The Red Cloud chief., 1878-12-26
snrtsnGan1 Record.

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N. murder ~ v Vase, In June lat. hai
been found guilty Of murder II the nt.t dc
gree.
\ man named Rhoads was NsAssina
ted at Germantown. Tenn, dec. pth. H. va,
.boi white sitting In q store by ,one unkhort
person.
Police officer John Scott. ~ Sacra.
mento, Cal, was shot through the head and
Killed In that city On the night of Dec. sth, b,
parties unkno~b.
On the morning ~ Dec. 18th, Peter
! Murhmciss.r. of Cincinnati. bes, his wife over
the head with q nst iron until be supposed h.r
q cad, and then wen. out and hanged himself
H. H. Eddins. at Memphis, has been
found, In the United states Circuit Court,
guilty Of stuf,ng III. bsllot boz, at Bartlett,
with fraudulent tickets, at the last presiden.
tial election. lie vas q judge Of election and
. prominen, citizen.
John OConnor. an cx.mcmber 81 the
Ohio Legislature, who was convicted In the
United states Court ~ forging e-tAin papers
- procure an invalid pensioo, has been sen
N'f''' ~ 'f' ~ htI'ts'ssf'fh w INV
Montgomery county Jail, and TO pay the costs
NJ prosecution.
j. NJ. Pompfrcy. editor of the Sdfnv-
d'y Frs"'ng Press, Of Covington, Ky. ha.
been sentenced to pay = fine OF go and 10 I'm
pfisonrd for sixty days, for publishing q libel.
Gus article rejecting on the Hon. John q. Carl
tale, the present member ~ Congress FROM
that district.
Ga Sunday morning. December 18th,
In Boston, Patrick Cain, while In bed, was shot
four times by hs brother In-lsw, Charles Cal
ishan. Cain chased Callahan, aud a. the lat.
ter reached the kitchen, he seized q carving
knife and cut his Own throat, dying almost IN.
stantly. Cain cannot live.
On Sunday morning. December stb,
down near sumn-rvilic, Texas some masked
men surrounded the house % John stuil, and
threw = torpedo inside. The inmates came
rushing out, when the Asaa-sins .hst and XIII.
ed Rufus Smith and John S,uil, and wounded
Smiths wife and baby, The asaass,ns arc un.
known.
Tho Surgeon of tho Virginia pcnitcn.
tisry reports that Of the no couviets hired a.
the James River 4 KanAwm Canal Co, last
year. ~ died Of bad treatment, exposure and
hlthy accommodations Til. shows q mortal.
ity Of 10 per cent, white In the prison II IL
only gu per cont. The Legislature has ap-
pointed q committee to Investigate the matter.
Tho Boston Herald says there are
several gangs Of bogus commission merchants
a., ,l., Ia. ..-l..l ,n,l.. Lad. -.
supplies all the capital. They obtain cons,gn.
mcnts on credit by means IL circulars quoting
high prices, and dispose ot the goods In New
York At how rates. More than y million ~
dollars has heon realised, sud ss the Law does
not reach them, the business ,hrvcs.
James Dcvinoy shot and killed John
i~larrcll, near Memphis. Tenn, ON the night VI
December 9th, %iIarrcll, who belonged tn a
gang Of dcsperadoes, went To Devincy's resi-
dcncc, csllei him out, presented his pistol,
and said that he had a death warrant for him
and his brother. Dcviney went into his house.
procured his shot gun, and killed Harrcll ~
he "a, on his horse, With his pistol still In his
hand. The coroncr's Jury rendered . verdict
Of justihAbl homicide,
Al MI Carrie, Florida. n short time
ago. -four negroes attempted To burn . mill
and then bea, the SUPPLEMENTARY wife, aud
compelled her to give ny s&M. The negroes
were arrested, but the jail where they were
confined Vas burned down aud they we're
lodged In the court house. A band of masked
men the morning 81 Dee. 18th %ovcrpowcred
the guard, took the prisoncr. out aud shot
two dead and m~or,slly ~can lei q third. The
fourth escaped hu, surrcniercd to the authors.
ties.
A Louisville dispatch Of Dec. 9th
SANS A special disIatch from Mt sterling,
Nv, 10 the Courier Journal says James Petit,
Deputy L, s Marshal, arrived there last night
from a point ~ milcs frm jackson, the scene
of the late disturbance In Brrsthitt county,
and IMPORTS arother collision between the par,
ties II Bil strong and Jerry Little which &c
CURED "Wednesday evening last. Four men
were Killed and seven wouaded. Jerry Little
l. among the Killed. The report Ia confirmed
by tthe mail carrier from Compton, Wolfe
county, situated ~ miles this side Of Jack
soa.
A dispatch from Nebraska City, Of
pcecmher 10th, says thr Jury si that place
found Henry jackson, Henry Martin and Vim. |
Z Twins guilty Of murder In the sccoad DE-
grc', for killing Charles slosum and outrag- |
In his wife, The evidences seemed 10 warrant
Az rdset Of murder Ia the art degree. and
Judge GaAin ~ stssed IN the sentence Of pen
i~ten,iAry for life. which he passed upon the
murdercrs About two o'chrck "a the morn
ing of DECEMBER loth, . crowd assembled at |
the jail, broke In the DOR, o~vcrpowcrrd the |
Tailor, seized Martin and Jackson, and taking
them half . mile south Of the court house, |
hung them 10 tree, where the bodies we're
found that morning. Givins vas taken 10 the !
psniten,iAry BY q strong guard.
An Omaha dispatch Of Dec. II, says;
Two men named ke,chum and Mitchell, &C, |
eased ~ stealing stock. aud Who rccently XII.
81 . herdsr named Stevens while trying IA N.
rect them, we're oa rue~day night taken from
the shsst6 of Center coansy and his posse by Q |
mob Of armed men, uho tied then 10 . trss
and harmed then kolA 10 AeasA. r. uspb -