The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-08-25
The Hostile sez Perces 10 Possession CT
Rock Stage Siztios-The Road De-
stroyed, Wires Cut, and Travel
Stopped Nothing Heard
From Howard.


Progress ta New Easisna
WASHINGTON, August - Parsons
Is the probable United States distriei
attorney for Alabama.
The following WAS received at the
war department, dated San Antonio,
Texas, August 18th, addressed to the
acknowledgement. and signed l.y Brig
adler General Ord: Gust received
From General Sylvester the following.
Three OF the outlaws were caught last
night at Csmsrgo, the leader and two
others. The band consisted Of eight,
two Of whom are residents OF Texas,
i've Mexicans and one whose nation
slity Is unknown. General BsnsSides
feels that the balance, Including the
prisoners, will be caught. The author
tiles have their names"
The baud OF outlaws Ia that which
broke open the Jail at Rio Grand City
few nights ago, and released certain
prisoners confined therein.
A salt Lake City dispatch says the
hostile Nez Perces Indians were re-
ported yesterday at Still Camp, in Hub
in the Rock Stage station, Idaho.
They have destroyed the line in the
vicinity and stopped all travel over
the road for several days.
A large party Of tesmsters are camp
ed and fortifying themselves short
distance from the north snake river.
II Is reported that the stock Of the
indians is ia poor condition, and that
they are stopping at the stage stations
TO recuperate. using the proprietors
barns and grain
A dispatch from Fort Hall agency,
Idaho. says Captain BsiBbridge With
a company of scouts, enlisted from the
BaDnocks and Shoshoues, LEFT Fort
Hall yesterday for the hostile camp at
Hub, in the Rock Station, about ninety
miles north OF here.
Accounts received here yesterday
state that the hosiiles had possession
Of the station and would allow no one
TO pass either way. They Iold those
who have made the attempt, To turn
back aud they would not be molested.
1t is not known that any one has been
hurt.
The telegraph line is down aud the
wires strung In different directions.
All the young Bannocks and Sho>
shones at this agency who can raise a
gun, have left this morning 10 fight
the hostiles.
DEER LoDcE, MONTANA, August IS.
To General Terry Commanding ID partmenr
of st. Paul:
Have just arrived. The wounded
are getting aiong, thanks 10 the prompt
assistance sent by the citizens OF II eis-
ia, Dear Lodge aud Butte They will
reach here in three days. General
Howard left the battle-iie ia pursuit
! day before yesterday. Only iifty oi
his Infantry were up and with him
He has three officers and fifty men.
met Sarwood's company Ct the second
cavalry ON the Big Hole, and he !,
I probably with Howard by this time
/ Cushing's two companies of artillery
passed here this morning ia wagons
and L have ordered them to pusi
down the stage road at forty miles q
| day. If the stock will stand Il. Hav.
also telegraphed the officer nj Fort
Hail 10 start some of the Bannocks IN
| towards Lembi and the mountain
passes, To get information as u which
way the Neg Perces are heading
They cannt travel rapidly with theil
1 wounded, and tie next time ilev ar,
struck, they VIII be ruined. MANI
thanks tor your cordial recognition o.
our services IN your dispatch of Ia,
18th, received yesterday.
GIEBoS, Commanding.
A succession VI pleasant incidents
Continue ia the New EaglAnd prog.
ress. The entire executive party, ex,
cept Key, seem 10 have had maternal
or paterDal aouroe, and sometimes I 9th
in Yankee land. When President
Hayes claimed that he was the son,
some three generations removed, of q
puritan blacksmith, il is reported that
the band played the anvil chorus from
II Trovatore."
WAsRINGros, August ls.-Agrieul-
ture Commissioner LeDae has two
ideas One is to save So, coo, 900 70
the country by stimulating tue pro-
duction OF sugar, and the ether Is 70
persuade it to raise over the deserts OF
the far west by planting forests there.
The commissioner, however, Is DOT by
any means without other ideas, more
or less practicable.
Secretary Sherman, in making bis
speech yesterday, st Mansfield, Ohio,
gave history Of " hat the present nd.
ministration had done. In doing &C
he spoke only for himself. The presi.
dent had authorized hin to say one
thing only, and that was, that all re,
ports imputing TO him in any partici.
patton, whatever, In the nomination
ofihe candidates on the state ticket
or any desire TO influence the senate.
rial contest in Ohio, are utterly groand.
less. His speech canuo; he condensed.
Ii VIII require elaboration to make II
comprehensive.