Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-09-10

Il "A hand at neGroes wenk ID tbs
house Of 4. Il. Alex1ds, three
nal1ss bsIow Bfamphis. On tho nsoFa-
|, Iineef thN&kh fnet., I'D tod him,
ID skriEtnS ! nAt - 80 nrcd %
| through the window, and wounded
severely. HIS wife, In the meantime
escaped through tho back door
Four of the armed nesrans sprang
4 inta the rnolri, firing Il him. ufls lali
taking sfSest IN the chest rnorsaily
Ewounsling him. After aacking the
honss the negroes set IL on fire, but
Mira. Alexander having alarmed the
Ineighbors, returned In time % extin-
| gush the flames
/ A negro by the name Of Corkriii has
been arrested ss one of the party who
committed the arson and murder
and the detectives are on the track Of
others.
On thu night Of the ssh inst. four
negroes entered the Ssossss of MEs.
I4avin& Jones, on Presidents Island,
In the Mississippi river, near Mem
phis, and commenced piaiaglng the
house. A negro named Simpson St
tempted 10 outrage her, and In the
struggle she grasped a carving knife
and stabbed him In the groin and
chest. Her screams brought neigh
bors TO the rescue who succeeded In
arreating the entire party, and bro't
them to Memphis and lodged them
il the station house. Simpson 10 nos
expected TO live.
The statemento OF the puhlic. debt
for August, shows an increase during
the month OF about ten million dol.
Lars.
The Commissioners Of Pensions has
INSTRUCTED officers paying pensions to
require evidence to be taken, that
the agents presenting the power of
| attorney are not pecuniarIy interest
ed therein.
Gen. Ewing, af Kansas. addressed
the citizens Of Augusta. Maine, on
last Saturday night.
The Democratic Convention Of the
18th Congressional District of New
York, held at Hudson, On the 9th
a. -
inst, Nominated Hon. Charles w.
Heatons Of pougl,keepsie, for mem
Der OF Congress. !
Gen. Sherman reports the Union
Pacific Railroad completed to a point
795 miles west Of Council Bluffs, and
that It win be completed 10 Green
River 90 miles farther west by tho
LIST day of October.
A telegram states that Admiral
Farragut arrived at Athens on the
9th inst.
Twenty three thousand six han.
dred and seventy-six emigiants ar
rived at Toronto during the pres
ent year, of whom Only 3,fDi remain
IN Canada.
The recent heavy rains did Inn
mense damage to the lower part of
New jersey. tits reported that not
a single mill-dam Is Iaft in Salem
county; public roads considerably
injured and trains delayed.
A fire broke out on tho morning
OF the 9Th inst, at No. Is Barclay
street n. Y. which destroyed prop
erty yaiged at about ss0, 900.
The Internal Revenue receipts for
two months of the fiscal year are
about s3i, oo0, Don.
1t appears. from the statements
Just made by the QuartermaSter Gen
eral that the average cost Of govern
ment transportation on the q. p. II.
II, ia l0f cents per ton per ipile, The
rate previously paid by wagon was
q lilo cents in 1886, and 80 40 in
1857. Tho total amount paid the
railroad for transportation Of army
freight in 1861 was $6g9,60l. The
same service OF wagon cost Sc, 027,
70t
The Commissioners appointed by
the State Of New York to investi>
gate the cattle disease reports that it
originated vita Texas cattle, and
that IL Is seriously aggravated by
driving, or transportation. They
say that 1t Is not necessarily fatal.
A Board OF Examiners has been
appointed to examine and inquire In
TO the qualification and efficiency of
ali employees In the Pasent ofIsee.
General Santos Aeossa, ex-Preai-
dent Of Columbia, who headed the
movement which resulted in the
deposition Of Mosquera, has arrived
IN New York city. He Is accredited
a. Minister OF Columbia to this coun-
try.
/ Isis stated that a gicF and power
fal company has been fornsed In
London, with Cyrus w, Field, Of
New York, "a controlling man, to
form q continuous line Of telesraph
from England to China, by way Of
the Mediterranean, Egyp apti India
This Company hos purchased the
cable line from Malta to Alexandria
and are aboak 10 raiay ne cahle IN
deeper water.
TIE grocery store of Mrs. =. r.
Harmon, Fourta street. ST. Louis