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Iogal rate Of tol, tho roads to furnish tho motive
II Il wore ONCE established that tie railroads
we're public highways in fact, as thoy are in tug
@ o. tho law 5sn asaeps p to co
try and it would be tho fault Of mono but them.
selves ii each community did not supply itself
with sufficient number OF cars to run on
preclude tile railroad companies from r,,n-.
ming their own trains aa now. But the
competition between tho roads End tho outside
Rolling Stock Companies would keep the rates
Transportation Companies, and tic means OF
the tracks being used to their full capacity ip-
stead OF being idle great portion OF the tine
as now.
Lot il be established, then, ilst railroads ARD
Let the people rise up and say it shall DO, and
1t will bo. :.
Let every road DO free for. Stock Companios
snd individuals to put On what hat cass Troy may SEQ
10 miles per hour tor freight trains. Make it
obligatory on the roads to fnrnioh motive power
Of 2conta permile per onr, whether full Or empty.
This will bo found q fill remnnorntive price,
oven allowing tho cost OF the roads in one State
as high as $40 cooper mile, when 1t is conclusive
y shown by the report Of THO Railroad aud Ware
house Commissioners that 1t docs not exceed
s25, 900.
Now let us sac the roaults:
Twenty freight cara, at $500 eaeh...... $4,000
Tho Company will Wnnt per ceus on
Investment. ,Go0
| Charge for repRifs, ,wehr and tear year.
ly {kud thIa Ia mora than sufficient,
! II not run at more tllan 10 lniles per
hour; % por cent 1 tho usual ChnrGu
now, running % to 50 milca ; 1t II
unnecessary to state the difference
tne1penae 1t 10 or 10 miIss per honrl 5000 1900
100000
| These 20 cars tn run to Nsm York and
return, say 1000 miles, Ut conss Per
| pljle. $40 each knu, Tor
| ile round trip ot 20 cars, $500.
| Those should make AfieRn round
ssol trip,,,....:..... :...,.:...:",.. $4,000
| Add Il nece,sary, tho aa!ary Of 4 cerk,
hal, perhaps, conductor, ?r,.".....". i,6oo
' 49,
-. tsa,iao
Tho income would bl yorY noar "a follows:
Freight of 20 cars to few York, 1900
bushels, At 191o,,.......,..,....n 8S760
FroGht OIL return trips, my about oue-
halt OK f25 per rcar.,................ 10000
sl,4s7.to
For rouud trip, ana making fifteen
tr1pa yearly, ls.,...-....t.,s.''... &l,o01
sla,5sa
You have the 20 cars at tho end OF tue year,
conting Originally $4,000, representing this
s125SS milking 434Ga to tie credit Of sinking
fund sfter paying 10 ppS asnt dl7ide'ld and
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

To those people whose rostless spir.
il long for = homo in some locality
where the weather is ono round of de.
hghtful, uuohauging days, We hasten to
commend Chicago. They could not
but DO charmed With the unyarying
character Of its climate. OF |sourse,
they could not! Il is 90 much better
than Minnesota, you know! For in
stance, here is what the Tribune says
of Tuesday OF last week:
At 7 O'Clock, . snow storm; 8 o'clock,
hail aad slsst; II O'Clock, rain; 1915.
more rain l:l6, sigas Of breaking Away /;
Lilo, rain, snow, 1lsst. hail, and wind :
o'clock, looks Ike thunder 2:l6, snow
storm - o'clock, fog; 4 o'clock, heavy
rain; 4:l5, signs Of breaking up; n4:l6.
another snow STERN; 8 o'clock (prsssnt
vriting), snow. rain, hail, slsst, several
acres Of low baromstsrs and another storm
centre just arrived.
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TIE Nolth6eld iStandard publishes

