The diamond drill., 1888-12-15

o. l.. Perry. local manager OF tho Western
Union telegraph company nj Fort Wayne,
Ind, has received n notice from the White
Caps.
Lizzie Seal, I'm Indian girl, was brutualy
beaten recently for an insignificant offense by
Principal Mecioskey at the White Earth
agency. Mimi.
The new Texas capitol was accepted by the
receiving board saturday.
James Lemons and wife, living near Coxad,
Ncb., have become insane because suspected
OF the murder of farmer.
Mrs. u. l.. IIine, wife OF a contractor, and
Moses Iiagerman, a real estate dealer, have
eloped from Topeka, Kas.
Francis Browning Owen, \ nephew OF
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, has been sent
TO prison at Detroit for embezzient.
Dickerson, aias Hunter. arrested near
Mount sterling, Ky, after being shot or sus-
picion that he was Tascott, will be released.
Two men, by clever rouse, enticed the
cashier of bank nj Ames, Iowa. from his
counter recently and robbed the bank Of
5000.
The Illinois State Board OF Live stock Com
missioners has appointed an agent 10 inspect
all cattle received az East 81 Louis. and
quarantine those affected With lumpy jaw.
Samuel 5. Ford, OF kankakee. H., stu
dent at the University OF Illinois at Cham
paign Wednesday drew $500 from the
Champaign National Bank, $3.50 from the
Bank OF Durham, Trevett 4 Maths, and $50
from the Urbana First National Bank. on
checks which We're found to be forgeries.
Ford could not be found Friday.
AT San Francisco, Cal. Friday, Collector
j. s. Hager seized the steamer Westmeath
and her cargo OF sugar from Java. on which
the American Sugar Refinery Of that city had
paid duty OF $4,000. The cargo was val
ued at about S40O.0D, and the charge on
which IL was scized was that the value would
be underestimated defrauding the govern
mcnt out OF duties to the amount ofSio0,0Oo.
The United States Government has entered
suits against the various corporations and in
diyiduals OF Eureka, New, for amounts az
grcgatng Si3,O00,OO for cutting wood from
unsurvcyed government lands.
May Gilfoy, a Sioux City. Ia, woman.
quarreled with her lover, George Robbins
Thursday night and took laudanum, dying
Friday.
Colonel Root, a Western pioneer who
drove stage between Chicago and Detroit be-
fore the days Of railroads, died In Elkhart
Ind, Friday, aged 50.
Francis Browning owen, n nephew OF
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with some
claims having been poet himself, was sen-
fenced at Detroit, Mich, Friday, 20 fifteen
days imprisonment for embczzlement.
The filing by the Rev. William II. Camp
bell OF papers In the habeas corpus case 10
secure control OF bis daughter revived the
sensational Campbell-Scott divorce ease at
St Louis Friday. Mr.. Campbell Is pastor OF
the Highland Congregational Church at Bos-
ton.
The American Horse Show, OF Chicago,
was incorporated Friday by Potter Palmer,
George l.. Dunlap, n. X. Fairbank aud 9TH
ers. The purpose Is 10 hold annual exhibi-
tions, and the capital stock Is $4,000.
The people OF Wapcllo, Dewitt county,
H., witnessed fine example OF the phcnon-
enon OF the mirage Thursday. what seemed
10 be the town OF Midland City, twelve miles
distant, being plainly visablc, suspended
high in the air.
q. w. T. Adams, OF Lafayette, Ind, local
agent OF the Empire Freight Line, and the
brother-in-law OF J. G. Tucker, of Chicago,
general passenger agent OF the Big Four Line.
committed suicide Thursday by taking NOR
phine.
The shipments OF iron ore from the Lake
Superior region during 1855 have exceeded
all previous annual shipments from that dis
trict
Charles Judson, aged Is, railroad employe
who had been boarding for several months at
the house OF Mr.. Coster, Oregon, ILL.,, eloped
Wednesday with Coster's i5-ycar.old daugh-
ter Daisy, but was arrested at Byron as they
ala IN fal fhn fpaf fn.s a nd
il now In fail for abduction.
Mrs. Henrietta Smell OF Chicago has offered
a reward Of $4,000 for the arrest OF William
B. Tascott, the murderer OF her husband.
Rumors gained credcnce In It. Louis, No.,
"Wednesday that acombine ~ al hog-packing
interests OF the West was beng engineered
by Chicago syndicate. The sale Of the East
st. Louis Packing Company's plant, with
daily capacity OF , 800 head, - Crossman &
Savage, said 10 represent the trust, was tho
basis for the story.
At Wednesdays session OF ths American
Base Ball Association at ST. LOUIS Columbus
was admitted, 10 take the place Of Cicyclan !,
which Joins the National League.
Officers OF the American Live Stock Show,
held in Chicago annually IN conjunction with
the American Fat stock show, are opposed
to the scheme OF a horse exposition In Chica-
90 similar 10 the yearly exhibit at New York.
They say that II viii virtually become n rival
10 the older shows, and that IL raises the qucs-
ton whether all can be sustained in Chicago.
The remains Of Media Hewitt, who com
mitted suicide IN Chicago, were buried near
Roam, Ind, Tuesday. Her father disap-
peared the day before fearing. II is said. that
he would bc prosecuted for bigamy.