Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1885 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

The special Senate committee on interstate commerce, composed of Senators Cullom, Platt, Miller, Gorman, and Harris, began Its session last week. The committee are trying to find out what ground exists for the complaints against the transportation companies engaged In Interstate commerce. The Apaches killed four soldiers in Guadalupe canyon, and a Mexican near Bisbee, Arizona, in the Whetstone mountains. The reported outbreak among the Southern Utes is denied by the Indian agent at their reservation. A number of horses have died at St. Louis from what is supposed to bo spinal meningitis, and it is feared that an epidemic will result. Seventeen animals are sick in one stable with symptoms of pleuro-pneu-monia. A supplementary bulletin from the Illinois State Board of Agriculture says there is no further doubt that the wheat crop of the State this yeas will be the smallest raised In twenty-five years. A passenger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad was blown from the track by a violent wind storm near McCook, Dakota, just west of Sioux City. There were two passenger coaches, baggage and mail cars. The train was going at nearly full speed when the cyclone struck the train. Every car was blown from the track and the engine partially so. There were between sixty and seventy passengers in the cars, and most of them miraculously escaped with slight injuries. L. M. Scott, the express messenger, was badly hurt and supposed to bo internally injured. An old couple whose names are not given were also quite severely injured, but it is thought pot fatally. Nearly every passenger on the train suffered from scratches, bruises, or contusions, but save those above mentioned no one was badly hurt. In the lowa Supreme Court, the petition of ex-Auditor Brown for a rehearing in his habeas corpus case has been dismissed. Patsy Cardiff and Billy Wilson had a prize-fight near St. Paul, Cardiff winning In the ninth round. Gen. Crook telegraphs from Huachuca, In. M., that Lawton’s camp was attacked by Apaches. Five of Lawton’s men were killed and several stores were burned. Lawton whs away with a scouting party at the time of the attack, and the camp was in charge of one non-commissioned officer and seven men. There were twenty-five or thirty Indians In the band. A mob at Osgood, Ohio, shot and killed Turner Osgood and wife, colored, who made themselves obnoxious by drunkenness and quarreling. A large section of lowa was visited by a destructive storm. At Pulaski four persons were instantly killed and two fatally hurt. Numerous personal injuries are reported from other points. Scores of buildings were wrecked by the wind and lightning. Trains were blown from the tracks, and several bridges wero destroyed. Towns and villages were flooded, and many miles of railroad track submerged. Considerable damage was inflicted upon growing crops. A severe storm also prevailed in Nebraska. Much damage was done along the line of the Union Pacific Railroad between Omaha and North Platte. In the south part of the State a great many buildings were wrecked by wind and lightning. At Millard two lumber yards were blown away.