Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1886-11-04
WESTERN.

The business portion Of Versailles,
the county seat of Morgan County, Missouri,
was destroyed by fire last week Loss.
$4,000
Barhart Stillwell, farmer near
Akron, Ohio, was enticed into a lonely wood
and tortured until he surrendered 81 800
which was concealed on his person.
Judge Walter Bennett Scates, for
merly Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme
Court, died at Evanston Of paralysis.
In curve near Pine Bluff, Wiscon-
sin, wild train and passenger train dashed
together, the engines bang wrecked, and the
baggage and mail cars, with their contents,
burned. One man was killed and two others
fatally hurt Three persons were severely
wounded, and the engineer of the passenger
train, who was caught in his cab, with his
head and one of his legs crushed, was only
rescued Just in time to prevent his being scald-
ed to death.
On the Grand Jury which, It is ex-
pected, will investigate the Haddock assassin
alton at Sioux City, Iowa, are nine Democrats
and three other persons who are believed to
be opposed to the Prohibition law 1t is be-
lieved that Henry Peters, a missing witness,
was killed by the assassins TO prevent his re-
vealing their names decomposed body
found on the 4th inst at Crescent Iowa, and
inferred in the Potters field at Council Bluffs,
was exhumed, and an examination Of the
clothing led TO the almost complete Identified
ton of Peters
The jury in the Begley inquest at
Chicago recommended that the four prisoners
who admit that they fred from the Pinkerton
train, be held to the Grand Jury without bail
Mr.. Fotheringham, the express mes
senger who was robbed on the San Francisco
road, says the perpetrator gave his name as
jim Cummings, the last Of the Jesse James
gang, a participant in the Blue Cut train-rob-
berry, which yielded him only $1,000
A. A. Mellier & Co., Wholesale drug
gis.s at St Louis, made an assignment The
firm place their assets at $4,000 with iabili-
ties estimated at 100000.
A poisoned well at Battle Creek
Mich, caused the death Of Mrs. @. Winters
and the serious illness of her three children
and Of neighboring family.
The dry-goods house of Simply, Dor
sey Il Co, of Cincinnati have asked an ex
tension Of time of their creditors. The firmi
liabiltie, are $4,000, with assets o
1s5695 500
The building occupied by the Cas-
School of Applied Science, in Cleveland, names
after the late Leonard Case, by whom it wa
founded, was destroyed by fire. The labora
tory, containing many chemicals, exploded
Total loss, $4,000
A disastrous accident occurred OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st Paul Railroa'
at East Rio VIA, passenger train havinl
been derailed by an open switch There ar
conflicting stories as TO the loss Of life, on
dispatch stating that twenty six persons wer
killed 80
A Wabash train which left st. Loui
collided with freight train when ten mile
out Both engines were wrecked and an on
gineef and brakeman we're killed
~, The clearinghouse Of William N
Dustin, at Lincoln, Ill, has suspended bust
.ness, and an assignment will be made. II
liabilities are $4,000 Mr. Dustin was en-
gagged in packing beef at Miles City, Montani
,incompany with Roselle M Hough, who bui
the Chicago Stock Yards Their building
were burned last July, causing a loss Of $40
r0OotsaAt s
tt is estimated that the expenses {
the postal service for the next fiscal year wi
aggregate So, 342, 150, an increase Of sy76, q
over the current year. rt