TIE No,thfeld Standard publishes
. letter written from Hot Springs, Ar.
kansas, April lst, which says: "a
week ago yesterday it showed, aad at
night it was six or eight degrees be-.
low freezing, and owing to the loose
manner Of constructing houses, Toe
was made 10 our sleeping rooms. This
appears strange 10 this warm latitude,
aud one would suppose they suffered
more ia the winter season from cold
in their houses, than in Minnesota -
The town has population Of one
thousand, but it appears that "altho.gh
there is . school fund there arc no pub.
lilo schools, and children, dogs and pie<
crowd the street at all hours of the
day. It is said tho money passes
through % many hands that tho per.
centages, leaksgss and wear and tear
use it all up before it gets to tho treas.
ury. There is private school, I b..
lisvs."
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

The Commissioner Of tho General
Land Office has notified local land Of.
foes sleng to liae Of The Norther.
Pacific rsilroad that the Secretary Of
the Iutsrior be- decided thst the
Northern Pacific raihssd COMPANY d
entitled to he laad laid down a ita
maps Of preliminary location - sssinst
all persons who made setslsnsn. On
said land after sai4 preliminary mp
had been accepted BY tho Secretary II
the Interior, but not before the land
had .besa formally Withdrawn. Thin
dscibioa is adverse to several claim.
ants, and involves about 200 sections Of
land in Minnesota, Wa.hiugto. Toni
tory aud elsewhere, (,
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SrnIaa 81 ran usl.,n rAoI no

This ID what on Omaha dispatch of
Tuesday says: "Ths storm on The line
Of the Union Pacific railroad WAS one
OF the most violent OF the season. Il
began two days ago aud continued
last siaht with uusbatsd fury. There
y no means Of communicating With San
Francisco or Of asoertainiog anything
about ths army movements against the
Modocs. The Western Union telegraph
eonpany's wires off Grand Island are
Ill down, while the wires Of the Union
Pssi6e railroad are worse %; reaching
40 farther than Schuyler station. The
wires ass covered With slsst. No one
can faes tho storm yet At Grand island
or in that vicinity, which appears to be
thu center. No trains runniog."
Char ming country, that! April storms
on the Union Pacific arc more than .
match for January storms on the North.
srn Pacific.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

ABOUT eighty persons from England
arrived in St. Paul on Monday evening,
on their way to homes iu Clay county,
along the line of the Northern Pacific.
They are the advance of what Is known
as the Yeovil Colony, . second part Of
which, some two hundred persons, will
arrive in June. 1t is expected that by
fall, the colony will number one thous.
and souls. Most Of this party are tar.
mers but there is fsir sprinkling Of
mechanics. They started for their new
homes on Tuesday.
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11INNEso7A HHWp.

Mr.. Jsses Nowery, II wino.s,
h'' gone On . zip to Texas, With a
Wow to lsestiss there.
st. Peel lao streets. but Just asw
they are bssisd under an indsdsits
number q feet Of mud.
The St. Paul Pres. wants secretly.
1t ssts to have "Bli,ky jack" broueAt
from Moorhssd to thu. city.
Tho Post says F. Il. Patterson. Of
Rochester, goes to Wet Point for
esdetship.
DR.. ". ". Mayo, . prsni.s.t
physician Of Roehsstsr, will soon 70.
move to 81. Paul.
james Kelley, OF lsrs Nasdall,
has received tho contract for fu.nish-
ing that fors With beef cattle It IS. IA :
and Fort Rice at 1929.
Tho freight on -four, bstwe,r
Minneapolis and Milwaukee aud CHI
csgo, has been reduced from seventy to
sixty cents per barrel.
Anton Schatten, Of Somervi1le.
Steele county, leaned comfortably up
against Z shot gun, with tho pit of his
stomach resting On the muszle, and
that's the way he committed suicide.
Maj. G.. A. Camp estimates the
cut Of logs for this season will reach
ono hundred and seventy-6ve millions
of feet-tweaty-five millions less than
last ysar.
Some Of the pre.emptors on gov.
ersment land in South Brasch, Wat
onwan county, arc planting 40.aors
timber lots to save making the pay.
nsnts otherwise due in July next.
Hubbard, Wells l. Co., owners Of
the Forest Mills At Zumbrota aud tn,
Amber Mills At M.zeppa, arc reported
to be preparing to build another large
Touring mill At Masepps.
Page Was indicted at Winoua on
Saturday by the Grand Jury for muir.
der iu the first degree. His attorneys
are, Simpson l. Wilson, Mitchell l.
Yale, Dickson and Robinson. His trial
will come on this term of Court.
On Thursday night =. $4,000 fire
occurred in Faribault. G.. NJ. futile
and Bomard's meat market, Sposs'. bill.
lard hall, G. n. Daniel.' architect Of
Zoe, and the y. $. Express Office were
destroyed. Partially insursd. Il. tut q.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

