Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1885 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

At Salt Lake City, Bishop Hiram B. Clawson, of the Mormon Church, was convicted of illegal cohabitation and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of S3OO and costs. Two other Saints, found guilty of the samea offense, received lighter sentences..,.A special from Warm Springs, Montana, sayrf one of the buildings of the insane asylum was burned, and three inmates, A. B. Magee, Hannah Belcher, and Hector Milan perished in the flames. It is not known how the fire originated.... Nearly all the towns in Washington Territory were represented at a mass-meeting at Seattle, which adopted resolutions calling on all citizens to aid in the expulsion of the Chinese, who wil] be notified to leave on or before November 1.... Over 10,000 people witnessed the first game of the final series between the New York and Chicago baseball clubs, played in the latter c ty. The game was a brilliant one, and resulted in the defeat of the visitors by a score of 7 to 4.... Indian depredations continue in Arizona, and the Governor has called out the Territorial militia for active service against the hostiles... .Patrick Hartnett, a wifemurderer, was hanged in the Ohio Penitentiary, at Columbus. Jonas H. Rowe brought suit for $25,000 damages against the Detroit Free Press for the publication of charges made in proceedings that had been entered for divorce. The Free Press copied them from the court records. The jury brought a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for 6 cents damages. .....Bloomington (Hl.) special: “First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson, who arrived home ~~ a few days ago on a brief visit, has received calls from all manner of people. Applicants for office have bothered him by day, and burglars hang about his residence by night. Last night burglars invaded his residence. Mr. Stevenson was not at home at the time, and, after thoroughly ransacking the abode, the robbers made off with several Government bonds and a small amount of money.".... Rosenfeld <t Kauffman. Cincinnati clothiers, failed, with liabilities of SIOO.OOO. ■ The Detroit Post has been sold to W. C. and C. A. Nimocks, late of the Minneapolis Journal.... The men employed in the Union Pacific mines at Carbon, Wyoming, and Louisville, Colo., struck last week, and General Manager Callaway received official notification from the Knights of Labor at both camps that it was decided that miners would not return to work until all Chinamen were dismissed. At Salt Lake City, Edward Brain was convicted of unlawful cohabitation. His latest wife, a Danish girl, testified freely to their marital relations. Brain made *a long statement to the court, maintaining the truth of the Mormon gospel. He said he knew it by a direct revelation of God to himself. His covenants were made for eternity. He would stand by them at all hazards. Judge Zane reminded him that two of his wives.were in this eternal covenant. He spoke about one already divorced from him—bis first wife dishonored in her old age. To talk of this being an eternal covenant under divine command was blasphemy, and he was tired of hearing such hypocritical cant. Brain was sentenced to six months in jail and S3OO fine. Four cars broke away from the first section of a circus train near Fergus Falls, Minn., and running backward on a heavy grade struck the engine of the second section. Five men were killed and many others seriously wounded.. Nearly two hundred men were asleep in the wrecked cars at the tune. Col® weather, it is expected, will end the Apache campaign in the- Southwest, compelling the Indians to, surrender.... William Bookwaiter, of Circleville, Ohio, while intoxicated, took a position on the railroad tracks and said he would kill the first negro that passed. He kept his word, and Samuel Tibbs was his victim. He shot hup in the back, with fatal result..., John O’Brien, a political “fine-worker" of Cincinnati, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment and to pay a fine of SI,OOO. He

rnn-nr-.m.;! . 777,..- . , , , 777 , . had offered to sell fraudulent certificates of registration... .Cole <t Dodge, Stockton, Cal., farmers, filed a petition in bankruptcy, placing their liabilities at $200,^00.... All the in St. Daul were closed by order of Mayor Rice.... The first snowfall of the season is reported from East Tawas, Alpena,and Cheboygan, Mich., last week.