Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-08-17
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CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE Communist
OF this city - making active prspsss
tions for q somewhat vafliks campaign
The latest that has been developed !
that they have purshassd . large mum
Der Of brssck-loading muskets With con
siderable ammunition. and are drilllnl
regularly under command Of experiences
P~russian ofiosn. Several hundred mss
are already enrolled, and pionios N
frequently held 10 raise funds 10 defn,
expenses, The leaders are The SAINT
disseminated spirits who have ~prsviousiy
figured In the Comnunists nobs- The,
seem much determined to redress Ii.
imagined wrongs under which they srs
laboring. A there 10 . strong militil
force In the city, bat little apprehension
% felt.
ssrssss Fire - osbssns. Isua.
DUBUQUE. August 1.-THE fire Of
Saturday night proved 70 Be- NOR
serious than At Arst supposed. Bsckel
4 Co.. old junk and hide dealers, In
whose warehouse the are originated,
place their loss q. s4o. 1000. which % GOV.
srsd by q small insurance Of $1,000 on
the Oswsso Company. Meyers, Ries
4 Co.. adjoining. bad the roof burned
of their tobacco fastory and the stock
damaged by water and smoke. Loss
heavy. but covered by insurance. Adam
jaeger loses In stills and other utensils
In the distillsry that had been used for
the business and which were stored.
about $4.OOo-fully insured. James
Cushing's loss Is slight. The stock Of
vinegar was saved. but the premises
damaged. The buildings occupied BY
Cushing. Jaeger and Becker are owned
by J. A. Rhombery. The walls remain
but the roof is gone. Meyers & Co.'S
factory Is owned by W. Ryan. The
roof was burned through. The losses
are variously estimated at from $4,000
to $4,000. Spontaneous combustion
Is the only cause assigned for tho are.
serisas CAsrEss Assinss Isdia.
Agest 0ibsss.
CorrrxvrLL, Kansas, Avg. 1.-THE
Indian Commission. which holds IL
session at the Usage Agency to-day, for
the purpose Of investigating ohar0es
against Gibson. the Agent Of the osaces.
Is likely. u 1t 10 an honest commission.
to strike a heavy blow al the Quaker
Indian policy Of the Administration. A
United States officer will appear before
the Commission and accuse Agent Glib
son Of compelling the Indians 70 sign
the vouchers in blank. before they could
receive their money. He will charge
him with driving q half.brssd out Of his
house and compelling him to travel 80
miles in the dead Of Winter with his
wife and children, beoouss said half.
breed signed 4 petition to havo Catholic
missionaries and schools established
among Thorn. He will accuse him Of
having made false vouchers 10 the
mount Of $4,000 In regard to nations
issued to the Little osagos. He will
also attempt to prove all these charges
by affidavit. Superintendent Hosg Is
also attempting TO secure the removal Of
Gibson. but wants another Quaker In
his stead. A red hot time is expected.
II is q fight between Catholics, Quakers
and Indians.
Horrible Tragedy In Iiiisets.
ST. Lours, August lo.--A horrible
tragedy took place yesterday morning Of
Blair. "a miles south Of Sparta, in RAN
dolph county. Illinois, In which a man
named shanksy killed his cousin. ]. II.
Dangan, dischursing both barrels Of .
shotgun at him, completely Kidding his
body. Both parties are very young men
and coal miners. They lived In the came
house. They had lately moved from
Williamson county. Illinois. and are
said to have belonged 10 the Bulliner
gang Of outlaws In that county.
E1win Dsssh, shs Aetsr. Fatally
Iajared.
Exw YoRK. August 17.-.Edwin Booth
was probably fatally injured yesterday.
While driving In his phston near his
residence at Coscob, Connecticut. his
horse. becoming fhshtSned. ran AWAY.
The pheton was demolished. and Mr..
Booth thrown 10 The ground With great
violence. receiving internal injuries. In
formation OF the sad accident was tsls-
graphsd by his wife to her father, Nc
Wicker. Of Chicago. Mrs. Booth, mother
OF Edwin. and his brother Joseph were
summoned from Long Branch. Booth
was to have travelled through the South
with Dir. Ford, Of Baltimore, during the
coming winter. Cosceb 10 tho point OF
which Charles II. Barras. the author Of
the Black Crook, wal killed several
years ago.
Leases BY the Dssess. sherman q
Cs. failars.
NEw Yonx. Aug. 17.-An examination
Of tho statement Of tho assignee Of Dun.
can. Sherman & Co.. shows the total
amount Of bills payable. nearly all Of
which Is placed In bonds unknown 70
Duncan. Sherman 4 Co.. 10 be- ovu
81. l2l, 900, Of which less than el0o, 900
are secured. The bills accepted BY Geo.
Butler to the amount Of so5.ooo. are
secured by lands IN Ts1as. The whole
OF tho acceptanccs Of 4. Burgess,