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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-12-22


The Bath Times saws that four boss section men
on the Maine Central have been discharged in con-
sequence of an order Of the Directors directing the
discharge of all such rs could not read and write.
One boss who has been discharged has heea la
the employ of the company for twenty-five years.
lie declares that he will master the mystery of
reading and writing, and has the promise, upon so
doing, Of again having the position he has just lost
1t is certainly very proper that boss section men
should be able to read the time table and the rules
Of the road, and also to write or to read a tele-
gram, if necessary.
The proprietors of the Bangor Daily and Week
ly Wing and Courier have issued the forty third
annual Prospectus Of these standard newspapers
Of which Capt. c. A. Boutelle, an able, sharp and
versatile writer, is the editor IN chief. The Whig
is the leading journal of Eastern Maine, and rs
representing that growing section Of the State, is
an organ of which the people there have just rea-
sons to be proud. 1t is the only morning daily
east of the kennebec. 1t has the latest news from
all parts of the world editorial articles, agrcul
tural manufacturing, financial and commercial
news, and deals boldly and ably with all matters
coming under the purview Of first class newspa-
per. We are glad to know that the subscription
list of this paper has increased largely the past
wear
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-12-22
Fatal Accident.

By the premature explosion of a blast at New
ton, this afternoon, two men were badly injured
one, VIM. Welsh, fatally.
Drowned.
Hugh Temple, while at work on the Nader
bridge, this evening, slipped and fell overheard
and was drowned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-12-22


Augusta. Dec. II. 1875. dec20-t
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23
CURRENT NEWS ITEMS.
A CAREFULLY PREPARED SUMMARY
OF CURRENT EVENTS.
Condensed From Daily kilograms and from
the Newspapers.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

Henry and Eli Bond, who killed Geo
Medler, clerk of the county court al
Brownsville, Tenn, have been admitted to
bail in $4,000 and $4,000 rtspectiveiy.
John ii. Warner, Of Albany, Wis, is
the person referred to in the dispatches
Of the 10Th as sending out offers to sub.
LET mail contracts. The matter is to be
thoroughly investigated.
The loss on the Anderson paper mil
at Columbus, o., which was destroyed by
fire on the night Of the 18th, does moi
exceed $4,000 and is fully covered by
insurance. The machinery was mostly
saved.
A fire at Charlotte, N. c., on the
10th, which originated from the engine OF
a cotton press, destroyed about 5000
bales of cotton, the depot Of the N. @. h
G. and Q. & A. railroads, and a number
Of cotton sheds. Loss S250,000; about
two.thirds insured.
considerable excitement prevails
among the colored element in Charleston,
S. c., caused by the rumor that Burch. a
mulatto policeman, who, when drunk,
murdered an Irish policeman last fall, is
pardoned by the colored Lieutenant Gov.
ernor, Geaves, during the absence of
Governor Chamberlain, who had gone to
the Lexington centennial. Burch was &c
have been hung Friday, but was
respited one week by Governor Chamber
lain
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23

Chinese government, if not its people, i.
that new loan is being negotiated by the
imperial government with foreign capital
lists.
Japan has taken step in advance Of
the United States by relieving two hun.
bred and fifty small articles of trade from
tax and carrying the burden to tobacco
and wines.
Notwithstanding the natives tear
down the wires, and arc much prejudiced
against the innovation, telegraph lines are
being extended between Pekin and the
commercial posts of China.
Further notifications Of the Japan
csc system Of government are said to be
pending, but the officials who have them
in charge maintain great secrecy to avoid
interference by the representatives OF
foreign powers.
After an acrimonious debate in the
British House Of Commons the order
summoning the publishers of the Times
and the Netos to answer to breach OF
privilege in publishing certain documents,
was revoked and committee was APP
pointed to inquire how the documents
were obtained.
-Four great revival meetings were
held in London on the 10Th. One es.
pecially devoted to students for the min.
lstry took place at Surgeons tabernacle.
Moody delivered an address on Christian
work, which was rapturousIy applauded.
Thousands rose at his invitations to 20
into the street and work for Christ.
--0n the 10Th at Paris a party Of three
persons assembled in balloon for the pur-
pose Of making scientific observations.
The balloon attained the extraordinary
height of over $4,000 feet. two were
sufiocated to death, and when the balloon
reached the ground the other was almost
inscnsible, and has since been so ill that
his recovery is doubtful.
I'm the upper House Of the Prussian
Diet, on the 18th, the bill Withdrawing
State grants from the Roman Catholic
clergy was under debate. Prince Bis.
marck made a speech in which he de.
clared that since the Vatican Council
Catholic bishops were merely the Pope's
projects. lie said he was not an enemy
Of the Catholic Church. He warred only
against that Papacy which had adopted
the principle OF determination of heretics,
and which was in cnmity with the Gospel
as well as with the Prussian States.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

