The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-10-22
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS


Collector. A large body of Indians are
reported concentrating between Colorae
do and Hillsboro. i is currently re-
ported that company Of Indian scouts
have deserted our forces and joined the
enemy. A Silver City New Mexico)
letter says of the slaughter on the 18th:
Arriving at the scene of. the tragedy
we found rs persons dead We buried.
them. Five Others are known to have
been killed, We have not found any
Indians. They are reported, to have
gone to the Nimbres mountains. About
$50 Apache scouts lately with Colonel
Morrow in New Mexico. have returned
to. Arizona, their term of enlistment
havingexpired. They refuse to re-enlist.
This probably gives rise to the rpmor
that the Indian scouts had de
serted and joined the enemy. Cow
ernor Wallace is now at Los Vegas
Itsis. NOW thought that Viotoria's band
is trying to go through the Burro
mountains to Mexico. Colonel Morrow
says he has troops enough to whip
Victoria, but it will take two months
to do it. He needs couple of light
howitzerss Volunteers are being raised
at Mesila. and Las Cruces, In the
fight ou,the 18th the .Messilla and Las.
Cruces company, numbering thirty,
were n.assacred by 100 Indians. One
man. Hickey escaped. The stages
leave here regularly for the east as
though there was &c. trouble.
VIM. Ringold Cooper, alias Neville
Hunter, the celebrated American forger
and man of many DISCUSSES, was yester-
day argaigned in the Cid Bailey ses-,
sions, London, charged with forgery by
Gfynn, Mills, &Co. bankers. and the Bank
of England. Cooper pleaded guilty to,
both charges and vas remanded for SEN.
tence on next Thursday. 1t is possible
that some of the prisoners assets may
revert to bis San Francisco creditors if it,
can be proved that the funds came thence.
Mr.. Day, of Hemel Hampstead, who.
loved the prisoner like brother, when he
gave evidence against Cooper burst into
tears. The Court was thronged with
ban ers and brokers', with an admlxture
of the fair sex, who had come to loo!s
upon convict whose refinement, liber
atty and good manners obtained him
recognition irons tia best families of
Hartfordsh;ye, the Reighborhood of his
corptry residence, East Lodge. Near
the bar sat..a i, handsome woman, in
mouEping, who passedias CoSper's wife.
She was deeply affected
A horrible tragedy was enacted al
Bloomington, Ill, yesterday. Wlliapa
Hogg, one of the oldest and most res
pected citizeGs, Of, Bloomington, but
most eccentric man. whoshas recently
been unfortunate in business, returning
home at noon shot his daughter Mary,
aged Is years, in the. parlQr. de then
called his, son Willie, aged II years,
who was playing in the yard, AND, fred
pistol shot through his head. Then
stepping intoths xnodshad, he placed
the weapon to his own head and fired
The ball lodged in his brain and he fell
upon the floor, where he was soon found
by passers-by in pool of blood. Mary
and her father are dying, but, the son.
although seriously wounded, is likely to
recover. Hogg recently married his
second wife,. She vent to Normal yes,
terday morning, and thus probably es.
capped like fate. Both children are
in a critical condition, with little hope
of the recovery Of ethere Hoggs died
soon after the shooting, meyer becom-
ing conscious.
Miss Martin, daughter of. a promis.
nent stock dealer eresiding IN the south
ern part of Minonk, Illinois, was found
in senseless condition near the rail
road, half mile from her home, Mon
day morning, horribly mutilated from
an attempt at rape. She had laid there
twenty hours, having been assaulted
by young villain named Hannis De-
bore, while going home. from chuEch on