The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-30

beginning Decemberses N0n
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GENERAL NEWS.
The body of j. H. Msckey, of the Law
firm of Lewis Il Mackey, brooklyn, N
Y, was found few miles back 81 New.
port, KY, lying In Q dense thiokat, badly
decom posed and with theskuIl fractured
A considerable amount OF money ami
valuable papers were found on the body
showing that the. man had not been muir
dered fOrrhis money, but the coroner'a
jury failed to discover anything to fix the
crime upon any person. - n asst
Guelph, Ont, had a $4,000 fire Tues
day.
The Treasury Department declares that
the importation of sugars, artificially col
ored for purposes of securing their entry
\ at the custom house a. lower rate of du-
| ty than would be eharged upon thu color
attained by the ordinary process of man
OF the revenue laws Gin ftiture), and all
importations of that character made In
New York after the first Of October pexi
will be sieEed and importers prosecuted
The collectors are. unearthing Illicit
Sissi l ss and tobacco .msnafacsogiss y
The Western Union and Atlantic and
Pscifc Telegraph Companies have beep
consolidated, and rates will be advanced.
u A conferences is being held with the
Indians at Spokane Falls. One hundred
chiefs and head men are to be present. /,
+ Cards closely resembling United States
obligations orsecurities are so frequently
used rs advertising mediums by business
firms that the s0Overnment, In order to
protect the people, has determined to stop
the practice, aud will, prosecute all en-
gagged in the work In future. - ;
The Pspal delegate at Montreal has CIV
en- instructions that in, future priests
must not interiors with their people In
voting at elections.
Reports from Idaho say. that the hostile
Indians are moving about from place to
place. Howard had slight skirmish at
the head of Comas Creek, and the next
night the Indians stole two hundred OF
his horses.
One thousand six hundred miners in
the Irwin district of Pennsylvania have
struck. They demand three cents per
bushel ofseventy-six pounds, pay every
two weeks, 2 halfinch scseens and a.
check weighman. - y a
Gen. Sherman has arrived safely at
Helena, Montana.
Wednesday the withdrawal ofgold from
the Bank Of England included 100000
In American eagles for the United States.
Recent rains have greatly improved the
crop prospects in California.
Cows. Mathews, of West Virginia, and
Carroll, of Maryland, have notified the
War Department that the United States
troops are no longer needed along the
line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Gen. Hancock will order their immedi-
ate withdrawal.
The National Board of Trade, in session
at Milwaukee,, declared in favor Of reci-
procity with Canada; in favor Of the issue
the legal tender notes In four
per cent. bonds; Tor an amendment Of the
Law to prevent dishonest cred
itors taking advantage Of its provisions;
and approving the work OF the signal
service. 4 En-
Richard -Schuck, who was hung at
Owenton, KY, last month, it now ap-
pears, was innocent.
Dispatches from Salt Lake. say that the
hostile Indians took Possession Of Hole !
in Rock stage station, % miles south from /
Pleasant Valley. The Indians destroyed
the telegraph lines in that vicinity, stop
ped the stages and all travel upon the
road, and were in the neighborhood Of
the station for three days. = ~ I'D
The Indians left Hole-in-Rock station
on the 10th or 10th, on the approach Of
They went west or northwest
and surprised Howard's men who had
charge of the pack animals and loose
stock. The attack was made at daylight
on the morning of the Goth, at Coma's
Eaodouyo xx,tich "a aloxv< On M On aosf NJ
Dry Creek stage station. The IndiahS
S0t Away with about 100 OF Howard's
pack animals, and also three horses be-
longing to Montana volunteers.
Capt. Norwood and Col. Sanford fol.
lowed the Indians with three companies
Of cavalry, and overlook them when
about six miles distant. +, There was q
skirmish in which one soldier was
killed and six wounded. The wounded
soldiers were taken to Pleasant Valley
station, where one named Samuel A.
Glass has since died. Howard has been
by, Capt rBsinbridge, from
ESEt as w,sh Gn Sssnsp sSa tsOs at
present in pursuit of the Indians, who
sre sepposed 20 be making for Henry's
Lske which is about sixty miles north
east rom the stage road where the cross
ing was made. isI,B aEs r='i f'fah
Ia ~ s|ra J = IA q
An independents special from Fort
Shaw Dfont.,a says that the news from
Fort Benton states that there are indica-
tfons of an outbreak among the Gros
ventres, Assiniboines, and Piegans- Six
ty horses have been stolen, from Mill
springs and Blackfoot agency. 'e $500
.ssrhB contestinT0ronto over the Dunkin
act (Which enables. every county and mu-
nicipality in the province Of Ontario, II O
its..vOters vote to accept Its
TO prohibit the saleio Of all In
liquors, IN quantities less than
fjv0 .gaIlons) has resulted In q defeat OF
Mo act On rs the .other, hand, the three
counties of Ontnrio which have voted up
pm thss1 ncstiono{ Doping the Hfo ,isas
g accept them by decided majoritiess as
the following figures show:
Ass., ,.~p,, s..e.s's > ~ ~ xa AZ As. ~
Ker,t,.s ~ u - % AZ 2,s7S 79S
,ii.-s IN 2y06t ~ sa69l
Durham 1919 ''.s.-r2' 1904 80 ~
-: :. Total, s' -. = ~, - s.sz3 2,lss
In Durham county every township
Bave a majority for pr3bfPition; In, Kent
all but one, and in Northumbe rland all
butthtea sn.I .r.ase 49, 30,
nlrSssds; which shows that businSsi in
nearly every fine IN that city - more hc-
tive thar 4 sSX sss aSs aa sss R Pc The
FhiS e ssSdy ss Of
at hnn<kse bss pr~sssTsneo fiaw
. Nd,spstch nom Council Blum, iowa,
dated f64 9th, says |: y Two spans Of. thet
Missourii favsr bridge At this place, ESQ
feet each In length, were blown down and
almost wholly dsstroysd dnrins 3 Aioi lent
wind and rain storm which PIeys4ea
the north snd struck the esgter1y end OF
inc Immense structure with such force
a. 10 wreck 500 feet Of nc nom ~ con-
nections and topple Il iuto, The river,
twisting the large wrought iron stsipge r.