Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1885 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

At Chicago, Judge Frendergast, after hearing arguments of counsel in the Mayoralty contest, denied the motion for. a recount of the ballots cast at the spring election. The defense gave notice that it •would move for the appointment of a custodian for the ballots.... At Springfield, DL, Judge Treat, of the United States Court, sentenced six of the locked-out ■Wabash employes to imprisonment in the county jail—four for thirty days each and two for ten days each—for contempt of court in interfering with non-union men when at work. Neal Thornton, a desperado, who murdered Policeman Daniel Sheehan at Joplin, M 6., was taken from jail and lynched. Cleveland dispatches state th,at the iron mills in that city have shut, down indefinitely, and the strikers there are reported as still showing signs of an intention to make trouble. There are factions among the strikers, however, and some of them are in favor of returning to work at once... .East Saginaw mill-owners threaten to shut down for the year if the labor troubles there continue. One or two proprietors have already taken the Course indicated. At Bay City work has been partly resumed. The effect of high license in St Louis has been the closing of 250 wine and beer saloons since July 1.... A census just taken of Nebraska shows that the population of the State is over 700,000, as against 452,000 in 1880. The population of Omaha was increased from 30,652 in 1880 to 61,835.... .Lars Gunderson, late Postmaster at Cumberland, Wis., who absconded recently, leaving a deficit of $5,000 in his official accounts, was found in Manitoba by an inspector, to whom he voluntarily surrendered himself.... While George Johnson, a young farmer living near Alden, lowa, was kissing his wife good-night, he cut- the throat of her sister, Grace Band, who was sharing her bed, and then committed suicide. Johnson is said to have been infatuated with his victim and to have killed her to prevent her marriage, which was fixed for an early day... .Omahadispatch: “General Howard, who recently wrote President Cleveland,

suggesting the possibility of a hostile demonstration at Salt Lake on the part of the Mormons on their pioneers’ anniversary, has received a telegram from the President directing him to keep all the posts of the Western Platte Department in full strength and be prepared for any emergency that may arise in Utah in. the near future. Gen. Hatch, with the Fifth Cavalry, has been ordered to remain in readiness at Ogalalla, Neb., to proceed by fast train to Salt Lake if necessary. TheSixtli Infantry, at Fort Douglas, U.T., consisting of 500 men, will be retained there, and are considered sufficient to guard against anything except an organized outbreak." Manages McVicker’s movement toward the reinstatement of the stock company system and the revival of the old comedies is meeting with good success at his theater in Chicago. Last week “London Assurance” was given every evening to good houses* and this week the “Marble Heart” wills be presented. The Daily of Saturday says: “Mr. J. H. McVicker’s revival of Boueieault’s ‘London Assurance’ is a remarkable event, and in every way Chicago’s veteran manager. The company which he has gathered about him is a notable one. The fine comedy in which it is appearing gives its leading members oppor-

trinity to put forward their best work. Of the stage setting nothing but praise can be said.” A dispatch from Milos City, Montana, says that excitement runs high there, caused by a report that five cowboys and seven-Cheyennes had bqen killed in a fight on the Rosebud. At Fort Keogh it is, learned that the Pine Ridge and other Cheyennes on the Tongue River are quarreling with the Cheyennes on the Rosebud, insisting upon the latter leaving •'their' reservation to go south upon the warpath. The Cheyennes oh the Rosebud are peaceable and prefer to remain quiet. The others threatened ¥he life of Indian ■ Agent Stevens at Rosebud. He fled to Fort Custer and telegraphed tho facts to the department commander at Fort-Snelling, Minn... . Samuel Crocker, editor of tho War Cfyief, the organ of tho Oklahoma colonists? has been arrested on the charge of “seditious conspiracy” and "inciting sedition, and rebellion against the United States Government. ” A number of other arrests of settlers on tho same charge is also recorded. Crop reports from tho Northwestern States show that in many localities there will be a better yield of Wheat than was at first anticipated, ll while tho -news concerning corn, oats, barley, potatoes, and bfiy is very encouraging... .The Secretary of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture denies the report of crop blight, and reports of swarms of young locusts or grasshoppers in the Valley of the Arkansas and other parts of Colorado are also officially denied The dispute between the cattlemen and Secretary Lamar in regard to the trail through the Indian Territory has been settled,, the bullock barons yielding under protest to the order from the Interior Department.