Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1887 — THE WEST. [ARTICLE]

THE WEST.

JosKrH Plew hat been arrested for the murder of the Dunham family near Warsaw, Ind. Dunham’s pocketbook and SBO in money were found in Plow’s pockets. A fox-drive at Linn Grove, 111., in which eight hundred persons took part, resulted in the killing of bat one animal. ... .John Lucklum’s bouse, near Jefferson, iowa, was consumed by fire, the owner's father, wife and son perishing in the flames. Neighbors found the door fastened when the fire broke out, and could render no assistance to the unfortunate occupants.... An Albuquerque (N. M.) dispatch says: “George Lockhart, a Depot v Sheriff of Navajo Springs, accompanied by Ed Palmer and Tom King, started for Navajo reservation to arrest an Indian for horse-stealing. They found him on the reservation, surrounded by a large party of his tribe. The Indian Resisted arrest and Lockhart shot him dead. The other Indians opened fire on the three men. and in the resulting battle Lockhart. Palmer, and King were killed and left lving where they fell. Two Indians were killed and two wounded. TBe Indians then rode off to Bennett's store, near Manillas station, on the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, and stole all the provisions they could carry ofl'. Excitement is high, and the people living around the reset ration are afraid that the entire tribe will go on tbe war-path and that another Indian war is imminent.”.... A dispatch from Warsaw, Ind., says a terrible tragedy occurred about two miles nortb of that place. A party of hunters on : their return to their homes happened to pass the farm residence of Henry Dunham, when they came upon his mutilated remains in the lane near his residence. Instantly starting to alarm the neighbors, they did not enter tne house until after their arrival. On opening the door they discovered the little 2-year-old girl with her throat cut from ear to ear and Mrs. Dunham near by, alive, but so badly cut and injured about the head as to render her insensible. Mr. Dunham’s body was so badly torn by hogs as to make it impossible to ascertain how he was killed. It-- is believed that the crime was committed by robbers, as Dunham had sold Borne wheat and live stock for $250. Only $9 was found in the house. Ixdiaxa, Illinois, and Wisconsin Lav been invited to participate in the celebration of the centennial anniversary of the formation of the 'Northwest Territory, which will occur at Marietta, Ohio, next spring.... An oil well yielding one thous and barrels daily "has been developed in the North Baltimore field, near Findlay, Ohio. ....Prof. Ashbumer, Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Natural Gas Company, believes there is a large deposit of natural gas undt-r the city of St. Louis. .. Besides the pecuniary loss which resulted from the destruction of Jesse Arnot’s livery stable at St. Louis, one loss was suffered which is irreparable. The hears? in which the remains of Abraham Lincoln were conveyed' to their last resting place was consumed in the flames. It was built by Mr. Araot for that special purpose, and since that day had never been out of the building. Mr. Amot had received many offers for it, but had always refused to part with it, preferring to retain it as a sacred relic... The walls of a binning building at San Francisco fell, killing one white man and fatally injuring three others. It is believed a number of Chinamen perished? THe hog-packing of the entire West for the current winter, up to date, is estimated to be about 270,000 h'b2s less than for the same time a year ago—the falling off being fully 4 per cent. At Chicago the decrease is more than twice as many in number, and amounts to a very much larger percentage than that of the whole West The other points have increased their work by about half as much as Chicago has fallen behind in the race. The famous San Joaquin California. containing four hundred thousand acres, has been sold.,to agents of the Southern Pacific Company for $1,250,000.... Kansas City has purchased the St. Louis base-ball franchise, and the sale now onlyneeds ratification by the League Apportionment Committee.... A strange case is reported from Minneapolis, in which five women take the body- of a girl from a cemetery and try to restore it to life by prayer. .... Sidney Walsh, a young Englishman. living in a fashionable quarter of Cleveland, was recently found to have committed twenty-one burglaries, keeping the district in terror. His residence was furnished with stolen goods, and the wedding-iing he gave—bin wife in November was obtained in a raid... .S. S. Hollingsworth, the defaulting treasurer of Knox County, Indiana, has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. ‘He received the news like a whipped schoolboy. When elected to the position he was a farmer, worth SBO,IIOO. He spent that and SBO,OOO of irablte monev m spKiTiTatfoii and Carousing. .. . The town of Lyons, Mich., was swept by * torrent 4hare wrecked and carried away many buildings and caused great suffering to the inhabitants, many of whom barely escaped with their lives. Floods were prevalent throngh4mt Michigan, ail elougdhe course of the Grand River... .Newton Watts was arrested at Morris, 111., last week, charged with the murder of Express Messenger Kellogg Nichols, when the express robbery occurred on tbe Rock Island train near Morris, March 12,1886. On the night of the murder Watts was acting baggage master on the train. He is now in jail at Morris, where Henry Schwartz, the brakeman, is held charged with- complicity in tbe

crime; More srreeta are expected to follow. The detective* now think there i* little doubt that the deed was done bjr trainmen. 1— • ■ ■■■