, 1875-06-04
COUNCIL 9 .uFFS.
Rebuilding Of Burned Hotol...A Bold
Highway Robbery.
of n Horsc-Thic Of and n
Irison-I}rcnhcr.
Mall-Robberios.-.A Specimen Of IAga
llnmor-.-Grassl,orpors.


Corxclt BLUFFS, May so.-Your resders wero
mado aware last October, through npccluls, TINT
TIE OGDEN HOUSE,
ono OF tito finest hotels iu tho Wcst, waa do
et'oycd by tlro, To tito i.,nurnerablo company
Of commercial traye1ern from Chicago, thtH wna
inattor Of sn!ivts consequence, anil tho osa has
eince boon Ercat!y felt r1anB, however, have
bcon rnatured Though Wbioh tits justly-carncd
pride Of our rhy Is to 10 rebuilt, and In few
weeks tho builders will bo at work. Thu owncrs
OF tho site Anl tho ruins have ncgotlstel u sa1o
10 o joint stock company, who wilt rebuild.
siuco tho favorable decision Of tic United States
Circuit Court OIL Tic transfer question. our ci.i-
zcnB have demonstrated an onerEy tAnt wns &C.
Easdcd ns go far dormant that Gnbriel's trumpet
would never roach 1t. The project ot rebuilding
the Ogt'cu House IL ono carly of1ahoot Of thiu
now focling OF enterprise.
HIGHWAY NoBnEny.
is again sifo in this vlcsotty, together With a
large amount Of horHe-stcaling. Several months
ago, the Hoy. II. II. Smith, Of tho First Method.
ies Episcopal. Church Of this city, loft homo on a
mission OF raising money am ing the wea!thler
churches Of Illinois, where ho was we'll known %
popular preacher, in aid Of tho d,echargo Of
debt hanging over tho edAco horo, hu.lt Bome
years ago at d coat far oxcsoding the financial
ability Of the congregation, Ills tip was
rcasouallr-snocssstul ono sne hla wife and
friends received, day OF two ago, tho nova that
hc WAS on hts wny home and 1t was c1pccted
that noxt Bunday ha would I'LL his puirI
again, With tho church debt wiped out. It
ecetns that, On hs ketarn, he was Visiting soms
Of tho wcnlthicr pa,lahos IN 1oua; md. n,ght
in case County, aud ~ m.lcs from tho town, he
WAS halted iu Lis carriage by hs1wayluan, and
his pursa denanlad.. A. LA lau q larxp sum Of
money OIL Ills EeIHont liz iefuscl to comElY With
the demand. when ho Ea4 sthbbed III seyeta!
places In tho left arm. apA thea sIlo! aud bcAton
to state OF inscnsEilty, mid biA pJckels And
yaliso rlacd Of their coutonts, to tho amount OF
*73U, TUT funds. The rubber escaped and the
wounded mutt was brought to Atlautio, whero ho
ii HuleIiug irtm lIIg u,},l.ioa. they aro not re-
gnroed ~ fatal, but aro evidence Of tue brutality
of his ussItaut.
HonsE-Tn1EvIxa
sess to M hsTs bsS"ro & sot:sd business =. VIII
eru 10 au aud Eastezu NuhtAaka. IhIoo or tt,l.r
cuuYicts for thls crlmo hare lust bca,, seut Il om
this county to tbo For Madison TcnItoutiary.
aud quite number are on tho stocks, and viii
bu similarly d1spohed Of boforc tis term Of lbs
| pi.tr1ot Court ends, Summary puuishmenL
i however, overlook one Of them Yesterday. nj
Walnut, in the eastern oud Of the county. Tic
ualno Of tho man is unkaowp, lie
went to Atlantic, aud reformed Tho acnusjat-
anoo of = party bo had pcfoTo known,
aud sugaoated tAe ilcs OF Roluu into horso.
etes]}ug. Tho friend iujormcd lho sutl,nr;tiea,
and these suggested that ho accetlo IL tha
plan. Which waa doue. Ah,rno wau stolen, and
J. mau named llIpokley aud tia Hhe,iY
followed, aud, nhen mile out Of
town, tho Sheriff ordered q hat, Tbs
FREUD pbeycd, but the real thief kept on M
way turned anti fred three shota at Hlnckley.
ons Of thon taking effect il, hlo horsc'a eve.
whom IiipekleY pulled on him, and lilo vaaaboni
was placed on the cpo,lua board. 10 ansit tho
recognition Of lis fr,ouls.
Prison .pltEAE1yo
has baen attemutcu sbyo nj tI,ues In rim Nchr,s.
ka Penltentitry by M tlotcrtnjned = va. NJ de-.
nDra,toes NJ eyar Jaw tbo viutm Of a caIl. ria
list essay has resulted Ia the iuutxnt killing Of
Ill slcWators. oun of tho rouKhoBk and ,nont
About two yeats ngo, be killed bis man at Ne.
braslA Civ. III tfiyinl diaputo oyer 4 w,iaky.
bill, and, sficr leyuerate atrurrto. having bcan
llnprison.d, Le ana several osners made thsir
reward Of sl,opo from tho ssato INDUCED hlaa
arrest In Orcgon. Ho was brought back,
p nced OH trial, Was convicted, aud seutonced
70 term OF years In the penitontlsry at Liu-
s9n d Lt1t .nsnasaod %ntsE 70 heaasd Of oon
a 'a =. sSs sk o s@ s, Dt Tue E Sasr
tho timely esrlval Ut tto armed cltIzena Of LID.
coin, and tho forming Of q Gordon around the
body Of United States troops from Sherman
barracks, BY whom the instruction wea auoIl.
ed mud The oousiets seturuod' to at,oir cells,
siuce them matters have gono on quietly; Iut
yesterday alcy'a.ars, deter1ulued 10 bo freq,
made another assault on tho guard, usnx an i
weapon large atono; but ths lattor, nwnro Of
tue desperate character with whom no h4d to
deal, msde usa Of bis nu4kst ~ McW.ters was
advancing. Iho bali, outcriug tlo a,do Of t,o
face, ranged downward aud soYered tbs iusuar
veln thus fureyer IattluK Ut iest tho u1,essy aud
troublesome sp,tit Of tbfa worst Of outlawa.
COMPLAINTS,
hasa been frequent Ut late. BY business mon On
tho Pacific Coast OF tho loss Of their malIs, and
the pua,. .Oifice Department lAs been annnysl At
tho ulauaer In which thcao complaints srvre.
Traceis layo baen buBY At work Tor n5tao time
and Kearnoy Junction, on Tho l,ue OF tho UDwp
Pacific Itai.soad about 1Y0 a,llos west OF tbin.
was discovered to bo tla place where tAs malls
woro tampered with. Tho robborics arc trscod
to the negligent handling Of the malls at tic de-
pot. Up0n tho arrival Of tho trains over tlo
dlfro.snt roads at sLst point. Tho b4Ba arc placo
in tle hands Ut the sta,io.-otnploycs. and oan-
alally thrown gu tho platform, wlere tboY rn-