M. Haines was chose nporary Speaker of the Illino's House di the Democratic caucus nominees mporary officers were elected. In nate Mr. Clough introduced an electio 1 which prevents unregistered citizen m voting. A resolution was passed g January 21 as the day for the Senato election I' JUDGE BLODGETT overruled a motion 478 the uo Chicago qu Country District e ash the indictments against Mackin ehl and others for the recent electio out su 66 Junuary pexy puu 'pnt think .1 JAMES M. BINGHAM, ex-Lieutenant-Gov nor of Wisconsin, died at Chippewa Fall "478 out THE other day J. A. Bollin, of Chattanoo , Tenn., fifty years old, and a grand ther, eloped with his wife's servant THE death of Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines el famous litigant, occurred at New ins on the evening of the 9th. She ghty years of age. FOR attempting to wreck a train irchard, Neb., S. S. Voorhees was on 1 sentenced to fifty years' imprisonment A FIRE at one o'clock on the morning el 10th had burned two business blocks oux City, Ia., and the flames was spread g. Numerous offices, dental rooms her establishments had been burned d the water supply was meager. ss thus far would exceed $100,000. AT the house of Mr. Van Fossen, of verpool, O., eleven persons drank few evenings ago. Mr. Van Fossen child died at midnight and the other ere not expected to live. A package t-poison was found at the bottom of ffee-pot. AN assignment has been made by th nk of Augusta, Ga., chartered by ate long before the war. The capita '000'091$ St THE message of Governor Porter on h to the Indiana Legislature stated tha el debt was $4,876,608. He recommende funding the foreign debt of $585,000, mounced that the school fund amounte $9,337,328. Number of children hools 501,142. THE suicides are announced of harles B. Brady, a well-known St. lizen, and M. Guild, ex-cashier of rst National Bank of Cincinnati. A WIRE in a tobacco storage warehouse urham, N. C., the other night caused ss of $80,000. IN Franklin County, Miss., a negro it the brains of one of a party of zers who recently came to maltreat d the Coroner's Jury declared that as justifiable homicide. THERE was great destitution on the nong sufferers from the drought plagu Wise County, Va., and aid was invoke service secret the of OFFICERS

3. January 17, 1885 The Rugby Gazette and East Tennessee News Rugby, TN
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SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS. GREAT suffering and loss.of stock, on the north and south sides of Red River, was caused by floods from recent rains. The Calcasier was three feet higher than ever known. Little River was three feet higher than in 1884. At least five thousand head of stock was lost. JOHN WARWICK DANIEL, of Virginia, has been invited to deliver the address in the hall of the House of Representatives on the day of the dedication of the Washington monument. THE county jail of Gillespie County,Tex. was burned the other morning and a prisoner named Allison burned to death. QUITE a number of families have recently settled in the country surrounding Fort White, Fla. They come principally from South Carolina, and are pleased with the country in which they propose to reside. THE Bank of Augusta, Augusta, Ga., assigned for the benefit of creditors. FEARS are entertained that the World's Cotton Centennial Exposition, at New Orleans, will prove a financial failure. WM. VERNER was arrested at Grafton, W. Va., charged with attempting to murder his wife. Later, he escaped from jail. A FIRE at Raleigh, N. C. destroyed several tobacco warehouses, the Blackwell's Durham Co. losing 400,000 pounds of leaf tobacco. Total loss to all firms $75,000. THE report that Mrs. Burke was the train wrecker at the Grafton, W. V.a., disaster, turns out to be the fiction of a reporter's brain. A NEW phosphate company has commenced. the erection of large phosphate works near Beaufort, S. C. H. L. FREEMAN, Palmersville, N. C., is establishing a shutte block and bobbin factory. A COMPANY has been incorporated at Greenwood, S. C., as the Greenwood Cotton Seed Oil Co. THREE prisoners escaped from the county jail at Pruntytown, Taylor County, W. Va., are was a hours Varner, the who other night. put in only They few William before delivery to await the result of gunshot wound supposed to have been inflicted by him upon his wife, and Arthur Evans arrested some in and weeks Geo. Hartman, ago for two complicity boys the a car. some means a saw came possession robbery By of the of prisoners, Baltimore with and Ohio which into freight they made an opening in a door and effected their escape. Ex-SENATOR BRUCE, chief of the department of colored exhibits at New Orleans, states that the Colored Commissioners' Educational Conference is postponed to February 12. H. H. PEALE, recently elected Secretary of the Merchant's Exchange of Dallas, Tex., several is days has been past. mysteriously Much anxiety missing experienced for by his friends and the members of the exchange as to his whereabouts and safety. THE Baltimore Manufacturers' Record, in a publishes its annual list review of all of Southern the manufacturing industries, and mining enterprises organized in the Southern States in 1884. The list shows 