The Illinois Legislature adjourned At
noon on the 10Th, after long and event
full session which, according to some Of
tho illinois papers, has been discreditable
to the State.
: President Grant was received by
large crowds at Boston, which INDUCED
in very little cheering. In the evening he
attended theatrical benefit for the
widow Of Gen. Rawlings.
The Louisiana House has completed
its reorganization by electing Estellc,
compromise Democrat, as Speaker. lie
was supported by the Republicans and re.
ceiyed Go votes to 81 for Witt.
John Sherman, Jr, who is TO be
young Grants partner in banking, has re.
tired from the firm Of Sherman & CO., at
Washington, leaving his late partner, II.
ID. Cooke, Jr. 20 continue the firm bust.
ness.
The special elections in Rhode Island
on the 10th went in favor of the Liquor
Republicans. This probably secures the
election Of Henry Lippctt as Governor
and the repeal Of the prohibitory and
State constabulary laws. Several arrests
for bribery and illegal voting mere made.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

Ten inches Of snow fell at Boston on
the 18th, and fifteen at Fall River, Mass,
delaying all trains.
-Mackinaw dispatches Of the l4th
report the ice in the Straits as black,
porous, full Of air-holes and unsafe to
cross on foot.
The steamer Nellie Peck passed
Omaha, going up, at noon on the 18th,
and the steamer Carroll was expected up
next morning.
The great ST. Louis bridge, by ami.
cable arrangement, has been transferred
TO Morgan, Humphreys Il Co., the hold
ers Of the fourth mortgage bonds.
"A war party Of Sioux and Arapahoes
are reported to have started for the Shes
hone country, and, unless our troops in
teriere, grand scalping match may re-
suit.
Several companies of cavalry have left
Cheyenne during the past week for Fort
Laramie, from whish point they will be
sent to guard the entrances to the Black
Hills.
High water west Of the Rocky noun.
tains is delaying trains ON the Central
Pacific, and the Union Pacific is also
troubled by too much water in the noun.
tain valleys.
AT q meeting Of the first mortgage
bondholders Of the Chicago, Danville 4
Vineennes railroad, in New York, on the
l4th inst, the committee Of investigation
reported strongly in favor Of proceedings
for foreclosure and reorganization.
Gov. Hartranft has vetoed a bill de
claring the trustees of the General As
sembly Of the Presbyterian Church
the United States the successors of {
trustees of the Presbyterian House. :
latter had their eorporated authority from
Pennsylvania.
B. +. Allen Of Des Moines, who was
owner Of the Cook County National Bank
Of Chicago and large operator in Iowa
and Chicago, but is now bankrupt, shows
up list OF debts amounting to 1865
$40. His home creditors are said to be
willing TO settle with him for 25 per cent.
but his Chicago and New York creditor,
ale pushing him in bankruptcy proceed
ings.
The Cincinnati Presbytcry has elected
delegates to the General Assembly a.
follows: Rev. DR.. f. d. Morris, Rev. W
A. IIutcheson, Rev III. w. Rossiter, III
ders +. ID. Mansfield, James Taylor ant
ID. j. Falls. The Presbytery also recon
sidered its vote, taken last fall ON an over
nrc from the general assembly, concern
NJ the election Of elders for term o
.hree years, and voted in favor Of the
yerture.
The postoffice Department is in re.
'eipt Of information that parties who
have secured contracts for large mum
Der Of mail routes in the Western State,
are systematically offering to sub-let
them, thereby assuming, IN effect, tLG
position OF mail route brokers. One
party in Kansas has sent out postal card,
inviting bids for sub-letting specih,
routes, and stating in printed postserip
that he has sixty-hye routes 70 dispos,
Of, and will send catalogues on applica
ton. The department has taken steps (,
break up this business.
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The Indian Outbreak sixteen soldiers
Wounded.
(Wachita Correspondence Chicago
April ILL.,

