The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-04-14
STATE NEWS.
ILLINOIS.

George Seaton, q storckeeper at Eng
fish. Rugged and kissed Miss Clara Goebel
against her will. She had him arrested ana
he was fined 500.
An epidemic Of measles Is raging at
Homer. There have been over 200 well de-
veloped cases. They are mostly OF mild
form and confined to children.
Herbert Collister, n A-year-old LAD,
while looking down an elevator SHAFT In the
pottery works Mt Peoria, was struck by the
descending elevator and fatally injured.
--Jens Hansen fell from the platform-of
the Streator accommodation on the Chicago
a. Alton, a few miles north OF Dwight and
received such injuries that he cannot live.
-JosephIC Cloak, resident OF Quincy, com
mitted suicide by taking morphine. lie was
one OF the heirs TO large estate, and
had been drinking heavily for the past few
days.
-B. Brooks was arrested in Peoria trying
to cash bogus check for 1915. He Is said 10
have served eight years for forgery In Men,
phls, Tenn. and TO have travelled under sew
eral aliases.
james Travis OF North Alton, who has
been bedridden for six years ON account OF
wounds received in the war, has been
pvarded pension, with arrearages amount
bg 10 $1,000.
The body Of Harden Wall. the young
hrmer drowned while trying 10 ford Brad
shaw Creek while the stream was overlooked,
has been recovered. Wall was drunk when
the accident occurred.
The iye-year-old daughter OF Dick Eth
rick, of Kankakee, Tell into a boiler Of scald-'
Ing water and died In an hour from her
burns. Her body was completely submerged
and the flesh was literally parboiled.
"A German laborer named Joe Findley
nyseriously disappeared from 0atlin and
has not been heard from. lie had consider
bic money with him. His wife is Frustrated
with grief and her life Is despaired OF.
While IN the act Of boarding an early
train ut Vandalia, ex-Sherif A. j. Taylor
was knocked down and robbed Of Sl05.
Three years ago Mr. Taylor met with like
misfortune. being at that time robbed $500.
1t has been decided TO plant trees In the
State House grounds on Arbor Day TO the
memory of Lincoln, Grant, Logan, and Dou-
glas, and the families Of the distinguished
gentlemen have been asked 10 each make
selection.
While George Thompson, the nineteen.
year-old son of j. G. Thompson, was duck
shooting on the flats northwest Of Hume, his
gun was accidently discharged, the load TAX
ing effect In the young mans abdomen. The
wound n fatal.
--f'reeport Is excited over mysterious
fires that have been breaking out spontan,-
ously In the house OF Louis Hildebrand, Ia
the floors OF walls, some times before the
eyes OF puzzled Investigators, but no cause
can be assigned.
r. ii. Anderson, well-known eitizen,
was found dead in his room ut Moline. He
had been given TO periodical sprees, and the
Coroners jury returned veruict Of "death
from excessive drink" He was 40 years Of
age and single.
Henry Lane, n German farmer, living near
Subway, fatally stabbed his wife while I'M
der the influence OF liquor and then commit
ted suicide by hanging. Lane was quite
wealthy and belonged to one OF the leading
German families Of this county.
An important criminal prosecution has
lust been concluded In the Circuit Court at
Champaign. Onia Andrews. widow wom-
an living near Iyesdale, was found guilty OF
poisoning some cattle belonging TO William
Black, her neighDor, and was fined $500 and
bsts.
<--sheriff Gundy arrested in Fountain coun-
ty, Indiana, Charles Young, Jr, OF Bis
marck, for robbing his grandfather's safe of
5000 last winter. All but $50 was recovered.
The grand jury indicted the young man, al
though his grandfather did not want him
prosecuted.
The series OF temperance lectures now
being held In the Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Streater by viii j. Mcconnell are
meeting with great success. 1hc attendance
has been very large, the church being crowds
ed nightly. over fifteen hundred persons
have signed the pledge.
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