Nebraska advertiser., 1874-10-15
GENERAL NEWS.

Jersey City has presented charges and
! specifications against Rev. John s.
Glendenning of seduction, breach of
promise, etc.
The u. g. detectives, on the 9th
inst, at Buffalo, N. Y, arrested
Thomas Ballard alias John Davis.
one of the most expert counterfeiters
and engravers In the country also
Elizabeth Ballard and Ann Adams.
} acoomplices. In their possession was
found ten thousand dollars counter
felt money of various denomination
They have accomplished nothing.
The commission appointed to in
vestigate the facts relative to the re-
cent alleged murder of the five Usage
Indians by the Kansas militia. have
submitted their report to the Commits
sioner of Indian Affairs. They find
that the attack on the Indians was
unprovoked and utterly unjustifiable,
and presume that when the attention
OF the authorities of Kansas is called
to the facts in the case they will not
hesitate to direct the return of the
property captured from those friend
ly Indians, and IL is recommended
that in any event the United States
Government should see that the Osa-
ges are reimbursed.
The President has appointed Chas.
g. Hammond, Of Chicago. q member
of the Board Of Indian Commission
ers.
The Attorney General, being inter-
rogated concerning the rumors preva-
lent in New Orleans that he had in
structed the commencement of legal
proceedings against the members of
the White League throughout Louis
lana, said he did not consider IL worth
while to either confirm or deny the
report.
Recently the grave Of a lady nam
ed Mrs. r. J. Cary, at Buffalo, N. Y,
was robbed. The casket outside the
coffin and shroud, were left lying on
the ground. The officers visited the |
Medical College, with search war
rant. and found the body with four
others. The students were surprised |
while at work dissecting them. Thir-
ty-nine students were arrested and
taken in procession to the police
court. Justice Nash released them on
parole, to appear when wanted
There is much excitement over the
affair.
On the Sth Inst. a stage coach from
Brookston to Paris, Texas, was rob-
bed near Paris. The robbers secured
1926 and four watches, but missed
1900 concealed behind the cushions
by the cashier of the Merchants end
Planters bank. The party claim to
be the same that robbed the Hot
Springs stage and train at Gad's Hill.
The sheriff with o posse is pursuing
them.
Recently at Holly Springs, Miss, a
mob of negroes, mum mbering about for I
ty. took James Perkins and William
(colored) from Jail and
shot them dead, thereby avenging !
he death of Mack Hill. 1t was done 9
10 quietly that few knew of 1t till next r
norn'ag, All is.quiet now. r
The Nashville Banner of the 10th :
nst. publishes an account of an af- h
ray between Joe Ravages, the negro e
preacher, and DR.. Shy, at simon Shy's c
esidence, near Franklin, Tennessee.
It seems that an attempt had been q
made last month to fire Mr.. Shy's +
esidence, and a reward had been Of d
cred for the incendiary by Governor '
Brown. A negro detective, disguised q
9 a work man, discovered that Rava. 7
es was the man. and formed a plan il
n conjunction with him to kill the
Id man and his wife, and then burn =
he house. The detective gave notice v
( the intended attack, but barely In p
Ime. DR.. Shy fired on Ravages as D
e entered, but failed to hit him, u
'hen a desperate struggle ensued, In Il
'hich the negro was killed and DIR. lc
by wounded in the hand. al
AT Pulaski, Tennessee, on the 10th
lst., a colored man named Atkinson
'abbed and killed white man, l.. g.
). Suttle. The difficulty originated g
bout law suit. The negro is in tt
Ill. tV
James d. Ainsworth, editor of the
lkador. Iowa. Journal, was found Ia
the streets of Chicago, on the 9th r
ST., in state of lunscy. He had ~
tiers of introduction from promin- III
1t Iowa citizens. All that could be he
from him. was that ihe was WI
his way to Washington. His I'll
lends were telegraphed for.
The grand jury at Salt Lake, on the T,
tn inst. brought in an indictment mn
ainst Thomas e. Rick's for a muir els
Z committed IA years ago. Kicks is Al
e man who was indicted Thursday on
r polygamy and is now in the peni- wv
ntiary having refused to give bail. tn
In the U. 8. District Court at Rich ats
ond, Va, on the 10th, the grand ju- Nj.
indicted two more judges of elec- We
n In Petersburg for notating an en- We, we
act. This makes the six S,o
nth Petersburg judge that has been Ca
iicted. rie
L correspondent writing from Paris old T
70 the Princess De Bounton Mad Ar
o Perkins), whose husband is now Ba
prison IA urterIv dest;tuta With rae