1,865 new enterprises, with an aggregate capital reaching the enormous sum of $105,969,000, divided among fourteen Southern States as follows: Alabama, 187 new establishments, capital $16,925,000; Arkan(as, forty-six with a capital of $2,040,000; Florida, ninety-five, with a capital of $2,323,000; Georgia, 196, with a capital of -5,455,000; Kentucky, 137, with a capital of $2,176,200; Louisiana, 53, with a capital of $5,534,000; Maryland, 105, with a capital of $7,121,500; Mississippi, 40, with a capital of $1,295,000; North Carolina, 226, with a capital of ,110,000; South Carolina, 53, with a capital of $2,154,000; Tennessee, 250, with a capital of $7,910,000; Texas, 212, with a capital of $10,778,000; Virginia, 188, with a capital of $13,450,000; West Virginia, 77, with a capital of $4,392,000. In Kentucky, Alabama and Virginia are extensive mining and iron companies, with large capital organized, which runs up the total investments in those States, though they also added many of the smaller industries. The list shows almost every branch of general manufactures represented. The noticeable feature is the amount of Northern and Western capital going into the South, though the Southern people are themselves showing a remarkable energy in developt ing their resources. COLONEL WILLIAM H. HOGEMAN died the other night after a brief illness, at Charles1 town, W. Va. He was the leading member of the Charlestown bar, and at the time of e his death was Vice-President of the Charlestown National Bank and assistant counsel of the C. and O. Railroad Company.

4. March 8, 1885 Savannah Morning News Savannah, GA
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Atthetime of the recent failure of the Bank of Augusta the stockholders appointed a committee to make a thorough examination of the affairs of the bank. The committee was instructed to employ an expert accountant to review the coks and ascertain the exact of condition the For in-titution. nearly two months this examinaat tion has been going on. It has length been completed. The expert rays in his report: "Upon,an examination of the hooks of the Bank of August I find they have been kept in a very lose and reck'0-8 manner; in many ca-es false entries have been made and footings of a counts changed to carry and cover up irregular transactions. keeping th in from the knowl dge of the rectors. With but few exceptions. the statemente made to the stockholders and directors for the pa-t three years were incorrect. as also were the daily statements pr-par d for the use of the directors and finance committee. Ifind errore in th cash book, making in all ehortage of $4,274.86; amounts charged at various times to the redi-count ac ount. leaving a debit balance to the account of $21. 816 32, this account shou d balance. There also appears errors in notes and bills discounted of $1,846 93. I find the President of the bank has his name individually and in firm names represented by him. as maker or indorser on paper held by the bank amountng to $39,848.66 and that the bank holds noteof A.J. Twigga, amounting to $140,753 07 The committee consisted of Z. Daniel, W. W. Bussey, John W. Clark and Chas H. Har- the per. In announcing the completion of work. the three first mentioned call meeting of stockholders for March 17, but express no opinion concerning the re ponsibilities of the officers of the bank for is wrecking Charles W. Harper. however. sub oits a minority report which reads as follows: deem the foregoing report incomplete and unsatisfactor in that it faile, in my judgment, to meet the requirements of the resolution appointing the committee. The expert employed having made his report as to the condition of the books, the committee, by resolution, extended uninvitation to the Pre-ident and Cashier to appear before them to explain the apparent decreaseness omissions and irregularities referred to. Those officers availed themselves of that privilege. I think the expianations thus given should be embodied in the committre's report. and all the facts set forth. together with the conclusions of the committee based thereon. If those explanations were satisfactory, I think justice to those officers demanded a frank statement to that eff et; if unsatisfactory, I think the I should so state. So far as know. report there is not a single member of the committee who believes, or is willing to state over his signature, that a single dollar of the funds of the bank have been used by officer for his own purposes. If the duty any of the committee con-isted in merely receivin: the report of the expert as to the face of the books. and forwarding the same to the stockholders, I fail to see their appointment, in the object the committee had in view or extending the invitation referred to and desire hearsuch explanations For myself. I do ing that, while the entres on the bool not say comeu to the standard of bookkeeping, explained by experts as proper, I an satis. offitied, after hearing the explanation of the in the reference thereto, that whatever cers have been the mismanag-ment or lack defal- of judgment may displayed, there has been no cation on their part, or misuse of the funds of the bank. The present unfortunate condition of the corporation. in