(Wachita Correspondence Chicago Times,
April ILL.,
A courier from Cheyenne agency came
in to-day, from whom get the following
particulars of the outbreak of the sur
rendered hostile Indians, on the 9th.
About noon, as some Of the prisoners were
being ironed preparatory for their re.
moval to Fort Leavenworth, one of them
broke away and ran. He was fired at by
the guard and shot A good deal Of ex.
citement was noticed in the hostile camp
during the ironing of the prisoners, and
when the hostile prisoner was shot sever.
al shots were fired from the hostile camp,
and the whole of the men, women and
children left the camp the men, to the
number of about three hundred, taking
refuge in the sand hills across the river,
where they had plenty of arms and am.
munition concealed. Capt. Rafferty,,
with his company of calvary, gave imme.
date pursuit, when the Indians opened a
brisk fire on him. He at once attacked
them, but they were so strongly en-
trenched he had to fall back.
About clock, Gen. Neill arrived al
the ground, with two companies of the
10th cavalry, and Calling gun. and al
once charged their position, but was un.
able to dislodge them. He then gave
orders to dismount, and charged them
twice on foot, but was both times repulsed
with number of wounded. He then
opened fire on them with the Calling gun
and fought them until dark, when he was
compelled to fall back and wait for day
light. During the night the Indians lef
the hills, and mounting the friendly ARA
pahoe Indians ponies, escaped, going
west up the north fork Of the Canadian
river. There were l6 soldiers wounded
four or five severely, and a number o
horses killed, and great many wounded
The bodies OF five warriors and two
squaws were found among thu
hills, and it is supposed they
carried away more Of their killed
and all their wounded. All Of the warri
ors are at liberty, except about thirty
including the chiefs Medicine Water, oil
Heap of Birds, Grey Beard, and Minimize
who were confined in the guard hous,
ironed. Ii is feared the escaped warrior:
will make a junction with the hostile
band who did not surrender at the tim,
of the general surrender, and which il
composed Of the worst elements Of tn,
tribe, and are supposed to be near tn,
Antelope hills, on the Canadian river
Immediate pursuit was made by Captain
Rafferty,, with his company Of the 9th
cavalry, and companies ID and NJ Of the
10th cavalry, for their capture. From
the indications at present, another Indiar
war this summer seems to be inevitable
| have as vet been unable to ascertain tn,
names Of any Of the wannded soldiers.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23
Death OF Mrs. Alex. FaribauIf, n Mas
tive MinnesOtian, 10 Years OF Age.
lFrom the Fergus Falls Journal. ]

