, 1859-08-31
WESTERN NEWS ITEMS.

| "REp Inox" ARRssrED.-Thc notoriou.
Sioux chief Red Iron, engaged in the Spir,
Lake massacre, has been arrested and is now ic
jail in New I'm. Two indictments hare beer
| found axnio>t him-one for murder and one tu.
| shcst-A4nk7io Hiaa.) Rstord-
IA little son Of mau named McMaster sci
| bis fathers house On tire and burned It up, iu
Steubeu Co., Ind, Il few days since while playing
"foupdery,' trying to melt up an Ole Store bY
building fire round it.
The Bedford {End) lad. pendent says tmoke
house III that Place containing soule Il. .0tD fbs
Of side meat, caught fire las. week, and before
ii could be e1tiuguished destroyed about slsvu
worth.
The Hendricks County people are going to
have u new feature in their fair this fall. sumo
citizens in the northern part Of that county are
soing to exhibit fist 1rottin@ bull iu harness,
and challenge competition, offering premium,
Of 425 to The winuer. This is not part OF the
Agricultural Society 5 programme, but it is got
up By private cil'zeus. though it Is to take place
al the fAir.
- The Conuersrillc Tim<s says that a ne
gro ulan named James Hays y = deco, ed into
the woods in Laurel township, Frunk'in county,
lust week By FIVE men who wsrr hired it il sald
by fellow named knnbie, and beaten terribly.
Ills jaw was broken with club. aud other
severe wounds inflicted. No cause was known
Tor it, as the Negro Was quiet. iuot1eusiye man.
The perpetrators were held to bail 10 appear Ut
Court to nnswer fcr their conduct.-lhdsanapo-
lis Journal.
In EARTHQUAKE AxoxG TIE kSoss.-There
WAS segere earthquake shock f.ls at frontou
aud vicinity, Missouri, last Saturday at about 5
clock, T. u. The sky WIS c:oudle-s at the
time. 4 heavy rambling noise vas heard COM
!nG from the west, and passed Of to sbe east.
then canc the shock, l.stlug about thirty SEC
onds and resembling the coucu-ston that fol-
lows heavy runey OF thunder, though much
harder 1t is nut known how fur the shock
extended.
FlGHr AxoxG rue ISDfAxs The St. Paul
Ti'"es icarnsf ON gentleman who arrived in
that city on Sunday evening last, from Yellow
Me.iclne, that 1 fight occurred among party Of
SIOUX in that vicinity uu Sunday the lith inst,
during which several shots were fred and four
Indians il is feared were uc1talfy wounded.
From whst We could learn it appcats that four
Stou1s obtained some liquor from Frenchman,
"ho Kept groggery ucar By, on which they got
very drunk. In this state they returned to
their camp. and a they approached were met BY
several others Of their tribe on whom. in their
drunken rage, they fired, swo shots taking effect.
The IRE Was 1t once returned BY their sober
comraaes upon The drunken Indians. vhen two
Of their number fell seriously wounded Some
other outrages we're committed, full particulars
Of which Ne did not learn. The sober Indians,
After this occurred, went 10 tho Freachman's
eroggery and tore il down, destroying every
thing they could end about his premises, and,
it il said, would hare killed him but that he
made his escape-
AIsEx11ors-0a Tuesday last, SIX Of the cit
i1ena ot Portage aes Sioux, came to this city on
the coasting steamer Nstcr Witch, 10 sell their
xhest, which they did, to L. j. Ciawson, Esq.
Two Of them returned to their homes, and the
remaining four. who had about eight hundred
dollars among them stated that they would visit
friend. Nj: Wsters, iisiag some eixAt miles
northwest of this city, spend the night with bin
Ind 60 home next morning. They were iast
seen abons O'Clock on Tuesday evening, sinca
which Tina 10 trAee Of them has been found.
Three Of them wese married md have children.
the fourth Vas unmarried. The men are said
70 be in good eareunstanoes, and othe7wis-
situated 70 veil u to admit Of no thought Of =
voluntary absenea, and The worst fears are ex-
cited in rnlasion = THAR tate- The fo~ men
sre well known u aany Of onr cisissna, Jet
after careful eaqoiry. ~ could NOT learn their
name1- E6arts az nov being made to clear up
this myates1.-Akos Cen-iAr, sstL