The Russellville Democrat., 1889-07-18
THE WEST.

 recent adjustment of wages. THE WEST. THE wholesale poisoning at Adair, Iowa, July 1, by ice cream, has been found to be due to tyrotoxicon, the poison formed by milk under certain conditions.
 L. J. NEwALD, a well known horse dealer of Chippewa Falls, Wis, is reported to have fed, defaulter to the amount of S7oO0o.
 WYOMING is moving on toward State hood. The election of delegates to the constitutional convention resulted in the choice of thirty-six Republicans, sixteen Democrats and three Independents. The convention will meet September 3. The desire for State Government is general.
 You've Carlson fully identified the pris- oner Burke, at Winnipeg, as Frank Williams" one of the men who rented the cottage in which Dr. Cronin was mur- dered.
 THE man arrested at Albert Lea, Minn., under suspicion of being Cooney, the Fox, was not the much wanted Cronin conspirator,
 L. J. NEwALp a we'll known horse dealer of Chippewa Falls, Wis, has dis appeared with S70, 900 of other peoples money.
 SEPTEMBER l the Washburn Martin Company, owners and operators of the big flour mills of Minneapolis, Minn., will go out of existence and will be succeeded by the Washburn- Crosby Company, just organized. The principal change is he entire withdrawal from the business of Senator W. D. Washburn.
 W. K. GoRDoN's GUY trotted an exhibi- ton mile at Cleveland, O., recently in 2:l1&, beating his record a quarter of a second.
 ROBERT REDBERRY, aged eighteen, and Willie Wise, aged seventeen, were drowned near Alton, Ill.,, the other night while swimming in the river.
 MARTIN BURKE alias Frank Williams, connected with the Cronin murder, was ordered for extradition at Winnipeg on the 10th. He had fifteen days in which to appeal.
 Two weeks ago two men became in- volved in n fight at East Saginaw, Mich, during which William Fisher was bit on the thumb. Subsequently gangreue set in and later he died. He attempted to make an ante mortem statement. but be- fore the name of his assailant passed his lips he ceased to breath.
 4 DISEASE resembling dysentery is epi defnic at New Canton, IL Seven deaths have already occurred, nearly all among children.
 THE steamboat Crystal City, plying be- tween St. Louis and Grand Tower, H., sank seventy miles below St Louis the other night No one was injured.
 HoN. EDMUND RICE, Representative in the last Congress from the St. Paul dis trict of Minnesota, ed recently at White Bear, Minn.
 IN consequence of the action of the Chi cago & Alton in withdrawing from the Interstate Railway As9ociation, the presidents of the other Kansas City lines were constituted a committee by the asso- citation at Chicago on the 1lth, with the power to take such joint action as they might agree upon at any time in protect irg their interests against the competition of the Alton.
 THE five members of the 'Pentecost band" of Tuscola, H., have been arrested for holding boisterous meetings. They are supposed 10 be Mormons.
 EMPLoYEs of the Chicago. Burlington & Northern have been at work surveying n route from their line on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi river, across that river, westward.
 THE grain elevator men of Minneapolis, Minn., are exceedingly angry because the city assessor has assessed the S,000,00 bushels of wheat in the elevators.
 THE St. Louis & Chicago railroad will bs sold at masters sale in Springfield, H., Septe mber .. under orders of the United States Court
 AFTER fifteen months of contention with the union, the employers of Indianapolis stone cutters have acceded to the demand for eight hours as days work.
 FIRE starting in a bakery at Fresno, Cal, the other morning, destroyed half block of brick buildings, causing S200, 900 loss.
 JUDGE HORTON, of Chicago, refused habeas corpus for Lawyer Beggs charged with complicity in the murder of Dr. Cronin.
 ED FRITZ, laborer, was torn to shreds in the drum of the cable power house at Denver, Col, recently.
 A JAIL at Jacksonville, Ore, containing three prisoners was dscoveie ed to be on fire the other morning aud before the cells could be reached to liberate them the prisoners died from suifocation. The origin of the fire is a mystery.
 To add still further 10 the railroad com plications it was announced at Chicago on the 18th that the Grand Trunk had cut grain rates.