my opinion, resulted from injudicious loans, to has eingle individual, on Fecurities a which afterwards proved insufficient." Walton, Cashier of the bank. then publishes E. H. the following: "I respectfully ask at :he hands of the stockholders of the Bank of Augusta and the public generally a suspension of their judgment in reference to the report of the committee appointed by the stockholders to examine into the condition of the bank until an impartial investigation can be had, which will in due time be made and given to the public. The committee have fit t exclude from their report my exseen planation of the entries referred to by Capt. B H. Smith, Jr.. and to present his report alone, although they have admitted in private conversation that they we're satisfied that no money of the bank had been sapplied. The fact that the commitin the was mainly composed of directors of the bank, two of whom were on its Finance Committee, and are now being sued as such. renders their findings and report open to the criticism of having been made in their interests and to protect themselves from liability own by a sacri ce of myself. Such committee can hardly be considered an impartial one. or its report entitled to the consideration or weight that would be accorded one not affected by pending litigation. Con. scious of the rectituite of my conduct in the premises, and knowing that I have honestly administered the trust committed to my keeping to the best of my ability. and that not a cent of he bank's money has been misappropr ated by me. I am unwilling to be sacrificed or to remain silent, that the directors com prising the committee may escape."

5. March 16, 1885 Savannah Morning News Savannah, GA
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this county and answer to the State demand and the relief prayed for. Accompanying this petition and information is the application of Charles A. Robbe and other depositors, 88 above stated, the certificate of the Secretary of State and the following order of Gov. McDaniel: "It is therefore ordered that the petitioners and such others as may be properly and legally associated with them, have leave to institute proceedings in the name of the State and the Attorney General, in and before the proper court, to forfeit the charter of the Bank of Augusta and collect the assets according to law." In aid of these proceedings. the attorneys representing the depositors Saturday filed a petition before Judge Roney asking the appointment of a receiver and an order restraining the payment of all money by those now in charge or enjoining all present proceedings. Judge Roney signed the restraining order, and issued the mandate of court ordering all interested to appear in court on the third Monday in April to show cause why the injunction should not be made permanent and the receiver appointed as asked.

6. May 20, 1885 The Abbeville Messenger Abbeville, SC
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Mr, Roberts, the Aged Ex-President of the Bank of Augusta Atiempts Suicide. — ]From the News and Courier.] AUGUSTA. May 12-This morning. about 10 o'clock. Mr. William S. Roberts, who was recently before the Courts on a requisition from the Governor of New York, cut his throat with a razor, inflicting a wound which is serious, but not necessarily fatal. The act was committed in the office over the cotton warehouse of W. S. Roberts & Son, corner of Reynold and Seventh streets. His son, Mr. J. P. Roberts, who was in the room with him at the time, managed to take the razor away from his father before he could make a second cut, and then hurrid off to get a physician. Mr. J. H. Spears, who was in the office below when Mr. J. P. Roberts came through en his way for a doctor, went up-stairs and found Mr. Roberts standing by the bureau. Blood was flowing in a stream from the wound in his neck. As Mr. Spears walked up towards him Mr. Roberts grasped the razor again, and made another cut on the other side of his throat. Mr. Spears caught hold of his hand and took the razor from it, and then placed him on the bed. Dr. Campbell arrived shortly afterwards and bound up the wounds. The anticipated danger is from secondary hemorrhage. Mr. Roberts has been in very low spirits ever since the suspension of the Bank of Augusta. At a meeting of the depositors soon after that event one of the number. a Frenchman, drew a rope from his pocket and proposed that they hang the president. Mr. Roberts declared when he heard of it that he had no desire to live, and would thank any one who would take his life. If anybody came to hang him he would offer no resistance. At another time he said he felt tempted to take his own life. The grand jury found three true bills against him for embezzlement and perjury, and he was notified of the fact last night. It is believed that his troubles had crazed him. He is now lying in a very critical condition in the reom where the act was committed. Sheriff Danel notified Roberts Monday night that true bills had been found against him, and that he must give four thousand dollars bail in each case. The sheriff reached Robert's office this morning with the warrant for his arrest just as he cut his throat, and of course did not serve it.

