Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-31
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
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A poor apple vendor Of Sc. Louis,
of Irish extraction, lately fell heir to
an estate Of thirty thousand pounds
sterling.
A special session OF the Circuit
Court has hsen called to sit ct Wes-
ton Mo-, for the trial of w. A. Mar
shall, charged with the murder Of
his mother and brother
Our sc. Joe exchanges contain nu-
merous items relative. to the opera
tions of burglarsand sneak thieves Ia
that tsity'
Some enterprising fellow hss COM
menced the manufacture Of Veloci-
pedes In Atchison, Kansas,
We see it stated that the hepds Of
Buffalo on the plains are immense In
point of numbers, and that the dead
Buffaio laying beside the railroad
track. shot by passengers, would
furnish meat enough to feed all the
poor people of the United States.
A very destructive fire occurred In
StieklervilIe, Mo-, some nights ago
which destroyed very large -four
ing mill belonging to Henry Stick
Ter, together with lot of tariing
machinery. Loss not stated.
A fire at Rochester, n. Y, yester-
day destroyed the Democrat Office,
Sargent's bank lock factory, the
Union Bank buildings, in which was
the Flour City Bank, and damaged
a few other buildings, In which were
groceries, hat stores and offices. To-
tai loss, one hundred thousand dol
lars, WHICH Is mostly insured. Four
fireman were injured by falling from
ladders.
The expedition of Col. Carpenter,
which left Fort Wallace last month
has returned. No evidences were
found of Indians being in Gen. Sher-
idan's rear, and no fears are now
felt that any further trouble will oe-
cur north Of the Arkansas during
the winter.
The court of the Queens Bench
yesterday refused to grant new
trial to Whalen, the convicted MUIR
derer of Darcy MCGEE. Chief JUS
tice Richard and Judge Wilson sus-
tanned the verdict of the 0ttowa jury
and Judge Morrison dissented. The
prisoner was reinanded until Thurs
day, when he will appear against
the ruling ofto-day In the Court Of
Errors.
On yesterday in the q. s. Senate,
Mr.. Thayer presented q remon-
STRANGE against the ratification of the
Usage Indian treaty except on cer-
tain terms. Referred to the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs.
Mr.. Sumner offered two resolutions
one directing the Secretary of the
Senate to inform the Senate what
had been done in Rursuanee Of the
resolution authorizing him to fur
nish each State a set Of standard
weights and measures on the metric
system the other directing the
Postmaster General to give infor1na-
ton as TO what had been done 10 fur
nish postal balances OF the same
kind. Adopted.
Mr. Patterson, Of n, H, introdac-
ed . bill TO reorganize and increase
the efficiency Of the navy depart
ment. Referred.
Mr.. Rice called up his motion to
add two members to the committee
on the Pacific Railroad As reprasen.
tatives from the South. Adopted.
Mr.. Wilson offered q resolution,
which was adopted, directing the
Secretary of the Interior to report
what Igdian agents OF snperintend>
ents are absent from their posts.
In Charlotte, n. c., on Friday. q
dispute arose between negro and
Joseph A. Gleasol, q prominent
merchant, when the former shot
Gleason, killing him instantly. The
atsair created en- intense excitement.
A clerk in the registers Office of
the treasury department Is missing,
and his accounts show q deacit Of
several thousand dollars.
A new ferry boat was launched at
St. Joseph, Mo-, on Friday last.