Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-04-05

600, both inclusive. Registered bonds,
$500, No. Z, 494 to No. Z, 900, both inclusive.
The President has appointed as Postmas-
tiers: William A. Denny at Vincennes, In
diana; Luke E. Heminway at Moline, Illi-
nois; John n. Hauser at Fon du Lac, Wis.
Also Marsden c. Burch United States At
torney for the Western District of Michi-
gan; Sullivan M. Cutcheon, United States
Attorney for the Eastern District of
Michigan; Solomon D. Matthews, United
States Marshal for the Eastern District Of
Michigan; James T. Lane, United States
Attorney for Iowa; Samuel B. McLen, as
sociate justice of the Supreme Court of
New Mexico; Wellington Bird, Iowa,
agent for the Indians at White River Agen-
cy, Montana. Winfield s. Krake, Post
master, at R~avenna, Ohio, reappointed.
The Treasury Department recommends
vigilance on the part Of customs officers in
the matter of importation of horses, cattle,
sheep and swine, so as to provide against
the introduction of rinderpest, which is
pronounced infectious as well as contagious.
A New York special from Tuckson, Ari-
IONA, says the following is a correct copy of
the original order given concerning the
Mountain Meadows massacre:
HSALT LAKE CITY, April 10, 1855 The
officer in command of the escort is hereby
ordered to see that every mar is we'll pro-
vided with ammunition, and to have 1t
ready at the time you see these teamsters
100 miles from the settlement. President
Young advises that they hould be all killed
to prevent them returning to Bridger to join
our enemies. Every caution hould be taken
and see that not one escapes. Secrecy is
required. BY order Of
"GEN. DANIEL Fl. WELLS.
"JAMEs FERGUSON, Assistant Adjutsnt-
General.'
The following gentlemen having accepted,
are announced as Commissioners to visit
Louisiana: Judge Charles Lawrence, Of
Illinois; ex-Gov. j. G. Brown, of Tennes-
see; Gen. Jos. R. Hawley, Of Connecticut;
Gen. John NJ. Harlan, Of Kentucky; and
Wayne McVeigh, of Pennsylvania.
EAST.
A fire at Pittsburgh (Pa.), on the night
of the ed, destroyed the stable of Weldon
& Kelly, ON Virgin Alley, just below Wood
Street, and, spreading rapidly, destroyed
also the furnace and range mandatory of
the same firm, j. G. Benefits CO.'S hat
mandatory and store-house, and four
small tenement houses. Total loss will
probably aggregate $40, 900.
A. Oakley Hall, ex-Mayor of New York
City, Observation-Disclosures Friday even
ing, the 10th, and has not been heard from
since. He was a prominent lawyer and a
journalist of note.
The Pennsylvania Legislature adjourned
!, sine die on the 23d.
Col. c.. T. Crittenden, first ~d0orkeeper OF
the Virginia House Of Delegates, was ar
r rested on the Goth, on a charge of defraud.
ing the State by raising the certificates Of
the members per diem, and sent to the
, Grand Jury for Indictment. His counse
y. waving @ preliminary examination, the
prisoner was committed to Jail without bail
In New York City, the afternoon of the
25th, Alfred Pickard, in a fit Of jealousy,
bound his wife to a chair in which she wa;
3 sleeping, and then cruelty d~isfigured hel
face by a free application of vitriol.
About 7 O'Clock, on the morning of the
= 9th, the dam of the Statfordsville Conn.
. Reservoir gave way, causing fearful dam
age TO property in the village of Stafford
t and neighborhood. The railroad, freight.
house, and all the cars were washed away.
. leaving only the passenger depot. Tht
t.. Stafford National Bank, Congregations
Church, and about fifteen other build
= ings have been washed away. The dam
It age to the railroad track was heavy, thre,
= miles being carried off, Also two Howe
Truss bridges between Stafford and Tolland
The reservoir belonged to the Reservoir
Company, owners of the mills on the stream
below. The dam was raised six feet tn
past winter, and the storm on the night o
the 26th filled it for the first time. Close b
h the reservoir stood the satinet mil
Of E. A. Converse, next tn
shoddy mill Of Jacob Basch, then tn
l. machine shop of Samuel A. Midon. Lowe
}. down was the Phoenix Manufacturing Com
;, pany's cashmere mill at Hydeville, an,
ia three miles below the Glen Mills Cotto
3, Warp Factory stood at Glenville. The Con
:, nersville Manufacturing C~ompany's cassi
70 mere mill, and G. M. Iver's granite mill
re for making cotton goods, were on the stream
in at Stafford Springs, about five miles frol
8. the dam. The reservoir was about
mile and a quarter long and averaged
quarter of a mile in width. The dam wa
lie about 20 feet high, but short, the streal
he bed being narrow from the stream below
The water is the head of the Willimanti
River. The probable loss in Stafford alon
ut is So, 600 900. No loss of life is yet re
I. ported. The loss in Charlottesville is yer
g. heavy.
lie Among the assets of the Ocean Nation.
lie Bank, sold at New York on the 9th, wei
. 5000 acres Of prairie lands in Jackson
Massac, Johnson and Williamson Countie
tie Qll,) }, at prices ranging from rs cents to 4
cents per acre.
At Littleton IN. H., while in a state
intoxicstion; Guy Kimball, aged 65, bes
his wife to death.
VEST ANzB OUr-
lie John D. Lee, convicted of the Mountai
n Meadows (Utah) massacre, 20 years age
= was shot at that place at IL a. M, on tn
22d, in execution of his sentence. Noun
l tain Meadows is about 80 miles from Beaver
y 40 miles from Cedar City, and about u mile
/ from Dina Uallau tho nnoroct folorro, ~