Western Whispers

Albert CooYv. hu wifo and three ebiUlreu were burned to dath lo McGreeor, ]iwa. on c.tli in'. The chlldren bad been Blek during the Dlgbt, an l Cooley got up an mud a flre and retorned to bed. A r park uw out upou a narpei aml in a moment ine bouse a- Ia iliiims. The entlie familywere smothered. -i Indiana on the Heil Lake reservation in Minnesota are gettlng uneasy, and trouble 1 feared. A co'.ored preacber of Keokuk, Iowa, hruugbt snit aeaiñst a restaurant keeper of tbatclty f. ir 110.000 dainaes for teins ojeeted (rom l&ecatlng roombecaase be was colored. The jury tbought tbe reverend eenüeman had been damaged Y1 and reudered a verdict accordingly. Two sinters in prlsoo íit MadÍBOn Wix, were SarJoned out of prieon on the Sth ast., In orer that they migbt attrn 1 the funercl of anolher iter, who, with lic-r liuiLand and cbfldren was mfrned todeath neat Jk-Hregor, [owa, a few daya before. Au.otin, Texas, was the s cene of an $100,000 flre Feb. 7. The territorial supremo court of L'tab susjalns ih.1 decisión Jf tbc tirst dlstrk-t eourt in the case of apostle snow, convicted of unlawful cohabltatlon. This decisión of thë Bupreme conrl is a great blow to tbe hopes ol thé Morman leaders. Tlie troub'e over the expulsión oí the Chinese from Seattle, V. T., culminated on the 9th inst. in a battle tetween the uiilitia, whlch bad I ee;i called out to proteot tbe ( hiñese and tbe inob. 'Ihe militia were compelled to flre in stlf-defense, killing one man and injuring soveral others. Tbe governor isíUed a i:roi-luniation assnmlng military control of the city, and declarlng martial law. Abont two hnndied Cblnamen lefl In theafternconfor&n ram-isco, United States troops at Portland are held in readlness -to eo to geattle a soi a tbe neeessary ordeis have been recelved Irom Washington. Mark .huldmann. a lad of 12 years, was found dead under a snow palaee bebad erected at bis párente' home in Chicago. A Dumber of cases of Bmall-poi have been reported frooo ( Ttie liealth ofHeerR are doiug all in tbeir power to stamp out the plague. Minncapolis eapitalists tbink that if tbey can i;ct the ose ol the Canadian Paeific road", itwillle of sreat advantageto thein, Inasmucb as it will s! ortcu tbe distance to tae 6cnboard about Oü miles.