The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-21
STATE NEWS.
a Resume Of the Principal Items Of
News in Three Great Statea


"A man thought 10 be named Geneva
was killed at Essex during a small riot at
the polls. His assailanfs name is I'M
known.
= Christ Hecke<, section hand on the
Chicago 4 Northwestern Railway, fell down
the steps OF his house at Rochelle and broke
his neck.
The town Of Sterling has voted q, 500 for
asoldierS monument 10 cost $1,000. The
remainder will be raised by the donations
OF citizens.
While riding a spirited horse, DIR. s. III.
Peabody, Of Champaign. a regent Of the Uni
versify OF Illinois, was thrown 10 the ground
and badly trampled upon.
&C. A. Chapman, commercial traveller
for q. A. Singer a. Co., Of Peoria, was ar
rested and locked up, charged with being
$3.50 short In his accounts
In Hanover Township, near Elgin, Mar
tin Wortz, aged fourteen years, was acct
dentally shot and killed by his brother Ja-
cob. aged seventeen, who was cleaning a
gun.
Two sea birds were killed at Monticello,
on the sangamon River by William Hossler.
The birds were the celebrated black cormo-
rants. and are seldom ever seen except near
the ocean.
The City Council nj Frccport at iis
April meeting instructed the City Attorney
to draw up an ordinance establishing city
hospital. The late William Stoneman left
$1,000 for thatpurposc.
-Wayland Brant, young man, while be-
Ing taken TO the insane asylum at Anna,
was suddenly taken sick on an Indianapolis
x ST. Louis train, aud died before his illness
was noticed
The coal mine Of DR.. w. j. Moore, ff-
teen miles north Of Paramount caught Are
and considerable damage was done. The
fire caught in the escapemcnt shaft and com
municated 10 the mine, which had 10 be
flooded with water to put IL out.
The conservation OF Bishop Ryan, of OF
tawa, recently appointed 10 the bishopric OF
the Alton diocese, viii take place at Alton
on May Mt the feast OF SIS. Pbilipan James.
The conservation OF Bishop-elect Jansen will
take place at Belleyille on April %.
"A telegram was received In Galena, an
nouncing the suicide at Silver City, New, of
Rufus Ford, a well-known resident Of the
former place, and graduate of the German
English College OF Galcna. Ford left Gal
ena not long ago Tor Nevada on prospect
ing tour.
Robert Haylet,of FaIrmount,a AN employc
Of the.Consolidated Coal Company, was driv-
ing team Of mules, when they became
frightened and ran in front OF an approach
Ing engine on the o. |. a. w. Road. Both
mules were instantly killed and Haylet Sc
riously hurt.
William Howard. who shot and killed
Martin Gaunt at Pearl March ., was cap
tured near Whitehall. &C his fathers house.
Howard was City Marshal at Pearl. Gaunt
resisted arrest, and the Marshal shoot him.
killing hun instantly. There was n reward
of$JO0 for his arrest.
Sylvester Marsh, arrested at Tolono for
alleged completely In burning the McKelyy
property, and released by Justice Dawson,
was arrested again on a new warrant and
taken 70 Champaign by Constable steiger.
lie had hearing there. and was again dis
charged on payment Of S25 fine for carrying
concealed weapons.
AT Lovington, Isaac Smith committed
suicide by hanging himself. He was amcm-
Der OF the private banking firm OF Drake a.
Smith, and one OF the most prominent citi-
zens of the town. Those directly connected
with him In his business state that his ac-
counts are correct, and that insanity was the
probable cause OF the act.
Willie Chcnowcth, aged fourteen, son
OF a leading physician of Decatur, accident
ally shot thrcc-year-old son OF Thomas
Weaver. The child died twenty minutes
later. Young Chenoweth was shoot
ing nj n mark on a fence with n rife. The
bullet passed through to the other side,
WHERE the Weaver child was standing, and
inflicted the mortal wound.
"A lot of laborers on the new Illinois
Central Railroad ut Rockford, struck for
straw beds. They had been sleeping on the
floor OF the car with nothing but blankets.
Tho boss refused TO give them beds and or
dered them out OF the car. whereupon they
fell upon him and pounded him severely.
This brought the straw mattresses and they
Will sleep on them hereafter.