Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 July 1884 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

At the Episcopal conference of Nebraska, held at Omaha, Dr. Potter, of Geneva, N. Y., was elected Bishop of the diocese, vice Clarkson, deceased. The officers of the railroads traversing lowa have issued a circular stating that in compliance with the law they will not receive any intoxicating liquors for transportation from any point either within or without the State to any point within its limits after July 4. At San Francisco, William C. Milton killed Albertina Anderson because she refused to marry him, and then shot himself dead. CoL Chas. R. Jennison, who, during the war, commanded the Seventh Kansas Cavalry, died at Leavenworth, of consumption, aged 50 years. Edward Lane, aged 23 years, a wellknown society young man of Minneapolis, highly connected, shot himself dead. He left a note saying, “My mind is gone. I have been insane for a year.” An important murder trial has been concluded at Lincoln, 111. The acoused parties—J. H. Hall, Belle Hall (bis wife), and William Ferris—were charged with the killing of Farmer McMahon and his two hired men at Mount Pulaski, Logan County, several months ago. The jury found J. H. Hall guilty, and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. ' William Ferris and Mrs. Hall were aoquitted, but will be tried under indictments for killing Carter and Mattbeny. The spectacle of “Excelsior” at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, continues to draw an increasing patronage. The entertainment is one that merits the favor of those who find interest in ballet performances, as it is -one of the most artistic and pleasing of the many uniquely devised by the Kiralfy brothers. The grouping of numbers in a moving picture of raised figures is admirable, and many features of the spectacle or of the performance are highly enjoyable. Gustave J. Lowengart, of San Francisco, having lost heavily by gambling, threatened the life of his uncle unless SI,OOO was given him. When an officer arrived to arrest him, Lowengart killed himself with a revolver. Two horge thieves named £d Owensand 8. Nickerson were killed near Helena, M. T., by cowboys, who recaptured' several horses. The severance of the Wabash and Missouri Pacific Railroads has been agreed upon, and hereafter both liues will be controlled by a distinct set of officers, and the agents will compete with each other the same as with any outside road.

At Huntsville, Ohio, while driving a vicious pony, Louis Murphy was fatally injured and his wife was instantly killed. The Illinois Watch Company, of Bpring-fleld, has shut down for the summer, dispensing with the services of one thousand employes. The extensive distillery of Fairbanks & Duenweg at Terre Haute, Ind., with a large amount of highwines, was burned. One hundred hogs lost their lives, but the cattle were rescued. The total loss is $120,000. Col. George A. Henry, United States Timber Agent at Chippewa Falls, Wis., has been indicted for bribery in failing to turn over to the Government money received by him in settlement for trespass on Government timber-lands. Judge Wylie, in the Common Pleas Court, at Columbus, Ohio, in reiusing a writ of habeas corpus for one of the contestants, decided that the arrest of ball-players for Sunday playing was legal. The President of the local club says this is a death-blow to base-ball in Columbus. A Portland (Oregon) dispatch says that two boats capsized at the mouth of the Columbia River owing to rough weather. Capt. Olsen, a prominent pioneer citi; en of Astoria, fam Blair, James Craig, and four other unknown men were drowned. The bodies of Olsen and Craig were recovered. All the others were swept out to sea and lost.