Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-07-12
made large amount of money by their

ILLICIT TRAFFIC.,
and their only desire was to make more,
careing nothing for the ultimate fate OF
the Indians. Among others implicated
is Judge of the State court. 1 propose
to investigate this matter fully for my
own satisfaction, whether 1t amounts 10
anything beyerd or not. 1t Is my ex-
perience that
NINE-TENTIs OF TIE TROUBLE
with the Indians in this SUPPLEMENTARY
is brought about by meddlesome white
men giving them improper advice and
dealing illicitly with them.
SUICIDE OF CURLY-HEADED JACK
Death ofa NodOc.-A correspondent
of the San Francisco Morning Call, .wri-
ting from the lava country under date
of June II, gives the following account
of the suicide of Curly-headed Jack
"At halfpast IL o'clock Sunday morn
ing a pistolshot was fired in the Modoc
camp, and temporary excitement among
the troops ensued. In company with
the officer Of the day l visited the scene
of the disturbance and learned the cause.
Curly headed Jack, prominent men,
Der of the Cottonwood faction, lay in
one of the tents, with bullet hole as
big as ones fist in the side of his head,
while his right hand grasped an army
revolver. He had done the work quick
ly and well. His mother and female
friends gathered about him and set up a
dismal bowling, and as he was uncon-
scious and fast falling, they besmeared
themselves with blood from his wound,
and endeavored by other Indian Gus
toms to save his life. The mother took
his head in her lap and scooped the
blood from his ear; another old woman
placed her hand upon his heart, and a
third blew in his face.
''The sight of the group, these poor
old women whose sorrow was unfeign-
ed, and the dying man, was terrible III
its sadness. Outside the tent stood
Bogus Charley, Hooker Jim, Shacknasty
Jim, Steamboat Frank, the Curly head
ed Doctor, and several nameless warri-
ors, all affected to tears, who had been
Jacks companions from boyhood.
Groans nor tears nor anything in the
shape of human aid could save Jack,
and at the end of an hour prolonged
shrek of agony from the women an
neunced that his spirit had fled to the
happy hunting ground or some other
mythical region only known to Indians,
and the Modocs were out one warrior.
The Cottonwood women shrleked and
groaned and tore their hair, the tears
streaming down their cheeks, and the
warriors of this faction wept i'll silence;
but Captain Jack and his crowd chatted
and laughed as if nothing unusual had
occurred, and in some cases even glanc-
ed over to the mourning Cottonwoods
with an air of supercillious indifference
A Circus IN A WIHRLwIND.-A dis
patch from Pittsburgh, Pa, says that
while Uowe's London circus and me-
nagarie was giving an entertainment TO
five thousand persons in that city on
Smoky Island, bordering on the Ale
ehany river, on Thursday night, fear
ful storm arose of wind and rain, which
swept up the valley, caught up the lm-
mense canvass and tossed them about
like TOW balloons. The scene that fol-
lowed was fearful in the extreme. The
tent in which the circus performance
was in progress was first attacked, and
the wind lifted the poles from their po-
sition in the ground and flung the shat
tered canvassas over Frustrated bodies
of men, women and children. Shrieks
rent the air when the canvas took fire
from the petroleum lights about the
centre pole, and the scene was terrible
To add to the horror of the scene the
animals in the adjoining caravan com
nenced to below forth i'll chorus the
most unearthly howls. In less than
two minutes the mammoth canvasses
were torn and lying PROSTATE on the
ground. While the fire failed to make
any great Roadway, owing to the rain,
which came down III torrents, the seats
in the area were swept away.
All escaped with their lives Some
had their legs broken, and others were
more or less severely injured, although
none, so far, are reported as dead. One
of the elephants got away and caused
great excitement, as several persons
narrowly escaped death from the fright
ened beast. The loss to Mr.. Howe is
considerable, inasmuch as he can hardly
repair the damage done to justify an
exhibition on the 4th of July.
Mr.. S. Bentz, of Hoods Mills, Car
roll county, Md, has invented aproeess
by which the whole of the wheat ker,
mel, except the coat of slick, is reduced
to flour, thereby saving fifteen hundred
pounds in every hundred bushels. "A
first class Touring mill has been put IN
operation in Maumee, Ohio, in which
MIR. Bentz's process is used.
George Z. Deneale, an old lent,
Legion Democrat who has been consid-
cred "fshy" by the Conservatives Tor
some time past, is out in long letter
to the State Journal, declaring that
"Barkis is willin'." He will accept the
nomination of the Radical party for the
Office of Governor, and be very thankful
for the favor. lie bids strongly, deciar-
mo that he voted for Grant ana Is Ill