Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1884 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The steamer Grace Grummond, formerly owned by the Government, of late years well known in Chicago as an excursionboat, was burnod at South Haven, Mich. She was valued at $75,000. Ex-Governor St. John was burned in effigy at Topeka, Kan., amid scenes of the wildest excitement. The St. Paul Eoad reports earnings of $2,539,795 for the month of October. The business quarter of Silver Plume, Col., a mining-camp near Georgetown, was burned, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. Gottleib, Straus & Co., hats and caps, at Cincinnati, failed for SIOO,OOO. A car of the Fish Commiosion has left Washington with carp to supply all applicants in Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Burglars broke into the room of Miss Marshall, the daughter of Samuel Marshall, a banker at Milwaukee, and made off with several thousand dollars' worth of property. One cattle company, with a capital of $200,000, and another with $2,500,000 stock, have been organized by John V. Ferwell, Charles B. Farwell, and others of Chicago. The President of the Hocking Valley Road has called on the Governor of Ohio for troops to prevent the burning of bridges. He alleges that Murray City was attacked by 300 miners, carrying giant powder, fuses, and dynamite. Gov. Hoadly refuses to order the militia into the Hocking Valley until such time as the Sheriffs have exhausted their restraining power. ' Prof. Wolf, Superintendent of Schools at Burlington, lowa, Miss Ella Carpenter, a teacher, and two students were drowned, while boat-riding in’ an artificial pond near that city. Wolff Bros. & Co., wholesale dealers in hats, caps, furs, and gloves, at Nos. 152 and 154 Market street, Chicago, have confessed judgment for $50,693.33. The entire liabilities will amount to about SIBO,OOO, and the assets to $125,000.