The attaok % Col. Mason ysstsrdaJ
Va treaehery. Lieut.. shsrwsol, Of.
deer Of the day, saw whits dsg ont.
eide the picket line, and wont . ~
What vas wanted. Lieut.. Bsyle soeon-
panyius him. 10 found an 1sdian
boy vho wanted then to cone up. into
tho rocks whore hs wss, but they ~ould
not. "Stsamboat Franklin" then
raised up from the rocks and called to
them to come, but they refused, when
ths Indians opened ars on them. At
the second voll,y Lieut.. Sherwood fell,
shot through the thigh, bresking the
bone close to the lip, also shot in tho
arm, piercing The artery. The troops
turned out under Gel. Mason. Capt.
Esgan leading the skilniah line. So rap
id were their movements that they
rescued the officers five hundred yards
out Of the picket line. Boyle VA "a
hurt, but Sherwood ID dangerously
wounded. It was = plot to capture the
commanding officers Of both posts, ~
veil Is the Commissioners. We OK.
poet orders to move At any moment.
The plot to capture the commanding
officers u evident, The Modocs sent
for Gen. Gillem who could not 60, and
for Col. Mason, Who could not attend,
aud thus their lives were saved.
It is thought Meaohsm will reoovsr,
but Sherwood has died.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Ths fol-
loving dispatch shows tho earasstaess
Of the government 70 punish the Mo-
H8ADouARTEIs A1MY OF TH1 q. g.,
-, WAsH1HaTol. April Is, 1878. !
Oh. eatew, xedos ok~e. 1ts1s, oalif@~sa:
Your dispatch announcing the terri.
bio loss 70 the country Of Con. Candy,
by the per6dy Of the wodoc band Of
Indians, has been shown. to tho ,Ptssi.
dent, who authorizes me to instruct
you to make the attack 20 strong and
persistent that their fate may b. com.
monsulste With their crime. You will
b fully justified in their utter extsrmi.
nation
(sisnsd), W.T.. SHERMAN,
General
Gen. sehsfeld ayr: II have tel.'
graphsd Col. Gillem to let the punish.
ment ofthe Modoos b. a severe u
their trsaehsry has merited, aud hop,
to heir soon that be has made an end
OF them.'' L"
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PEOPLE everywhere seem to be If.
aiotsd with fever for change. Mr..
Richard Chute writes from Georgia to
the Minneapolis Tribune that very
many there intend moving to Texas.
ae ssys hs thinks they will make .
mistake, - tho climate ia Georgi. sis
certainly better than i. Texas, where
the northern out 70 the 6sne." Furth.
OF on he tells more about the Georgi.
climate, and it would seem 70 be a
hard choice between the two. He
Gays: "The drawbacks to the country
are the long sumuers, IN ensrvating
climate and some chiIls and tever."
he seys seattle and hogs look very
badly. Thin is explained by tho fact
that they arc not fed in wiuter and the
past season has been too rough for
them"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

