The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-02
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A dispatch from Dodge City, Kansas,
states that Col. Miles command has been
driven in toward Fort Dodge by Indians, hav-
ing lost a supply train Of thirty wagons, and
being in much danger # entire defeat aud
destruction. One large supply train Of 81
wagons had been captured, the assistant
wagon-mssrer killed and the men compelled
to abandon the train after a desperate resist
ance. The train contained 800 stand of arms,
900, 900 rounds OF ammunition, and a large
amount Of commissary supplies. The Sth
cavalry, which had arrived from Arizona to
reinforce Gen. Miles. came in in a destitute
condition, all their supply and baggage trains
having been captured. Col. Miles had fallen
back 100 miles, and telegraphed to Gen. Pope
for reinforcements, to which the latter replied
tina. he niles had all the men he could get.
The Chicago Common Council has passed
the amended fire ordinance making the city
and fire limits CO. extensive.
Representatives Of the British Govern
ment last week drew from the United States
Treasury Il, 929, SlS. in full satisfaction of the
award made by the American and British
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completes the negotiations growing out Of the
Alabama question.
The great Brooklyn scandal is a more ex-
citing topic in New York than at any time
since the commencement Of the controversy.
A~dispatch to a Chicago paper tina: has here
tofore defended the Plymouth paper says:
I.Tiltor's last statement has shaken the very
foundations Of society hereabouts. This is
the truth. The people of Brooklyn now in2ist
that Bowen shall give a public exposition of
his knowledge Of facts. He could either
yindica.e or convict Beecher by a stroke Of
his pen. He knows whether he is guilty or
not. It is also demanded that Susan Z. An
thony and Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton shall
tell all they know. and how they came by
their knowledge
Competition between the transatlantic
steamship companies is go great that tickets
to Europe are selling at the low rate of Els.
The show Of blooded, draught and farm
horses at the recent lows State Fair was by
all odds the finest ever seen west OF the Mis-
sissippi river; )" and OF short-horn and other
fine cattle there was a magnificent display
So says the Chicago Tribune's correspondent.
The Mississippi river is to be bridged
again-this time at Clinton, Iowa, by the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy railroad.
A severe fight recently occurred in Arizona
between United States troops and Apache In
dians. Fourteen of the latter were killed and
number captured.
The National Board Of Underwriters held a
meeting in New York on the 23d of Septem-
Der, and passed a resolution requesting ali its
members to withdraw their business and risks
from Chicago. The business men of the lat
ter city, according to newspaper accounts, are
not in the least alarmed at this arbitrary &C
ton Of the Board, but express themselves
able to get along independent of that mon
opoly.
Lieut.. Fred Grant, who accompanied the
Black Hills expedition with special instruc-
tons to observe and report upon the mineral
resources of the country, gives 1t as his opin-
ion that the gold discovered by the ex-
petition was worth about 80, and that the ore
was imported from some assay Office. The
Sioux Commission lately sent to negotiate
with the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail bands
went in their explorations to the base OF the
Back Hills on the south side, and give SUBJ
stantially the same views as Grant regarding
the character OF the country and the absence
OF minerals.