Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-02-19
FIFE NEWS.
War on the plains .

suo's oS>NA 0uu UElVAuS tucIn Ho" ssA~'-
homes. Information received from Fort Lar
annie states that on February 8, Lieut.. Rob-
inson and Corporal Coleman Of Co. K. Second
Cavalry, were surrounded by 40 or 50 Indians
about 10 miles from the Fort aod killed.
Col. Bullock has arrived at Fort 1ettel man,
and reports that he saw large party. Of
Indians on the uppSr crossing Of Horse Shoe
Creek, singing and dancing the sss.ps dances
He Gays that the Sioux azs Ssaidin6 Ii ID ~
every direction, burning ranches, naps1sSShS
rsnchmen and steali69 sAoek, "a oounAhypi
cavalry, under copis iSd u Captain We..sl.
has left Cheyenne, for Potter station, % the
Union Pacific Road, where the. Indians have
been driving in sectioa men. and stealina
stock. - ,-.>S.::-..ess y :: -. ~.
A mail carrier from Fort Laramie has ar.
rived at Cheyenne from the Red Cloud
Agency. and says that Frank Appleton, who
WAS acting - Indian. n.aeent In the absence d
agent avalet Wa shot, on Monday night, BY
Nunr ecdhyou Sioux; The same night four.
teen ulS,Ss we're stolen from government
freighter, Charles Gorean. within three miles
fthe agency. At the white Clay agency the
1odiansshtSe driven OF the beei.herde.s and
taken charge, saying that they will do their
ss~a issuing troops have beea teleeaphed,
and the greatest excitement prevails. A large
fire WAS sesnin the direction oi the Red Cloud
agency last Monday, and it has probably been
burned ere this, as there appears to bs = gen
eral uprising. ;
Gen. Ord, stationed at Omaha, has received
the following from Col. Smith, commanding
Fort Laramie " DR.. Savelie, agent 1t Red
Cloud. reports by letter that his chief clerk,
: Frank Appletud, VA shot and killed By .
Nunecouyou' Indian, on the night Of the eth.
Agent Howard, from the Spotted Tail agency,
writes me that several large war parties ftom
both agencies have leit, and tsars that al The
Indians will commence hostilities. Col. Smith
also reports that the hour issued to the In.
d'ans they throw away, and that their years
supply Of beef has been 20 wasted that it win
be exhausted next month"; -.
Gen. Ord 10 doing ill possible to meet the
apprehende1 trouble. Troops are scouting
in all directions,
Until the two reports spoken OF above, the
military authorities claim that aeents have
not reported the depsrtare of'war parties
from tho reserve. Calls mass meetings are
boing issued in the papers to cxpress indigna-
tion>at the 1ud,an policy pursued by the Rov-
srnnnent.
The East.
JURY has been secured for tho trial OF
John Z. Simmons, indicted for the murder Of
Nicholas ". Duryea, in New York.
VIZ. Paocroa, JR., Professor OF the College
OF Pharmacy, in Philadelphia, died suddenly
on Monday night, after having delivered 4
lecture to the students.
4 NATIONAL convention OF stove manufac-
,tpreEs was held in Albany recently. A reso-
lution was adopted favoring reduction of ten
dollars per ton in the price 81 stoves, hollow
ware and casting. The convention viii re.
assemble at Long Branch in June
AlBERT n. CASE, = eon of o. P. Case. ESQ.
OF Hartford, Conn.,, twenty years old. shot
himself accidentally in the head, Saturday
night, while easelessly handling = pistol
which he thought was not loaded. The wound
will probably be fatal. At the same place. on
Sunday, . lad named Willie White was soci-
dentally shot bya companion, and danger.
onsly injured.
IHE rear car of train No. 6, on the Rensse-
laer and Saratoga Railroad, leaving Whitehall.
WAS thrown from the track one mile south Of
Fort Ann, Saturday. The car went into tho
ditch and was burned up in twenty minutes.
Five passengers were in the car when II ran
Oh. One WAS killed. two were hurt badly, and
one slishtly. All were taken from the burn.
ng car through the top OF the door before the
FL g reached them.
SHER1T1 BAENNAN's term of Imprisonment.
for permitting the eseape OF Genet, has o..
PRED
-r~--'~''~ The West. -
TIE Kansas House OF Representation, BY =
vote of Sc t02e, passed . resolution request
ing the county attorney to take steps for
bringing ex-senator Pomtroy to trial.
IMAM named Mills, in firing at q deer on
Sunday near Frapceville, Ind, shot hi, COM
parton, named Lincoln, through the head,
killing him almost instantly. Mills 10 neariy
insane over the result OF his carelessness.
and tried to take bis own life.
A 11RE at Atchison, Kausas. Thursdav ae-
satroyed ppSrE bt6s value Of s7o.ooa and
ono :at frestou, Tenn, destroyed $4,000
xorth ofprop9tysk ] ~. i
Z SIX esttlo thieves have been arrested at Bav
City, Mich. They had been operating Tor sew
eral weeks. 3
1T 10 estimsted that there are about g. 600
was1totS Of Sioux, Cheyenues, and Arapahoes
who could be in the deld ON call. il the whole
OF them are not on the war-path, which the
nature OF their attacks along tbs line from
kset fsttsrnau - the Rsp1blioap river vG;;;sltI II
indasate. To eppos etltem there are but three
companies Of cavalry and niue OF infantry.
Ex1ENnIs peat beds, have been discovered
in Boone county. Nebraska.
AT 1ndianapolis, last September. Jno. Davis
and eolored friend, while eating watermel.
On. we're approached byaa eolered boy Who
wanted slice. Davis told him 10 70 .v.v.
and struck at him With sharp pointed ,t,ck
and hit the boy on the knee, aud cut 4 cash
which anally resulted In poisoning tie blood.
from the effects Of which the bov died SUNDAY
n'eht. Davis was arrested, and 10 now in isil.
HEnBER has introduced in the Maryland
Legislatare bill g 70 prevent the carrying Of
Weapons while attending places OF divine vor.
ship in Catoct'n District, No. 6. in Frederick
county.
Tsz Lesven ,orsf (k.n.) Commercial nv.
that while ex.Gov. Harvey, the new Senator
sympathises with the grange movement, IL il
not true that he 10 . member or the pafrona
OF Husbandry.
"A "a NIGHT train going north on the Detroit
Z t'River, and Illinois road was passing Tav.
or's switch, wheel in the middle Of the
tram jumped to the. outside Of the rail. tho
nsoks cutting the spikes and bolts from thers
70 ft. wayne crossing, . distance of five
miles, and leaving track unfit for use till
spiked. large force OF men was at once put
on and damages repaired. A remarkable fea.
ture OF the accident is that not another wheel
, OF the train LETT the track.
At Large.
CHlET JTsroE WAITE has left Toledo 70,
WashlnGton.t ...:r. !
r4r ~oiittbism,.s: III ii New York called .
meeting, = few days since, to ltake measures
to secufe work. bat it proved to be . failure,
very few people attending,
TIE Arcadisn Club, OF New York, gave . re-
ception to Peter Cooper, Tbrrsday night, on
hisS83d birthday. ,.~,...
HAMILTON, the deiaulting Treasurer Of Jer.
sey City, has been arrested At Brownsville,
Texas.
TOLEDO has elected Maj. Gen. James b.
steedman to succeed Chief Justice Waite in
sne Ohio constitutional Convention.
The Mississippi House Of Representa- atives
mas passed resolution requesting Senator
Alcorn to resign.
TH1 anniversary Of Lncolns birthday VA.