The Russellville Democrat., 1891-01-15
THE WEST.

artist, was captured by small party oi hostiles near White river Remington was unarmed and the Indians turned him loose and told him to go home, taking his tobacco and sketchbook from him.
 DrPnrHERrA is ravaging Montgomery, Cass and Adams Counties, Ia. TIE Montana House divided. Repub. licans organizing and Democrats organ izing. The Senate and Governor being Democratic, however, soon ended the schism in favor of the Democrats Two men were killed and third fla tally injured by being run over by a train while on a hand car west of Co- shoeton, O.
 A PETITION filed in the county court at Chicago shows that the failure of the s. A. Kean banking firm swallows up 5000 belonging to the missionary fund raised for the relief of the Congo heathens, in charge of Bishop William Taylor, of the M. E. Church. THE Idaho Senators drew lots re- gently, Senator Sharp securing the long term and Senator Mcconnell the short term.
 FIRE in Cairo, H., destroyed two large stores and their contents, causing S100,- 900 loss. Several clerks had narrow es- capes.
 SEVER SHIRLEY, the late county treas urer of Chippewa County, Wis, has been arrested charged with having em- bezzled sl9,0 000
 IN fire in Modesto Cal, Jacob Clay pool, aged 16 years, and twenty-two horses perishcd.
 s. A. KHAN, the defaulting banker of Chicago, has been indicted by the grand jury.
 THERE are rumors that the alleged cheap method of producing aluminium, of which so much was expected at Chi cago, is fraud.
 AGENT ROVER, of Pine Ridge, has been removed. He was accused of being the principal cause of the Indian troubles. Rover ascribed his removal to politics.
 ABOUT twenty Snake and Shoshone Indians left Wells, New, the other day and attended ghost dance in Star valley at the head of Humboldt river, Chief Soldier Charley claimed there was no danger of an outbreak unless the Government attempts to stop the dance and force the Indians to remain on the reservation.
 By an explosion of gas in the furnace of the iron works at Newberry, Mich one man was killed and seven injured.
 THREE prisoners escaped from the Ohio penitentiary by sealing the wall with a ladder.
 ONE piano mover was killed and three others fatally injured in Chicago the other night by being struck by train.
 JOHN l.. SULLIVAN recently honored a reporter of the Milwaukee Daily News by knocking him down.
 TIE Baltimore & Ohio is reducing it's labor force.
 MAYOR CREeHR, of Chicago, has given notice to the railroad companies --and others escaping oeq the lake front that they must remove ali thaSs prop erty before February 20 or the city wifi act.
 Ir was said that Lieutenant Casey, who was killed recently in the Bad Lands, was shot from behind by Brule assassin.
 Two brakemen were killed by a colli- sion between stock trains at Chicago on the sth.
 SEPARATE ballots will be taken in the Illinois Legislature for United States Senator, January 2s and joint ballot the day following.
 LELAND STANFORD has been renomi- mated by the Republicans for United States Senator from California.
 TIE Minnesota House completed it's organization by the election of the Flu sion Alliance Democrat ticket.
 GOVERNOR FRANCIS sent his annual message to the Missouri Legislature on the 9th Many of the Alliance features of reform were recommended
 THE powder pool organized about eighteen months ago at San Francisco collapsed and the price of powder has consequently suffered a drop. The cause of the dissolution was the eompe- tition of the Eastern firms.