The Red Cloud chief., 1879-01-16

Judge sherman, bfOthcr OF Seneral
and Secretary Sherman, died at Cleveland, o.,
a few days ago.
James Young. aged II. fell In n coal
shaft, no feet, Dee. alst, at L.ssallc, H., aud
was Instantly killed.
A fire nj Farmcrsvillc. La, January
~, destroyed Tour buildings. Loss, ti0,OO;
Insurance, e,oO.
At wnlpolc. Mass. January 9Th, the
housr 81 Benjamin Neal burned, his wife per
ishing In the flames.
Charles Smiths 10 and grist mill.
Dawson, Mich. burned Dec. 9lst. Loss, si2,.
cO, insurance, ea,oOa
The city debts Of Broekiyp. N. Y,
amount Ia sa', a75,ais, an increase within the
last year ~ 81, 2as,5ad
A fire In the general office Of the
Michigan Central Railroad, Detroit, Jan. 9Th,
caused a loss Of 5000.
Tho Avenue Hotel and four other
buildings we're surncd In Huntington, West
Virginia, Jan. tth. Loss, $1,000
The tist General Assembly Of Ten
ncsacc organized Jan 9th. The Louisiana
Legislature organized The same day.
Two brakomcn IN freight trains ON
the Central New Jcrsey and North Pcnnsyl
vsnia road, fr nc Ia death, January ~.
The Academy Of Holy Angels at Buf-
falo, v. Y, was burned Jan. <th. The chill
ifrn were removed Loss, t6O,00 ~ Insurance
s2a,Un
Tho Nevada Legislature convened
Jan, 9TH, and effected . permanent organize.
,ion by elcc,ing the Republican caucus nom
Inccs Ia both Houses.
Dcmnstcr Hall ut Evanston, H.. was
burned to the ground January and. Loss,
tas, 0o. insurance, e3,0o, II was q branch
81 the Evanston University.
Justice Hunt, II the United States
Supreme Court, was st,ickcn with paralysis at
hi. residence In Washington, q few days since,
aud his recovery IL dcspalrci of.
II Is reported that 1900 Monnonitcs
will arrive In this country from Russia by May
next This Ia the last year ~ their exemption
from military service In that country.
The Second Baptist Church, y,
Louis, burned January end. II cost about
ei'a,0oO, being one 81 the finest and most I'm
posting cdihccs IN the city. Insurance, tiOO, GO.
A team crossing m the leo near Rich
mond. Ind, Dec. 3isi, broke through, and
were carried under by the rapid current. The
occupants, two men and q woman, were
drowncd.
Three men were killed by the explo-
sion 81 nitro glyecrinc works near Paterson,
N j., December 2sth. All were men with
families. Houses were shaken a. u by an
earthquake.
An explosion Of three boilers In a
large distllcry At Terrc HAute, lud., occurred
January End. A eolorcd fireman and a boy
were instantly killed. Damages to property
about ea,0o.
Tho Miners Savings Bank at Wilkes
hsrrr, Pa, Vas subjected to . run caused by
the failure 81 Bcnnettc, Phelps Co, which
WAS stopped by the enforcement Of the sixty
days regulation terms.
The employees II the Lockwood col
liery, near Pottsvillc, Ia, Who struck for their
wages, were paid Jan, 9th, aud orders were
given tn close the ~colliery. This throws ~
men and boys out OF employment
A fire in the Cocheco Print works. at
Dover, y. ", Dec. 9s,h, damaged the build.
ing and contents s,a,oa, Ga the same day.
the Emerson Piano Co.'S factory burned, and
cighty-fyc men were thro~u out ~ employ,
mcnt
Charles longley, Of Nicholsville, Ky.
attempted Ia light a trc with a coal oil lamp.
The lamp esp'oicd, fatally burning Longley
and a child, and seriously iuJur,ag another
child. The house caugh, Ore and Vas entirely
destroyed.
The new First Presbyterian church Of
Quincy, H., wAs totally destroyed by Are jan
uAry and Loss, t6loo; Insurance, eA,oW;
the nnc caught from the heating apparatus.
The church Vas to have been dedicated Jan.
uary 9Th.
DIR, :. y, Brooks was found dead In
his Nom, a, G~resnvillc, M, January NJ. with
hts hand Trusted and a hole burned In the
hcor. There were Indications IL the explosion
Of a lamp but the Ore bad gone out for the
wan, Of air,
Ry the burni,g Of a barn at East Or,
awe, n Y, neccmher ss,h, tho young msr
were burned Ia death. Ga the same day an
cd lady, and the Waterman, .os, their lives b,
the burning ~ a small house attached TO lr
wing House, a, New London, c.
The Harmony Cotton Mills. Cahoes,
N T., employing asa hands have reduced
working time Ia three days . week. The op
c~ratives of the Ns~eurgh steam cotton mill,
have also been placed On half time. The icu
price of Manufactured gods 10 given g. IN.
cause.
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