The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-26
STATE NEWS.
4 Resume Of the Principal Items Of
Usws IN Three Great StatsA


The first Illinois Association OF Mexican
War Veterans met In annual session Mt
Galesburg.
The Village Board OF Ramsey passed a
resolution appropr Eating $500 10 prospect for
natural gas
Miss France. II. willard Il delegate TO
tho Illinois Prohibition Convention TO be
held at Springfield.
The body or General Martin BEEN was
exhumed at Alton but no additional powder
burns were discovered.
"A carriage trimmer, named John Rad
ley, OF sbelbyville, wound up spree by
taking two ounces OF laudnum.
the Chicago Diamond Drill Company,
while drilling for coal at Monticello. struck
natural gas at depth OF go feet.
The Congregationalists have sold their
church edifce 70 a swedish society and will
erect fine buildir this summer.
In the Circuit Court every count in tho
indictment OF Mayor Harrington, OF Elgin,
for malfeasance in office was quashed.
Mrs. Sarah sherman, aged "a, who had
been married only eight weeks, committed
suicide at Peoria. IL Is stated that her hus-
band refused to zee her when she was dying.
old 10y OF George Mather's swallowed some
creosote. The boy suffered intensely until
he died.
Professor j. w. Fisk made a successful
ascension at NATION, dropping by the aid OF
u parachute after he had attained height
OF $50 feet
The first discovery OF natural gas In that
vicinity, was made mt Fithian, four miles
north OF Paramount. The flow is good one
and will be utilized.
Harry Simons, well-known citizen OF
Shuilsburg, Wis, Is In jail at Darlington on
the charge OF obtaining goods under false
pretenses and forgery. IL is said his for
gerios will reach $1,000
Upon going to his home at Mattoon TO
dinner, John Gearhart found his brother Al
Ian lying upon the floor with mis- throat cut
though the jugular vein had not been sever
ed. They lived together and Allan had been
sick. He can not recover
There has been placed In Jail at Mt.
Carmel Mrs. Mary Margaret Ray. aged "a
years, OF Lancaster, for the murder of her child.
She gave birth TO child April GLAND caused
its death, IL IL alleged. by tying IL I'm a sack
and throwing IL in the family we'll The
body was not found until May sth, the fam
lily using the water from tho we'll in the
mean time. The woman Is utterly dcpraved.
AT Carthage the case OF Arthur Yates.
who so recently died OF hydrophobia, Is at
tracting the attention as being unusual In
the symptoms ordinarily sLown by that dis
ease. The boy was not thrown into convul-
sions by the sight or sound of water, but
asked for and drank IT, The doctor poured
water from one vessel TO another in the room
-. n ~.
wounds on the face from the bite OF the dog
healed nicely, never changed color or gave
pain. The spasms did not begin until few
hours before death. At times the boy was
so rational that his parents thought the doctor
must be decciying them as 10 the nature OF
the case. Thcre.was no swapping, biting or
barking like a dog. IL resemblcd very
much an extreme case OF delirium. Hun
dreds Of dogs have been killed In the county
and the State Board OF Health Il inyestigat,
ing the matter very thoroughly.
"A novel feature IN campaigning Is prom
Used this year by the cold-wator advocates.
About June seven or eight outfits, consist
Ing Of n tent capable OF holding 900 persons,
a wagon and a team of horses, two or three
good takers, and perhaps quartet OF sing
ers will start out and VISIT every portion OF
the State. IL Is expected 10 travel across
the country and TO pitch the tents wherever
the field appears to be promising. Three OF
these outfits will form circuits In Northern
Illinois, remaining several days in place,
the speakers remaining with each meeting
but two or three days. The persons employ
ed IN this work will all be paid. The outfits
are already bought and paid for Prohibit
tion organizers are confident that there will
not be county In the State when November
comes that will not have full ticket In the
field. They assert that there will not be an
electiye Office to be filed this fall in the en-
tire State that they will not have a nominee
for. This, they say. will be In marked con-
trast with 1884, when only about forty
counties In the State had tickets In tho field.
and will. they claim, greatly increase the
vote, adding local interest to the election.