, 1875-09-16

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spect a state Of affairs legally established
and leave toa future Cortes the task Of
modifying the law if any alteration was
then considered necessary.
CmemnArr1. Sept 14.NRobers N. |
Ritchie was yesterday arrssted on al
charge Of forgery made by Samuel B.
Keyes. broker who had charge Of cer-
tain speculations of Mr.. Ritckies' seve-
! raj years ago. Richie was formerly
cashier of the Fourth National Bank of
this city. The complaint charges him
with forging Chas. Davenport's name
to 800 shares Of Western Union Teis-
graph stock.
TERRs HAuTE. Sept. A.-The fast
mail train from New York arrived here
about 8 A. n, and left for st. Louis
exactly on schedule time. fgab
CHICAGO, Sept. 14.-The new fast
mail train which left New York yester-
day, over the Pennsylvania Railroad
arrived here this evening, having made
the run in 26 hours. the fastest time
ever made between. the two cities. This
gives us the New York mail II hours
| earlier than formerly.
AUGUSTA, Sept. A.-Official returns
from 26O towns give Connor a majority
of 5000. The Democrats have elected
13 AMI perhaps Is senators. The Re-
publicans probably -. ''i
BosToN. Sept. 14.-Eastern railroad
stock fell to-day from 4314 to 35. the
lowest point reached for manv years.
MONTREAL. Sept. 14.-Thos,. W. Mich
OILS the absconding teller of the Cana-
dian Bank of Commerce is supposed to
have left for New York with his father.
The amount taken is said to exceed
| $50, 600. -lI
DEEP CREEK. Sept. 11.-Indian inter@
prefer William Lee, from Grantsville,
Utah, arrived last night to inquire into
the cause of the Indian trouble. He
had an interview with the Indians to-
day and found that there were two cir
cumstances connected with the affair.
First, there were two prospectors who
came to Indian Tobe's camp, in Snake
Valley. duri ng; the absence of himself
and squax. When they returned to
the camp, the white men offered Tobe
$50 for his squaw, which he refused.
They then wanted him to shcw them a
! quartz ledge and spring on the noun
tain. When they arrived a. the ledge
one of them fell behind = rock and drew
his pistol. The Indian discovering the
the act started to run, when the white
man fred four shots at him. one strik-
ing him in the back, slightly wounding
him. No shots were fred by the In
dian.
Ths other circumstsn nee occurred in
the Sacramento mining district, Spring
valley. A white man discovered two
Indians. one riding horse he had lost
6 year previous, and apprised him of
the fact and that he wanted the horse.
The Indian refused to- give it up and
ran away. The white man procured
the help Of eight other men, intercepted
the Indians and fred on them, killing
them both.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.--Seven passengers
belonging to the Mendoza, who were
picked up by the schooner Addie off
Manitowbe, arrived here to>day. One
of the crew says the captain took to his
boat and left his wife and aged father to
perish. The steward stood with his
wife and went down with her. The story
is related by another member of the
crew, who speaks in high terms Of the
conduct of the captain and other officers.
The MENDOZA was valued at $50, 1000;
not insured. Her cargo of coal was
burned.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 13.--The Cour-
Ter Journals Nashville special says that
five more counterfeiters had been
brought to Decator. The band was up
in the hundreds, extending through
Missouri. kentucky. Tennessee. Miss
issippi. Texas and back north through
St. Louis. The band have regular
constitution and bylaws, and are COM
posed of the most prominent in the states
mentioned. Counterfeit fves of the
National Bank of Paxton. Illinois, and
Traders Bank Of Chicago; also pos and
SOS United States treasury notes and SO
cent scrip, which wasmostly circulated
in Tennessee among the poorer classes
and farmers. It is estimated that. $780,
600 had been distributed. A basketful
was captured with tho men arrested.
Some had money in the seams Of their
clothes and hatbands, and wherever it
could be hidden. Detectives have been
working the case up six months.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-The propeller De-
pere arrived in Milwaukee yesterday,
and the officers Of her gave brief re-
port Of the laundering of the steam barge
MENDOZA. The MENDOZA. with the barge
Morning Star, was sailing along the
west shore of Lake Michigan on Thurs
day night, and at point nearly oppo.
site Point Betsey she foundered and was
soon sinking. The crew and passen-
gers numbering twenty persons in all.
The life-boat was launched and seven
of the persons on board the ili-fatod
steamer got into her and the remaining
1S went down with the boat. The life
boat reached Manitowoe in >afety.
M.ppIE LrrE.-The maid of sixteen
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