7. September 24, 1885 Savannah Morning News Savannah, GA
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of the penitentiary, has been seriously sick at his residence in South Rome. He Moa #1 One hundred and twenty-five large rats SunoA 10 A,nuenb UE and ones were killed in the government stable at Andersonville a day or two ago. Judge William Williams, ex-Judge of Glynn County Court, died at Brunswick, Sunday. The deceased was 85 years old, and has practiced law forty-five years. Miss Lizzie Olive had an eve put out by shuttle at the Eagle and Phoenix Mills, -senj pur 'o.Se time emos 8 at day Drs. Bullard and Cameron extracted the eyeball. Denny Lyons, formerly of the Columbus club, played third base for the Providence club one day last week. He made one of the three runs scored and got a clean two-base hit. Sunday afternoon, the young son of J. B. Scott. living 11 miles from Americus, in the Twenty-eighth district, got his hand caught in a gin, and, in a twinkling, three of his fingers were almost cut off. J. G. C. Bloodworth, of High Falls, Monroe county, in attempting to drive across a stream which ordinarily is but a small branch, lost his valuable buggy horse and barely escaped with his own life. At Augusta a burglar entered Platt Bros. store and stole from the safe $2,200 in Confederate money and $50 in currency. He doubtless thought the whole roll good money until he looked at it by A daylight negro boy, 16 or 18 years old, attempted to outrage a young white girl about the same age in the Lewis Harris settlement, of Early county, last SaturB day. He was found dead hanging to limb Tuesday morning. Lynchers had been abroad in the land. The directors of the Athletic Association determined at their meeting, Tuesday afternoon. to give a fair at an early date, for the purpose of putting the association on a solid basis for next season. The admirers of the national sport are determined to have a club in Augusta next season. Newton county's new court house, at Covington. was formally received by the Board of Commissioners and by them, through E. F. Edwards, secretary of the board, turned over to the people of the county, Monday, Capt. J. M. Pace representing the people in receiving it. The total cost of the building is $25,768. The bill of the Receivers of the broken Bank of Augusta and depositors against the directors, has just been filed at Augusta, and will probably be tried at the tall term of the Superior Court. The bill seeks to make the directors liable to depositors for negligence in administration of affairs of the bank while William SEM Roberts L Collector of Revenue Crenshaw, who is also custodian of the custom house building at Atlanta, is having it refitted and repaired from cellar to roof. Elegant new carpets will be put in every room. The Circuit Court room will be painted an ex. quisite sea green. It will take three months to renovate the building, and will cost about $5,000. C. C. Wilkerson died at his home near Athens. Sunday He was a member of the Troup Artillery, and while battling uo рипом B received canse 480[ am JOJ his leg. that never got well from the time it was inflicted up to the day of his death. Mr. Wilkerson suffered a great deal from this wound, and was advised by a great many pny sicians to have his leg taken off. Centre, Ala., is much stirred up over the attitude of Rome capitalists on the navigation of the Coosa river. A new boat to ply the Oostanaula was built recently and the owners declined to allow her to change her route to the Coosa, as the uo the the dn MOM 01 wishing they Oostanaula. Center feels vexed because this action continues the hite Star line's 'ÁJOdouour Mahala Smith was tound in a patch of woods, six miles from Marietta, Tuesday She was last seen returning from the house of Lish Cochran, where she had been milking. and was carrying some milk to her children, when she fell by the anote SUM She pelp put path E JO epis OM1 19"1 pur 'MODIM B pus are JO Tears 10 small children. She had been complaining of her head and heart for some time past. and the Coroner's verdict was death from heart disease. The case of J. C. Hudgens and others against George L. Almond, Ordinary, has just been tried in Elbert county. It was an application for a writ to prohibit the Ordinary from declaring the result of an election held last July on the stock law question. The Ordinary, by his counsel, demurred to the bill. Judge Lumpkin sustained the demurrer and dismissed the bill. The case was immediately carried to the Supreme Court on a writ of error. and will be heard at the present term of that court. A man by the name of Adams came from Alabama to Early county some estioq IV 18 WORK 108 pus ore weeks as farm hand. Representing himself as a single man, he gained the consent of a worthy young lady in the neighborhood to marry him. Mr. Mills, however, "smelt a mouse." and learned that in Henry county Adams had deserted his wife and seven children. Mr. Mills went home. took Adams down and gently laid on his bare back 100 lashes. He left Mr. Mills with thanks: said he'd always remember him and children. go