TIE Hastings Gaxette and Preston
Republican complain Of tho amend
ment to tho session law regarding the
publication Of tho laws in the newspa-
pers throughout tho State which r..
quires them to be published within
forty days after the close Of the session.
These complaints are without good
cause. If tho laws arc to be of any
benefit to the people-and that is sup.
posed to be tho purpose Of their publ
oation-they should be made public
within the shortest time possible. Some
papsrs have published them in drib-
lets extending through almost the On.
tire succeeding year. The supplement
form Is also popular, a it gives tho
laws in . compact shape suitable for
presentation and reference.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

ON Saturday tho Secretary Of tho
Interior heard the argument of Presi.
dent Becker, Of the St. Paul and Pa.
cifc road, in support Of its application
for patents for about four hundred sec.
tious Of land whore it CROSSES the line
Of the Northern Pacific railroad. Both
roads claim the land to be includ.
ed in their respective land grants.
Ex-senator Wade represents the
Northern Pacific company. Further
argument was postponed until May
first. .4
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

A WAR Of races has broken out in
Louisisns. A party Of about four hun.
dred negroes had entrenched themselves
in the town of Colfax. The whites
stormed and captured the breastvorks,
whom the negroes retreated to the court
house. This the whites fred, and
shot the negroes As they escaped.
About one hundred negroes wore killed
aud many more wounded. A few
whites were wounded. Cause of tho
trouble not stated,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

The bids for erecting and conplst-
ing the entire building and return
wing Of the 1nsane Asylum were open.
ed At st. Peter last Thursday. Fifteen
bids were received. The oontrao> wss
awarded to G. Bonn, Of Winsns, for
$l2l,950 80
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

The Troy Times has story that .
gent'emaa residing IN the vicinity OF
Sandy Hill holds note against Gensr.
al Washington for 81 500, given for
supplies during the American Revolu.
ton. There is IN lndorseneut On tho
note for about ene.half the amount,
aud ii 10 alleged that the balance has
never bssn paid. This Sandy Hitler
ought to b rejoissd At having 90 val.
uable . souvenir Of tho Father OF his
Country.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

WILL people never learn anything :
On Monday afternoon, Il. @. 0ass, Of
Warres, I'LL, sdit,r Of The Ns,r,n
Ss"s'"el, when about 10 90 bsntisg,
''plsJfslly" pointed his TN 1t his
wife, who was standing at the Don,
and supposing 1t to b .1losded snsp.
ped the trigger, when il Va dsoAa,g.
cd, the contents sntsrsd hin v,fs's his.
igurtng her fatally. II ~s.ld Be nor.
ey to Mr.. Gasn - suppose that he was
On idiot.
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ROCHESTER, has Z steam fire engine.
and an engineer. Tho latter appears
to be the bigger elephant Of tho two.
He has just sent IN q bill for $1,25e
for two and a half years. service. Tho
services consisted principally in sleep.
ing in the engine house . nights.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

AT meeting Of the Board Of Re.
gents Of the State University on Thsrs.
day, = plan for the expenditure Of the
$4,000 appropriated By the last Leg.
i'lstors was adopted. Two additional
buildings are to b erected ono, 50z
50 feet, with wings At other end, 20x
40 feet each, to be used exclusively
for an agricultural department the
other, soxl00 feet, a. a part Of tn.
main building.
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SEEDS, PLANTS. TREEs.-PREPAID
BIZ NAIL =

Ny new priced descriptive Catalogue OF
Choice Flower and Garden Seeds, rs sorts
of either for 81 new and choice varieties
Of Frui, and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,
Evergreeas, Roses, Grapes, Lilies, Small
Fruits, House and Border Plants and
Bulbs ono year grated Fruit Trees for
mailing Fruit Stocks of all kinds; Hedge
Plants, 80. tho most complete assortment
in tho country, will DO sent gratis to any
plain address, with P. O., box. True Cape
Cod Cranberry for upland or lowland,
Sc per 1000 81 per 100 prepaid by m.il.
Trade list to dealers. Seeds on Commits
sion. Agents wanted. > -'Ss*
Ana Ssed Warekouss, Plymouth, mass.
Iles4abltsAed. leA9. ssssss ~ ! = e
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

