The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-15

twitness) that she did not believe the
stories they were telling about him, and that
she believed he was a good man. To this
remark witness responded that he was
good man, she might be sure OF that
The officers in charge of the approaching
reunion in Chicago of the Army of the Re
public have unanimously agreed to reso-
luton extending an invitation to "all
the surviving soldiers and sailors Of the
late war throughout the country who regard
the flag of the United States as the emblem
of undivided and indivisible nationality"
to meet with them on that occasion.
The reunion occurs on the 18th, 18th,
14th and 18th OF Maya destructive tor
nado passed over Edinburgh, H., on the
evening OF the Sth. One church was crushed
to atoms aud five dwellings were blown
down. Some twenty young ladies and gen
tlemen and children we're in the church
at the time the wind struck it, and all of them
were more or less injured, many Of them quite
seriously. On ahe same evening similar
visitation was experienced near Little Rock,
Ark, by which trees were uprooted and sew
en- houses destroyed. Mrs. Jones was
killed and her two daughters seriously in
jured.
SATURDAY, April 10.-The French Gov
ernment has sent instructions to its Consuls
to summon for the last time French subjects
abroad who are liable to military service to
have their names registered at the Consulates
-. Gen. Elio, Carlist General Of distinction,
has given in his adhesion to King Alphonso
IA vote by ballot was taken on the
9th in the several mines of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company OF
Scranton, to decide the question of a strike,
and resulted in favor OF work by vote of
1,5l2 to 3l9. A skirmish had occurred near
Hazelton between band OF striking miners
and a militia company, in which few of both
sides were slightly wounded. ..All of the
property in New York known to
have been in the possession of VIM. NJ. Tweed
at the time of his exposure, and which he
passed into the hands OF other parties, has
been attached in the interest of the new
s6,000,000 suit brought against him.. The
Beecher trial was adjourned on the morning
of the 9th to the 18th, because of
the illness of Lawyer Beach. Patrick
O'Shea was hanged at st. Louis on
the 9th for the murder of his wife in that city
a little over a year ago....A Leavenworth
(Kan.) special says news has been received
there that 900 Of the captured Indians under
guard at the Cheyenne Agency have made
their escape. The troops attempted to retake
them but were repulsed, and the Indians got
away.
MONDAY, April 12-Paul Boynton
started from Dover, Eng, on the morning Of
the 10th to cross to France in his life-pre.
serving dress, and arrived at Boulogne in the
evening. He was Obliged to leave the water
about five miles from France Oh account Of the
darkness and the boisterous weather. An
Estclla report is to the effect that the Carlists
shot eight Alphonsist prisoners on the 7th in
reprisal for the Carlists previously assas
sinated near Taffalaque. The President has
appointed Richard Gibbs, of New York,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plen-
ipotentiary to Peru. The vote in Con-
necticut at the recent election was
as follows: For Governor - Ingersoll
DEM, 53,7ss; Greene (Rep.), A,3ol; Smith
(Pro.), 2,sO9; scattering, ia. Total, 1el OC9.
Ingersoll's plurality, 9,4S4; majority, 6,66l.
For ongressmen-Democratic candidates,
81 ,O9S; Republican, 47,Sll; Prohibition, 100.
Total, 1O0,3l3. Tae vote for Governor in
Rhode Island was as follows: Hazard tihd.
Rep.), S,717; Lippitt Greg. Rep), S,341; Cutler
(Dem), 5, 1863. Hon. Ben. Wade has written
letter declining to be candidate for the
Goverporship of Ohio. He gives the follow
ing reasons: First-His voice is so used up
that he is not able to make a speech. Second
He has recorded an oath that he will never
take the stump for, or in favor of, an office for
which he is a candidate, and this oath alone
would bar him. Third-He cannot well af.
ford to take the position. ...A An official dis
patch from the Cheyenne Agency to Gen
Pope gives the particulars of the revolt at
that agency on April 6. While the guards
were attempting to iron one of the Stone Calf
Indians the prisoner broke away. The
guards fred and hit him. This pro-
voked several shots from the camp of
the hostile Cheyennes, causing great con-
sternation. The hostile Indians, men, women
and children, numbering 1900, fed to the
Sand Hills The friendly Indians stood true.
Capt. Rafferty,, in command OF sixty cavalry
men, was sent in pursuit OF the fugitiyes.
He was reinforced by Gen. Neill with
three companies. Owing to the depth
of the sand, the troops had to dismount
and charge on foot. The indians held their
position in the hills until night and then re-
treated under cover of darkness. The troops
were repulsed three times, with loss of six
mortally and ten slightly wounded. Gen.
Pope at once started all the available troops
from Hayes, Dodge and North Fork canton
ments to intercept the fugitive Indians, who
are mostly unarmed.