straight home to his wife and Saturday, about a mile from Jefferson, a colored man, who was driving a fine team of horses for Mrs. Sarah Tur er, had gone to the field for a load of fodder, and, when the wagon was about half loaded, he saw a strange man approaching 01 directify came oqm 'seA00[S 11:48 sig us the wagon and said he wanted one of the horses. The negro supposed him jesting, but the stranger walked around and deliberately began unhitching one of the horses. The negro came to the place and b gan uttering his protest, when he was knocked down and choked almost unconsclous before some one came and frightthat ened bis assailant off. The supposition is the attack was committed by Jim *ONE the emos 118! broke oqn "I under sentence for six months for sim- He ple lareeny. FLORIDA. Key West is in good sanitary condition and the health excellent. W A Simmons, of Jefferson county, has invented butter and lard paddle. The estimated value of cigars shipped

8. March 12, 1886 The Warner Sun Warner, SD
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Condensed General News. At the request of the Episcopal bishops Ireland, Lord Plunket, archbishop of Dublin and primate of Ireland, has con the synod for the 23dinst., to obtain expression of opinion of the church on he political situation in Ireland. Charles Russell, attorney general, went Buckingham palace to be knighted. After vaiting an hour he received word from the that she was fatigued by the duties the drawing room which she had been olding, and must postpone the ceremony tussell withdrew from the palace in indigand says he will refuse knighthood is believed that the queen was irritated his pronounced home rule views. There were 227 failures in the United reported to Bradstreet's during the ending 6th, against 208 the preceding and 222, 221, 208 and 172 in the orresponding weeks of 1885, 1884, 1883 1882 respectively. About 75 percent. those of small traders whose capital less than $5,000. The Cuyahoga Paper company at CuyaFalls, Ohio, has made an assignment. J. A. Beauvais of Montreal, dealer in lothing, has assigned; liabilities, $43,000. Thomas Christieand Horatio King, clerks the First National bank of Bradford, have been arrested on a charge of emezzling $60,000 from that institution, of which was lost in oil speculation. had charge of theindustrial accounts, Christie the correspondence and remitA fine in the gas house of the Augusta, factory resulted in slight loss. A fallwall buried nine men, instantly killing ouneilman M. E. Hill, the owner of the etory. Master Machinist W. C. Allan au hour afterward, and John Edwards die. The light house on Sand Point. Escanaba, was burned. Mrs. Mary G. Terry, light keeper, perished in the flames. John M. Whaling, formerly of St. Paul Milwaukee, charged with obtaining 5,000 worth of bonds from Mrs. Stannard Washington on false pretenses, waived kamination and the case goes to thegrand Whaling says he has a written conwith Mrs. Stannard which he has thus fulfilled. J. B. Belohrodsky, the brewer, who was rrested at San Antonio. Tex., on a reuisition issued by the governor of Illinois, harging him with embezzlement at Chicago 1881, has been released on a proclamaof Gov. Ireland, who revoked his exradition on the ground that it had been nproperly used as a means of collecting alleged debt. Clarence Gray. alias Isham Collins, who nurdered H. H. Scott, while attempting to the latter's store at Paradise, or hristmas, 1884, was hanged at WinnemucNev. A professed exhorter named Mungall began a series of meetings in the ndian Territory. He was quartered at house of an Indian citizen and slept in room with several other members of the During the night Mungall made an ssault upon a young orphan girl in the but before he could execute his purhe was discoveredand taken prisoner. The next day a party of neighbors took out for a trial and returned without saying he had "escaped." William Secor, who was president of the Bank of Agusta, Ga., which failed in Janu 1885, and who was extradited in December last, forfeited his $10,000 bonds. The trial of James T. Holland at New fork, for killing Tom Davis, the confidence ended a few days ago. The case went the jury at 7:30, and it was after 9 clock when the judge returned to the room and received the jury's verdict "not guilty." Holland grasped the and of each juryman with warmth, and, receiving an ovation from the people walked out a free man. He will to Texas in a few days. The jury to a verdict of acquittal within ten inutes after retiring. Henry Labouchere' Radical, moved in the of commons that the house resolve the hereditory chamber of legislation inconsistent with the principles of repreentative government. The motion was ejected-202 to 166. Labouchere and the arnellites voted with the minority lany Liberals abstained from voting The majority consisted mainly of Conserv and promiment inembers of the overnment. The Parnellites received the nnouncement of the result with loud O'Connor exclaimed. "The writ on the wall." A laboring man in the gallery of the Par bourse threw a bottle containing an ex logive liquid among the brokers. or

