Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1888 — BREEZY BRIEFLETS. [ARTICLE]

BREEZY BRIEFLETS.

INTELLIGENCE GATHERED BY WIRE FROM FAR AND NEAR. An Entertaining; and Instructive Summary of the Doings in the Old and New World, Embracing Politics, Labor, Accidents, Crime, Industry, Etc. WILL HANG. Three Men Convicted of Murder—A Husband Poisoner. Joe and Jake Tobler and Tom Thurber have been sentenced in the United States Court, at Wichita, Kansas, to be hanged Nov. 21. The Tobler boys were convicted of the murder in the Indian Territory of a cattleman named Cass Goodykuntz, who was supposed to be in possession of a large amount of cash. Thurber was accused with his mother of murdering his step-father. Peter Mann. A confession by Thurber accused the mother of giving him and a companion a pony and SIOO to commit the crime, but the evidence was not strong enough to convict the Mrs. Thurber has'been arrested on a charge of Having murdered her first husband twelve years ago, and for this she will be tried at Fort Smith, Ark. The woman is also accused of murdering her second husband, named Cross.

BASE-BALL batters. Struggling for the Championship The Record. The official standing of the various ball clubs in the race for the pennant is given below: league. Won. Lost. New York7o 41 Chicago6a 49 Detr0it.....60 50 Bostonsß 53 Philadelphiass 65 Pittsburgs4 57 Indianapolis 44 71 Washington...... 49 71 Western. Won.Lost.| American. Won. Lost. Des Moines6s 32 St. Louis7s 34 St. Paul 62 34 Athletic 67 39 Kansas City... .55 39 Brooklyn6B 41 0maha...57 42 Cincinnati 63 46 Milwaukeelß 57 Cleveland4s 63 Sioux City2l Chicago 40 65:Louisville40 72 Davenport 23 57|Kansas City.... 33 69

INDIAN BARBARITY. A Young Squaw Tortured to Death at the Stake. A horrible death by lire was inflicted by a band of Mojave Indians on a young squaw living on the eastern boundary of California. The squaw, who was about 18 years old and quite comely, had in some way acquired the reputation of being a witch, and the head men of the band concluded to put her to death. The girl was stripped naked and bound to a strong stake, around which had been heaped wood and brush, and the combustibles were set on lire. It was two hours before she died, and during that time she kept up an incessant shrieking, while the Indians danced about and added fuel to the flames. She was burned to a crisp.

AFTER TASCOTT. The Widow of Banker Snell Offers a 820,000 Reward. The following self-explanatory letter has been handed to the Superintendent of the Chicago Police by A. J. Stone, son-in-law of the late Amos J. Snell, who was murdered in Chicago last February: Chicago, Sept. 17, 1888.—I, Henrietta Snell, widow of the late Ainos J. Buell, will pay $20,000 for the arrest and detention, until identified by the authorities of the city of Chicago, of William B. Tascott, the supposed murderer of my husband. The above reward will hold good for sixty days from this date. All communications to be sent to George W. Hubbard, General Superintendent, or A. J. Stone, 514 West Madison street, Chicago, 111. Henrietta Snell. FIRE IN SPOKANE FALLS. Fourteen Houses Destroyed In the Busine is Portion of the City. Fire at Spokane Falls, Montana, destroyed fourteen business houses and dwellings, including Whitehouse’s jewelry store, Skcrret & Donnelly, shoes; Kohlhang. notions; and Morgan’s hospital. Large brick business blocks and hotels in the vicinity were slightly damaged. The losses are heavy.

The Congressional Race. The following Congressional nominations have been made: John P. McMahon, by the Democrats of the Twenty-third New York District, at Oneida: Smedley Darling, by the Republicans of the Sixth Pennsylvania District, at Philadelphia; ex-Mayor A. 0. Abbott, by the Republicans of the Third Michigan District, pt Adrian; Wm. M. Kensey, by the Republicans of the Tenth Missouri District, at DeSoto; Hon. W. C. Oates, renominated by acclamation in the Third Alabama District, at Montgomery. The Corn Crop Safe. The signal-service weather-crop bulletin says that reports from the corn belt, including Indiana, Illinois. lowa, Missouri, and Nebraska, indicate that the weather during the last week was especially favorable and that the corn crop, which is very large, is generally secure and past injury from frost. The frosts which occurred during the week along the northern border of lowa, and in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan did some damage to growing crops.

Fatal Collision. The neglect of a telegraph operator to deliver orders resulted in the collision of freight trains near Akron. Ohio. Engineer Joseph Armstrong, of Ravenna, was killed and two other trainmen were badly hurt, Both engines and nine cars were demolished The New Comet. Astronomers calculate that the now comet discovered by Professor Barnard Sept. 2, is 190,000.000 miles from the earth and 170,000,000 miles from the sun. It will probably reach the perihelion about Dec. 10.