The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1877-03-31

Eleventh Infantry, and four companies of First In
fantry, when he will have about 400 cavalry md
| LOCO infantry. The Seventh Cavalry will march
overland, and the infantry will be conveyed by
boats. All information received here from the
Upper Missouri goes to show that the hostile In
dams have divided into widely separated, bands
probably not intending TO unite this season. The
| troops win have weary campaign chasing them.
| No news has yet been received from Spotted
Tail or the hostiles. 1t is feared that the peace
Chief and his entire band forcibly detained in
the hostile village, or else that Crazy Horse and
Sitting Bull are merely daliying and putting off
iaa1 answer to gain time. Grass is already grow
ing and pasturage will soon maintain the PONIES of
| the savages on the war path.
| A LETTER from Red Cloud, dated the 10Th, says
some 400 hostiles have arrived at Spotted Tail
| Agency during the present month. No advices
| from Chief Spotted Tails mission to Crazy Horse
| have arrived.
| DECREE was issued in the United States Dircut
Court, at Springfield, ILL.,, directing the Hon.
George N. Black, Receiver of the Springfield and
Northwestern Railroad, to pay the taxes of 1876 and
prior years by or befor the LIST of May next This
is extension of time, previous decree orderinay
| he payment March J..
| VIM. HAYES, San Francisco lawyer tried to
shoot the editor of the a, but the latter whipped
him, took away his pistol and delivered him to the
police.
CHICO. CAL, dispatch says great excitement is
prevailing there from the fact that number of cit
liens received threatening letters through the post
Offices reading: sect rid of your Chinese help
| within Is days or suffer the consequences" An
officer received notice warning him If he attempted
| to discover who killed the Cinnamon woodcutters
recently, he would be himself killed. The talk is
| common ON tho atreet of forming vigilance CON-
mitee. The rewards offered thus far aggregate So
| 500, including $1,000 from the state.
| IT is reported that the Illinois Central Railroad
company have brought the Jackson & Great West
ern railroad at New Orleans, paying for it 1885,
600, and assuming all mortgages and Indebtedness,
The northern section of the road will be bought by
the same company, thus giving the Illinois Central
an outlet to New Orleans.
| PRIVATE kilograms say that the freight rates on
corn from Kansas City, Leavenworth and Atchi-
have been reduced to IA cents to St. Louis and
10 cents to Chicago. This will msasurably raise
the grain blockade at Kansas City and other western
points, and enable owners to reduce their losses
somewhat.
| IT is understood that arrangements have been
concluded for establishing reliable passenger and
express line vie the Missouri river route and Fort
Pierre to tie Black Hills.
| CAPT. E. WARD, the we'll known steamboat and
vessel owner, of Detroit, Mich, made an assign
mont March 16. Indorsing paper for Caleb Ives,
who failed lately, is reported as the cause of his
| failure.
SPECIAL to the Cineinnati Commercial says Beck
& stonebraker, grain buyers and pork packers, at
Hagerstown, Ind, have made an assignment. Liza
bities $120, 600; assets not known.
WASHINGTON.
| MINIsTER WAsHBURNE informed a friend re-
Gently that he had asked to be recalled and he ex-
| pected his request would be complied with. His
friends say he will return from Paris in the fall and
prepare to contest the senatorial succession with
Senator Oglesby.
WHILE, as general principle, the presidents
plan of civil-service reform does not contemplate
the removal of those whose commissions have not
expired this is only adopted as general rule af-
ferding solid ground to stand at the start. But
| 1t can be accepted beyond question equally
part of the presidents plan to to 1t that if Office
| has been obtained by improper means, if i'm
proper persons found in Office, the mere fact of
their holding commissions will afford them pro-
lection. All cases of this kind brought to the at
tention of the president will be fully considered
rapidly as they can be reached
IT Is reported on good authority that the Hon
| Thomas Russell, Minister Resident at Caracas,
Venezuela, has been recalled by telegraph.
THE postofice department made provision for
mail communication with the Black Hills country,
orders beng issued for the establishment of tri-
weekly service between Kearney, Neb, and Dead
wood, in the Brck Hills region, distance $50 miles,
to commence May /. Also for the establishment OF
daily service between Hot Greek, wyo., and Dead
wood, 121 miles, beginning April 1. The direct
service from Kearney will also supply number of
Nebraska settlements.
The most significant straw in the South Caro-
lima case is the arrival at Washington on the 10th
| inst. of Mrs. chamberlain and child with seven
or eight great trunks indicating an intention to
stay. Chamberlain himself is expected to arrive
| soon, and it certainly looks though he did not
intend to return to South Carolina 1t lis rumored
that satisfactory proposition has been made him,
and he has come to sign terms Oh which he
will abdicate, leaving the state in quiet possession
of Hampton.
Ex-PREsIDENr GRANT, accompanied by Mrs.
Grant, will leave Washington brief visit to the
West, with view to arrange his private business
preparatory to his departure for Europe.
IN the case Of Mary E. Oliver ys. ex-senator ST.
mon Cameron, action for breach of promise in
which $4,000 are claimed defendant has filed his
plea as follows: "And now comes defendant, and
Tor plea to the declaration filed ag ainst him in the
above entitled case, says that he never promised az
alleged"
| THE President has not found himself allie to APP
prove any of the plans which have been suggested
to obvate the apparent necessity of an extra ses-
SAW "a ASoos
desire of all parties to discover some means if any
exist, by which the army can be maintained with
| out called session of Congress; and although he
considers all plans that have yet been suggested
insufficient or impracticable, he will not finally de-
eide the matter until after further consultation
| with cabinet members.
THERE is great excitement over the discovery of
the alleged frauds upon the Treasury in payment
of interest on registered bonds. The plan of pro-
| ceeding seems to have been this The Treasury
| Department would purchase quantity of regis
tered bonds in the market, and place them in the
Treasury Department. They then belonged to the
| government Assistant Treasurer Charles F, Co.
nant, Daniel Baker and Mr.. Big Glow, clerks, were
cognizant of these transactions, and formed ring
to profit by them. The took the number of the
bonds, and the names in which they were regis
tered, and furnished these to New York specu-
iator named William Howe, who prepared bogus
powers of attorney, an collected the accrued inter-
est from the Department, after sharing il with
| oonant, Bigelow and Baker,
/ SENATOR GORDON, of Georgia, at the invitation of
President Hayes, on the 18th nsc held long con-
ference with him at the White House, in reference
to the Southern question. Senator Lamar and
Messrs. Levy and Ellis of Louisiana were also
present. Senators Lamar and Gordon have no
hesitation in saying that they are satisfied with the
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