Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1884 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

In San Francisco, William C. Milton killed Albertina Anderson for refusing to many him, and then took his own life The Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Potter, President pt Union College, Schenectady, N. Y„ has been elected Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Nebraska The druggists of Marshall County, lowa, have agreed to sell no liquors, even on prescription, when the prohibitory law takes effect, because tbe Attorney General decided that they must take out permits. An important murder trial has been concluded at Lincoln, HI. The accused parties —J. H. Hall, Belle Hall (his wife), and William Ferris —were charged with the filing of Farmer McMahon and his two hired men at Mount Pulaski, Logan County, several months ago. The jury found J. H. Hall guilty, and fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. William Ferris and Mrs. Hall were acquitted, but will be tried under indictments for killing Carter and Mattheny. Edward Lane, a young man well known in social circles in Minneapolis, killed himself with a revolver, leaving a note stating that for a year he had been insane.... At Brainerd, Minn.. John White, a jockey, while practicing for a race, was thrown from his horse against a tree, breaking his neck... .. A bridge over the Wabash River at Logansport, Ind., gave way, letting a Yandalia construction train into the water. Engineer Grace and Fireman Scott were instantly killed. One brakeman escaped, while another received fatal injuries. Gen. Sheridan and a party of friends visited Chicago to witness the inauguration of the Washington Park race-track. The meeting opened with stakes aggregating $87,000, and entries numbering 1,095. ......At San Francisco, Gustave J. Lowengait, nephew of Samuel Seller, a merchant, blew out his brains while an officer was reading a warrant for his arrest on the charge' of threatening his uncle’s life, who refused to give him money for gambling purposes. A recent dispatch from Helena, Montana, states that Ed Owens and Si Nickerson stole eight horses from the Benton and Billings Stage Company at Rock Springs Station, 100 miles northeast of Helena. John Davis, the Superintendent of the 6tage line, pursued the thieves down Mnscleshell River. When fifty miles below the station he was told by cowboys that the thieves passed with the horses a few hours before. Fifteen cowboys volunteered to follow the trail. The thieves were overtaken thirty miles north of Black’s Ranch, and attacked. The cowboys were driven back, being armed only with revolvers, while the horse-thieves had rifles. Men were sent to the camp for gone and the fight was renewed. Si Nickerson was shot dead and Ed Owens wouuded, captured, and hanged. William Jones and Tim Devlin, cowboys, were wounded.... CoL George A. Henry, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., timber agent, has been indicted by the United States Grand Jury for receiving two bribes for dropping trespass suits against certain parties... .Palmer, the A Cincinnati murderer, who is partly responsible for the terrible riots in that city last March, has been sentenced to be hanged on October 10... .John Strange, lumber dealer, of Menasha, Wis., has gone into bankruptcy. Liabilities, $40,000; assets, $20,000.... Kingman & Co’s large warehouse, filled with agricultural implements, at East St. Louis was destroyed by fire. Loss, $50,000; insurance, $20,000.,. .The iron steamship Onoko took from Chicago to Buffalo 100,000 bushels of wheat, the largest cargo ever known on the lakes... .Judge Wylie, of Columbus, has decided against playing baseballon Sunday in Ohio.