The Progress., 1888-02-04
THE H. NORTHWEST.
Brief Mention Of News OF General
Interest.
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Joseph Benda, Of Oh cago, committed
suicide recently because his sweetheart
Josephine Wenal, would not marry him un-
I'll year had elapsed
just before school began at Centralia the
other morning dog savagely bit two bows
named Baltzsll and East and also attacked
girl before he could be driven off.
statement recently sent to the United
States Senate gives the amount Of land
grlnted to Illinois under swanp-land acts
atA GOO, 900 acres; amount patented to the
State. ], 453, 600 acres; indemnity paid to
The State, $$443, 2S6.
Lawrence Copeland's general store. at
Jo1pa, was burned early the other,morning.
LoSs, $4,000; partially insured.
lll1am 6. Porter, one of the Oldest citi
zers in the State, died at his home in Litch-
heH the other morning, aged one hundred
AMI five years He had lived there the
greater part Of his life
half-dozen business firms were burned
ont at Monticelloa few mornings ago. Loss.
$4,000; insurance, So, OOO
the circuit court at Rock Island the
OTHER day the jury convicted DR.. vinton, a
leaiing homeopathic physician. Of NAL
pr$tice, granting $1,000 damages to a
LADY whose dislocated arm he treated in
sub a way as to make it useless
Iev. James Robeson, the oldest minister
.of! the Christian church in Illinois, was
.bAtFed at Secor recently. aged ninety one
years He had been minister for over
fifty five years
The records of the Office of the Secretary
OF State show that there are more than
eight Thousand notaries public in the State
OF Illinois
Mrs. Simon Gallagher, wife Of a promi-
nent miller of SheIbyville, committed
suicide the other evening by hanging. Do
mestic trouble was the cause
The principal business block of Delavan
was burned a few mornings ago Loss
So, 900; partially insured.
The Illinois Miners Protective Associa-
tion met at Springfield recently. The ad-
dress OF President Mclaughlin showed that
the condition of the miners has been much
improved during the last year He recon-
mended q continuance of joint meetings
and the settlement of all difficulties by
arbitration.
= IOWA.
One hundred and nine lineal descendants
of Grandma Miller, OF Buchanan County
contributed each a piece for q worsted
quilt, which was presented to the old lady
as gift recently. Each piece had the
name of the donor stitched in it in highly
ornamented style.
Fred May, an aged German residing near
Crownville, hanged himself recently while
insane. His wife had Just obtained a
divorce from him.
The Iowa Horticultural Society elected
the following at its recent meeting in Des
Moines: President G. G. Patten, of Charles
City; Vice-President. Eugene Secor, Fores
City; Secretary, George Van Houten, Lenox;
Treasurer, H. Strohm, Iowa City; Directors
3 Il. Drumming, N. K. Fluke, G. l. Watrous,
+. P Speer, j. M. Elder.
The recent trial of Mrs. Hemme at
Waterloo for the murder of her husband
ended by the discharge of the defendant.
At depth of thirty five to forty eight
feet, while boring wells at various places in
the vicinity of Madrid, large timbers in a
fair state of preservation have been found
1he opinion is that there is large forest
under there. One well, sunk to the depth
of sixty feet, contains t1fty-six feet of
water.
fire at-Adela few days ago destroyed
the Adel House. Loss, $500; no insur-
anee.
Mrs Maria Fackerell died at Clinton the
other morning, aged ninety years She had
been married sixty -four years, her husba
surviving her
+. G. Stebbins, restaurateur at Mason CITY.
assigned recently, with liabilities of 500.
OOO; assets, $4,000.
John Leonard, a brakeman on the Illinois
Central, was run over by the cars at N 4shua
the other night and killed His home was
in Waterloo, and he leaves wife and two
children
Three hundred Iowa manufacturers, lob
bers farmers and general shippers were
represented in the recent shippers conven-
ton at Des Moinea permanent organiza-
tlon was effected by the election of Samuel
Mahon, of Ottumwa, President; Frank C.
Let's, Of Marshalltown, Secretary, and J.
G. Stewart. Treasurer.
Judge Kinne recently imposed fines ag-
glegating $5,O5O on nine Benton County
saloon keepers at Vlnton.
WISCONSIN.
Two sof the Washington County post
masters who had their offices in saloons
and refused to separate them. have been
removed by the Post Office Department.
The Wisconsin State Farmers Association
was organized at Madison recently and Off
GERS were elected as follows: President, C.
w Harvey, Beaver Dam; Secretary, G.
Seaman, Baraboo; Treasurer, w. G. Stone,
Water5own
The seventh annual report of Mil waukee's
fire department. shows losses by fire during
the last year to have been $3.50, GAG, COW
cred by an insurance Of SO, 434, ,O76. The
department. now gives employment to 164
men.
An Italian laborer on the Illinois Central
Dodgeville branch was instantly killed the
other day by being struck on the head with
piece Of rock from a blast s
Wolves are quite numerous in some parts
OF Adams County, and very hungry. Henry
Dick, an Indian, states that the wolves
often, in the night. come close up to the
Indian camps.
The new st. Joseph's. convent at Mil
Waukee, erected by the Francisc III Sisters at
a cost OF SAC, 900, was dedicated few days
ago.
Thomas Dolan, formerly an engineer of
the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, has
sued that corporation for $5O, 900 dam ages
for injuries Stained in an accident be-