The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-04-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.


NuNt Uttu h~utu lOf Nut Hfttr
{ jas. Van Week, late clerk in the sixtl
Auditors ofice, aud y. l.. Channels, cler
In the contract Office, implicated In the posts
frauds recently discovered. Colt and Floyd
who confessed their participation in IN
frauds, are held "a witnesses against the pei
sons who persisted In denying their gull,
The warrants for the arrest Of Van vlecl
are based on the afidavits Of Special Agen
Woodward, charging him with conspiracy
bribery, and accepting bribcs. The psnsit,
prescribed is a fine, and imprisonment no
exceeding three years.
The President has sppointed Ricbar,
Gibbs, OF New York, Envoy Estraordinar,
and Minister Plenipotentiary to Peru.
Frss fhe West.
An expedition to the Black Hiiis, to con
sist Of one thousand men, go from Kansal
City, Missouri, under Colonel Carpenter
Commander Of the Jessie Scouts during th,
war They expect to leave about the 2otl
inst, and will 20 to Denver, then 3,
Cheyenne, where they will be joined b,
other parties, swelling the whole number 3,
eighteen hundred men. They will he fully
armed, and able to cope with any BODY q
Indians they may meet.
.x.. On. s...ss
"" ,ne ''h instant uh "'houiance wa
stopped between New Orleans and RiC
Grande City by another party Of four armed
Mexicans, but being alone and having
nothing, was allowed to proceed. Rio Grand,
~! "''een ,n,''s se,o" no"., anu nai'
'nhe io"ef s hnggoiu oarf"eks' 'ne he'd
i"""is oi 'ne Jun '"'"rf' ~14r.
Fyres.
q, 81 ,,
ne o 'o, 'P,'os",, a." , nv, "a'
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,nin :, ,sh. a ~ -. H. s.s
,l.s ,hs rsreho,.s s.J sa;ce
a, Johr.on i. Co ,.rcs ,wo..,orv hui,d.
inc occuni.d NV = E,o. :. . sr neral store
and toteI TENT Inv NEWMAN he drup store
n nr WHIT ,hs hant Of Krecbtmas a
r.,rarv s,o,s. as / Ueidinv,i.lder Of Ma.
han 4 poIe. vbo,s.ale uauer dealers, and
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me dwelling nen ., I - im ns "A, osr Tnr
Ion n N. ,own u.s. in sre., DANCE, The
.l,;,sn. M ~o,s "a with wonderful. energy and
and saved much property.
rhc total los. viii he inside of GOO and
,ar,ly insured several citizens were badly
,,, "a hv ,.lI;n, ,h;un.vs etc
INJURED Dy i, ,,i''ns chimney, ps., e's, S,o, on,
ne confec,ionery store and faro bank Of a
man named Blues,ine. and In two hours de-
.troyed forty buildings. lis impossible at
present 10 give the losses. but they will not
). les. than sion mO. The most imports Mt
osses were Mckinney Bres., in Gaiey's
,,;il;, al ,oa,..,.. an. Corua, Na.
.;onaI pa,L : ucp,;de,s DING store A Tai.
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.otal loss Is about ~ - We inspeance is
mall. 1t z ~. t.,W
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'ueys@ snt9e Pef'sneu in he
ismes s.a " cars were
surnsa - - SPOUT soHy thousanu
iollsns :.
A Cincinnati Tme' special reports that
q afamily quarrel near Westerviiie' ONO,
leonard Phelps delreeraleiy shot ms brother
Homer Phelps, with rihe, instantly killing
him. Homer, II seems, was the black sheep
'i the family, and had given them much
rouble.
John Carney, oil 81 LOUIS, asked his VIE
Tor some money 10 ouy WHISKY MS VIE
not thinking tha' ereuioie way oil a'spens-
ing money, reiuseu, oohn 'neensea a, 'n,s
refusal cut MS "iies throa'' anu shofuy
h'.. .''" ,NO, a''os ",s ."" 80" n.
NO, 80 .i,hon, sh.dding of Hood In a
row ,uo whi,s men and eiybt negroes were
h., o., ,La noaross disd
,.,.ci,, from wsco T.,as saws ,ha, Pete
uarI.,a ,,o oon,.,.rsai,er .scaneJ aft,