Col. PAuLD1Na, editor Of tho St.
Paul Pioneer, has been spending
some months At Jacksonville, Florida.
After speaking of the delights Of the
climate, the corolinss Of tho birds, and
the psrfumsd balm Of tho orange flow.
srs, DO Gays: ~ ,0ant to go home. And
home [ an going before great while,
10 spite Of the storms and ssows that
] rsad Of there, aud tho ksoings and
charms Of whatever il attraeti,,
here"
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

Mr.. P. F. Lawshe, who left Roch'
ester two years ago to make, = home
way down in Georgia, was in this city
on Saturday last, and L. again to make
Minnesota his home.-Ri~ona Dem.
0cSnf.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

r. LATE aE W. ITEM.
Only ono psrson out Of forty be.
longs to church out in Nevada.
Tho hens Of this country do $780,.
100000 worth ofbusine.s . year.
The Library Of Coogres, has TWO.
doubled within twelve years, and now
numbers 100000 volumes.
On account Of the Pops's illness
the Easter services in England were
ourtailsd.
"A student At Wilmington foil b5
feet clear. from the college oupola to
the roof. and was not half killed.
Tho troops in Porto Rico have re-
VOTED in favor Of the Republic, from
which great confusion has resulted.
up 70 the tth inst, 1880, 100000
francs mad been paid BY France to Ger
mary On account Of the war indemnity,
Subsistence Of German troops, ess.
The iuhabi.ants Of Provineetown,
Mass, tarasd ont to witness tho blow
ing Of four mammoth whsles that had
entered tho harbor last Friday.
The recent snow falls in California
have been very disastrous to the sheep.
raisers there. Ono man in the Pan
oohe district lost i've hundred lambs IN
one storm.
Brigham Young denies that he
intend to permanently abandon Utah.
Settlements will BE- made in Arizona,
but the Vallsy Of til. Deseret will still
b. occupied BY The Saints.
=. MANY = niekis makes muekls.
The Boston Five Cent? Savisgs Bs,t
hs' accounts open with 52,s42 deposit
on, and tho amount standing to their
credit is sl0,7s6,573.1o, which figures
show tho wisdom Of saving the pen.
.nise. ,---.,
The city Of Salvador, in Central
America, hss bssa destroyed By an
earthquake. Eight hundred persons
perishss, and >12,ooo,ooo worth Of
property Vas destroyed. The earth
quske wss followed bys sondagration,
and many buildings were burned.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

Il -adge g. e. Vsndsrburgh and
Miss Annie Z. Culbert' we're married
on Tuesday in Minneapolis, BY Rev.
r. +. Sample, At the residence Of Rev.
l. FAIRIES CHE brides brothsr-in.hw)
aud started that evening on their we'd.
ding tour f.y'c7, - .rA3. >t~'
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

NEw YoRk b several dsgrsss sAert
Of baking ia eternal Sunshine. A dis.
patch Of last Saturday ssys 'The storm
to-day hss been one II tho mon %.
we're Of tho year. The tide VA very
high, and at the ferry great difficulty
~as szp'rfsneed in getting heavily ID
den trucks On and off the beats. Collars
along tho river ffout were flooded, and
in some instances valuable merch,n.
disc wss damaged. 4 large number of
vessels sre detained."
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

GEN. JEr1ERsoN DAVIS, now in In.
diana, b. beet directed to immediate.
y asssms the eoGamapd made vacant
b ths dseth q Gen. Candy. -.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

On Monday morning az = train
was backing into MaDkato . COW ran
a the track just in front, and caused
. coach containing fifteen OF twenty
passengsrs to b thrown down an en-.
2banknsnt. Qaitss number Of the pas.
sengers were bruised, but mono serious
y except 4. T. Lamberton, from St.
Peter, Ed Fay, Ism New Ulm, and 0.
D. Dehno, Of Winoua,
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

