The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-12-25

Victories band, were attacked by abou
thirty Indians, and only two, Gen. Teresa
and one man, escaped.
LOUIS TOCKsrEIN, an insane man, es'
capped from his keepers Mt the st. Charles
Hotel, in Chester, ILL.,, on the morning o
the 7th, and making his way to the house Of
Thomas Ryan, while the family were a
breakfast, assaulted them with an Ak which
he had picked up on the way. Tboma.
Ryan, aged 80, Mrs. Julia Smith, his widow
ed daughter, and her little girl, Sarah, were
all three butchered in the most horrible
manner. A9-year- old grandson Of Mr.. Ryar
witnessed the maniac's assault, and fled to
neighbours for assistance. The murderous
luna,ic was finally rccapturcd and sent tt
Jacksonville for confinement.
JOHN W. MARTIN, q St. Louis police
officer, was charged with neglect Of duty and
sentenced TO be dismissed from the force.
Upon learning the verdict he deliberately
drew bis revolver and put bullet through
his brain, dying instantly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In Grayson County, Va, in some
families five and six have died Of diphtheria,
and in one instance whole family died.
The race between Laycock and Ham
Ian il to take p ace on January Il, on the
Thames.
Two masked robbers entered a jew.
elry store at Niles, Mich, on the 1st, and
presenting cooked reyolyers at the heads Of
the proprietors, Lapierre and Micks; at
tempted to plumber the store. They were
apparently noyices at the business, or else
deficient In nerve, As the jewelry men got
the upper hands Of them, and one was cap.
tured with bullet hole through his vest.
The other escaped.
THE Mandell House, Prairie du Chen,
Wis.,, burned on the I'd. Loss, $4,000. Par.
TALLY insured.
In Grayson County, Va, in some
families five and six have died Of diphtheria,
and In one instance whole family died.
H. NJ. S. VALoEous has been ordered
to the South Of Ireland. She carries large
quantities Of small-arm ammunition, be-.
sides several steam pinnaces, armed with
seyen.pounders, for river transit.
The Kearsargo Mill, at Portsmouth,
N. H., was entirely destroyed by fire on the
morning Of the 4th. The fire originated in
the fifth story, and the flames spread so rap.
idlythat the employees barely escaped from
the building. One man, named Greenwood,
is reported to have persisted in the flames !;
several others were burned or injured in
effecting al egress. Fortunately the fire
occurred about half an hour before the reg.
ular hour for beginning work, and when but
few persons were in the building. The
mill employed about $50 hands in the manu-.
facture Of cotton goods. The loss is placed
at about $500, 900, nearly covered by insur.
ance.
The Commercial Hotel and the Bur-
lingame House, at Burliugame, Hans, were
burned on the night Of the 9TH. .
JUDGE DUNDY, in the U. S. Circuit
Court at Omaha, has rendered = decision in
the Ponca Indian case, to recover their old
reservation and establish title thereto, that
the Ponca tribe Of Indians have q legal es.
tate in the reservation and are entitled to
possession thereof. The case Is the first on
record where one Indian tribe brought suit
against another in the courts of the United
States, and has aroused deep and widespread
feeling on account Of the alleged wrongs done
the Poncas.
The Orange Lodges Of Ireland will
organize counter demonstrations to the Land
League meetings. to be held at the same
places and on the same days. Lively times
are anticipated.
A NUMBER Of expelled German So
cialists, recently arrived at New York. were
rendered public reception at the Germania
Assembly Rooms on the 9Th. The entire
assemblage wore red silk ribbons, bows or
rosettes, and the hall was decorated with red
silk flags.
The Union Pacific Depot at Salina,
Kans., burned on the night Of the Sd, to.
gether with It's entire contents, consisting Of
= large amount Of freight and express mat.
ter. ia H.. ...s........
The Piedmont and Arlington Life
1nsuranee Company, of Virginia, has failed.
TIE agitation in Germany against tho
growth Of Hebrew influence is exciting great
feeling. In Berlin II has provoked street
fights and anonymous pamphlets, and some
leading jews propose the founding Of news.
papers to support their cause. p.
FEDERAl Deputy Marshals have jailed
u Memphis twelve men charged with plum.
dering the wreck Of the steamer City Il
vicksbuTK.