lAAD'h 'hc FERGUS II ais JOufIAl.
on Thursday morning last, the 9Th inst,
at her husbands residence, in Elizabeth.
town, IN this county, death came to the
relief OF Mary Elizabeth F%ibault, wife OF
Alex. Faribault, so we'll known to the pic,
neers and old settlers Of Minnesota. The
death OF Mrs. +. has been regarded as OF
almost daily probability for two months
past. The disease was consumption.
Born within the present limits of this
State, on the 18th of July, 1905. she had
passed the long life of seventy years in
side lis borders, and had Witnessed
greater vlclssitudes and changes than of.
ten fall to the lot Of even an American
woman in a life of three score years and
ten.
Mrs. Faribault's maiden name was
Graham, her father being Capt. Alex.
Graham Of the British army. Capt. Gra-
ham was an extensive traveller in the re-
gion OF country now known as the north.
west, and was thoroughly and we'll known
to the Sioux Indians, with whom he had
considerable influence. lie penetrated as
far as Devils Lake, Dakota, and Gra-
hams Island IN that lake took its name
from him. During the war of 1912, by
the direction of the English government,
Capt. Graham endeavored to induce the
Sioux Indians to ally themselves with the
cause OF Great Britain. Large numbers
of the Sioux of Minnesota, at that time
went to Canada i'll their bark canoes
probably by the way of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers and the great lakes.
Mrs. Faribault, then child of seven or
eight years, accompanied the party to
Mackinaw.
Mrs. Farlbauit's mother was half
breed Sioux-her father being French
man, said to be the first white man who
dwelt on the shores of Lake Pepin. Re-
turning with her mother from Mackinaw
to her early home, Miss Graham spent
one winter THAT of 1879 as far north and
west as Big Stone Lake, and in 1923 (be-
ing eighteen years old) was married at
Mendoza to Alex. Faribault, then young
trader with the Indians. Ten or eleven
years later, when Henry Ii. Sibley came
to Minnesota, he found Mr.. and Mrs. Far
ibault living happily on the Cannon river
at the present site Of Faribault City.
There is scarcely any part Of this State
which was not visited by them at very
early day.
Mrs. Faribault had long been member
of the Roman Catholic Church, having
united with that body when quite young,
under the ministrations, if we mistake
not, of Father Ravoux, the early French
missionary among the Indians and
traders of Minnesota. She was con-
sistent Christian, and devoted wife and
mother. The aged husband and family
will receive the sympathy of thousands
of friends throughout the State.
A quiet burial took'place on Tuesday
afternoon az half past two o'clock. The
remains will probably be removed to
Faribault at more convenient time.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23

their location on the bank was such that
the water did not reach them. The fol.
lowing are the losses as far as ascer-
tanned: Whitney's dam $1,000; Eliot
mills $4,000; the town of
Norfolk, $4,000; New York & New
England Railroad, $4,000; and the CITY
Wills $4,000 to $4,000. A large mum.
Der Of persons are thrown ont of EN-.
ployment by the fall Of the City Mills.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23
The Youngest Mother In Minnesota.
From the Duluth Herald.

Hattie Russell, who a little over a
month ago, shot and killed Mr.. John
Pugley, has recovered her usually good
health and spirits, aud is now quite cheer.
ful. She is incarcerated in the county
jail, and is well and comfortably cared
for. Her infant child is taken to the
prison two or three times week and
spends some hours at each visit. Hattie
Is extremely fond Of it, and naturally
enough eyinces signs Of depression when
il leaves her. Hattie is probably the
youngest mother in Minnesota, being but
Is years old on the first Of this month,
while her child is about Is months Of
age.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23
FnREIGN

-Telegraphic communication is now
maintained between all the important
cities Of Japan.
Edward Sabine, an English General
and author, has been elected correspond.
ing member Of the French Academy, for
the class Of geography and navigation.
One indication Of the progress Of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23

The extensive paper mill Of Yeatman
4 Anderson on Friend street, Columbus.
Ohio. was destroyed by FIRE on the night
Of the 18th.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23

Dean Swift said: at is with narrow.
souled people as 1t is with narrow.necked
bottles the less they have in them the
more noise they make in pouring il out.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-04-23

he did in the days when the scandal car.
rion commenced to hover over Brooklyn.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-07
Literary Notes.

