mo n'lvn-nwuuio, ( t _ -MiCbael Slater, a farmer living in Lake township, was the victim of a brutal assault. Saturday evening. Shortly alter dark two men entered t'is house and after ransacking everything in order to discover the hiding place of his money, toasted his feet with lighted matches to compel him to disclose the hidden treasures supposed to be located in his bouse. The old man was obstiuate, however* and the robbers secured only about £3. A searching party was immediately instituted, but no clue or information could be obtained as to the course they had taken or whence they came.