Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1887 — WESTERN. [ARTICLE]

WESTERN.

Mr. James Smith, living near Freeport, HL, died last .week, aged 102. He waa a life-long Democrat; never rode on a railroad train; and never ate a meal at a hotel The planing mill, machinery, and a quantity of lumber at St Louis, the property of Schuelenberg & Boecheler, were burned. Loss, $60,003.

La Crosse (Wis.) special: “John Ake, second baseman of the Duluth Club, was drowned here while on the river rowing with Earle and Barnes of the same club. The boat got in the waves made by a steamer and was capsized. Earl and Barnes swam to shore, which was about two hundred yards off. Earle says they turned and saw Ake sitting on the boat They were about to go to his rescue with a skiff when they saw him leave the boat and attempt to swim ashore. He had covered only a small part of the distance when he held up his hands and shouted, “Save me,” and sunk. He did not come to the surface again. Ake came from Altoona, Pa. He was 24 years of age, and was released from the Indianapolis Club to play the present season with Duluth.” California has had another earthquake shock. Great forest fires are reported in Northern Wisconsin and the Northern Peninsula of Michigan. A skeleton was found in Dakota, and near by it a bag containing $5,000 in greenbacks and <!oin. Natural gas has been struck near Wabash, Ind., at a depth of 900 feet The well is pronounced the equal of any in the State. Judge Sloan, of Milwaukee, has granted a stay of proceedings in the Grottkau case, and fixed the bail at $2,000. A brother of Land Commissioner Sparks attempted suicide at Litchfield, 111, by sitting on the tracks in front of an approaching train. He was depressed over the road passing his property and tailing to pay him damages. Numerous citizens of Wellsville, Ohio, have devised a new plan to defeat the Dow liquor law. They have organized several private clubs to encourage drinking, elected officers, and purchased a large amount of liquor. St. Louis was visited by an electric storm Bunday afternoon. Iwo jiersons were killed, several were injured, and considerable damage was done to property. *