The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-30
WEST.

The secretary of the Nebraska state
aid society states that there are from 700 to
1000 people who viii need to De fed this COM
ing winter. The citizens of this state are
doing all they can, but viii fall short
The Utah News computes the num-
Der of polygamists in the territory at 1 ,OOO
men, 5000 women and 1900 children, and the
cost andloss by the punishment OF all at g. 900,
600, and that the courts would have around
them 5000 crying women and 5000 crying
children.
The Northern transportation COM
pany's steamer Brooklyn, bound for Ogdens-
burg to Chicago, exploded her boiler last week
few miles below Detroit. The effects were
fearful, instantly sinking the boat and killing
a large number of persons. The steamer Cuba
was short distance ahead Of the Brooklyn,
and picked up most of the survivors.
J. W. Haley, cattle trader of Texas,
is represented to have recently obtained ten
thousand dollars from Rogers, Powers q Co.,
a stock firm of Kansas City, on pretense that
he owned large drove OF cattle. He also
obtained five thousand from Banse q Snyder,
and various sums from other firms, after
which he sold his cattle for forty thousand
dollars and absconded, and has not since been
heard Of.
The following are the officially an
nounced entries in the great S25, 900 running
race, to be given at San Francisco, November
II, under the auspices of the Pacific Jockey
club: Thad Stevens, Joe Daniels, Katie Pearce,
Hubbard Haney, Alpha, Hooking, and Hard
wood. Other parties east and in Oregon send
entries and money by mail and express. The
,e
sive betting has already commenced. Cluf
has offered three thousand dollars for the right
to sell pools.
Late advices from the Indian country
re very encouraging The Indians are thor
oughly demoralized and fleeing to their
agencies, leaving behind them everything but
their arms and clothing. The recent surren-
der Of Satanta, and other leading chiefs, has
demoralzed all the hostile parties, and, it is
believed, they contemplate no further re-
sistance. Gen. Mills regards the campaign as
an entire success. He has given the Indians
severe chastisement wherever met and de-
stroyed an amount of property which they
cannot replace for years.
Lieu. Gen. Sheridan, who is now in
the Indian territory, telegraphs Adjutant-Gen
Drum of his staff, from Fort Sill, October 10,
as follows: Lieut.-Col. Buell. struck a small
camp of hostile Indians on the head-waters Of
the salt fork of the Red river, near the Sailed
plains on the 9th of October, destroying it and
killing one Indian, and then continued tho
pursuit of tho Indians up the river, destroying
a camp OF fifteen lodges and seventeen lodges,
and finally camp of 400 lodges, driving the
Indians still further west into the edge OF the
Sailed plains, when they turned north to the
hsad-waters of McOellan's creek and North
Fork. Lieut.. Buell. is still in pursuit. large
amount of Indian property was destroyed and
a large number of ponies abandoned by the
Indians. A small party came in here last night
to ask for terms for seven of the Comanche
ehiofs and their people No terms will be
given, except a surrender Of arms, persons and
property. Lieut.~Col- Davidson moves out
again with his column on the morning of the
3Oth, in a course due west, with forty days
rations for men and animals for Col. Buell..