Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1884 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

The number of killed and drowned by the railroad disaster near Cunningham, Mo., June 30, is now stated to be fifteen, and as many wounded. The railroad authorities are retieent... .Samuel Young, a noted counterfeiter of Indiana, has been lodged in jail at Indianapolis. He was captured on a farm pear Barney, Mo., after a fight with Winchester rifles.,. .R. M. Cherrie & Go., pig-iron manufacturers, of Chicago, have foiled. The liabilities are placed at $350,000, the assets at $650,000. The bull-fight at Dodge City, Kan., on the national holiday, attracted six thousand persons, among them being many Texan cowboys. Two of the bulls showed sufficient combatativeness to interest the crowd. One of the Mexican matadores received what mav prove to be a fatal wound in the ribs... .Roger C. Guthrie, ex-City Marshal of Omaha, has been convicted of bribery after a protracted trial.... A windstorm swept over Macon, Sangamon, and Christian Counties, Illinois, which destroyed much property and severely injured a number of people... A mysterious dis; ease has within two weeks swept off fifteen hundred hogs in the vicinity of Vandalia, Dlinoiß....At Fond du Lac, Wis., the other night. Lawrence Connaughty struck William Puis over the head with a billiardcue. causing injuries from which the victim died next morning.