The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-25
Judge Mitchell. 81 %PhiladslphiA. ha.

NV
o,euuled lhs motioe ins . bs~ ursl In the
ca~ ~ Bl.sius P~storius, the sr priest, cpa-
vic,sd ~ The murder u Isque,ts, IN you,gom-
cry coun,y, lsTh, and sentsnced Prs,orius ~
te hsogrd. HIs oounei CAV. notice ,hs, the
cAse would h. carried W the supreme coar
The Northwestern National Bank. al
Chicago, IL rcie.ming oil Ia circulating note.
In gold, teing the fret ~ the National ,snh.
to take ,hi. step The broadway Bsnt, N-~
York. 10 paying oui gold In sums - 40 and
under The Third National Bank. Cincinnati.
commenced April 18Th. Ia roiesm - note. "a
presentation, Ia gold, and other National banks
~ that city we're expected IA Siop, the sAns
course
VIM. NJ Tweed died In the Ludlow
street Jail. Nrv York, April iRh. ~ the time
~ HE death there vas no struggle. He passed
away In sleep With his head lying upon HE
arms. The last words tina, b. uttered we're
81 have tried Ia DO some god II have not
had good luck, am M, afraid Ia die. tr.
lie,e the guardian angels ~ill protect me " lie
was conscious until within . lev minutes 'sN
fore his death.
sam. Steenburgh. awaiting execution
Tor the murder ~ jacob =. Parker, a, Ams,er
dam, y. r., November I7th, iS77, has made a
full confession. lie says he ha. committed
eleven different murders the first when b.
was hut fourteen years old also innunersble
burglaries, robt~ric. and incendiAry fires In
and around Amsterdam. The story IL horrible
In the extreme, and nearly all c~prrotpra,ed.
He Aays he murdered Parker.
The Chicago Tmes prints dispatches
from nearly tvo hundred point. In Illinois,
Wisconsin. Iowa, M,nnr-,ts, Nebraska, MI.
sour, Dakota, and kan-as, covering the whole
81 the western spring wheat region, which
show, when summarized, that the acr~agc IL
nearly 1ny per cent gvcater than last year
tha, the condition and prospects are better
than ~ ANY time since iSO; that the seasons
work and vegetation ARE three To sir weeks
ahcud 81 the usual time, and that there l. an
average ~ between fifteen and ,~snt, per
cent. u the old crop still on hand.
Another train robbery occurred ON
the The Texas Pacific railroad, thirteen miles
east 81 Dallas, TesAr, ON the night oi April
10Th. When the train stopped At the depot the
engineer and fireman were taken from the en-.
rine and placed under guard. The EXPIRES
messenger and route agent barrtcaded them.
selves In their car, but the robbers saturated
II with coal oil and set fire 10 II, soon forcing
them out. The express and mail were then
plnndercd. Conductor Afford and two robbers
were wounded. The plundering party num-
lAafSsI Nffeen AR s~.ptv Tho "a.
not molestcd.
The Cincinnati Price Currents TWEEN
ty-ninth annual report Of pork packing In the
West Ia published. Total winter packing In tho
Wet, 5000 O; average net weight. 2sSN:
yield Of lard, 8s.6i per hog; cost per hundred
pounds net. e+.W, Compared with last winter
there Ii n gain 81 i,+O4,O 900 In the number u
hogr packed; iOl2 pounds In the average net
weight; AZ pounds In the average Weld Of
lard; and . decrease Of - ~ In the average
cost per hundred pounds. The net total pro
duction Of barrcled pork wAs 123, ma barrels,
an increase Of s,6Ol. The aggregate packing
for the year ending March lat was 9,Ots, ~
hogs.
The Democratic State Convention Of
Illinois met at Springfield, April 18th. All the
counties were represented, and over sOO dele
gates were present. The following candidates
for State officers were nominated: State TreaA-
urer, T. l.. CrankhAite, Of Stephenson; 3. n.
Etter. Of Mclean, the present incumbent, Su.
pertntendsnt 81 Public Instruction. The plat.
form favors reduction Of taxcs ard eIpendi-
lures, the taxing Of United States bonds and
treasury notes; the payment OF the obligations
Of the government 10 lawful money, except
where otherwise expressly provided IN the
face by the law under which they we're issued.
opposca making any further reduction Of the
principal Of the national debt for the present
favors thu unconditional repeal AZ the rssump
ton act; commends the action IL Congress In
the passage Of the silver bill; declares that no
further contraction Of the legal tender treasury
notes ought 70 he allowed; that National hank
notes should be retired and IN equal amount
IL treasury notes issued; that No more subsad-
ies should he granted, etc.