9. March 12, 1886 Little Falls Transcript Little Falls, MN
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holding, Russell withdrew from the palace in inc nation, and savs he will refuse knightho It is believed that the queen was irrita by his pronounced home rule views. There were 227 failures in the Uni States reported to Bradstreet's during week ending 6th, against 208 the preced week, and 222, 221, 208 and 172 in corresponding weeks of 1885, 1884, 18 and 1882 respectively. About 75 per ce were those of small traders whose capi was less than $5,000. The Cuyahoga Paper company at Cu hoga Falls, Ohio, has made an assignme J. A. Beauvais of Montreal, dealer clothing, has assigned; liabilities, $43,0 Thomas Christieand Horatio King, cle in the First National bank of Bradfo Pa., have been arrested on a charge of bezzling $60,000 from that instituti most of which was lost in oil speculati King had charge of the industrial account and Christie the coir espondence and ren tances. A fire in the gas house of the Augus Ga., factory resulted in slight less. A I ing wall buried nine men, instantly kill Councilman M. E. Hill, the owner of factory. Master Machinist W. C. Al died an hour afterward, and John Edwa will die. The light house on Sand Point, Escana Mich., was burned. Mrs. Mary G. Ter the light keeper, perished in the flames. John M. Whaling, formerly of St. P and Milwaukee, charged with obtain $5,000 worth of bonds from Mrs. Stann: of Washington on false pretenses, wai examination and the case goes to thegra jury. Whaling says he has a written c tract with Mrs. Stannard which he has t far fulfilled. J. B. Belohrodsky, the brewer, who , arrested at San Antonio, Tex., on a quisition issued by the governor of Illine charging him with embezzlement at Chica in 1881, has been released on a proclar tion of Gov. Ireland, who revoked his tradition on the ground that it had b unproperly used as a means of collect an alleged debt. Clarence Gray, alias Isham Collins, " murdered H. H. Scott, while attempting rob the latter's store at Paradise, Christmas, 1884, was hanged at Winnem ca, Nev. A professed exhorter named Mung recently began a series of meetings in Indian Territory. He was quartered the house of an Indian citizen and slept a room with several other members of family. During the night Mungall made assault upon a young orphan girl in room, but before he could execute his p pose he was discovered and taken prisor The next day a party of neighbors to him out for a trial and returned with him, saying he had "escaped." William Secor, who was president of Bank of Agusta, Ga., which failed in Ja ary, 1885, and who was extradited December last, forfeited his $10,000 bon The trial of James T. Holland at N York, for killing Tom Davis, the confide man, ended a few days ago. The case W to the jury at 7:30, and it was afte o'clock when the judge returned to court room and received the jury's verd of "not guilty." Holland grasped hand of each juryman with warmth, at after receiving an ovation from the peo present, walked out a free man. He return to Texas in a few days. The ju agreed to a verdict of acquittal within 1 minutes after retiring. Henry Labouchere Radical, moved in house of commons that the house reso that the hereditory chamber of legislati is inconsistent with the principles of rep sentative government. The motion " rejected-202 to 166. Labouchere and Parnellites voted with the minori Many Liberals abstained from voti The majority consisted mainly of Conse atives and promiment members of government. The Parnellites received announcement of the result with lo cheers. O'Connor exclaimed. "The W ing on the wall." A laboring man in the gallery of the P is bourse threw a bottle containing an plosive liquid down among the brokers the floor, and with his revolver fired th times in the same direction, shout "Vive l'anarchie!" The bottle did not plode. One of the bullets slightly wound a man. The disturber was arrested. 1 name of the prisoner is Petrovich. said helong intended to blow up the bour He failed to mix the explosives proper so he decided to use a revolver. He is lieved to be insane. Poundmaker and other braves W liberated from the penitentiary at Sto Mountain N. W. Ter. They will go west ] their homes in charge of Rev. Father combe. Marshall McClure has disposed of Jamestown Daily Alert to Frank Tucl of Jamestown and W. R. Kellogg. Mrs. Gen. Hancock has removed to house of Lieut. Eugene Griffin, on Gove or's Island, who, besides having been husband's aide, is connected with her marriage. No preparations have b made as yet for her to leave the island. The funeral of Mrs. Rich, who was kil at St. Paul by her husband, took place Cobleskill, N. Y., on Saturday the 6thir Gen. Sherman, in a letter to a St. Lo lady who asked a contribution for a cha table purpose, says he leaves St. Lo chiefly because he is taxed to death a can't stand it. B. Swankin, a wife-beater in Manchest Ind., is stripped and cruelly beaten by mob, and driven from the place. The Western Union pays $140,000 b: the of New York.