Griggs courier., 1888-04-20
THE NORTHWEST.
Brief Mention of News Of General
Interest.
ILLINOIS,.


z. ). Brown, prominent farmer of Hud-
SOD fell dead the other day from heart
diease while riding along public high
way.
In a fight i'll the county almshouse at Ar
gyle the other day Daniel Campbell killed
John OLeary by striking him on The head
with a wooden bar. Both men were insane.
The packing in Chicago for the twelve
months ended March l was 1872, 244
hogs, d decrease from the previous year of
693, ,697 head The number of cattle
slaughtered was 1868, ,051 against 1908,
POP for the same time in 1sS6-S7.
Willie Chenoweth was shooting at tar
get in Decatur recently, lut aimed badly,
and instantly killed George Weaver, two
years old
Thomas Malia's saloon at Coal City was
burned a few mornings ago, and he per-
ished in the flames
Colonel James White. an old and we'll
known resident of Springfield, died the
other morning, aged ninety-two years
Dr. G. w. Chase, once a popular and re-
spected physician of Chicago, and widely
known as a specialist for nervous diseases,
tried to hang himself in a police station
recently. Whisky caused his downfall
Johnny Wheeler, thirteen years old,
while playing with revolver at Rock Is
and few days ago shot himself through
the heart and died instantly
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
has borrowed $15, ,O0O, 600 with which to
complete and equip its branch lines
A post-office has been established at
Cypress, johnson County, ana John Jordan
appointed postmaster.
boiler exploded in H. G. Fink's saw
mill at Bement the other day and James
r Mitchell and Isaac Holden were killed,
and IL E Fink badly aud John Henry
slightly wounded.
James Milliken and James Campbell sa-
loon-keepers in Cement Piatt County, were
fined $500 each recently for selling liquor
to minors
At the funeral of John s. Brown in
Shawneetown the other day the floor gave
way, precipi;atlng people, coffin and
furniture into deep cellar Many persons
were badly bruised.
Two sea birds were killed on the Sanga-
mon river recently at Monticello ly Will
lam Hosser. The birds We're the cele-
brated black cormorants, and are seldom
even seen except near the ocean.
IOWA.
Buhman, tried recently for murder in
Vinton, was acquitted.
Charles E Ransom, leading lawyer in
Iowa City, died in New York the other
morning, where he had gone to receive
surgical treatment
Rev. p +. Hardin, a Methodist minister,
committed suicide in Green County the other
day by shooting No cause was assigned
He was laughing and talking but few
moments before the deed.
Edward James Holmes for eight Years
clerk of the Supreme Court of Iowa, died
suddenly few days ago at Des Manes, aged
fifty eight years
Captain Charles ]. Swan, prominent
lawyer at Sioux City, died suddenly from
apoplexy early the other morning
The reunion of the Twelfth Iowa In-
fantry was held recently at Waterloo The
nextreunion will be held at Sioux City -four
years hence.
Mrs Q. W. Theissen, aged forty five years,
wife OF one of the wealthiest residents OF
Mason City, committed suicide by hanging
the other afternoon. Mental arrangement
was supposed to be the cause
The State National Bank of Sioux CITY
has been put into the hands of Bank Exam
liner Grif1 III by vote of the directors, the
reason being that the capital has been i'm.
paired and the law in some respects not
compiled with Depositors will lose moth.
ing
A six-foot vein of soft coal of good quail
1ty was found recently near Lawn Hill
Black Hawk County, at a depth of 23C
feet
10 hat
State are making preparations to sell i'm
ported liquors, lawyers setting up the CLAIM,
that the sale of imported intoxicants Can
not be stopped SO long as they remain in
the original packages
At Sioux City the other day D. w. Wood
laid claim to the So, 600 reward offered il,
the Haddock murder case claiming it on
the ground that he secured the return OF
Leavitt, on whose evidence Fred Muncrath
was convicted of manslaughter
Arecent fire in H. L Spencer's wholesale
grocery at Oskaloosa caused loss of $25,-
900.
WISCONSIN.
The first saw-mill in operation in North
ern Wisconsin this season was that of the
North Wisconsin Lumber Company, at Hay
ward The company has planned to saw
from forty million to forty-tve million fee,
this season
Sneak thieves entered the residence of
ID. w. Watt, at GAINESVILLE, the other morn
ing, while the family were at breakfast, and
stole diamonds valued at $3.50!
The Layton Art Gallery at Milwaukee
presented to the city by Mr. Fred Lay ton,
was opened to the public the other day
Mr.. Layton giving an additional 100000
as an endowment fund
Near Augusta few day ago Ernest Lis
sacks little son was scalded to death by
falling into tub of boiling water
An Omaha freight train ran into the real
end OF stalled passenger tran near Board.
man the other morning, and a Norwegian
had an arm torn from his body
The city of Eau Claire recently paid Mrs
Francis 5000 in settlement of the suit fol
$5, 900 damages for injuries sustained from
defective walk