The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-16

farm Village OF Eaton, Brown county,
Wis. about fifteen miles east OF this city,
was totally destroyed by fire. A forest
fro has been burning for five weeks, the
fire extending many miles In every direc-
ton, destroying many millions OF feet OF ,
timber anu'thousands Of dollars In other ,
property, some losing everything they
possessed.T - ~ rrIE@qvF
FRIDAY ni6ht, sDeputy United States
Marshals Harris and PEBBLES were sent py
Gen. Patterson, collector OF the district,
to sieze the tobacco factory or John "A:
twantv miles north OF Paris. They had
two men, and the driver of the wagon
with them. and siezed the factory, and
began loading the machinery on the wag-
on, when suddenly they were surrounds
ed by twenty-five armed men and or
desperadoes insisted on killing the ON
GERS, who We're forced to abandon the
work and leave.
President Hayes has issued general
order prohibiting the sale OF arms ana
ammunition to Indians, and revoking
ali licenses to trade with them In such
articles. Military commandments are
charged with the duty OF assisting In the
execution of the order.
| Rat,,rns from all the customs districts
| of exports and imports during the fiscal
sxports. at specie value, to be $500, 474,-
| h8i. Total imports, $45l ,3O7 ,649. Excess |
| of exports over imports, $i5l, l67 ,O32- In
| the fiscal year 1876 the excess OF exports |
i over imports was but 1874, 4Si. In me
| fiscal year 1877 exports OF coin and pui-
| linn amounted to $56, l63, 237, and imports
4 to ,4l4, while in the preceding year
the exports were S56, 5o6, 3o2, and imports
only sis, 9S6, 6Sl. 7t,gy at.f.t.vTrF
Official information has just been re-
ceiyed at military headquarters, confirm
i ing the rumor received here few days
since. regarding a fight between Indians
! and United States troops in Texas. 1t Is
ascertained that a disastrous encounter
WAS had ON Stuffed Plains, In which
llthere were two officers anu twenty-Slx
4 enlisted soldiers Killed. The remnant OF
, the party continued its march alter hay
ing suffered this loss, and has since
J reached Fort Gender with an addiuonai
loss of five privates and forty horses and
mules. This unfortunate command was
without water for eighty-six hours, and
the suffering they endured in conse-
, uuence was terrible.
D The striking silk weavors at Patterson,
, Nj. have agreed to complete the uniin-
I ished warps at Strange's mill, and after
3 ward to receive the wages paid before the
). reduction. This ends the strike.
\ A Bloomington (Ill.) special reports
: fro N cancer of the stomach, an incurable
disease.
The vote of West Virginia on the capt.
Il tai question gives no point majority OF
@ ALI the votes cast, and, therefore, a
o second election will have to take place in
@ October, 1873, which is TIE date Of the
d next general election In West virginia.
The competing points will then be Clarks-
d burg and Charleston.
n AT San Francisco one Hanks shot Daily
= i'm a fit OF jealousy. The next day Hanks
was found dead in his cell at the city
d prison. BY some unknown means ne
% had obtained possession of a Springfield
9 rifle, some of which were stored IN that
l. part of the prison, and placing the muzzie
II foot. He left note saying that the sui
o eide was the coolest act OF his life
n The cotton crop i'm the Southern States
bids fair To be quite up to the average
70 although 1t is ten days TO two weeks later
k than usual.
a. -Iuthe Georgia Constitutional Conven-
D, ton resolution declaring the bonds IL
10 legal, null and void, and prohibiting the
a Legislature fromaeyer payng them, a.
n of I6i to l6. The proceeds of the sales Of
D. State railroads are to be set aside, to ex'
ID tinpuish the Indebtedness OF the state or
their account. A sinking fund of SlOO, OO(
r. per annum to purchase tho bonds OF the
" State for the purpose of retiring them, II
l. established.
9, San Francisco had $780, 900 fire or
.. Wednesday, mostly frame buildings o
N little value, occupied as stables, small
10 manufacturing establishments, saloons
sailor boarding houses, small groceries
IN etc.
n. The strike of 400 coal wheelers at Der
n gen Point is ended, receiver Tillinghss
of promising that il tile strikers did no
re make fifteen cents per hour by workint
at the reduced rate tor the next thirty
az DAYS, he would raise their earnings y
w that figure.
The cases of Curtin, Lof, Green, Fish
~ err, Glenn, Allen, curtis, Copee, Ratz, ant
"a Goodhue, members of tho executive
." COMMITTEES of the workingu1ens party q
st. Louis during the late strike, and VIII
p have made incendiary speeches In publ
81 and melted others to riotous proceedings
no were nolle pressed in the Court of Grim
" inal Correction and the men marches
'st out of court in triumph,s and were con
W; graduated by large crowd OF friends.
20. United States Marshal Purnell wa
shot twice and probably fatally wounde
n at Galveston. Texas, by Frank BrittOr
is, Accounts of the affray are confictint
en- It is known that the two gentlemen bt
of longed to opposing factions OF the Reput
nd to the distribution of Federal patronae
of in that State.
TO The Canadian authorities would lil
' i,s to get rid of Sitting Bull. A commissio
az al will be appointed to arrange terms. A
20, 90 unconditional. surrender will be r
W" quired by our government.
DEER LODGE, Aug. ii, o a. NV.
A.. Edwards has lust arrived from Big Ho
". bringing accounts of terrible battle b
~ tween Gibbons command and the NJ
Perces on the Big Horn River on Augu
Dr. 1 9th. Gibbons command, consisting
-E' 1872 men, IL officers, 1873 regulars and
, citizen volunteers crossed over from Ro
DE- Hole on Wednesday, starting at
o'clock. On the same night they NOV
,an down all the troops with the exception
ris- few left to guard transportation fe
for which was made on the Big Hole abo
ust three rbilSss bslowywhere the Bitter Re
I i'll and Bahnock fail ceosses. AtVdayig
this morning the night opened by the vt
the unteers firing on and killing an lndi
0 TO after horses. The charge was then ma
on the camp and hard fighting occurr
hot for the next two hours, during viii
nn,, time large numbers of men and India
avs were killed. The soldiers then
Oh CHARGED ON THE LODGES,
) i'm but were repulsed i'm the attempt. T
Indians then attempted to cut them frc
( of a high wooded point, hut the soldit
charged, and driving the Indian advan
!, q, from It., held Il ana at[once fortified
= as az The fighting continued all day and "
are still progressing fitfully when the courl
pay ny left ut III o'clock. The fighting was
on DESPERATE ON BOTH SIDES.
ike The fnll force of the Indians being In I
fsff.T Can't Logan and Lieutenant Brs
the ldy we're Killed. Cen. Gibbon, Ga
Q in Williams, and Lieutenants sCooledI
500 ErIpIisii and gWoodruff were lv0und'
his Gen. Gibbofi only slightly. Bradleyv
pity the first man killed. The messenger "a
tlsat agtefs they failed TO. capture
n lodges. the Indians moved their camp
= 70 In the direction OF Bannock. All tn
ytv horses beifia captufed, thelnessenger