Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1885 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

It has been determined that the burning to death of Frank Enoch, his wife, and two children, in their home near Detroit, was the work of murderers, bullet holes having been found in the heads of Enoch and ms wife. There is no clew to the perpetrators. ... A new whisky pool has been formed in Chicago, and the price will at once be increased to sl.lO per gallon. The production is to be 33 per cent, of capacity, with an assessment of 16 cents per bushel, and a rebate of 25 cents per bushel for running less than the limit prescribedNeab Miles City, Mont., an attempt was made by three masked men to rob the Spearfish stage, but the driver galloped the horses away. The Sheriff and three deputies had heard rumors of the plot, and were on hand in time to capture two of the robbers, one of whom they shot twice... .A company of the Eighth United States Cavalry, under Lieutenant Fortune, was ambushed near White House, N. M., by the hostiles. The troops lost five killed aud two wounded. No Indians were reported killed. „ Since the opening of the winter packing season, the average daily receipts of hogs at Chicago have been 40,000 head. C, D. Hess commenced in the Superior Court at Chicago a suit for $25,000 damages for slander against Lillian Bussell and her husband, Edward 5010m0n.... Two murderers at Carrollton, Missouri, being dissatisfied with < the sentence of imprisonment for life, secured a new trial. The jury cdnvicted them of murder in the first degree, and Judge Davis fixed March 12 as the day of their execution. .. .The Hon. Wm. Pitt Lynde, a well-known lawyer and prominent citizen of Milwaukee died if* that city last week, aged 68 years. Mr. Lynde was bom in Homer, N. Y., graduated at Yale College in 1838, was admitted to the New York bar in 1841, and went to Wisconsin to reside in 1642. He was Attorney General of the State in 1844. In 1845 President Polk appointed him United States District Attorney for Wisconsin. In 1848, on the admission of Wisconsin as a State, he was elected to the Thirtieth Congress as a Democrat, being one of the three Bepresentatives sent from

the State at the time. In 1860 Mr. Lynde wM elected Mayor of Milwaukee. He served as Assemblyman in 1866 and oa State Senator in 1868 and 1860. He was elected to the Forty-fourth Congress over Harrison Ludington and to the Forty-fifth Congress over the late William E. Smith. He had held no public office for several years. California banks hold for collection forged drafts ou the Camden Consolidated Oil Company of Parkersburg, W. Va., for over $67,000. One of these drafts, for $21,437.50, was discounted by the Bank of California... .A boy at Youngstown, Ohio, named Frank Burnett, possesses such electrical power as to cause chairs and tables to dance Rt bis approach. He is to he examined by medical experts .. .Natural gas has been found in several localities in Indiana, and there is considerable excitement on the subject.. Fire broke out in the four-story brick building at the corner of Michigan street and LaSalle avenue, Chicago, owned by Obeme, Hosiek & Co., and occnpied by them as a tallow, hide,, and wool warehouse, and it was completely destroyed. The loss is estimated at $316,000.