Tho Oceridnd Monthly for July is just on our
table, fresh from the Pacific Coast, and bearing
that peculiar odor that all mail matter from
beyond the Rocky Mountains always brings.
What il it, by the way : The smell is odd, and
found nowhere in our experience. 1t is the
odor of the a'kali plains Letters aud news
papers from Arizona are always especially mark
cd by it. The leading article in this issue of the
Overland is by William p. Gibbons, one OF that
talented family of ex-Deawareans who have
made their mark in law and medicine in the
great cities OF East and West. 1t is sketch de-
scriptive Of a Californian botanic ramble in Jan
uary, a season when, while our vegetation is
bound in the garb of Winter, the starting and
lark Of California '' are clearing their voices to
hail the advent Of luxuriant spring" The con-
tents also include several stories, "Shakspeare's
Religious Belief" " The Moslem Empire in
Spain, and various other papers OF merit.
William Black has abandoned journalism and
gone to novel writing. No wonder, when he was
offered $4,000 for his next novel. But take care,
William don't write too much. Three Feath-
era. the last novel, is not equal to al Princess
OF THULE which preceded it.
Harriet Beecher Stowe receives a good sum
Of money each year for copyright on '' Uncle
Toms Cabin" Since the close OF the war the
sale OF copies in the South has been large.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-07
Attempt 10 Garry off a Pretty Girl.

FAIR RESIDENT OF CAMDEN IN THE ARMS OF
RUFFIANs-sHE SUCCEEDS IN EscApISG.
Within three squares Of the police station and
situated in the midst of offices Of 90 Justices Of
the peace" with which Camden appears to be
swarmed, the reporter found the humble resi-
dence of Miss Annie Barron and her old grand
mother, on North Fourth street. " AT O'Clock
last evening"" said Miss Barron, who Was all the
prettier for slight squint in her eye,
~ WAS coming home aud was passing along
broadway, near Nickel street, when man
jumped out of an open wagon and asked me
where Federal street was | told him two
squares above. At that moment he struck me
blow on the head think it was with black.
jack, and had it not been for the thickness OF
my hair, and as she said this she carressed her
light bi own locks with additional affection, ''ny
skull might have been fractured. He then put
bis hand on my mouth and dragged me to the
wagon, when his comrade assisted in pulling me
in. They then turned the horses head and
drove away. | got his hand away from my
mouth and screamed Murder Murder = with all
my lungs, which alarmed the neighborhood.
"Then l made jump, but got caught
between the wheels and the wagon, and was
dragged in this way for nearly two squares.
was too frightened to know the precise place,
but think they let 60 of me somewhere in the
neighborhood of Starrs mills. My knee is 30
bruised that l can hardly walk. Some of the
neighbors saw me home" 81 WAS nearly fright
ened to death when she camo i'll. said the old
grandmother, women of abont seyenty-five
years of age. 81 was sick for two weeks, and
this has thrown mo back" " 1 think could
recognize one of the men" continued Miss Bar
ron. 4" lie WAS light-complex young
man, with black mustache. The other was II
heavy built man, with beard and mustache.
They drove rapidly OFF when succeeded in get
ting away from their clutches. To days Plata.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-07
CieOpatra's Needle.
From the London Times.


good deal of interest has been shown here
in the scheme for the transportation home OF the
obelisk-one of the socalled Cleopatra's Nee
dles-presented to England forty years ago by
Mohammed Ali. 1t is fine monolith of red
granite, sixty-four feet in length and seven feet
in diameter Its weight has been variously es-
timated, but the maximum given is two hundred
and eighty-four tons. 1t now lies PROSTATE and
parallel to the sea, at distance of twenty four
feet, on sandy bank fifteen feet high, with
nothing between it and tho water save a ruined
sea-wall. The hieroglyphics are in good preser-
vation, and record that the obelisk was erected
at On (Heliopolis, near Cairo,) by Thothmes ii :,
about 1900 Is. c., during whose reign Egypt is
recorded to have placed it's frontier where it
pleased" The lateral inscriptions record the
name and Titles of Rameses II, (known to the
Greeks under the name Of Sesostris), and relate
how he had conquered all the nations of the
world. 1t is worthy OF note too, that the Israel
ties were in Egypt at the time Of the construc-
ton of this monument 1t is said to have been
brought to Alexandra in the beginning of the
Christian era. Various schemes have been sug-
gested for the removal Of the stone, but the
most feasible seems to be the construction of
jetty to deep water, 30 az to convey it along an
inclued plane Of beams to a raft, on which it
might be secured and towed to England in the
summer months.