Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1884 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The cattle quarantine in Woodson County, Kansas, has been officially raised. Jennies Dee, an orphan from New York, only 12 years of age, has given birth to a 6-pound babe at Normal, 111. Tilden G. Abbott, who some time ago robbed a bank In Watertown, Mass., of which he was cashier, and fled, has been arrested at Pierce City, Mo., where he was running a clothing store. Isaac McLain, of Hillsboro, HI., who recently secured a divorce from his

young wife, has married her mother, now 66 years of age. W. F. McChesney, a well-known figure in St. Louis politics, and accredited with being the head of the gamblers' ring, was convicted of fraud, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary. Two burgars entered the house of Amos Brackenstros, near Berne, Ind., at midnight, shot Mr. Brackenstros dead by his wife's side, and decamped with $73, after informing the woman that they would murder her if she quitted the house before daylight. Gen. Patrick, Governor of the Soldiers’ Home at Dayton, Ohio, is charged with being unnecessarily harsh to inmates. The Board of Management of the Home say that there is no foundation for the charges, and that they have originated in the Imagination of some of the inmates. It is probable that a committee of investigation will be appointed. Near Audobon, lowa, an old man by the name of Hiram Jefferson was taken out of his bed by three men, and after being dragged by the men about 300 feet was hung to the limb of a tree. It is estimated that some 75,000 animals, Including thoroughbred:bulls, stallions, and young cattle, will be shipped over the Northern Pacific Road to the Montana ranges this season. News comes from Fort Wingate of a serious Indian uprising on the Ute reservation. A battle between Utes and ranchers resulted In the repulse of the Indians, with several killed and wounded. The steamer Grand Pacific, in passing through the drawbridge at Burlington, lowa, struck the pier, tearing a hole In her hull, and sunk In twenty feet of water. Bhe Is valued at $30,000, and will likely prove a total loss. No lives were lost. A boiler in a saw-mill at Liberty Centre, Ohio, exploded, killing the engineer and foreman.