The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-03-16

From the National Capital.


Attorney.G General Pierrepont, on Satur-
day night, March 4, having received infor-
nation that Secretary Belknap was prepar-
ing to escape, had guard placed around
his house. On Monday ex-senator Carpen.
ter, one of Belknap's counsel, called upon
Pierrepont, and asked him to remove the
guards from around the house, that their
presence was very annoying and utterly
unnecessary, as the exSecretary was firmly
decided TO stand trial; il he had desired to
escape, he could have done SO week ago,
before the exposure came out, but he had
refused TO listen to the advice Of some OF
his friends, who had urged him to fee from
the country, and had remained here to stand
a trial. The Attorney General refused Car
penter's request because the case had passed
from his hands to that OF the DistrictAttor-
ney, and with that officer he had not power
TO interfere.
On March 8, Major Richards, Chief of
Police, made formal arrest of General Bel
KNAPP, ex-Secretary of War, and brought him
into the Police Court. Belknap was accom-
panied by his counsel, ex-senator Carpen-
ter, who said they waived examination, and
were prepared to give bail for Belknap's
appearance before Court. Judge Smell
fixed the amount at $4,000, when the
parties retired to arrange bail. Belknap
showed by his movements during the
short time he vas in the courtroom
that he was much depressed in spirit, GOV.
ering his face with his hands, and signing
deeply.
western Items.
Rich mines are reported to have been dis
covered in Dead Wood and White Wood
Creeks, sixty.fve miles north of Custer City,
Wyoming. Six hundred men are reported
in these creeks, and are meeting with good
success at gulch mining. Snow has inter-
fered somewhat with work at these mines.
.....A Kansas City Times special correspond
ent in the Black Hills telegraphs from
Custer City on the 4th, via TT Laramie,
Wyoming, March 9Th, that large party of
mounted Indians made sudden attack
upon Custer City about one o'clock on the
4th, and succeeded in driving of all the
loose horses grazing in the suburbs OF the
city. The Indians ut the same time at
tackled an emigrant train at Pleasant Valley,
nine miles below there. Every able-bodied
white man has been enrolled, and Il party Of
sixty has just started in pursuit of the In
dams, who have gone toward Red Cloud
Agency. Charles Holt, of Sioux City, was
killed. A war is anticipated with the In
dians now.
Disasters by Fire.
The extensive dry goods store of Wood,
Marsh Il Co., 800 and 81 Market street,
Philadelphia, was recently destroyed by fire.
IL was hours before the firemen mastered
the situation. The entire loss is estimated
at three hundred thousand dollars. Hugh
McClintock, Assistant Engineer, and George
Grey, member of truck eight, were severely
injured by accidentally slipping oil the roof
of a back building and falling into the area
belOw......A fire at Spenserport, New York,
destroyed the warehouse of II. III. Moffatt,
Croker & Pomeroy, the hardware stores of
Covert Il Brown, and A. s. Chase, and a
public hall. Loss, $4,000.
The House for Aged People, conducted by
the Catholic community known as the Little
Sisters of the Poor, and located in the East
ern District of Brooklyn, was completely
burned on the morning of March z. The
house comprised four-story building, with
two wings, and contained one hundred and
eighty-five inmates. 1t seems that the fire
was discovered in the south wing, occupied
by the male portion of the inmates, number
ing seventy-two persons, whose ages varied
from sixty-eight to one hundred and five
years. The fire was discovered by a person
on the street, who gave the alarm by ringing
the bell OF the institution, awakening the
Sisters and the aged inmates. When the
hrenen arrived the flames were sweeping
through the south wing in every direction,
and il was not until about nine O'clock that
the fire had been reduced to smoulderiug
embers in the basement, and that the firemen
were enabled by ladders to examine the up.
per stories of the burned wing. They found
seventeen men burned in their beds Oh the
Tho haIstaaIs 10 "a
iron, and rested on cl AIRED beams which
had remained in their places. The bodies
were burned to crisp, rendering them to.
tally unacceptable. Two of the inmates
who threw themselves from the windows
were fatally injured.
DePauw College, at New Albany, Indiana,
has been seriously injured by fire. The loss
is estimated at about $4,000, fully covered
by insurance.
The Bon Ton Hotel, Brooklyn, New
York, has been burned down. Loss, sixty
thousand dollars.
Items In General.
The Minnesota Legislature has closed bus
mess and adjourned. The number of bills
passed is 404, mostly OF a local character
Nearly all measures of public importance
such as the Centennial appropriation, APP
pOrtionment OF the State, etc., were voted
down, but very large appropriations were
made for the benefit of the few grassh0ppel
comties.........F Frank York and Elijah Little
got drunk and became quarrelsome al
McLeansboro, Illinois. Finally they left
town, and were followed by Town Marshal
Mackey, who, on coming up with them, was
assaulted by York, with knife, and cut
over the head, whereupon Mackey shot him
dead Tho verdict pf tho earonartu In q
was, skilled him in self-defense." ..... The
Massachusetts, Senate, by vote of 10 to IL,
has refused third reading of bill to give
women the right to vote OIL municipal affairs
in cities and towns, and to hold municipal
offices.."...A heavy snow-storm is reported
near Virginia City, Nevada. Several snow
slides occurred on the mountains in the
neighborhood of Cisco. One train is re.
ported wrecked, and all telegraph wires
down......In the Massachusetts,, House, re.
Gently, the Chairman of the Finance Com.
nittee made the charge, based on the author.
ity Of LieutenantGovernor Knight, that
$4,000 had been paid members to carry
through the new prison scheme.
Aspecial from Washington says that Mr..
Blackburn, of the Committee on Expendi-
lures in the War Department, states that the
committee is in possession of evidence show
us hNC Obhei pobt besides
that Of Fort Sill were sold for sums ranging
from 500 to $500 year, and that an out.
rageous fraud had been unearthed in the
disbursement of the 81 600, 900 appropriated
by Congress for putting up headstones over
the graves of Union soldiers...... Caleb b..
Marsh, associated in the Belknap affair, has
gone to Canada. .Lutscher 4 Co., mer-
chants of Ottawa, Canada, have failed with
liabilities amounting to about 81, 900, 900. go.
Charles Popkie was killed in the Michigan
Central yards at Detroit by being crushed
under the train......... Francis Graphotte, a
farmer in Leroy, N. Y, fatally stabbed Simon
Hoover, and afterward attempted suicide. ....
Sergeant Sullivan, of Company +, Fourth
United States Infantry, was shot dead near
Fort Fetterman, by an outlaw called Per-
simmon Bill, on account of dispute about
some ponies. The Courthouse of Nemaha
county, Kansas, was burned few days ago.
Loss $4,000, not including the records,
which, with the exception of the department
Of schools, were all burned. The building
was insured for $4,000. The schooner
Nidaros, flying the American flag, sailing
from San francisco for Mazatlan, Mexico,
with an assorted cargo Of merchandise, has
been seized by the authorities Of the last
named port, charged with smuggling ..... The
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