Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1886 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

Cmr Marshal John Cowey, of Detroit City, Minn., was fatally shot by a desperado and gambler named Kellaher. The assassin was placed in jail, from whence he was taken by a mob of masked men and hanged to a tree, after which his body was riddled with bullets. Solomon Messer, formerly Mayor of Cameron, Mo., has been mulcted in $666 for calling Colonel Harwood, the Republican candidate for Coneress, a thief, robber, and murderer. .. .William Quarles, Edward Hollis. W. L. Buchanan, and Albert Jaystall, all of whom participated in the late Southwestern Railroad strike, were found guilty of conspiracy in. the Criminal Court at Parsons, Has., and were sentenced to pay SIOO fine and costs and serve thirty days’ imprisonment in the county jail. Counsel for defendants filed a motion for a new trial. ... .A spark ignited the warehouse of the Consolidated Oil Tank Line Company at Peoria, HL, and the structure was quickly destroyed. The blazing oil from a huge twit spread across the railroad tracks to the Peoria and Pekin Union freight house, which, with thirty freight cars and one coach, was consumed. The total loss is estimated at $250,000, with heavy insurance. Theatrical interest at .Chicago centers in the fine work of the Union Square Company at McVicker's Theater. The local press is unanimous in pronouncing it the most perfect dramatic organization ever seen in the West. The play selected for this week is “Love’s Martyr,” by the author of the “Two Orphans,’* which brings out the entire company , with the exception of Miss Burroughs and Miss Harrison. Miss Caroline Hill, an accomplished actress, represents the leading feminine character intheplay. A PARTY of three hnndred persons went by steamer from Cleveland to Fairport, Ohio, where some intoxicated men raided a tenement- house occupied by Folanders. Several of the excursionists were injured, and the entire party was pursued to the wharf and forced to embark-in great haste. The Manager of the Lake Shore Boad recently ordered the suspension of twentytwo passenger condhctors running between Buffalo and Chicago, without giving them any reason .... A bank of Cincinnati bas set apart a special vault for the keeping of the ashes from the remains of bodies cremated.