The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-23

ton. The Creek election on the 9Th passed
off very quietly, and no disturbance Of any
kind occurred. The choice of the people
results in the election of Locker Harjo, First
Chief, and Ward Coachman, Second Chief:
Members of the National Creek Council
were also elected. COL Samuel Cheetoh, re-
firing Chief, full-blood, has held Office for
two terms, and won the respect of all. The
Creeks are opposed to third term. Harj0,
the new Chief, Is also fuliblood, Of a fair
education, and understands the wants of
the Indian people. Ward Coachman is a
half-breed, aud has fair education. Both
of these officers were members OF the Creek
National Council at the time OF their elec-
ton.
The General Council Of all the Indian ma
tons and tribes, held at Okmulgee, l. T., be-
fore adjournment, passed resolution unan-
imously regulating the Caddo- Boudi.not-
open-up-territory to-white man resolution.
They all concur in the principle that this is
an Indian country by many solemn treaties.
If ever settled up II must be by Indians, with
government suitable for Indians.
Disasters by Fire.
A fire in the Middlebury Paper Company's
mill, at Middlebury, Vermont, destroyed the
paper mill, buildings of the Middlebury
Manufacturing Company, Middlebury Wool
en- Company, and twenty-nine business
houses, two halls, six dwellings, and part of
the highway bridge. Total loss estimated at
$4,000; insurance, $4,000.
A fire occurred recently at Georgetown,
KY, in the store of Rankin l.. Webb, caused
by the accidental firing of a pistol into keg
Of gunpowder. The discharge blew out the
front Of the store, and two young men,
Lewis G. Ersenschmidt and Johnnie Her.
hu ha lint
jumped up and ran out into the street, dazed
and nearly blind by the shock, their clothes
on fire, and themselves almost helpless.
The explosion instantly communicated with
cartridges, firearms, and apparatus, with
which showcase was filed, and, fixing and
popping, deferred those who might other
wise have saved most of the stock, which
soon became total loss. No insurance
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Grimes.
II. L. Gordon, well-known lawyer and
politician at Monticello, Wisconsin, shot and
fatally wounded saloon keeper named Des-
mond, who had attacked Gordon with
pistol for having attached his stock for
debit. The safe of Francis Sargent 4 Co.,
Nos. 81 and 63 Sudbury street, Boston, was
robbed recently of $l7,235 in bank bills,
checks and notes by two men, one of whom
induced the cashier to 60 into another part
of the building while his accomplish oper.
ated on the safe.
Casualties.
A terrible disaster occurred few morn.
ings ago, on Lake Michigan, in the sinking
of the propeller Equinox, on the way
from Chicago to Bay City, Mich, with
cargo of salt, and towing the schooner EN-
ma E.. Mayes, loaded with lumber. She was
overtaken by storm near Point au Sable,
one hundred and eighty miles north of
Chicago. Capt. Woodruff, of the Equinox,
came to the stern of the propeller at the
time and called out to cut the lines.r This
i was done, and the propeller careened and
sunk in few minutes after. She had on
board crew OF nineteen men, and Capt.
Dwight Scott, of Cleveland, a well-known
lake captain, who was accompanied by his
wife and granddaughter, making a total of
twenty-five. The first intimation the
schooner had Of the catastrophe was the
shrieks of the drowning. The Mayes could
render no assistance whatever in the terri
BILE sea that was raging, and the entire crew
OF the Equinox went down. The vessel was
very old, and rated very low in point of
safety.
A private telegram has been received in
New York city from Toronto announcing
that frightful accident occurred on the
from the track, and several of the employees
on the train were killed. The whole train
was perfect wreck, and to add to the hor.
ror the cars took fire. A large number of
cattle, which were buried under the debris,
were actually roasted alive, it being inpos-
sible to extricate them.
Items In General.
The Maine election has been decided in
favor Of the Republicans, with decreased
majorities from last year. A large nest OF
counteffeiters has been broken up near
Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The band was up in
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas,
and back north through to st. Louis. The
band has regular constitution and bylaws,
composed by some of the most prominent
men in the States mentioned. Basketfus of
counterfeit money have been captured with
the men arrested. Some had money in the
seams of their clothing, under their hat
bands, and wherever it could be hidden.
Detectives have been working the case six
months......A vessel from South America
anchored in East river, New York, on the
18th, with yellow fever on board. The cap.
tain passed. quarantine without making re.
port and was arrested for violation of the
Quarantine Code, and remanded to Jail for
examination.
A dispatch received from Oconomowoc
Wisconsin, states that DR.. j. A. Lapham
died there lately. The doctor was late geol.
ogist of Wisconsin, and q man of world.
wide note in science......The anniversary OF
the White League massacre was celebrated
in New Orleans on the 14th by a solemn
high mass in Catholic church, decoration
oil the graves Of those who fell, and an ora.
ton by DIR. j. Dickson Burns. .... Thomas w
Nichols, the absconding teller of the Cana.
dian Bank of Commerce, Montreal, is sup
posed to have left there for New York, In
company with his father. The amount
taken is said to exceed $4,000.
General Joseph f. Johnston, who has ar.
rived at Savannah, Georgia, from the vir.
GINA White Sulphur Springs, stated 10 q
New York Herald correspondent that the
report that he had been rendered the com.
mand of the Khedive's armies is without
foundation......Th Hon. Henry T. Blow, OF
Missouri, whose sudden death at Saratoga
has been announced, was q Minister 10 Ven.
ezuela in 1862, afterward amember of Con.
gress, and in 1868 Minister to Brazil. For
the last six months he has held position as
Commissioner of the District of Columbia,
by appointment of President Grant. In
the Episcopal Diocesan Convention at Chi
cago, DIR. Il. w. McClaren, rector of Trinity
Church, Cleveland, was elected Bishop Of
l1lnos.......J Onn henry Hobart Brown, OF
Cohoes, New York, has been elected, by the
Diocese Of Fond du Lac, Bishop Of that Di.
Geese.
The singular fact is stated in Geographic
news that the thieves who robbed the safe OF
Sargent Co., of Boston, of $4,000 in notes,
etc., have returned through the mail all
the property but $40 cash. mum.
Der OF passenger and ticket agents of the
Southern railroads arrived at New York City
on the 18th, in the first through car ever run
in continuous trip between New Orleans
and New York. They were on their way To
Saratoga, where was opened, on the 18th, the
semi-annal convention of the General
Ticket and Passenger Agents Association
Notes from Abroad.
Reports are in circulation among japanese
officials that war between China and En-
gland is imminent, but they are not believed