The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-07-27
The Mountain Meadow Massacre
Terrible Details,

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meeting, called before Lee and the In.
dians started for the massacre. 1t was
stated at the meeting that the emigrants
were to be destroyed; an express car was
sent to Brigham Young, who, at the head
of the soldiers and Indians started after
he massacre TO hear Lees report He
said he wanted the Indians to rush on the
emigraRts, but they would not, Then
he put out his handkerchief. a man
came out and the emigrants were prom
ised peace if they gave up their arms;
they agreed and marched out along side
the soldiers, who shot them
down at the signal, and
the Indians killed the women. He
said one man had n baby in his arms, and
after the first fire Lee SAID, "give up that
child" The man said, "lf l die this
child dies with me. know you John
ID. Lee, despite your paint Lee said
he had to kill the maR and child. An
express from Young then arrived;
he saw the children in the wagon,
in front of the meeting house. One boy
eight years old pointed to an Indian and
said that man killed my papa; got my
papa's pants; never saw the boy after
wards. Lee said he did not talk to the
children, rs he wanted them to forget the
massacre.
Thomas p, Willis was sworn and said:
Saw goods of murdered emi migrants at
Cedar; fifteen or twenty wagons and
four or five hundred head of stock;
heard Haight, before the attack, ask
my father the best way to attack the
train. After the massacre | saw the pro-
perty of the emigrant wagons IN front Of
a 5meeting house in Cedar City. The
Indians washed the bloody clothing IN
ditch in Cedar City. lie saw the
children. Iightree had a boy or S
years old, my brother had one. Burbuck
had one, saw them in 1859 at the Indian
reservation in the care of DR.. FOrney;
the MormOns had a military organization
and the men had to drill every Saturday.
The property of the emigrants at the
Tithng House was sold at auction.
Nebraska Crops.
OMAHA, July 2G.-Thc Hcraid will
publish in the morning specials from the
following counties:
Clay-The harvest j. promising fine.
Wheat is of fine quality; yield - to 20
bushels to the acre. Oats, good. Corn
and potatoes very fine.
Saline-W heat and oats good. Bar.
ley, badly damaged, although the yield
is large. Corn and potatoes. immense.
Misunderstanding first class.
Harvesting is about done.
In northern Nebraska and in the
vicinity of Sioux City the crops are
very favorable, and it is thought will
yield, on an average of eighteen bushels
10 the acre; barley bad.
Nemahah-Small grain in only small
portion; corn not half crop; early corn
splendid; late promising; barley bad.
Lancaster-Most beautiful harvest cX-
cept barley, which is not over half crop
Johnson-W heat fifteen bushels to the
acre barley a half crop oats good and
corn fine.
Cass county does not report ut all flat-
terngly except corn and potatoes. Bar
ley, in spite of the bad weather for the
past ten days, has been good IN most lo-
calities in the State, aud great efforts
have been made to complete the harvest
which have been in the main successful
A Highly Respectable Farmer Kills
His wife.
TOLEDO, O., July 2G.-John Noble, IL
highly respectable farmer fifty years of
age, living near Mlburg Ottawa county,
killed his wife this evening by beating
her with club and cutting her throat.
The alleged cause was iulidcllty. He
surrendered himscfto the authorities
Encouraging Prospects from the
Black Hills.
CHICAGO, July 20, The Inter- Occam
special correspondent in the BIacl, Hills,
under date of July 10th, tclcgraphs from
Harncy's Peek, via Fort Laramie, that
Prof. Jcnncy has discovered encouraging
prospects along Spring and Rapid creeks
where no has been laboring with his
corps for the last twelve weeks He re-
ports an abundance of water, probably
one to twelve hundred inches, with II
fine fall of seventy.ivc to eighty feet per
mile. Also number of flats that prom
ise from 3 to b cents per pan
from the grass roots to the bed oithc rock.
There are, it is estimated, on Spring and
Rapid creek, not fewer than 800 miners,
and disseminated throughout the hills
about 500, although the same place mum
bcrs 1000 to l,50O. The gold in the
new dggngs is of Il coarscr quality and
greater quantity than that discovered
along French creek. The miners are
coming into the hills at the rate Of twcn-
ty day and new gulches, rayin,,
and gullies are thicl,ly settled. Colonel
Dodge left this morning with two com
panies of cavalry for Prof Jcnncys
camp The remainder Of the command
will occupy Camp Harney for several
weeks, or until the Indian Commission
arrives. We will next move north to
Bear Butte where the next permanent
camp will be made.
Cleveland Races.
CLEVELAND, o., July 3S.-Thc races
of the Cleveland Club commence to-
morrow. The classes for the first day
are 2-24. 2:3S, and running race, mile
heats. The entries for the 2:2i class are
Nav Queen, Molscy, General Garfield.
Lady Star, and Clementine. May Queen
is selling in the pools as the fayoritc at
$75; Molsey second at $jj, and General
Garfield third at S3l. In the
2:3s class the entries are
Breeze, Preston, Camors, Sand Hill,
Tearawuy Belle Porter, Duke and For
ger. Breeze was the fayOrIte and ut so
Preston was the second and sold at SIS;
Field WAS the third at $l6 The entries
for the running race We're jig, Nicks-
burg, Rlcely, Douglass, and Daisey Miller.
jig was the iavorite and sold at $40,
Vicksburg, second Mt $3l; RIcely wa'
the third at $40.
Knocked Down and Robbed.
Sr. Louis, July pa Kansas City
special SAYS DR.. James Arnold was
knocked down by highwaymen near
Hannibal railroad bridge, Sunday night,
and robbed of valuable gold watch and
$50 in money He was struck by a slung
shot and terribly cut about the head. No