The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-03-31
STATE NEWS.
A Resume Of the Principal Items II
Hews In Three Great StatsG


The issses by the dre at Bement will
aggregate $4,000.
The Central Traffic Association has had
a representative al Peoria establishing bu-
reau Of inspection 10 prevent Undertaking. In
grain shipments.
The Litchheid Advocate has changed
hands, Beach A. Amsden, the owners OF the
paper, having sold out TO II. q. Beeman. The
paper will continue Democratic.
AT Rockford, Friday, stephen Inman
was run over by freight train and his body
was 70 horribly mutllated that only paper
in his pocket established his identity.
In a dispute at Latham, over difference
Of 30 cents In business transaction, Tho mas
Gassaway, a farmer, was shot, IL Is believed
fatally, by w. w. Brown. blacksmith.
The Governor has offered a reward OF
$500 for the arrest and conviction Of William
Howard, who Is said to have murdered ".
w. Gaunt, in Pearl, Pike county, last month.
John. Horr. OF Catiin, aged 10, bar
tender az the White Swan saloon, made an
unsuccessful attempt TO poison himself with
lardanum. Disappointment In love was the
cause.
Mrs. Butterield, mother OF Nettie Dun
Zap Witherbee, of Elgin. has sued the New
York Herald for $1,000 damages for alleged
libel, and Nettie has sued the same paper
for $4,000
AT Rome, Mr.. William Estes, coming
home from DAYS hunting, walking beside
his daughter-in-law, slipped and fell, and
his gun was discharged, killing Mrs. Estes
instantly.
When Lee NUS, farmer living i'm Lena
awoko one morning he called his wife, who
answered him. He then went out, but on
returning in few moments found his wife
dead, from some unknown cause.
Ann Nichols. young girl living nnear
kankakee, accidentally knocked a can Of
paris green from shelf in a cupboard. The
powder filed her mouth and nose, and she
died from the effects of the poison.
"A new census Of Decatur Township
shows that the city has population OF d.
coo. This entities the city 10 seven repre-
scntatycs on the County Board Of super
yisol~, instead Of four as heretofore.
The City Council OF Monticello has pass.
cd the electric light ordinance over the
Mayors veto and given the light company
tho privilege for five years without taxes
There will be two coal shafts put down there
AZ once.
During an alteration q man named
Brown, an inmate OF the almshouse OF Lin
coin, shot and killed Thomas Gassaway,
well-anown citizen. The two men met In n
blacksmith shop and quarrced over the
aarif.
Charles Abelbach, an intoxicated Ger
man, while on his way from Lockport TO
Joliet in quest OF lucent drink, was struck
by Tho Denver train and slightly injured. He
was taken 10 the County Hospital, minus his
drink.
-Beardsey Camp Is, Sons OF Veterans. has
beer officially notified by II. McCrollis, Col :
oncl commanding the Illinois Division, Sons
OF Veterans, that the sixth annual State En-
campment will be held in Rock Island June,
$3.50.
The court-martial appointed 70 investi-
gate the charges OF dishonesty which had
been made against jerome NJ. Stuart, captain
OF the Logan Rifles OF Springfield, was dis
banded by order OF Adjutant General
Vance, the charges having been nolle pross-
ed.
IT. the case OF Theodore Fisher, OF Peters
burg, against the Chicago a. Alton Railroad
Company, to recover damages for personal
injuries, the jury disagreed. This was the
second hearing, the verdict for q. 400 award
ed the plaintiff last October having been set
aside.
The measles are still prevalent at Anna,
and also in most parts OF the county. The
Jonesboro pnblic schools have been closed TO
prevent the spread OF the disease, and many
Of the district schools have been closed for
the same reason. A large number OF deaths
have resulted.
Mayor Hay, OF Springfield, has been in
dicted on the charge OF false imprisonment
The complaining witness was j. Ii. Jones,
editor Of the Mirror, an opponent OF the
Mayor. who was recently imprisoned on the
lattcr's order, charged with drunkenness and
disorderly conduct