The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-17
STATE NEWS.
A Resume Of the Principle Items Of
News in Three Great Statea
ILLINOIS.

Robert Reed, miner NJ Lincoln, was
killed by falling down coal SHAFT.
Henry Darling, timer at Mount Yer
non, committed suicide by shooting.
The subscription Of shclbyyille for the
Mount Vernon sufferers was raised TO three
hundred dollars.
The Prohibition State convention will
be held in Springfield, in Representative
Hall, May 70 and "a.
"A number OF eases Of scarlet fever has
broken out at Illiopolis, and the public schools
have been dismissed.
The Carlinyille Bank was opened at
Carlinyllle, with Sylvester Hoblit President,
and A. L. Hoblit Cashier.
AT HllIsboro the diphtherla has broken
out among the children. One case has
proved fatal and one or two more bad cases
are reported.
William Delay Is digging large els
tern for Phocion Howard at Baratoria, IN
which 1t is expected to keep frogs while In
their infancy.
Mrs. Lawler T.. Legg died at Mt. Yer
non, March 3, from injuries receivcd.in the
recent cyclone. Her death makes the twenty
fifth from this cause.
Charles Hayes, who Is wanted in Chicago
for robbing man, was arrested at Wauke-
gan, and taken TO Chicago. lie claims to be
innocent of the charge.
The revenue collections OF the Peoria
District for the month of February amounted
TO Si,7G6,0i4. This represents ,953,027 tax
paid gallons. The export amounts 10 $50
packages.
john Gregory, farmer, residing south
east OF Moawequa, lost four valuable horses.
Veterinary Surgeon Swing, of Decatur, upon
examining them, found clotted blood on
the brain. He could not tell exactly what the
disease was.
Ed Cotter, alias "Skinny' Bohan, a
notorious burglar and theft we'll known in
Chicago and ST. Louis, and who has served
three terms OF three years each In Joliet
prison, has been again restored TO liberty.
"Skinny" claims Peoria as his home.
Robert Reed, miner, employed in the
new coal shaft at Lincoln, missed his footing
while working about the pit and fell 20 the
bottom, q distance Of over two hundred feet.
When taken up he was found alive and was
taken 10 the hospital, where he died.
Charles Battelle, a locomotive engineer,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart az Peru. He had been
employed on the Wabash Road. but had been
layed OF for the past three months. lie had
been considered Of unsound mind for some
time.
The Natutal Gas Projecting Company
struck fye-foot vein of coal ofgood quality
at depth of 2i3 feet at Rock Falls opposite
! Sterling, causing much excitement and a
big advance In the value Of surrounding pro-
perty. The find is contrary TO the theory OF
biologists.
! The Union eN-prsoners OF war, of Win
nebago county. have organized an associa
/ ton nj Rockford. II. G. Scoyll, President;
! Captain Lewis +. Lake, Secretary and Treas
urer. The association will petition Senators
Cullom and Farwcl and Representative
Hit 10 support the bill now before Congress
providing for the pcnsionlng of Union ex
prisoners.
AT this season OF the year, the death rate
among the convicis at Joliet Penitentiary
always shows marked increase. During
the past week the following conyict
have died William Norton, SIX years, from
| Bloomington; Henry Jamison. four years
from Galesburg; John G. Miller. ten years
from Shelbyville, and John Kaiser, one year
from Chicago.
-Aonzo Hendson. who was convicted o.
murdc. IN Charleston, Coles county, In 1874
and sent 10 the Joliet Prison for the term o
his natural life, has been restored 10 libert,
after having served thirteen years and nin'
months. In January, 1876, Gov. Oglesbl
committed his life term 10 a twenty-hye-yea
sentence. Hendson has spent most of hi
prison lite as nurse in the prison hospital
and was a most exemplary convict.