The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-07-15

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paigie, Nebraska. They were followed by
citizens and soldiers Of company d, Second
Cavalry, who. after q hard chase, caught up
with the Indians, killed two, and recaptured
the horses.... Col. Boudinot, who has lust
returned from the Indian Territory, saws
that the United States District Court, at Fort
Smith, Ark, before which all criminal bust.
ness from the Indian Nations comes, has
Just disposed Of twenty-seven murder cases.
Out of this number there were eight convic.
tons for murder in the first degree. Seven
OF those convicted, including two boys one
seventeen and the other nineteen years of
age, will be hanged together on the Sd of
next September. The eighth one, a negro,
was killed after conviction, while attempt
lawry prevails in the Indian Territory, and
ten men have been killed in the
vicinity Of Fort Smith within few
months. very bitter contest is going on
in the Cherokee Nation for the position of
Chief of the Nation, between the Ross and
Downing parties, and ii is alleged that con-
spiracy and secret assassinations are rife.
COL W. Ross, the present chief, is candi.
date for reelection, and a man named
Thompson is the candidate of the Downing
party"....An extra from the Bozeman, Mon,
Times says the Crows, Nez Perces and Ban.
mock Indians have combined against the
Sioux that three days fighting had &C.
Cured, and that the Sioux were overpow.
ed......The steamer Bozeman, of the Pease
Expedition, sunk near Hunters Springs,
about three weeks ago. All the arms, sup
plies and Pease's papers were lost, but no
lives.
Southern Items.
Advices received by Lieutenant-G General
Sheridan from Brownsville, Texas, indicate
critical state of affairs at Matamoras, and
conflict between citizens and Mexican sol.
diery as imminent. All the business houses
in Matamoras were closed, and armed citi.
zens threatened to take Cortina from the
soldiers who, the Vice Consul thinks, are
not strong enough to prevent the rescue.....
The suspension of the South Carolina Bank
and Trust Company, of Columbia, is an
nounced. Hardy Solomon, President, at
tributes the suspension to a heavy run by
depositors together with the impOssibility of
collecting loans due the bank. The deposits
in the suspended bank amount to about
$4,000
Robert N. VERIFY was shot and killed on
the steamer A. J. White, near st. Louis
Landing, Arkansas, recently, by B. L. Oliver
and his son. The killing grew out of an old
grudge. Young Oliver first shot VERIFY in |
the temple, and after he fell, the elder Oliver
fired at him. The divers then ordered the |
boat to land, which was done, and they es- |
capped. ....A little German girl named Lizzie |
Schmidt, aged seven years, was outraged and |
killed near O'Fallon, Illinois, on the night
OF the 4th. 1t appears that the people of
that village had been celebrating the 4th in |
grove near by, and in the evening when Mr. |
Schmidt, father of the child, was ready to |
go home, he could not find his daughter |
Search was Immediately made and continued |
until about three o'clock the next morning, |
when the body of the child was found in the |
grass near fence adjoining the road lead |
ing from the grove. man named James |
Hogan was arrested on suspicion of being |
the guilty party, and taken to O'Fallon. In |
tense excitement prevails in that vicinity, |
and fears are entertained that Hogan will be |
lynched.
Two bank robbers who attempted to plum.
der the Bank of Barre, Vermont, took the |
train at Rumney, but seeing detectives on |
board, one of them became frightened and |
jumped of. The train was stopped and run |
back. After an extended search the man |
was found about half mile from where he |
jumped of. He was badly cut and bruised,
and had concealed himself in the rushes. |
He was handcufed and taken to Rumney. |
while the detectives and others were look |
ing for him, his partner walked into the |
woods and disappeared.
Disasters by Fire.
AT Minneapolis, the Galaxy Touring mills, |
containing twelve run of stone, were burned. !
The loss of Messrs. Ankeny, the owners, is |
about $4,000 The walls are uniniured..
A lire at Tulare City, Cal, destroyed the |
entire business portion of the town. Loss
$4,000. 1.-THE business part of the town |
OF washington, in Hampstead county, Ark, |
has been destroyed by fire.
Casualties.
At two o'clock on the afternoon of July |
9th collision occurred on the South-side |
Railroad near Far Rockaway, N. Y, between
passenger trains. Seven persons were killed |
and about twenty injured. Both trains were
completely wrecked.
A Norfolk, Va, dispatch of recent date
says that the steamer Isaac Bell collided
with a small steamer on the river, and only |
seven people were saved out of seventeen on |
board The Chicago EUening Journal spe.
cial from Des MOines says: AS large party |
were returning from Greenfield, Adair |
County, to their heme in the country, they
attempted to cross Middle River, which had
been swollen by recent rains, and wagon,
and daughter, and Mrs. Thos. Montgomery,
her three children, and J. X. Baker, was
overturned, and the occupants plunged into
the torrent. Mrs. Thomas Montgomery and |
her babe went down, and were not seen
afterward. Mr.. Montgomery chung to the
horses for while, with the little boy in his
arms, but was compelled to let go, and both
were drowned. Meantime, Mr.. Baker, who
had been swimming to the opposite shore
with another boy in his arms, became ex-
hausted when within four feet of the bank,
and was carried down the torrent. The
other people were rescued by the neighbors.
Items In General.
The State Temperance Convention of Cali
fornia has nominated full State ticket,
headed by w. E. Lovett.. .... The Temperance
Convention Of Iowa adopted the following
platform, at its late session in Des Moines:
WHEREAS, Existing political parties have ignored
RseiSed That the temperance people Of Iowa are
as will be most effective without regard to parties
that the laws OF the State relating to the dissertation
ree ,sSas Ss snSSa be % that
should not control men in their actions on moral
questions that county organizations be formed TO
elect temperance men to the Legislature.
Willie Wolf, six years old, stolen from his
house in Scranton, Pa, some months ago,
has been found at Mahoning City with an in.
toxicated woman. Beth have been sent to
Scranton, the boy to his parents and the
weman to Jail charged with abduction. ......
A bill has been filed in the Court of Com
mon Pleas, in Philadelphia, charging Alex.
ander Irwin, confidential clerk Of Henry G.
Morris, bankrupt proprietor of the Southwark
Iron Company, with drawing $4,000 from
its capital in the past years, and with a total
Indebtedness to the establishment of
$4,000.
The long agony of the Tilton. Bee cher trial
has ended by the disagreement of the jury
for Beecher, 8 for Tilton.
The Fourth of July was observed on the
9Th with general rejoicing in every part of
the country, and in several cities abroad by
the American residents. The first celebra.
ton of our national birthday ever attempted
by the American Indian took place at Atoka,
It. At least 5000 Indians were present.
A bountiful dinner was prepared for all in
beautiful grove near the towu Gov Allan