The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-10-01
WEST.

Catur railroads nave Deen cOnsonualeu lhIo a
one road under the presidency OF r. G. Haney :,
and making line Of one hundred and eighty !,
miles between Terre Haute and Peoria, the
last rail upon which will be laid within thirty ,
days.
A military command, officially known
as The Big Horn expedition" il beng Or
ganized at Rawlins, on the Union Pacific rail-
road to rid the country OF wandering Indians
A regular camp is to be established on the
Sweetwater, where the infantry are to guard
the supplies while the cavalry sweep the
country. Buffalo Bill will lead the scouts.
A dispatch from Prescott, Arizona,
saws the Indians who murdered MIR. Roberts
were followed by detachment OF troops ana
Apache Indian scouts from Verde. They were
caught near Head Creek and battle ehsueu'
Fourteen hostile Apaches were killed ana
several captured, The troops lost one whlte
scout and one Tonic scout killed, and TWO
wounded.
The executive committee of the ma
tional fire Underwriters resolved that the author-
tiles of Chicago having failed to comply WIN
the suggestion put forth by the national Doara
on the Oath of July last, this committee now
recommend that all companies belonging to
the national board discontinue the business
of fire insurance, either by new policies or re-
newals, on and after the first of October, lo'4'
The land department of the Atchlson,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad have just made
. a sale of land along the line Of their road TO
| Maponitpa who have
4, recently come from Europe. This ls the largest
land sale ever made in the west to one party
8 There are now here about 1000 Of them, and
@ they are going on their lands Immediately IN
o Marion, Harvey, Mcpherson and Reno couh-
+ tics, in the Arkansas valley Tho tract taken
+ is, in the aggregate, 100000 acres.
C The commissioners for the improve
# ment of the Ohio river have adjourned tc
If meet in Washington, d. G., ON October l6
Resolutions were adopted, asking congress tt
take decided action for the Improvement OF Tho
mouth of the Mississippi, 30 as to meet TIN
j. wants Of the agricultural and other industrie
Or of the country, and appointing commlltee
two from each Of the commissions from Iowa
# Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, to obtain from III
al states the passage Of suitable laws cedlng I
the United States jurisdiction over such sna
=. tracts of land as my be needed for the locatlo
>, of locks. keepers dwelling, abutments, et'
The proposition for the construction Oh al
,, other bridge over the Ohio at CINCINNATI
W obort distance below the present BRIDGE We
- condemned.
''' Fuller and later reports received II
dcate that the recent glowing accounts fro
~ the b ack Hills country are entirely unreliao
VIZ and confirm the opinion of Prof Winchel th
VI there are no valuable mines in the couhlr
Col Fred Grant, who accompanied the exp
10 dition under special instructions to report
Oh on its geological character, says that the to-
md an which it is claimed gold was discovered
OF a metamorphic character, III when no Pre-
DIN ions metals have ever been found. MOI Nv
liz three dollars worth was brought under lib
I'D servaton during the entire eXpeditioh' anu
is question whether this was not Import
ms. into that section The timber Is spruce d
to vollow nine and vaueless for lumber.
ries orea of tillable lands is very small, there
ing be;nc enough for dozen good sized farr
The Sioux commission sent to negotiate y"
of Red Clouds and Spotted Tails bands, went
NAL their explorations to the base of the Bif
ex- Hills on tho south side, AMI gave sub5tant'
east the views OF Grant regarding tho character
will the country and the absence OF mner'
light The president Is empha'c IL, i,'' w
70 to ton to carry ont the oruoi' u Wv"
to preyent all invasion of this country py
tur. truders so long as by law and treaty 1t IL
~ in cured to the Indians.
IN Of Reports from Davenport and Dnpuq
re. Iovs and Rock Island, Illinois, give acco
!, re- of n terrible storm, rain and wind, IN u
the localities last week, by which great alii'
.bed | of property was destroyed and damaged u
Il de- tbese places. Houses were unroofed, V
inted blown down and fences scattered, while ce
.esult and Easements were filled with water.
at whole surrounding country was flooded.
,foc- pooL Island the first Presbyterian church
,nt to nearly destroyed, poi|oh' - A., =,
ming lifted up and dropped through into inc |
ment. carving with it the organ pu'Pi'
,iaos. floor and upon these a great portioh Vi
A., ,rolls fell II is impossible to estimate
,,n. or,orpt Of damage, but it will be many
frt
,,,It ~ sand dollars. During the storm ~
,, ,ro;, nm the Illinois Central railroau'
:" WV ,,,.oo ,,;,oa west of Dunleith, ran into l
to ex- three miles "est Vi nv, ,,;,o was
enart- caused by the flood. The engine "''
l,re,t nletely wrecked. The engineer hreniah
a,ouor were buried beneath the I
at the brakeman "eio It'll. o.o,ded
ipline, They were 'ah0'' ou ,;aa aeon after.
lers Of bruised. Inc piaAon'"a .r;,io.l cond
..,ing the other two are lying in critical cohu
~ ,ho col Miles, in a dispatch, dated
zero it inst, seventy miles south ot heu ino
oron,i. rises Gen. Pope that he should faii oa'
,oss of sunnlies His dispatch received py
,.oa !, choridsn to-day is dated from camp OIL
ovidsd wachita river, Sept IA, and came VIA
n, ,oe leaving there on the lith inst
ouo 80. find that after leaving the oah
- Mai LYMAN, commanding the csc
lusetts river, mai i'' .A ,,,ocLod by from
, All supply the train, was attacheu ~ ~ y, ;,
j. % A oOD Indians. On the morning Vi VI
Il Moi' o., Tho Indians charged the tram =
pa''0 ,.. and made every effort to capt.
lows u In. on determinedly al to detain
., ,.roo davs. The fight was very clo7e, al
iooi "D IN so;,n,etely surrounded. on tilo
o prove train coihplo.o'' an.nao,ed the attac
,m, hsv- day tho lnuiaii' -, all the informi
reads in tiring south-"eH'' -r;,.l I believ,
spnners can get mere 7''ios A. hodv We drove c
d of the formed no par' VI ri, ,roro believed t
broke all Staked Piaihs. nv I'd PIC Tree.
,sse. snotap tse VSei fight s Lieut. Lewis of the fifth
''e"'' 'ne .o,.arolv wounded in the Knee ~
necessary was severely WV a,,, infantry. was
gathered Desrmont, ", y ,ho six,b cavalry,
ing from Sergeant oins,., " ;.t.n,rv and wagon
girls be- Buck Oh 'h0 H''A