The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-10
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1x1RNsIoN OF PosTA1 DRtdVkRY.
WARRINGTON, July O.-The Actin,
Postmaster General to-day Issued an or.
der authorizing the Postmaster OF Pltts
ourgh, Pa, to employ ten additional caT
riefs al 5000 eachl per annnm In order d
extend the free delivery system Ia Tem.
peFapceville, 0Ftnsly aud Buck annou
The postotlces OF these places are bv tbIl
order TO be discontinued on Septembel
lst. A similar order will be Issued 10
morrow 10 DISCONTINUED the postofIlees d
Cumminsyi illeS lSuith Peudleion and Col
um6ia, Ohio, and extend the Jurisdiction
Of the Cincinnati Postofflce over thosl
places, and authorizing the Cincinnati
Fostm astet 70 employ ten additonallcar.
iiefa at 5000. each per anhunI ioIL m |, ,pt,r
pose Of establishing system Of free de-
livery for them. a
J" StoaD APPROVED.
The acting Secretary Of tho Treasury
hsa approved the bond filed by the Com
missioners OF the Freedmen's saving
Bank to day. The bondsmen are Jacob
Tame, OF Maryland Bah. Warner, Jas
'Wotmly and VIM. J. Miftaugh, Of thIh
city; and Mr.. Whippor, Of Philsdelphia.
The total amount Of bonds Is SlO0 600
and each one Of the bOhdsmen is liable
lof of that sum. T9To
TERRIBLE CALAMITY IN MINNESOTA,
SThe following was received at the War
Department today; m
ST.. Paul, MINI, July 8. .
To ns Secretary Of War, Washington:
cl A terriblsicslamityl .has beIallen the
people Of several counties In tho north.
western part Of the State. The locusts
have deyoured every kind Of crop and left
the conntry for miles perfectly bare
They did the same thing last year In the
same area. Many thousands are now
suffering ior food, and ! am using every
public and private source that can com,
mand to send immediate supplies OF food
This State 10 entitled to -aTtwo years'
quota ot arms, estimated at S, 100. re.
spectlully request that the Subsistence
Department DO ordered TO; turn over
TO me In lieu Of these arms a
quantity equivalent in value OF ra.
lions or such parts of ration as
may request. l should not make this
request butte the grayest reasons, and 10
prevent immtnent starvation. ] have used
every resource which the State has given.
/ earnestly hope that obstacles Of form
will not be allowed TO interfere. Please
advise me by telegraph.
(Signed( o. R DAVIS, GOrrnor.
Chief Clerk Crosby forwarded the tele.
gram 10 Secretary Belknsp at New Lon
don with the indorsement:- "There an.
pears 10 be no authority Of law for divert.
ing an appropriation from It's proper
source even in cases Of emergency"
REPORT OF THE BATTLE CONFIRMED. l
The War Department has received dis
patches from Lone Tree, Nebraska, con.
nrmtng The press accounts OF the battle
with the Sioux, about seventy miles from
Camp Rrown, in which fifty Indians
were killed and wounded. Lieut.. Young
Is reported dangerously wounded. Capt.
Joseph Bush, commanding the military
station at the lower Brule agency IN Da-
kota, writes that the Indians there are in.
warlike mood, and that nothing but a
good show Of force will prevent serious.
outbreak. Capt. Carlysle Boyd, command.
ing at the Cheyenne agency, reports the.
supply ot'rations Tor the Indians about
exhausted, and says that should the Issue
ot rations and especially those Of beef, be
stopped Tor any heightened period, twill
lead to serious depredatlons, II not to
actual warfare on the part OF the Indians.
Col John 3. Smith, Of the Fourteenth
Infantry, commanding the Sioux ex.
pedihon, under date Of Camp Robinson,
Nebraska, June 22d, writes as follows
The Indians arriving from the northyes.
terday report that large war party es.
timated at from four to five hundred In.
dians, divided into four parties, ono
TOR this agency and one TO
Old Red Cloud agency, with the
intention OF crossing the North Platte, one
to Laramie and one 10 Fetterman, these
two last probably intending to cross be-
tween the two posts Also one party Is
reported as intending TO 60 10 Sweet Wa
ter. OF course this Is an Indian report,
and must be considered accordingly
General Ruggles, Assistant Adjuiant Gen.
eral OF the Department OF the Platte, In
forwarding The dispatch, says the Depart.
ment commander has been notified OF the
movement Of these Indians, and steps
have been taken 10 intercept them.
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