The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-07
WEST AND SOUTH.

yiIas-Welch libel suit at Minneapolis dis
agreed, seven being for convection and i've
for acquittal.
La the case Of Hugh nj. Brooks, alias Max.
well, VINO butchered Preller at ST. Louis
the United States Supreme Court Monday
made an order denying the motion for re-
hearing OF the case and, unless the Gov
ernor OF Missouri now interferes, the pris-
oner will be hanged.
Recent heavy rains have caused the rear
walls OF the Mississippi Capital building at
Jacl..on 10 sink, and II Is estimated that
100000 VIII be necessary 20 make IL safe.
A society for the annual observance Of the
death OF Abraham Lincoln, TO be composed
Of thIrty-eight member. or one .for each
state la the Union, and 10 be called the "Lin-
coin Memorial League was organized at
Springfield, H., Monday evening.
Al Oskaioosa, Kan, Monday woman was
elected mayor, and common council entire
ly composed OF women was also chosen.
| A hog belonging TO Dennis Jacobs, n
farmer near Elkton, ID. T., was buried In
straw-stack about Dee rs last. March 10
Jacob began digging into the stack, expect
ing TO exhume dead porker The hog,
however, turned up. lively and savage, hav-
ing lost fifty pounds OF fat during his ninety
three days Imprisonment.
Cross and White, the fugitive officers OF
tho State National Bank OF Raleigh. n. c.,
have telegraphed from Toronto that they are
ready TO return. They were Unlisted for
forgery Friday by the grand jury at Raleigh
The New Orleans team defeated the Chi
cago ball players Friday, 10 .. notwIth-
standing that krock, the Chicago pitcher,
struck out twenty-one men, Eleven In
nings were played.
The Rev. Henry Elliott Mott, OF New
buryport. Mass, who had moved 10 Dubuque,
Ia, In response 10 "A unanimous call from the
Second Presbyterian Church, Is opposed by
the Dubuque Prcsbytery, who, by a vote OF
10 q, refused 10 install him on the ground
OF doctrinal unsoundness In the past and In
sincerity nj present The doctrinal unsound-
ness consisted in his expressing the belief, In
preaching funeral sermon over tho remains
Of believer in the Uniyersaist faith, that
the dead man had gone 10 heaven as surely
rs he would have done IL he had been Pres
bytcrian.
Michael Harteau, an explorer and Indian
fighter In the early years OF the century, died
at Green Bay, Wis, Thursday, aged eighty
seven.
Charles T.. Cross, president and Samuel G.
White, cashier OF the National Bank OF
Raleigh. n. c.. were arrested at Toronto
Thursday on the charge Of forgery. Inside
the lining OF Cross oyercoat 5000 was
found, and In Whites outer garment sl5,255
was discovered.
The Chicago Building Association. the
stone pool, reorganized at Joliet, ILL.,, Thurs
day, and cut the price OF building stone
from $3.50 cord 10 90 a cord. Small quarry
men claim that II Is scheme 10 freeze them
out.
The Kansas City Board Of Trade wednes-
day denounced w. G.. Bartlc's stasemcnt 10
the House Committee on Agriculture 10 the
effect that Jacob Dold 4 Sons used smothered
hogs In their packing business, rs absolutely
false, and affidayts sustaining their as
sertion have been forwarded 10 the COM
mttee.
The number OF hogs. packed ia the West
during the winter season Is estimated by the
Cincinnati Price Current at $500. 900. de
crease from last year Of about $4,000 head.
The prospective hog supply points 10 a de-
crease of - per cent.
James A. Miner, lawyer, has confessed
at Austin, Texas, TO the commission of nine
teen forgeries. The lowest term In prison
he can be awarded is thirty-eight years
The ice in the bay at Traverse City, Mich,
Is two feet thick.
The -four output at Minneapolis last week
was l23.750 barrels. against.1l5.100 barrels
the preceding week and iH,l5O the CORE
spending week In 1867. The market has a
stronger tone and there Is fair demand from
the East
A weli-known citizen Of Moline, ILL.,, r.
III. Anderson, aged a., was found dead In
bed "Wednesday morning. The coroner's
jury ascribed his death TO excessive drink"
Fire at Milwaukee, Wis, early Thursday
morning, starting In Atkins & Ogden's
shoe mandatory, extended through an en-.
tire block, causing an aggregate loss 10 n
large number Of firms OF s42o, 900; insured for
about s275.0O0. A side wall fell. burying a
dozen fremen IN the debris. Herman Lecher
and Richard Langton were killed, and three
Others fatally injured.
At Catlin, ILL.,. "Wednesday night, John
Horr. aged ~, made an unsuccessful attempt
10 commit snicide, his second effort within a
few days. ON account Of disappointment In
love.
The Supreme Court OF Illinois fled a deel.
sion "Wednesday sustaining the petition of
the Hon. ID. r. Littler for nm injunction to
restrain the state House Commissioners from
executing their con tract 10 place the statues
OF eight prominent men on corbels In the
state House. Under the ruling the suit for
damages by the Commissioners against Mr..
Littler falls to the ground.
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