The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-05-12
STATE NEWS.
a Resume Of the Principal Items Of
News In Three Great Statea
ILLINOIS,.

The Chicago & Alton depot at Lexing-
ton, was burned.
he villa OF l. Thomas, near Townsville.
was burned At loss OF from $4,000 to $780,
600.
George p. Foster was appointed post
master mt Galesville, vice ii. X. Calef, re-
signed.
John carlock, OF Normal, a patient in the
College Hill Sanitarium at Cincinnati, Ohio,
was found hanging 10 q tree In the woods
near by.
III. A. Wickin was fatally shot in a
quarrel In n saloon In DuqtIoin. No arrests
were made, rs the shooting was done In self
defense.
John Bush, while on the highway be-
tween DanyIlc and Tilton, was sandbagged
info insensibiilty and robbed OF SIS by three
unknown assailants.
Gully Bryant, who has been suspected
~ humorous petty burglarics committed in
le.erhurg, was arrested in the act OF burg
laring Landlords saloon.
Andrew. Russell. sr, fell from n tree at
jacksonville. receiving injuries from which
he son after died. He was seventy years
old, but still an active business man.
-E. ID. Wilburn. OF Lincoln, who was
worth $4,000 three years ago, ran through
q all. and forged a note fol- si4, II is charg.
ed, 10 get more, Tor which offense he was
committed TO jail
--Ex-Mayor James Davis, OF Tuscola, who
was prep.ring 10 go TO Eureka Springs, for
his health has suffered an attack Of paralysis
which has MADE him hopeless and rendered
him entirely blind.
"A yolny German named Siegfried II.
Stcinlach was found dead i'm his room at the
Swan Hotel, in Peoria. A hole In his fore
head an IN empty revolver told the tale.
Dependency was the cause.
Mrs John Carroll. Of Atlanta, attempted
suicide by hanging. She was found by her
husband before ile was extinct, but IL Is
thought she cannot recover. Poor health is
thought 10 have been the cause.
Suit has been begun ut Peoria against
Barker by the owners OF the Frankfort wins
Ky process. The plaintiffs claim that Barker
leased his process TO them and then sold II to
the whisky trust without their approval.
There was an attendance OF over seven
hundred, four hundred from out OF town, at
the opening Of the seventeenth annual ses-
sion OF the Woman's Presbyterian Board OF
Missions for the Northwest, at Freeport.
Barton Elliott, a young farmer near
Fairnount, was the victim OF lightning. rod
swinde, now being practiced ON the farmers
OF that vicinity. The scheme Is 10 have the
purchaser sign blank contract. which is fill
cd up by the swindler.
Mrs. Eliza Nixon, who was abducted mt
Wichita. Kan, by her stepson In order TO OBJ
tain possession OF her property, has been
taken to Sycamore by Charles Il. Hyde, who
went TO Kansas for the purpose Of aiding her.
She is an aunt of Hyde's wife.
DIR. Marcus 4. Kecle OF Arthur, was ar.
rested at Arcoa, while on his way to the
Odd Fellows celebration at Nation,
charged with an attempted assault on one OF
his lady patients. He gave bonds and pro-
ceeded on his way to the celebration.
While burning brush on the farm OF her
father, two miles from Oregon, Miss Tracy
Goldsmith was fatally burned. She was
alone and plunged into a small brook,
but not until the flesh OH her back was
burned to a crisp. She Is twenty years old.
DIR. Aschr,tt OF Berlin, Germany, noti.
fed Secretary Wines. OF the State 30 lrd OF
Charities 81 at he would meet HIM in Chica-
90, and from there would visit the state
prisons. DIR. Aschrott l. connected with the
Prussan Ministry of Justice, and is commits
stoned by his government 10 visit and inspect
the prisons Of this country.
The ladies of 81. Rosc's Church in VIII
mington made Rev. John Il. McGrath, the
assistant pastor, the recipient Of an elegant
gold watch, as a testimonial of their esteem.
IL was gratefully accepted, and not without
feelings Of deep emotion. The presentation
was made by T.. II. Conley, at whose resi-
dence tho affair took place.
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