The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-09-06
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last had some startling Indian news
from Colorado:
Mr.. E. H. Stanly, of Ft. Larned,
arrived in the city last night. He
reports that last Monday q govern
ment train, consisting of thirty six
mule teams loaded with army sup
plies for Fort Lyon was proceeding
along Dry creek, between Fl. Lyon
and Carson City, under command of
Steve Byers, wagonmaster. While
in the valley of Dry creek the train
mired in the sand. While thus de-
tanned q band of 200 Arrapahoe
warriors, under command of their
chief, Little Raven, made an attack
which equals in outrage and feroci-
ty any in the annals OF history of
Indian massacres. The wagons
were burned and all the contents
that could be carried away was ap-
propriated, consisting mostly of
bacon, etc. The mules were run
off and fifteen men belonging TO the
train were wounded or killed on
the bloody field. Mr.. Bryan was
skinned alive, from head to foot, by
the savages; besides these, fifteen
more were missing. They are sup
posed to haYe been carried into cap
tivity. The train was under the es-
cort of Lieutenant Mcfarland, of
the Sixth United States Cavalry,
but being nine miles in the rear at
the time of the massacre, no pro-
lection could be afforded. Mr..
Stanley was with the escort. and
MI q p4Vsfwy Of fhn IL
the savages were just retiring over
the hill beyond, whirling their TOM
ahawks and shouting in mad glee
over their ill-gOtten gains.
The New York Liberals concede
the Governorship to the Democrats.
But they have not yet been able to
find q candidate.
Col. Forney and Senator Sher-
man made Republican speeches to
an immense audience in San Fran
Cisco on Tuesday night.
A dispatch from Little Rock, Ar
kansas, says serious trouble has
again broken out in Pope county,
in that State. On Saturday evening
last county Clerk Hickox, Sheriff
Dodson and Deputy Sheriff Viii
liams were engaged removing the
county records to a safer place. At
ter loading the wagon it was start
ed out of town and soon after
Hickox, Dodson andWilliams noun
ted and started after it, when about
one hundred yards beyond the pub
lie square, while passing an old
shop, they were fired on by party
hid in the shop. Hickox was killed,
and Williams horse wounded, but he
and Dodson escaped unhurt. A cor
ner's jury was Immediately sum-
moned and an inquest held, at the
scene of which, while they were
putting away his papers, the same
parties who fired upon Hickox fired
upon the justice, MORALLY wound
ing him. Dodson and Williams ar
rived in this city this evening to re-
port to the Governor. It's thought
that martial law will be declared in
the county at once.
Acknowledgement Williams won't
run for U. S. Senator in Oregon.
A colored man named Toby
Darden, was hung near Springfield,
Tennessee, for attempting to rape q
ten year old child of j. Pride.
Spurgeon, the great English
preacher, is coming to America this
fall.
The mum Der of persons lost by
the steamer Metis, which sunk a
few days ago Off Providence is re-
duced to twenty-five.
The reports of the Indian msssa-
ere in Colorado are denied.
The San Francisco Bulletin says :
"Arizona diamonds" of three
pounds weight and about the size
of 8 mules head, are the latest spec
linens received and exhibited in q
window on Montgomery street.
They are of the grade adapted for
sleeve buttons.
Arizona advices report no ex-
element over the alleged diamond
discoveries, which are generally
discredited there.
Twenty-Five hundred poor chill
dren in Philadelphia were enter
tanned with a picnic excursion, on
Saturday.
Prominent Wall street operators
intimate that a stock dividend in
the Central Road will be declared
very soon, and that Vanderbilt is
attempting to buy off the men in
terested in the new line to Buffalo
via the west bank of the Hudson
river. Vanderbilt recently attempt
ed negotiations with the Erie and
Pennsylvania railroads in order to
increase rates, but was unsuccessful.
Queen Victoria has recognized
SANKEY'S services in the Living
stone discovery, by presenting him
with a gold snuff box.
The cause of the sinking of the
steamer Metis in Long Island Sound
is to be Investigated by government
authority.
A brute named Kelley nearly
killed another brute named Timony,
in a prize fight, near Eastport, Me-,
on Saturday.
Some idea of the extent of
the disappointment experienced
throughout the country by the re-
cent discovery that the postofice
department will have to wait for a
specific appropriation from Con-
gress befote it can furnish the postal
cards, may be estimated from the
that mp to this date appli-
cations haYe been made to the de-
partment for over 2,0O0,O00 of these
cards, and about % informal pro-
posals have been made by manu-
lecturers to supply them, after the
designs have been determined on.
Victoria Woodruff and Tennie c. |
Clafiin, were examined on Tuesday /
rs judgment debtors in q suit |
brought against them by Brinker-
nof Myers. Both testified that
hey do not own a dollars worth of
So two more "dead
beats" are disposed of.
An electric narindicaI has haar,