Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1887 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

Natural gas has been discovered near lit. Ambassador (record 2:21) has been purchased by 8. A Brounot <t Co., of Kalamazoo, Mich., for SIB,OJO. The grand jury at Ozark, Mo., has indicted eleven of the Bald-Knobbers for murder. A natural-gas company, with a capital of $2,500, has teen organized at St. Joseph, Mich., where boring will commence as soon as a contractor can be found. A company composed of pupils of the Chicago Conservatory is playing this week at McVicker’s Theater, Chicago, and the local press is unstinted in its praise of their work. Tho Morning News says: “No unprejudiced observer can help admitting that the work of these young people is a vast improvement on that of many professional companies which ask the support of theater-goers. From what we have seen of the company’s work we can freely say that it cau be submitted candidly as a counter-attraction to anything else in the city.” A varied repertory has been selected, and it is chosen with tho idea of bringing out the best material that exists among tho pupils of the school. L. Y. Halifield fatally shot his wife at Mortimer, Kan., and killed himself She was recently a servant girl, and he had promised to put SIO,OOO worth of property in her name. A shocking railroad accident is reported by telegraph from Washington Territory. A west-bound train on tho Cascade Division of the Northern Pacific Boad, pushing a flat-car loaded with laborers, was going around a curvo leading to a trestle at a good rate of speed when it ran into an engine going east, tender first The flat-car Was pushed half way through the tender and crushed up against the pilot of the west-bound train, on which were two men. The unfortuates were crushed to pulp, only a foot and one hand being left by which to identify them. The engino was knocked eighty foot F.ve men were killed outright and one has since (lied. The scene of the accident, as described by those present, beggars description. Blood was scattered in every direction, and neighboring rocks bore evidence of a fearful carnage. Tue accident was caused by the failure of one of tho train’s crew to flag as directed Sam Jones and Sam Small began revival meet.ngs in the Exposition building at Minneapolis, Minn., last Sunday. Over three thousand people attended tho first meeting and hundreds were unable to enter the building. Details of the destruction wrought by the recent cyclones in tho West and Southwest indicate that the loss of l.fo was much greater than first reported The storm ravaged a strip of territory about SJO miles long and fri m half a milo to a mile wide. A tornado in the vicinity of Mount Carmel, 111., caused $53,000 damage to property. John H. Wirth and Lowis Kcr3tein, were killed, and Harvey Higgs, two sons of a Mr. Hutchins, Miss Maggie Wirth, aud Mrs. John Keller were seriously hurt. James H. Knott and Scott Selby were killed by a cvcloi e which passed near Hazelton, lad. Great damage was done to property. The small village of West Buena, Vista, Ind., was seriously wrecked, only two houses remaining uninjured An Evansvillo dispatch says that a email black cloud suddenly appeared ,in tho west, moved east, and when directly over the farmhouse of Lemuei—Stansberry it exploded with a terrific force, and what appeared to be a hall of wind attacked the house with terrific fury, blowing off tho roof, tearing out one section of the nouse, and playing liavoc generally. Leaving the house, it tore down the eastern fence and then died away. There was no rainfall or lightning with the cloud-burst