The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-06
NEWS o. n WEEK.


A fire In P~ittsburg. Pa, May 10Th, do
sssoysA property vslu~d o. e>o,o0.
A IRE at Ieetonia, Ohio. May TIN.
! destroyed eso,coo worth az propsrty.
John Brown 4 Sons Wooden Mills. In
Philadelphia, burned on the i7,h VI Msy. Lo~,
e<2,ooo.
Daniel wilcox. editor and proprietor
NJ The Quincy wig, died Ia Inst city on Nay
10Th.
A nre at Paris. Ill.,. May 10Th. burned
several buildisgs, causing . loss amounting 10
eis.oD.
The Pierce mine near Deadwood, WA
cold May 9Th, by .. u. Givin 10 California per.
tics for eoO.0W.
A fire at Corning. N. r., May roth,
esussd . loss Of 90, 90 by the burning Of rail.
read csr-sbops.
The most successful musical festival
that hes ever been held In America, closed NAY
t7th, q CncinnstL
Ira b. Wright, for ten years trcasur.
er Of South Hsdlsy. Maas., has appropriated
o2b,0 900 Of the town fund.
Watson's steam forge and axle fscto-
~, at Locust Point, near Baltimore, Ma, burn
ed Nay 2oth. LDSl e2e,ooo.
J General Thomas II. Dskin, Captain
Of the American Rife Team. New York, died
suddealy In that city, May 18th.
A fire at Massilon. Ohio. May 18th,
destroyed . part Of Russell 4 Co.'S sgricultu.
raj works. Loss, e7s,Ooo ~ ei0O,s00.
Lawrence Bros, rope makers. New
York, have failed. Liabilities, ois2,MO; som.
Incl assets, ESQ., 90, real aaseta, se0.0o0.
The Legislature Of Ohio adjourned
May 18th, until next January. On the same
day the Legislature Of New York adjourned
sinc die.
At rttsfield, Mass, Peneycck has
been found guilty Of the murder Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stilmon, and sentenced To be hanged ON
August 18th.
The Providence (R. I.) Tool Compa-
ny has started up TO complete the original
Turkish contract, Of which about 100, 200 rincs
are still 10 be made.
The Lokcr Company's tobacco facto-
~, II. Louis, was almost entirely destroyed by
fre, May 18th. Loss on stock and building O..
timsted at from $4,000 10 $4,000.
The picker building Of the Portsmouth
Manufacturing %Company's cotton miils At
South Berwick. Maine, wa destroyed by nre
May 18th, causing a loss Of eSo,O0.
The receipts Of the Cincinnati must
cal festival 40 far foot up t76, 800. Railroad
offices TO hear from will Increase the amount.
The total expenses are something over t+O,OOO
In the hurdle ace Mt the opening Of
the new Hunting Park at Philadelphia, May
9th, the horse ridden by Peter Morris, fell and
had his neck broken, and falling on Norris,
fatally injured him.
The Dime Savings Bank. at Sacrn-
mento, Cal, has suspended. II proves TO have
been . cham affair. Deposits about e%S, 900;
asscts II stock to the nominal value Of about
$4,000, but worth much less.
A terrific storm Of wind and rain
passed over vicksburg, Miss, May 18th. The
velocity Of the wind reached afty.nve miles m
hour, and lasted seven minutes. Many stores
and other buildings were unroofed.
Dispatches from IS points in Ohio
and Indiana indicate that the ice and frost
have materially injured the vegetables and
early fruits. Peaches seem to have suffered
most, especially In the north. The wheat crop
Is also somewhat damaged, but not very ma to-
rally.
VIM. M. Fisher. Of the firm Of Fisher
4 Co, jewellers, Providence, X. l., was robbed
at the Planters Hotel, St. Louis, Of from s5,-
900 10 $4,000 worth Of gold watch chains,
ncCklaccs, lockets, etc., 4 few evenings ago.
His room was entered during his Absence and
the goods taken.
At Cincinnati. u few days ago, a vcr-
diet Of $4,000 damages was given Alfred Wal.
truth against the Cleveland, Cincinnati 4 In.
dianapolis Railroad Company In the Superior
Court, for injuries received by falling from an
upper beth upon the plaintiff = head while rid
ing In . Woodruff sleeping car.
The fratcrnal delegates from the Gen.
crSl Conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church were received by the Conference Of the
Southern Church, at Atlanta, May 10th, and
hearty congratulations and good wishes inter
changed, and the hope expressed Of the final
and complete union Of the twogreat brsnchcs
Of Methodism.
JEFF Davids. the negro murderer. who
was 10 have been hanged At Abbeyvtlle, 8. c.,
wss rcspited At the last moment, by Governor
Hampton, until June 18th. The respite was
read to the condemned MAI upon the scaflold,
after the knot had been adjusted, the prayers
finished and the fsrewells said. Davids pro-
tested his Innocence to the last. The respite
Was unexpected.
A dispatch from North Troy, VT, Of
May 10Th, says; A body Of strangers are en-.
camped In the woods, near this place. They
are all Irishmcu, well dressed and intelligent.
Accessions are being made to the camp almost
hourly. The Canadian militia have been call.
cd out, and q feeling seems to exist along the
border that the immediate invasion Of Canada
by a large army Of Fenians 10 more than prob
able.