The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-08-19

From tho national Capital.


The President has signed the commission
of Henry II. Wells to be United States At
torney for the District Of Columbia, vice
Fisher.
b. b. Halleck and Theodore W., alias
"Peg Leg" Brown, recently arrested for
completely in the Treasury robbery, were
taken before the Police Court, and each
waived examination, and, in default Of $40,-
600 bail, were committed to JAIL. The
President has signed the commission of
Adam Badeall as Minister resident at Brus-
sells.
western Items.
VIM. Bergman, Norwegian, barber, com.
mitted suicide at Nebraska, by shooting
himself in the head with a double-barrel
shotgun loaded with water He had been
taking too much whisky......The grasshop-
pers are reported as still doing some dam
age in the vicinity of Omaha.
The result of the election in Cherokee
Nation for first and second Chiefs, Senators,
and members of the National and Grand
Council, aud for district officers, passed off
quietly, and there was no disturbance of
any kind except in one precinct in Saguaya
district, where some hot-headed partisans of
the Downing party took possession Of the
polls, driving off the judges, taking their
places, and receiving votes. These returns
will be thrown out for irregularity, but the
sprecinct being small, this will not affect the
general result. II is generally conceded
that William p. Ross, present Chief, has been
reelected. see. Specials from the West shy
that grasshoppers are very numerous at
Grand Island, Willow Island, Central City,
Wood River, and Hastings, and are doing
great damage in the vicinity of those places.
Immense clouds Of 'hoppers are flying south
ward.
Recently, passenger car attached to an
east bound train on the Denver and South
Park Railroad, was thrown from the track
near Denver. James Smith, Western Union
Telegraph repairer was thrown beneath the
car and instantly killed. Among those who
received fatal injuries are Mrs. John Lane
and daughter, of Denver. A number of
others were severely bruised. An inquest
will determine the cause of the accident.....
Considerable excitement prevails in the
neighbOrho0d of Corinne, on the Central
Pacific Railroad, growing out of demon
stration of a large body of Indians camped
near there, belonging to the Snakes, Ban
nocks, and other tribes. Nearly one thou
sand of them were lately baptized into the
Mormon Church. They have supplied them
selves with ammunition and guns, and it is
said, have sent all squaws away, and made
threats of driving the Gentiles from the West
Bear river, which they claim has been
granted them by the Mormons for reserva-
ton. Governor Emery has asked for COM
pany of soldiers to be sent to Corinne for
the protection of the people.
General Rugges has received the follow.
ing from Fort Laramie:
courier from the Black Hills reports that Red
Cloud, Spotted Tail, and other Indians Har-
neys Peak, demanding compensation for damage
done their and that Pollock wishes IN know
IL General TX has any orders for him in ca he
meets the Chief.
Omaha Herald specials from nineteen of
the heaviest grain growing counties of Ne
braska, give most encouraging reports. The
grasshoppers have entire'y disappeared in
most places. The damage to corn IN Dawson
county will be lees than one-tenth. Small
grain throughout the State is nearly all har-
vested in good condition.
Southern Items.
Governor Kellogg has addressed circular
letter to the Sherifls of Caddo, Catahoula,
Franklin, and one or two other parishes of
North Louisiana, where number of murders
and other deeds of violence are reported to
have recently been committed, directing
them to call in the aid of the better class of
citizens to bring to justice the perpetrators
whose acts continue to give bad name to
the State; whereas, in all the other parishes
the laws were enforced, and peace and pros
perity prevailed. :.
The floods have been doing great damage
to the crops in the South along the Miesis.
sippi river. .Gra: shoppers are damaging
crops in North Alabama.
Casualties.
A terrible explosion occurred on the farm
of Mr.. Ben. Harlan in Maury county, Tenn,
few days since. Mr.. Cullen Harlan and
., number of hands were engaged in threshing
= with steam thresher, when the boiler ex-
ploded, killing Mr.. Cullen Harlan, Howard,
the engineer, and a colored man instantly,
and wounded seven others, two of whom will
probably die. Mr.. Harlan's head was torn
from his body and found in a field tome dis
lance away. One colored man was blown
distance of sevcnty-fve yards. The boiler
of the engine was blown into atoms; one
piece was found three miles from the place
of the accident. The thresher of a large
crop of wheat was destroyed by fire. The
explosion is said to have been caused by let
ting cold water into the boiler when it was
too hot. ...The schooner Rosa Belle, loaded
with lumber from Muskegon for Chicago, re-
Gently went ashore at Grand Haven, Mich.
gan. The vessel and cargo are total loss.
The steward, Swede named Peter Johnson,
was drowned.
An Ionia (Mich.) special says that VIM.
Wickham, brakeman on the Detroit, Lansing
and Lake Michigan Railroad, was killed in.
stantly, few mornings ago, while coupling
carsG -. A Philadelphia dispatch reports the
explosion of magazine in the Frankford
arsenal. A lad about eighteen years Of age
was killed, and twenty-tbree other persons
were injured. The building was blown to
pieces. Mr.. Hagan, shoemaker at Chey-
enne, Wyoming, was struck by lightning,
recently, and instantly killed.
Six citizens of Niagara Falls, few days
ago, visited the Cave of the Winds without
guide, as they had frequently done before.
After passing through the cave, two of the
party, Mr.. Ethebert Parsons, aged twenty
nine, and Miss Lottie c. Philpott, aged
twenty-five descended to an eddy which is
never visited by guides. The lady lost her
footbold and was caught by the gentleman,
but the current carried botn into the river
below, where they were drowned. They
were soon to be married.
Aspecal from Stanton, Va, says: As
freight train was passing through the Big
Bend Tunnel, on the Chesapeake and Ohio
road, thirty feet of the roof fell, crushing
the engine, killing the fireman, and badly
wounding the engineer. The accident was
caused by rock several tons in weight
being loosened and hanging, and when the
locomotive struck il the whole mass fell.
Items In General.
The Mexican Minister has brought suit
against Duncan, Sherman & Co. to recover
$4,000 in gold. He claims that, under the
comfy of nations, this money deposited
with the firm is not subject to the State law
covering the distribution of an insolvents
estate. He considers that this gold is pro.
tected by the same immunity which protects
his servants and his other property, by rea-
son of his being diplomatic representative
accredited to the Government of the United
'States...-A tornado passed over Colona,
ILL.,, recently, destroying barns, unroofng
houses and blowing down chimneys.
The grain in the surrounding coun.