Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-05-10
Miscellaneous News.
ruE WESTERN RAILWAY ZOO,

rates, Was adopted hy the association.
! II names the combined roads, The
Southwestern Railroad Association.
The Chicago roads are entitled Is Ii
! per cent of the gross business; the st.
\ Louis roads, the same, and tho llanni.
bal and St. Joseph, 10 per cent This
/ applies 70 all tonnage to or through
Kansas City, lcapcnworth, st. Joseph
and AtehiSou, ON the west; or to or
4 through 81. Louis, Louisiana, Hannibal,
Quincy Davenport, Burlington or Chi
eago, on the cast, Tho associated lines
Me 10 charge full local rates on Colora-
do business. Any road receiving moro
than IFS allotted proportion may retain
10 per cent of the earnings thcrcfrom.
! The Wabash road is recognized MS the
western conuec ion vt tho Hannibal 4
st, Joseph road, The organization is to
continue till January nex; The follow.
ing are the rates on wcst-bound freight
from Chicago FIRST class, So cts; sec.
ond, 70 cts; third, ~ cts; fourth no etS.
GOING WEST.
\ Topeka, Kansas, dispatch ol the
! 18th inst, says contracts have boon let
10y tho Atchisou, Topeka, and Santa Fc
railroad Tor carthwork, uuncling, ana
trackhying ON the first 100 miles of the
New MeNicocNtcnsion. The provisions
OF tine various contracts arc that the
road is to hc completed to
Trinidad, hy August l5, "a Tho
summit of Rotten Mountain by Nov. |,
and 70 Clifton, New Mexico, hy Feb. /.
The awards let, aggregate III value, 81
4 50OtWu. Preparatory work for the com
pleton Of 100 miles "a Los Vegas Il
being pushed forward rapidly, and con.
tracts will lac lot ut m early dny.
Contracts have been lot for 3O5, 900
| tics, and for all the IRON, Preparations
are also being made for Let.
ting the work ON the Lead Hill extern.
zion. There will he work for many
men and teams in South Colorado.
SITTING null
Adviccs from Gen. Shcridan's head.
quarters in Chicago under date of May
2nd say that intelligence is received
from Gen. Miles on the Yellowstone.
Gen. Miles communication is dated
April 2nd, just u month ago to-day.
II appears that II delegation consisting
Of Crow Shield and LII men, all chiefs
~
Bull To opCn the WAY for negotiations
for i return az tho hostics froa tho
British Possessions In United States ter
ritory. The hafbrocd conveyed the
message 70 Gen. Miles, by whom il wns
forwarded enst. Tho unusual sight
Of band of 80 Indians, al
prominent "bucks direct from
the villages of the hostilcs
seems 10 hint that tile Cypress Hills
country sa good hunting ground for
the Sioux to migrate from, and they're
evidently ready To do that very thing
whenever the war department aud the
weather will let them. Thispcacc com.
mission desired to return with the
Generals answer across the line, and
| hoped he would inform them within
twenty days under whit conditions
they could return 70 their old homes
along the Missouri and its nllluents
They intimated that they had heard Of
the plan to build II new military post
on Milk river, and sad such n thing
would punish the friendly Indians for
what was the fault of the hoslilcs
Tho willy $. Bull told his ambassadors
to say that I" the Great Father WAS too
rich 70 ask for our little ponies and poor
guns for, said he, "whcn We get into
M agency we cannot get enough to
eat without them"
General Miles answer was lust what
he expected lie sent word 10 them
that il the hostilcs desired "a come
in and lay aside their war.
like attitude, and ccasc their prepare
tions, that peace could be made. This
would terminate the trouble between
the whites and the Indians. The host
lies would he benefited by coming in
aud being treated NJ the friendly Indi-
ans had been and were cared for. The
Indians, if they came in, must give UP
their guns and ponies used III war; and
they were assured they would receive in
exchange cattle and other prop
crty, which IN time Of peace
would be OF far greater
value to them. Whit Gen. Miles told
these Indians seventeen months before
he repeated, and they no doubt found
ii true; namely, that they must not re-
main III that country as hostiles; they
had lost many men and much property
in war, and part Of their hunting
grounds had been taken away from
them. If their hostility continued other
military posts would be built, but if
they were peaceablo toward the govern
mcnt they would be provided for NJ other
friendly Indians who have remained
quiet and friendly. The Indians were
assured that the whites didn't want the
buffalo on the northern range, bat they
were reminded that the heavy game
would not last always. and that they
should cultivate the raising Of domestic
stock in their place. The General