New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-23

| firm Of Heugh BIZ flour & Co., was one Of the
Oldest eastern shipping houses in Manchester
100000 of their liabilities fall chiefly on
Manchester cloth and yarn agents. The fail
ure was announced at the close of business
and caused immense excitement. Their fail
ure will affect several small firms
The CivaI and Military Gagette states
that General Sir Frederick Paul Hanes,
comma nder-in chief of the British force in
India will assume command at Peshawur,
where 80, 900 troops are already concentrated
Reinforcements for the British army continue
to arrive, and war is considered inevitable.
The Afghans are practicing with heavy guns
in Khyber Pass, and it IS believed Ali Musiid
had been strengthened and armed with heavy
siege guns.
Great Indignation is expressed at the
burgh's command in letting the indians on
the South Platte river escape. Even court
martial is talked Of. A Leavenworth, Kansas,
telegram says, the number of white settlers,
ranchmen and herders killed by the reds dur
ing their sweep through the northwestern
part of that State is estimated at at least
seventy-five and probably more, many being
killed who will doubtless never by heard from.
Some twenty-five or thirty women were out
ragged and murdered.
The steamer Belgise arrived at San
Francisco with Hong Kong dates to Sept 18th
and Yokohama dates to 2nd The difficulties
between the foreign Christian missions, and
native fanatics continue in the province Of
Fa KEN. Churches and schools were burned
down by the rioters. Dangerous mobs have
occurred in the district of Chusan in conse-
quence OF oppressive taxation. Two hundred
thousand peasants threaten to rise at Negpo,
The officials have only $4,000 troops in the
neighborhood. Several lives are already los
in dissultory conflicts.
The yellow fever continues distressing
ly severe at the South. A new element
trouble is being developed Vicksbure,
Miss, telegram reads as follows: The relief
problem is assuming a very unsatisfactory
phase. The Senegambian wards Of the nation
are all allying in a body uuder the tocsin of
government rations. They are leaving corn
unpicked on the stocks, and the cotton in the
balls, to flock to every point where relief is
dispensed. They have carried the fever from
the river inland for $50 miles, carrying more
woe and restitution than ever did Sherman's
bummers rebel gurrillas There is plenty
of work for every mothers son of them on
the plantations, levee and river, but they have
abandoned the former, and the latter are in
consequence idle and deserted
At Mount Vernon, Indiana, seven
negroes entered house of ill.fame and by
threats ndviolence succeeded in ravshing
five white women living there. -Four of the
negroes were arrested, Deputy sheriff Thomas
and Hayes went to the residence of Dan Har-
rlson, father OF one of the three missing ones,
to make an arrest Of his son. Dan Harrison re-
sisted their entrance to the house and shot
Deputy Thomas killing him instantly.
Deputy Hayes shot the old man, SCATTERING
his arm. The news spread rapidly, and soon
mob of several hundred men surrounded
the jail where the old man Harrison had
been taken to keep company with the four
previously incarcerated. The Jail is very in
secure, and the mob surro unded it to prevent
the prisoners beng taken to Evansville for
safe keeping. Hearing that militia had been
ordered from Evansville the 9:2O A. M. train
was stopped by the mob mile before reach
ing Mt. Vernon and searched. Finding no
soldiers, the train was permitted to pass on
The crowd around the Jail increased in pro-
portion toward night. The telegraph opera
tor was run out Of his Office at $50 p. NJ.
About 100 men in long black masks proceed
ed to the jail at o'clock, took the four pris-
oners arrested Tuesday and hung them in the
Jail yard. The old man Harrison was cut to
pieces and thrown down privy vault. After
perpetratlng the horrible deed the mob dis
persed. The bodies of the four negroes
hung all day from the branches.of the locust
trees in the courtyard. At 5 o'clock they
were cut down and buried. The town is still
in state of tremendous excitement over the
affair. Nerly half score Of persons have lost
their lives since the terrible tragedy began
But some of the negroes are at large, and if
caught will probably share the fate of their
| fellows.