The Progress., 1888-01-14
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.

NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
Interesting Items Gathered from
Various Localities.
Thomas Helston, q prominent busines.
man Of Hillsboro, aged seventy-years, was
found dead in his bed the other day.
During 1887 there were 12, 1853 marriage
licenses issued in Chicago, and the
coroner held 1,4O9 inqaests The mur.
ders for the year averaged one for each
week The deaths were Is, 400 The mum.
her of fires reported was 1859, and the
total loss was 81, 1,941. .838. The receints ts
for licenses of all kinds aggregated 50
2S1, ,9O9, of which the saloons paid R1 ,
972,O21. The real-estate transfers apere.
gated $75,781, ,O25, and over seventeen
miles of new buildings were erected at 3
cost Of over $40, 900, 600
Mrs J. R Thompson, well-known tenn
perance worker, died at Cairo the other
day. aged eighty years
The State Teachers Association al, ita ra.
cent session in Springfield elected Al r
Nightengale, of Lake View, as president,
The little daughter Of George W. Robbins,
OF Decatur, was burned to death recent
~ while playing with the fire while her
mother was ont in the yard '.,
y u Sackett, for years member Of tn e
State Board of Equalization. died the other
morning at his home in Paxton.
Fire early the other morning destroyed the
general store of @. w. Pavey d Sons. Mount
Vernon n10a of fho oF ~
Mr.. James A. White, perishing in the flames
Peoria distillers paid $16,OOO,O0O reye-
nue. taxes last year.
A decision was recently rendered in Chi
cago by Judge Waterman to the effect that
the State Board Of Health has no power to
revoke the certificate Of practicing ply
slctan merely because he advertises in the
newspapers.
A post-oface has been established at Edge
water, Cook County.
DR.. James Montgomery, one of the Oldest
and best-known physicians in Central Illi-
ing OF poisoning, being the fifth ply
sician who had died in that city within four
months.
Two farmer boys, Frank and Gere Moore
living south of Hume, Edgar County, were
~AS~1SAA
Mrs John McNellis died at Morris the
other morning, aged seventy-three years
Her gifts to churches and to charity, when
her husband and herself were worth $780,
QUO, amounted to many thousands of dol
lars. She died comparatively poor
IOWA.
At Des Moines the other morning Will
lam s., the seventeen year, old son of State
Treasurer Twombley, received fatal injuries
ut the toboggan slide.
Patrick O'Brien, an Iowa contractor. was
found freezing in doorway at Cincinnati,
o., q few nights ago He had been drinking,
and on his person was found SO, 900 in
money and $6, 900 in checks
The authorities Of Council Bluffs have
ordered all gamblers to leave the city under
pain of prosecution.
The question of dancing was sprung upon
the State Teachers, Association at it's re-
sent session in the form of resolution
censuring the dancing at the reception the
night before After stormy debate the res
olutton was withdrawn.
A coal mine has been discovered near
Akron. The coal is in immense quantities
and of excellent quality
The barn and feed stable connected with
the Geneva House at Rock Rapids was
burned the other morning: Seven horses,
two mules, one COW and twenty hogs per-
ished in the building. ri
Miss Lizzie Nagle, daughter of one of Du-
buqne's Oldest citizens, left for Baltimore
the other night to enter the Convent of Car
melite nuns in that city.
Dora Erwin, wife of one-legged clog
dancer at Sioux City, died recently. She
was the daughter of Mrs. Dora Byers, of
Chicago, a wealthy lady, and was disowned
when she left home to go upon the stage
William Wilson, farmer living near Des
Motnes, whose mind had become disor
dered, barned himself to death recently by
getting into the haymow of his barn and set
ting it on fire.
mail car, with twenty five pouches of
mail and other contents, was burned at
Waverly the other night
All the gambling houses at Sioux CITY
have been closed by the authorities.
George ". Snyder, pioneer physician,
expired at his residence in Burlington the
other day, aged eighty-four years
Several loaded cartridges left by un-
known parties in Main street. Council
Bluffs, few days ago were exploded by
psAS'AAo V0AAAO1CSA I wv CCdSu6u GQTOugl
the windows Of a harness shop, causing
great CONSERVATION among the occupants
but no one was injured.
William A. Dowell, we'll known young
man of Burlington, shot himself through
the head the other night with suicidal in
tent
WISCONSIN.
All reports from the Gogebic iron range
point to speedy revival of business in the
iron-producing regions Many OF the mines
that have been shut down for several
months are commencing work again
1 Hog cholera is still committing ravages
In Grant County, and in Glen Haven town
ship the loss has been especially heavy.
A carload of beans for use in logging
camps has been received at Green Bay di-
rect from California The freight bill was
$500
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Art
and Letters convened at Madison tine other
evening. Prof w F. Allen, of Madison, was
elected president for three years
The Wisconsin Commercial Travellers AS
sociation held its first annual meeting in
Madison recently. R D. Montgomery was
elected president.