The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-16
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anu DaeFS ecat. 6atanea and, Big Tree,
TWO hiowa ohieis, captured at Fort Sill.
w2AV StspHrRs ShSgpsB ;Ras ltberes Gnd
sent TO Austin, Texas, attempted to
escape irou priaoM and actmllyRelease j
themselves from the shacliles, BY gnaw.
ing the flesh from their. hands and ,feet.
PIT PIT were disqoyafed end shot dead.
n1arshais Moliemqre and Baer report the
peoplH of the Texas frontier kre. very
uneasy lest there should be- q Reheral
dpt1reak eT ,'of the ffserve midland upon
.he set.iements, to take Vengeance for
the death of their chiefs. ,is.'S n; = /
winner VI "a q, the ftst''racs4 ia; tie
second, Midesay was, the winner-.itme a
~; third, Eolus was winner-time
!. MoNTREHh, July 15.-The observatory
hera will, be placed in conneoiion wit6
Washington for weather observations.
>. BALTIMORE. July .15.-Mrs!l Wharton
has been indicted for murder in the first
degree; the charge being poisoning Gen.
Ketohum. =,
New YoRK, July 1.-two more of,the
wounded are dead.
,W{INoNA, WIS, July 15.-The eight be-
tween the lnmbermen and railroad
bridge builders resulted;in favor of the
inmbermen, who carried away q pile
driving apparatus. WHOM q Compromise
was made; the bridge to be built 80 as
not to interfere with rafting.
WASHINGTON, July 15.-Oolonel Frv.
Assistant, Adult utanb- General, has been
transferred from the department OF the
South to the department OF Missouri.
Alfred T: 3. T6rbert has been appointed
Consul Gehetat ut >Havaha.s =
Official ndsiuas from Jaoksboro, state
that the trial Of the Indian chiefs of the
kiowas is progressing. One chief has
been sentenced TO death. Sherman
orders them to be held subject to the
Presidents order. =,
a Confederate Captain, named Talia-
ferro. planting near Macon, Miss.
testified that Alteen persons had been
killed and mahT whipped in that vicinity
within the plsts s.Yeaf.7. There ia an
organized band 81 Kd .Elux il that
CoGnty. Taliaierro 5attendcd several
meetings, though he never took the. re-
quirdd oath; 4Hettaupposition: OF those
present beingH >h6 Risinitiated by the
oaptGin OF thb hahdi wEGca1i swear in a
member his friends aud sheighbors all
belonging 10th baud. (taliaferro gave
the com mittee "details OF the organiza.
ton. signs. grips. etc.. He once went on
RAID with the band, and was present
whea aevefal negroes wore whipped.
Their ,objec WAS to obtain entire control
OF the negroes, and make them vote ns
the leaders wiahed. No prosecution has
or could Do instituted III that County, as
nobody dare prosecute. Taiiaferro was
q witness before the grand jury, at
oxford. Miss, and by his testimony
several members of the Ku Klnx were
indicted. .--,,"'
Weather probabilitics-No important
change is indicated for Sunday; falling
barometer, with increasing olondiness, il
probable for :, the. extreme North west,
and renewed clouds and rain from Alaba-
ma Eastward. with pleasant weather in
the middle and Eastern States. .n,,ti
MOBILE, AnA.;July 15.-In the case of
Bfaxton Bragg, Jr., who killed Madison
Wilson, it was ordered by the court that
the defendant give personal reoognizsnce
in the Sum OF $4,000, to appear at the
next term Of the City Court; no investi-
CATION ihto the merits OF the case was
had N .i,. ~.