The Red Cloud chief., 1877-04-12

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the night Of March 25th.. Thatcher
&Sons' cotton mill. at Derby. Pa. burned
March 18th. Loss. 10000: insurance.
e2s.OOO....A bold attempt was made To
rob the Black Hills and Cheyenne stage
near Deadwood, on the eveningof March
18th. As the coach was coming down
a canon, two and a half miles from
DeadwoCd, five masked men appeared
and commenced firing on the coach
Johnny Slaughter. the driver. was killed
and another mar slightly wounded. The
horses started rapidly and never stop
ped until they arrived In town. the dri-
yer Of the road dead. About 20 shots
were fired at the coach. but all the pas
sengers, except one. Walker Iler, escaped
unhun. A party went out and found
the body of the driver. with a charge OF
buckshot in his breast. The robbers
got no booty. The Sheriff offers $500
reward for them dead or alive. There
was a severe sleet storm in some parts
Of Tennessee. March oath. which it Is
feared, has killed the fruit.
The dam OF the Stafford Mills reser-
vOir, at Stafford, Conn, gave way on
the morning of March 9th, causing
fearful destruction Of property in the
village. The probable loss in the vii.
lage alone is estimated at $4,000. while
a vast amount of other property below
was also destroyed. The losses at Con-
v~erseville are estimated at 100000.
At the latter place thirty houses were
destroyed, aud mills and bridges were
washed away. At Stafford the Con-
gregatiOnal church, National Bank,
Home Insurance Building, five dwell.
ling houses of the Granite Mill Co.,
freight depot, and many other smaller
buildings were destroyed "A young
man named Charles Lamar, clerk in
the American Express Office at Cleve-
land, a few days ago receipted for a
package containing sl,577, pOcketed the
money, and disappeared. At Topeka,
Kansas, March 9th, a shooting ARRAY
occurred between j. Clark Swayze,
editor of the Blade and John w. Wilson,
formerly of the Topeka Times. in which
Swayze was killed. st. Charles Hotel,
at Patterson, n. J., burned March 9th.
Several guests were injured by jump
ing from the windows. The furniture
mandatory of Staly& Waltz, Chicago.
burned March 9th. Loss, $4,000. =.
A $4,000 fire occurred at East st. Louis,
March 9th. The Mutual Protection
Insurance Co., Of Philadelphia, has
made an assignment for the benefit of
creditors. IA concern known as THE
Kentucky Cash Distribution Company"
at Louisville, has filed a petition in
bankruptcy. One drawing had taken
place, and another has been extensively
advertised Charles NJ. Sterling, who
was to have been hung at Youngstown,
Ohio, March 18th, for the murder two
years ago of a young German girl
named Lizzie Grumbacker, has been
respited by Gov. Young till April 2lst
Miss A. NJ. Hulett. a Chicago lady
lawyer, died in San Diego, California,
March Goth. She commanded great
respect from the profession, both on &C.
count of her legal requirements and her
high character.
Gay Kimball, Of Dalton, N. H., aged
IS, On the night of March 9th, while
drunk, beat his wife to death. DIR.
Vim. Van Epps, of Dixon. ILL.,, formerly
President of the State Board of Agri-
culture, and member of the Illinois
branch of the Centennial Board of FL
nance, has been ~adjudged insane and
taken to the Elgin Asylum. OverwOrk
is said to be the ause. The COM
pany owning the Gait House in Louis
vile, the largest hotel in the South, has
gone into bankruptcy. The hotel, how
ever, will not be closed. Nine stores
and dwellings at Enfield, n. c., were
burned on the night of March 9th.
Loss, $4,000; partially insured. The
furniture factory of COMBS, Hartman
& Co, at Tell City, Ind, burned March
2sth. Loss, $4,000. "A fire at Clinton,
N. c., on the night Of March nth, de-
stroyed much of the business part of
the town and many private residences.
Loss. S50.OOO.. AT the late meeting of
the stockholders of the Chicago, Bur.
lingtOn & Quincy Railroad Company.
the old set of officers were reelected.
New counterfeit State of Missouri
bonds are said to be out, and until the
matter is investigated money lenders
are cautioned against receiving any of
that class of securities. The amount
of the new batch is 100000.