'$-ol.u.; seh.ot, !. survivor Of the
Atlantic disaster, arrived It Winoos
Friday; on his Wy to his home near
Rochester. :''3I sv~~5:&" a.. - s'.<~'
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

FRANK DAaakTr ID now publisher
Of two pspsrs-both weskly-snd both
good. In addition to tho Litoh6eld
Ledger he Las now the Willmar Re.
publican. Frank is able to spread
himself-and nsws-ovsr 4 half.d ,zen
ordinary -sized papers.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

The Richmond (Va.) Enquirer 'oi
April 5th says: 1.-THE Hon. John T.
Avenll, the representative in Congress
Of tho Third Minnesota DISTRICT, is in
tho city, and yesterday morning visited
the capitol and other public pisces.
30 is great friend Of tho James river
and Kanawha canal, ind says that the
people Of the Wsst will soon be found
moving With Virginia to secure aid to
complete this great national highway.''
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

TIE contract for tho construction Of
the new walls, guard houses and other
buildings necessary fer the State Pris.
on, was let on Saturday to j. Welsh.
belliBg, Of Msnkato, for S17,l72.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

BIZ unanimous vste on Friday the
Michigan Legislature refused to recon-
slider the vote Of Thursday, denying
the elective franchise 70 women. Xxx.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

On the 9th Miss Abby Hutchinson,
ofthe "Tribe Of Asa" the well.known
family Of Singers, was married At Litch-
field to Mr.. Samuel Apderson.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

The prospects are favorable tor the
Z, Early binding Of the Davenport and
st. Paul raikoad. :. ga l.. ~ .,,z.r.l.
The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-04-17

"A paper mill il talked Of At Rooh-
estes. The parties want . loan------
A young child Of John Chute pulled
. tub Of boiling wstsr over itself and
vas very severely slded------Cbrist.
Blohan, q Blooming Prairie, while
sliding down 4 hsy.ssaek, encountered
. stalks, which entered biz, right thigh
penetrating into The grois. He may
Observation-Disclosures Record.
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~ FAIRY VOICES.
Anew Music Book for; Day Schools.
Sad 60 cents, aud - win mail = sample
,....-x- copy, April 1se. :
Address, J. L. PI1HRS,
" t... 3fs .35 so Bradway, n. Il.
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~"s "AsSh "eS0 00A' Ns1Uy So0 O1'
Thenas bssA talked fef some, time.
Capt. Jask then talked ID. IN apparent.
~ god, serious strain, aud when 10
dsishsd stepped back 10 The rom, ssaR
whore Msaebsm's hs,se w,s hitehsd:,
Scho.seAin thsl bsgsa 70 talk; and
whils h w,s spsakise, Dyar heard :
cap miss frs, aud leotiss around ssw
Capt. Javk 10 his lefs with biz pistol
pointed At Gen. Canby. This wss the
signal for I general massacre, md I
dozen shots were fred issids sfa half
minute. Csps. Jsck n.sd ,atain, On
Gen. CaaSy,, md The nsbls old gentle.
man nm otf-ts The len, but was speed.
lily shot down and killed instantly.
Meaohan wa shot At By sehonsshin
and wounded IN the head. he tried 70
draw biz dsrrisssr, whel tn 1adi,ns
ran up md Knocked him down. Dr..
Thomas WAS killed almost instantly by
two pistol sAots il the head Riddle.
ran OF; and it sppssrs that they did
not ire II hin, but they Knocked biz
squa~ down. Dyar, Riddle and the
squav returned in safety TO the camp.
About hsndred yards 70 tho west Of
the place Of meeting WAS found A. B.
Meaoham badly wounded, with . pistol
shot over tho left eye. Fifty yards
further on was the body Of Rev. Thom-
As lying on his face and stripped to tho
waist. Life Vas. extinct from pistol
shot wounds in the head. The body
Of Gen. Candy was stripped Of every
vestige Of clothing and, lay about ono
hundred yards to tho southwark, With
pistol shot wounds in the head. Il cs.s.
Further reports from the Lava Bed
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