Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1886 — NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. EASTERN. A train on the Fitchbttrg Railroad jumped the track near West Deerfield, Mass., the cars tumbling down an embankment 200 feet in height, some of them falling into the river. Reports from the scene of the wreck state that thirteen bodies had been recovered, but it was feared others were swept down the stream. Several persons have died of their injuries, and of the fifty or more wounded, some will not survive After eating dinner at Erie, Pa., the family of Henry McLaughlin were seized with convulsions, and the father,•mother, and one child cannot recover. It is evident that poison was administered, but by whom is not known. The failure of Roger Brothers, of Bristol, Pa., proprietors of very extensive flouring mills, is announced. Their liabilities are over $2J0,000. Assets unknown. In the railway wreck at Deerfield, Massachusetts, several lives were saved through the heroism of Henry C. Couillard, of Charlemont, who was being taken to jail for selling liquor. The railroad authorities 'nave started a movement for his pardon. Ex-Alderman William H. Milldr, of New York, gave $50,000 bail and was released from jail It is expected that he will ‘•squeal” upon Alderman Jaeline and others interested inthe Broadway railway franchise, in which case they can not hope to escape conviction The Hon. John Welsh, Minister to England under the Hayes administration, died at Philadelphia last week.