Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1876-09-30
Late News Items

September %, General Sherman ant
ISecretary of War Cameron arrived il
San Francisco and had an ovation a
the Palace Hotel. Gen. Sherman made
a lengthy speech; there were 5000 peo
,ple present
Out of a population of $4,000 in Sa
lvannah, Georgia, but 5000 remain, and
half of these are stricken down with
the yellow fever
In the trial of John d. Lee, at Salt
Lake, Utah, for murders committed al
the mountain meadow massacre, the
/ Jury retired at 1 - a. IN. on the Goth in.
slant, and at $50 p m. they returned
/ with "A verdict of murder in the first
degree.
/ The United States ship Franklin left
Gibraltcr on September 10Th to proceed
10 Vigo to take Tweed on board, and
VIII deliver him to American authOri-
ties.
In the match between the American
and Irish Rife Teams on September
.21st at Creedmoor, in the 500, 900, and
1000 yard ranges the Americans were
the winners by II points.
\ dispatch from Fort Sully received
in San Francisco on the 21st. says
Heavy firing was heard on the river
last Tuesday in direction of the Black
Hills, but no explanation Of it was had
until yesterday. About ten days ago
Colonel Buell., commanding the Chcy-
enne agency, sent some scouts out to
Gen. Terry who failed to reach him,
but were attacked by Indians and one
wa wounded in the shoulder. While
retreating they came across a large
military trail which proved TO be Gen.
Crooks On the way the scouts had
seen i camp of 80 lodges near slim
buttes, north of Harneys peak, and
when Crook was Overtaken they inform
ed him of this fact, whereupon he
turned back his cavalry and by a IA
pid mare surprised and killed every
one of the Indians, estimated in num-
Der between 200 and 800. Not one es-
capped.
On September %, the ST. Paul Pho
ncer had a special from Madelia, Min
neSota, announcing the capture Of the
Mortified bank robbers. y hard pur-
suit and brisk interchange ofshots pre-
ceded the capture. They are all more.
or less wounded, and one of them Is
severely wounded. The robbers con
fessed to the sheriff that they are the
Ounger brothers but refused to give
the names Of their dead companions.
At Indianapolis on the y, $4,000
Boys in Blue had a grand procession
and mass meeting. Letters from Gov
ernOr Hays, Mr.. Wheeler and PrcSi-
dent Grant, expressing sympathy, etc,
were read. The streets were densely
packed with surging crowds and the
city was handsomely Illuminated.
Within the ten days ending Septcm-
Der %, over 10000 strangers had come
to New York, on their way to the Cen
,ennlal The hotels were crowded to-
excess. 10000 persons visited the
at Philadelphia on the 22d. /
4 dispatch from Columbus, Ohio, of
-, says that trighttul rall-I
road accident occurred that day at Black 4
Lick station about - miles from Column /
bus, on the Panhandle railroad. pas
,enger train was running at the rate
Of 40 miles an hour when the four rear
,ars Jumped the track; five passengers
we're killed and large number wound
81.
The Indian commissioners at Red
Cloud agency consumated a treaty on
he both with the Sioux, Cheycnnes
md Arapahoes. The Indians agreed
o the propositions made them on the
It'll instant without the change of a
single word.
At Portland, Oregon, on the 22d, in
ONT assembly of the Legislature, Mes
NTH withdrew from the contest and
Grover was elected Senator.
At San Francisco on the 22d, the
health officers began the disinfecting
If Chinatown, and discovered a rare
combination of odorS, starvation, small
,ox, leprosy, jimjams, toe and other
ans, with sufficient squallor and !
to convince them that it
vas quite time to inaugurate "A rigid
ofthe sanitary regulations.
On September 10, the chamber of
at New York appointed a
pecial committee to raise funds for the
savannah yellow fever sufferers.