Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1885 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

The business quarter of Chicago will on New Year’s eve be lighted by electricity from the tower of the Board of Trade. The lamp will be of 40,000 candle-power. The cost is to be about $4,000 per annum, which amount has been subscribed by citizens directly interested . - -■A. wery-large congrega—tion was attracted to the First Methodist Church in Chicago to witness a test of divine healing by anointing with oil. Nearly one hundred persons subjected themselves to the process, and twice that number arose to testify that by faith and prayer they had been cured of various ailments. Mlt. Banks, a lawyer at' Culbertson, Neb.. was notified by a vigilance committee to leave town within forty-eight hours. He is accused of frauds in accepting fees from contesting clients... .Fire in the Barnum Wire-works, at Detroit. Mich., caused a loss of between $200,000 and $250,000.... The saw-mill of Barker & Birdsall, at Bay City, Mich., the largest in the United States,® was destroyed by fire....:ExCongressman William Aldrich, formerly of Chicago, died of apoplexy at the home of his brother in Fond du Lac, Wis. The will of the late Vice President Hendricks has been probated at Indianapolis. It is in Mr. Hendricks’ handwriting, and the paper is yellow with age. It reads as follows: I, Thomas A. Headricks, of Marion County, Ind., do make this my last will and testament, hereby revoking any and all wills by me at any time heretofore made. I give, bequeath, and devise to my beloved wife, Eliza M. Hendricks, all my personal and real property of every description whatever and wherever located, to her and her heirs forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and, if agreeable to her, I desire that she shall be the executrix thereof. Thomas A. Hendricks. ; A hurricane swept over portions of Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado, resulting in serious losses. The wrecking of buildings at Kansas City, Omaha, and Lincoln. Neb., is reported. A woman was killed at River View, Mo., and a man was blown from a building and fatally injured fit Kansas City. The Union Pacific refused to dispatch trains across the bridge at Omaha. ’ Some of the most popular performances seen on a Chicago stage for many a day are those given at McVicker’s Theater by the Duff Company in its representation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s delightful comic opera, “The Mikadb.” The management has secured the most capable , and popular operatic artists available for the principal characters, and has given the most careful attention to even- detail. Th? performances are witnessed nightly by packed houses. The opera will be continued for another week;