Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1884 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

At Lincoln, 111., the other day, the lather of Zora Bums fired a shot at O. A. . Carpenter, who was tried and acquitted of the girl’s murder. The bullet struck an iron column, and Carpenter was escorted home by friends. Tre Toledo (Ohio) Produce Exchange has adopted an address to the railway managers of the country urging that freight charges are too high, and that in view of the decreased values of "Western products there should be a revision and readjustment of rates. Near Knoxville, Ohio, Wm. Reynolds’ wagon, containing his three children, left its fastenings on a hillside and dashed down the incline; coming in collision with a great rock. Two of the children were killed, but the third escaped with slight injuries. At Prescott, Arizona, Judge Howard sentenced the convicted polyamists, Ammon M. Tenny, Bishop P. J. Christoffer» son, and C. I. Kemp, to pay a fine of SSOO each and be imprisoned three years and six months in the United States Houße of Correction at Detroit, Mich. Kemp leaves two wives and twelve children in destitute circumstances. He desired to plead guilty, but was prevented under pain of excommunication from the Mormon Church. The sentences of Bishops Wm. J. Flake and Jas. F. Skonsen, who pleaded guilty, were SSOO fine each and six months’ confinement in the Yuma Penitentiary.... Seagrave & Co., private bankers at Toledo, Ohio, have failed. The deposits do not exceed SIO,OOO, and the unsecured liabilities are said to reach $150,000. A sensation was caused in Lafayette, Ind., in the course of a lecture by Col. Ingersoll. The Hon. John A. Stein protested against the blasphemy of the lecturer. He so informed him. and with several friends arose and left the ha 11... .The Rev, W. H. Tibbals, of the Methodist Cburch, Paw Paw, Mich., resigned owing to political differences with the congregation, he having advocated prohibition during the campaign... .A. O. Roach, a Republican of Waterloo, Wis., wheeled a barrow twenty miles to Madison, in payment of an election bet. The J. I. Case Plow Company, of Racine, Wis., has made an assignment in favor of its creditors. The unsecured liabilities are from $60,000 to $70,000, and the assets nearly $70,000, The heaviest creditor is J. I. Case, President of the company. Other large creditors are iron and steel dealers of Pittsburgh, Pa.