The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-07-13
THE WEST

breaking out in the Century Office, East
Eighteenth street.
..ef THE WEST.
A vERDfCsr OF acquitial was rendered IN
the case OF the United States against ex-
Chief Customs Inspector Irwin A. Gard
ner, charged with smuggling opium at
Portland, ore.
z REV. II. q. PENDLETON, a widely known
Congregal liOnalist, died at Chicago the
other morning. aged eighty-se en-.
AT Flagstaff, A. n, a large new stone
block Of stores and several other buildings
have been burned. Loss, 100000; insur-
ance small.
ALL Eastern roads at Chicago on the I'd
dropped the rate on dressed beef to all sea
board points from 800 cents 10 261S cents,
and the Erie announced its intention Of re-
duciug the rate to % cents. Rates on
agricultural implements were reduced 5
cents and livestock rates cents to 143S
cents. Cheese was cut to 10 from IA cents.
-JUDGE JAMESON has denied the motion Of
the attorneys OF Mrs. RawsOp, now in the
county Jail for contempt Of court for shoot
ing at Attorney Whitney IN the court room
at Chicago, June l last, to remit the remain
ing portion OF her sentence.
The Centennial Exhibition at Cincinnati
opened on the morning Of the 4th.
TIE Colorado rate troubles have finally
been adjusted aud a new tariff issued
which advances the rate about twenty per
cent t- +i a-
CoSGREssMAN THOMAS, of Illinois, is lying
seriously i'll in his Washington house with
fever and inflammation Of the bowels.
GENERAL GEoRGE G. ROGERS, of Kansas,
a member of the Board Of Pension Appeals
in the Interior Department has been dis
missed, and James Lacey, OF Missouri, has
! been appo nted ,to.the vacancy.
TTauTNVNg strucLx the hOuga Of C1n O1p-
stad, ten miles north of Hunter, OAK, the
other night, killing Oestad and his wife
Their baby was found alive in the house
by neighbors who forced an entrance
twenty-fouR hours after and found the bod
les or the parents.
GEoRG JONES, a atwelve-year old boy, on
! the 4th loaded an old tomato can with
powder and, att lehing a shaving as fuse,
| lighted if, at Indianapolis, Ind. Before he
| could leave the spot the can exploded, tear
ing off the top Of his head and killing him
| instantly.
] THERE was a fatal case OF sunstroke the
/ other afternoon on Chouteau island, neaI
1 Nsmeoki, Ill. The victim, stranger
/ from St, Louis, was shocking wheat at the
| time.
HENRY MEYER, n German farmer, walk
| ing on the Ohio q Mississippi railroad
] tr1ck at Lebanon, ILL.,, was run over anC
| fatally injured recently.
/ The American party of California held
| its State convention on the 5th and eiecteC
i DELEGATES TO the National convention.
WIND and rain in and about -Algona
/ Iowa, recently destroyed several small
houses, wrecked y circus aud ruined many
/ crops.
/ THE business portion Of Lake City, Mich.
was destroyed by fire on the 4th, tw'
| blocks being burned aown. The loss wa
| $50, 600; insurance light.
. A
vile, o., early on the morning of tue 9th il
the block in which tho most valuable busi
ness houses in the city were located. Los
was S20O,Oo0; insurance, $9O,0Q0.
Harry e. TUCKER and his father and sis
ter were. drowned IN Lake Johanna, nea
ST. Paul, Mimi, recently by their boat cap
sizing.
THREE men were arrested recently ant
taken to Chicago, charged with being in
conspiracy to wreck trains and destro
property on the Chicago Burlington I
Quincy. Dynamite was found in their pos
session and a card OF membership of tn
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. p.
THE business portion of Maumee, o., wa
destroyed by ire the other morning Loss
100000. Cause, frecrackers.
FoUR of the principal business houses c
Durango, Col, were destroyed by fire o
the 4th. Loss, $50, O8O.
News has been received Of a terrifi
wind aud hail storm about twelve mile
, north Of Amherst, Wts. One woman wa
killed by falling timber All the crops
a strip of country about One-fourth of
mile wide aud three or four miles Ion
were a total loss. .... --
3 MORMON Church agen have turned owe
o Receiver Dyer the noted Church far
/ near Salt Lake, lilo acres, valued at $3.50
, OOO. Further large amounts or prOpert
are expected TO be reclaimed within fe
81 days in Government proceedings again
1 Mormon Church property. -r'
r REPORTS have been received Of the xii
ing of three Illinois runaway lads n Il
Seminole country by Indians. The boy
a had previously killed an Indian.
a SOLOMON NELSON and +. c. Hedberg we
e drowned in Belle Greek near Cannon Fall
{ Num-. the other day, while repairing
K bridge, the latter Ial,ing into the>wat
d and the former going to his rescue. M
son was prominent business man.
I 1T is rsport a thai REV. Father Thorn;
Z f. Mangau, OF Joliet, Ill, viii be appninu
Vicar General of the Roman CathoI,c Di
Q cese OF Chicago.
/ J. w BROwN. the alleged polygainist i.
, Gently arrested in Chicago, was arraigu,
{ at Detroit. Mich, in the case of marryi1
4. Mary Benjamin, pleaded not guilty al
: was remanded TO Jail 1t Is now state
. Brown has been married no less than thirt
!, two times, and many OF his dupes are G
: pected to be present at the trial
y A CONSTRUCTION train on the Elgin, Joli
& Eastern road was wrecked recent
~ near Joliet H., by distractions on I
i track Three Italian laborers were kille
4 Engineer Wright was IA ally scalded.
IL THE three members of the firm OF Sh,
well, Clerihew a. Lothian. WHO failed sol
ia days ago at Minneapolis, Mimi, have be
, arrested on a warrant sworn out by I
cashier of a bank 10 which the firm W
, largely indebted, on a charge OF swindlir