Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1884 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

In tbe Sharon divorce ease at San Francisco, a female witness undertook to draw a revolver on one of the counsel, and her son made ;a similar attempt. Judge Sullivan declined to hear further testimony unless the policeman at the entrance to the court-room would certify that noone present was armed. It was leaiaied in Cleveland that two young scions of wealthy families, named W. H. Boardman and Gussie Bissell, were recently married in a suburban church. The young lady's mother offered to take her to Paris, when she confessed the elopement Wheat seeding in Southern Minnesota and Dakota is a week in advance of last year. There will be a substantial increase in the acreage of the Territory. A tragedy very closely resembling the recent murder of' Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, near Chicago, was enacted the other day near Charleston, 111. An aged couple named Fleetwood were found with their throats cut from ear to ear, the bed having been fired by the assassin previous to his departure. A belt containing $2,300 in gold was stolen from a gypsy’s wagon at Metropolis, 111. Hubbard, Cashier of the wrecked First National Bank of Monmouth, Hl., has disappeared, and his family refuse to disclose his whereabouts. It is believed that the private trusts managed by Hubbard have suffered seriously. An attachment suit has been begun by the bank against him for $114,000. The business of the town for the time is paralyzed. Mrs. Langtry began a two weeks’ engagement at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, on Monday, making her first appearance as Lady Ormond in “A Wife’s Peril,” a character in which she has achieved a great triumph. The star is supported by a strong company or players. The Chicago critics concede that Mrs. Langtry has made great

progress m ner art since ber former appearance in that city. Dr. Salmon, the Veterinarian of the Department of Agriculture, who has spent some time in the portions of Kansas, lowa, and Illinois where it was alleged some time ago the foot and mouth disease had prevailed, has made a preliminary report to his chief, Dr. Loring, in which he states that the cattle of the districts in question show no symptoms of contagious disease; that all Indications of the prevalence of the foot-and-mouth disease are absent. He is of opinion that the cattle in these places died of ergot and exposure. Dr. Salmon is also of opinion that there has never been a case of foot-and-mouth disease in the United States. At the session of the Wyoming Stock Growers’ Association, at Chyenne, last week, it was reported no case of contagious disease had occurred in Wyoming, Colorado. Nebraska, or Montana. Advices from the Idaho gold regions state that the snow was disappearing along the creeks, but in the side gulches it was deep enough to prevent thorough prospecting. The greatest activity was in the vicinity of Murrayville, where it is claimed that one man was washing out 825 worth of gold' per day. On another claim was a yield of 818.55 per man per day, On the celebrated “Widow" claim ten men were washing out a tin cup full of gold each day. It will be a month yet before active mining will have fairly commenced. Seven hundred and ninety-five reports from 609 townships of Michigan indicate that the winter-wheat crop and the clover crop will be about 97 per cent., apples about 90 per cent., and peaches but 50 per cent, of an average. A correspondent in the Idaho gold regions sends the following to a Chicago paper: "The latest excitement here is over quartz discoveries along Eagle Creejc A boy yesterday struck a lead about ten miles up the gulch, and to-day specimens of the rock were brought into camp. Several old miners are wild with Relight, and declare that carbonates have been found equal to those of Leadville." Henry’s Bank, at Mineral Point, Wis., in which the public funds there were deposited, has closed its doors. The assets are placed at 8100,000 and the liabilities are unknown. The skull and other portions of the skeleton of a mastodon have been discovered near Buchanan, Mich. The skull measures eight feet in length by three and a half in width. Two teeth found weighed five pounds each. Fifteen prisoners in the Milwaukee Jail, mostly burglars and highwaymen, have been locked in their cells for an attempt to escape. Jailer Walsh was called to furnish coal, and as he unlocked the grated door he was struck in the face and blinded by ashes. He sprang back and pushed the tolt in time to retain the prisoners.