Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1885 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The unlicensed association of barbwire manufacturers met last week at St. Louis, and agreed to advance prices Vt cent per pound. Fifty delegates of tho equitable, or unlicensed association, were present. President J. W. Gates, of tho former society, believes that a syndicate will bo perfected which will redound to the benefit of all tho manufacturers. Ashland (Oregon) dispatch: Alexander Jones, a mail-carrier from Grant’s Pass to Wilderville, Mrs. George Gibson and ber two children, and Mr. MeClung wore drowned while attempting to ford Applegate Creek, which was swollen by tho recent rains. The Kelly barb-wire patent, owned by Washburn & Moen, expired, and its reissue is controlled in Joliet. The Glidden reissue, also owned by Washburn, has been declared void at St. Louis, and is being contested at Leavenworth, which leads a “moonshine" manufacturer at Joliet to believe that a crisis in tho barb-wire Industry is at hand. John Monaghan, once a well-known marine grocer of Detroit, but of late years engaged in lumbering at Alponu, has made an assignment to cover liabilities of $70,000. Mattie Reed shot and fatally wounded, at Youngstewn, Ohio, Edward Shell, who had seduced her and refused to right the wrong. Independence (Kansas) dispatch; A horrible murder near the village of Radical City, in this county, was discovered by Frank Bonham, the eldest son of a widow living on a farm near that place. On his return homo after a three days’ absence, he found his mother, brother, and sister murdered. To all appearance they had been dead a day or two. At Muskegon, Mich., Philip Ivet seriously wounded his wife with a revolver and then killed himself. For years he had done no work on their farm, and she sought relief by removing to the city with her three children.

At Vincennes, Ind., Henry Strattman killed his father-in-law and fatally injured his wife. The murderer had four children very ill of typhoid fever, and was probably driven insane by grief and religious fanaticism. Tiie assignment is announced of D. W. Miller, proprietor of the carriage company of the same name in Cincinnati. His liabilities are $160,000, with assets of $125,000. The Union Pacific Hoad reports its gross earnings for 1884 at $25,791,000. Masked burglars entered Philip Glass’ house, near Ilayton, Ohio, bound and gagged Glass aud his sister and demanded SI,OOO, which was in the house. The rebbers tortured Glass for three hours, and whllo he was suffering they enjoyed themselves smoking and eating, but departed without the money. Lee Linn, editor of the Courier, Wabash, Ind., shot and fatally wounded Bill McGuire Hickey, who made an attack on him in the street. McGuire was a former resident of Chicago, and on his appearance in Wabash Linn scored him severely as having been hired to do the intimidating at the polls last November. In an interview with a correspondent Judge Dusenberry, of Utah, stated that the enforcement of the Edmunds bill had unsettled all business in the Territory. Many of the Mormon leaders have been forced to flee—among them being Zepb Sears, at the heed of the Zion 00-operative store. A passenger train on the Burlington Road was wrecked on a bridge near Creston, lowa. Seven persons were killed, including Superintendent Davenport and a civil engineer named Brown. A monument in memory of the 20,000 lowa soldiers who died in the war is to be erected at Des Moines on the grounds of the new Oapltol. During a riot between the Chinese at Jtureka, Cal., a stray bullet killed Alderman David KendalL An indignation meeting was held at once, and the Chinamen were ordered to pack their effects and take the first boat

for Ban Francisco. The excitement is such that no more Chinese will be allowed to locate there. A stock company has been organized at Davenport, lowa, for the purpose of building a crematory. The movement originated with some of the leading Gorman citizens. Stephen Barclay a country storekeeper in the vicinity of New Albany, Ind., undertook to stop the operations of a burglar by keeping watch all night with a shotgun. When the intruder appeared, the old mau fired both barrels. Lighting his lamp, he found his son dangerously wounded.