Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1887 — THE WESTERN STATES. [ARTICLE]

THE WESTERN STATES.

The shock of an explosion of nitroglycerine, at Spirit Like, Minn., was distinctly felt at Duluth, eight miles distant from the scene, and in Oneonta, five miles distant, panes of glass were broken. In the vicinity of the works nine houses and as many barns were either demolished or wrecked, aud trees were shredded. The loss is s4\ooo. An improvement in the condition of the wheat and rye crops in Illinois is reported. A sleeper on the Denver and Rio Grande’s Salt Lake express was derailed near Salida, Col., and Grace Leslie, leading lady of Kate Castleton’s troupe, was killed. A fire at Adrian, Mich., destroyed SBO,OOO worth of property. A lady wearing a celluloid bustle seated herself in a passenger car at Roann, Ind., in close proximity to a burning cigar stump. The lady survives, although she is disfigured for life, while the celluloid bustle is a complete wreck, • About two thousand people are sufferers from the fire that destroyed the town of Lake Linden, Michigan. One person was burned to death. Appeals for aid are made on behalf of the victims. A Detroit dispatch says “the town of Ironwood, Michigan, is threatened with destruction, and many villages and towns on the Gogebic range are also in danger. Forest fires are still prevailing in various parts of the Northern Peninsula, aud the aggregate lossea will reach high into the millions. ” A fire at Cannon Falls, Minn., almost destroyed the business portion, and did over SIOO,OOO damage. Two lives were lost, and $03,000 damage done by fire at Erie, Pa. The thirteen citizens of Indianapolis indicted for election frauds have been placed under bonds of SI,OCO each. A good flow of natural gas has been struck at Butler, Ind. A Petoskey (Mich.) special says: “Ten men went out for a sail in Little Traverse Bay Sunday afternoon. Their boat was capized by a squall and five of them were drowned. Those who lost their lives were L W. Cole and son Fred, Marion Trip, Dennis Stark, and George Wise, all residents of Petoskey. Tho other five clung to the wreck and were rescued. Boats are out searching for the bodies. ”