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eminent citizens, appointed by Secre-
tAry Cox, under an act Of Congress, of
April 10th, 1869, have been supplied
aud the road completed, as required
.by said report. The present Commits
et0ncrs' examination was commenced
on the 25th OF September and com
pleted On the 9TH inst. They claim to
have made IL thorough and in detail.-
The GniisaiUners md from personal
examiuatiOu And from data furnished
by the Companyst that tho expenditure
required by the former Commission,
10 finishing bridges, In replacing high
TRUSTEES by 0iling witH Garth, etc, etc
were fully completed in the month of
september, 1874, and they have there
iore decided that the road q built is a
4r!-ciase railroad, fully complying
VAN ~ Charter, and with the r6t1uire-
meats OF Jaw, and in accordance viii,
the instructions of tho Denartment
erntshed To- them. The report is sion.
Cd BY oil three Of The Commissioners.
~ VIII require The approval of the
frosident and the formal acceptance Of
the road as completed structure be-
aferes patcnts will issuo FOR the land
grant. Efs sg isgsa8
Secretary Bristow to-day sent mott.
acalions 10 .twanty-five clerks. that
Itheif services would be mo loncer re-
quired Alter the first proximo. The
DOW fell particularly heavy in Treas
urer 6pinner's Bureau.
! IT. Attorney General is in recent
"a eei4gra0 5eoGm the United States
l1rlhAl Of Alabema, atatiug that six
ty.two arrests have been made In
SoUters county, OF persons charged
with committing Kuklnx outraRcs ana
stopping the u. 8. mails.
New YoRK, Oct. l7.-Michael Mur-
phy, Of Jersey City, has been found
4eilty OF tho murder Of Mrs. Hiatus ct
Manuel on the 10th OF April last, and
sentenced to be hanged Dec. 4th.
New YoKK, Oct IA short time
ago Luther Bryant, who had stand
On Fulton St, apparently for the sale
Qf coins, was arrested on 4 charge Of
buying postage and revenue stamps Of
boys who made 4 specially of stealing
snem nom their employers. Bryant
Mas lodged y the ToOmbs, and while
snego he resIdence was catered aud
robbed OF 1900 In money and vaiu-
eolee, $700O0 Of which was In twenty
dollar gold pisces, each marked by
smol hoa0 IN the head OF the Goddess
Of Liberty = gold watch ! one thou
and dollArs In mutilAted currency:
twelve thousand dollars in legal ten.
der notes; seven hundred dollars In
new f0y cent and ten-cent currency.
and quantity Of clothing, jewelry,
and stlyerwafe. Bryant offers q re-
ward Of thousand dollars for the re.
covery Of the property. Some police
omccts doubt the trnth of Bryant's
story.
CnlCAsO, Oct. l7.--Robert Collyer
has said to delegation Of prominent
Members OF his congregation. who yis-
iEed him to present fhe resolutions
adopted BY . vote Of Unity church pro.
testing against his leaving Chicago for
for field oflabor in New York, that
he would never have seriously enter.
tanned any proposition for chsuge
had he not believed that he might do
better work there and that his people
here might thsnk another to take his
place. hut these resolutions showed
the matter In new light aud he d0nbt-
cd II ho could ever undertake the cruel
surgery oftcsring up the roots Of life
that has grown for fifteen years in the
heart Of the West.
a SIOux ClTY, Oct. IL 1850 A.. MA
party of seven consisting of o. b. Or
ton, james J. Ogg, Charles l.. Allen.
Tlios. H.. Burton and ID. N. Allen, of
YanktoD, ID. +, T.,.John Lowe, of Wachi-
ta, Kau., and d. Il. Rawden, Of Mo.
brara, Neb., left Yankton, ten days
ago for the Black Hills and on Sun
day llth inst were stacked by a psrty
Of Bruls-Si0ux Indians, at the mouth
OF Little Plstte. forty miles from Mo
brara. A desperate fight ensued in
which Lowe fell dead pierced by three
bullets. Burton was shot through the
Ghost and wounded fatally, Orton was
shot through the arm, and Allen
wounded by sB srrow in the leg, The
fight was kept up for fifteen minutes,
when the Indians Withdrew, taking
their dead and wounded, which arc
thoughtto be at least ten. The whites
q Once started back with one dead
man. three wounded, and the mnlcs
crippled. They travelled all night
leaving Burton at settlement, and
burying Lowe five miles further OIL
this way. The survivors returned to
Yankton, aud being reliable citizens,
the story Of their adventure may be
relied upon.
t7sAPprsheDsions are felt for the safety
OF party Of twenty-seyeA who left
this CITY for the Black Hills, who were
20 travel Ia Tho track of the Yankton
party. Tho Indians are understood to
express . determination TO prevent
white men entering tho Hills at all
hazaras. =
IloNDoN, Oct. ia dispatch from
Berlin says Count Won Arnim's case
IL becoming intelligible. II appears
that Rismarek had become indignant
ct the Counts preferring the ultra
montane monarchy in France to a
cosnparatively liberal and pacific re-
pNbfc. and determined 20 remove
him. Not wishing, however, to offend
The Count, Bismarck wrote him cen
sofious let.ers, which he expected
would induce the Count to resign
Won Arnim, refusing, was finally and
sheoauAsly dismissed and took His
uagck letters, now represented to be
% f0affnlly offensive. The dispatch
also ssys IL II reported that the letters
have been publicly offered for sale.
BoMHAY, Oct 17th.-A fsishtful
Cyclons visited BENGAL, causing gen.
osal havoc, prostrAting the Telegraph
wires and throwing cars from the
track etc.
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