The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-08-08
CHICAGO.
Discovery Of a Pork Fraud--Arrest
of the sWindler-Fire-LOss, $685.
900 = Indian Troubles -, Weekly
MOrtality-A Detroit Scandal
Work on the HarbOr at Michigan
City-A British N. p. on the Plains
His Stirring Adventures with
Antelopes, Wolves and Mr.. LO. g3a

Clty-A br1tlSn "a. +. Oh the PlalHS
His Stirring Adventures with
Antelopes, Wolves and Mr.. Lo. -
August 7.-Fairbanks,
Preeks 4 Co. s. oil refinery was de-
stroyed by fire this morning. Loss
on building and stock 125,000: in.
sured for $l05.000. Il a5F .iE
A special from Omaha, dated to-,
day, says a freight train on the Union
Pacific Railroad, was thrown from
the track last night at Plum Creek
station by the Indians TheUengi-
neer, fireman and brakemensp were
killed, and the merchandise was burn
ed.n 1t is also reported that tn ee or
four men at the starion were killed.
This outrage is supposed to have
been committed by Spotted Tails
band, who have been feeding at the
public's expense for some time.
The steamer Silver Lake arrived
from Fort Benton, was fred into by
the Indians, forty miles above Fort
Rice, and one of the crew was
wounded
Another dispatch says the Inlians
attacked the freight train near Plane
Greek last night, and threw it from
the track by piling ties upon the road
They killed and scalped seven train
men, and then set fire to the train,
destroying it entirely, and threw the
slaughtered bodies into the flames. ~,
CHICAGO, HI, August 6.-The num-
Der of deaths here for the week end
ing the I'd inst, was 134, against 152
last year. Ha ah {. tsiii44 7.oit2 wea
At Detroit, Sunday night, A. How
ard, colored NAH, caught a banker
in bed with his wife, and shot at him,
inficting a wound in his shoulder.
The banker escaped without his
clothing. 3est49A 51h ss'stc 2VA e
Colonel Wheeler has commenced
work on the. Michigan City Harborp
under the Government appropriation.
Thomas Cave, member of the Brit
ish Parliament for Barnstable, is now
in the city, having just returned from
visit to the Union Pacific Railroad,
some hundreds of miles west of Oma-
ha The special train stopped
at Julesburg for the night.
While there, Col Carlin, comman-
dant of the post, rendered to Mr..
Gave the hospitalities of his camp
and an invitation for an antelope
hunt on the prairies, at 5 O'Clock,
next morning The invitation was at
once accepted, and with Col Carlin,
his orderly and two scouts, the mem
Der of Parliament was accompanied TO
the field They were not long in
finding antelopes in considerable
numbers. and excellent sport was
had. After few hours among these
antlered beauties, brace of wolves
appeared on the scent, and Mr.. Cave
being finely mounted decided to
make dash after them, and after an
exciting chasezef two miles came up
with the cayota. He found that he
had left his rife with his attendants,
and turned to call them to him to
procure it, when he was notified that
band of host lie Indians were
maneuvering tor cut him off
from his party. Il This was
evidently no time to tarry for the
bi ush of the wolf which had been run
down and exhausted. Mr.. Cave,
therefore. reluctantly gave up the
chase, and putting spurs to his horse,
soon regained his companions with
their fire arms. when a new difficulty
beset them A scout dashed up with
the not very cheering Intelligence
that another band of the gentlemen
without hats was approaching from
an opposite direction, and another
came up with a similar report. A
council of war was at once called. and
the party dismounted for stand up
fight. Being armed with the Henry
repeating rifle, they would doubtless
have rendered a good account of
themselves, had not the Indians
deemed discretion the better part of
valor, and concluded they could see
just as well little further off. The
party accordingly returned safely to
camp. 9.
CHICAGO, August 7.-Messrs. Plan
kinton & Armour, while shipping
pork and lard yesterday, were sur
prised at finding no leakage, with the
thermometer at go. The mystery
was solved with an augur, when the
barrels was found to contain sand and
salt. The swindle was perpetrated by
E. White, pork packer, here last
spring. whereby he realized some
$4,000 Mr.. White was arrested last
night while returning from a picnic.