The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-06
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| IHE revenue cutter tHrH;n returned from tn,
Arctic 10 81. Michacis, on the sth ult., AMI "
| paired hCr ruddcr damaged "a the iCC. She had
| boon within 10 miles Of WrallgleS Land and
! had seen several Vessels of the whaling fleet.
| The CcrWin sailed again on the 18th of july for
| the Arctic region.
TnE census of Arizona gives the population
at 81, $50, mcuding 1000 Chinese and i.aiB In.
| dams. but cNciu Ing the reservation aud Pueblo
| Indians not taken III the census.
| FoRT-Eiapr chiefs AMI hcadmcn of the
! UnCrmpahgrc UtoS signed the treaty ut Los
| Plnos agency, on the 18th ult. The succoss of
the commission is assured beyond doubt
! Ouray assured the commission trial no trouble
| will Ia experienced In settling the White River
and S"uthrrn ttos now that the Uncumpahgrcs
| have aEtCcd 10 the treaty.
Ar fremont, Ncb., on the 29,h ult., officers
arrested an old man aud young woman ~ tho
suppusltion that they are old Bender and his
daughter Kate. who committed the horrible aud
| mysterious ntIrdCrs i'll Kansas a few years ago.
They deny that they are Bcudcrs but tell con-
iliclnS stories. The officers believe fully that
they have Al last haSgcd their game,
GERALD McCAErHY, Denver stagc-lriycr,
! as+rrts that Ciccr" Sims, who was hanged AT
fairplay. Col, last Friday, has been res"ryct-
cd, and il now living at .,eadvillt. lie says he
was forced {" take 'hc rcsurrcctcd man IN his
wagon from point near Fairplay to within five
miles oi LradNlllc on the night of the hanging,
Mccarthy says that Ia could not be- mistaken in
the man, as he knew sims quite well.
SANTA FE ndvicoa from Mexico state that on
the 2lst ult.. Col. Adolpho Wales IN command
of $40 cavalry and $50 infantry of Federal
troops Of Mexico. attacked the Apachcs under
! Victoria ab"n, i0milc, from Old Fort Quittman.
| The tight was indcciovc. Tho MrSW'cns lost
three men killed. and to, hut scs: the Indians
lost four warriors u'i,, SIX horses. On the 10Th
the McSt"nn force again attacked the Indians in
P1no mountain about fifty miles from the line.
Alter lou:; night the Indians retired Their
loss is not known. The M"AiCans lost six ktiCd.
The Grocnhackcrs Of Ks"s"s haSc placed the
following stat" '.ciJt IN the icld Governor,
IL. T. RoGan; lieutenant governor. II. 5. Phil
lips; treasurer, =. \. Marshall; auditor, d. b.,
Cole; probate Justice, =. b. Bailey; attorney
general, l.. l.. lladcy; superintendent uf
schools, Charlie smith.
Al Columbus, ~, ON the 18th, the Green
harkr,0 Ut the state made the following nomi-
! nations: Secretary Of state, Chas. A. Lloyd:
supreme judge, u. W. {. Loudun; clerk of I'll.
prclnc court, thaH. Bows; member If the board
of public works. Amos Roberts, school commits.
rlulIcr. Il. H. smart.
TEE. Mcdowell tci"GophCd ti6m san From
cisco on the 2Tth. a. follows: ~ have u Ions;
dispatch from the Mexican General Vale, dated
I C"!AclI, Jay Il, saying Ia" takes the field
aEan~t Victoria with 32U cavalry and $50 III
fnntry and has authority to cross tE.' i,,c. ss"t
INN toy oar PRESIDENT,
CART. J. ". WFsT, rN~ superintendent and
contractor NJ the Black His Placer Mining
company, charged with tho ENHANCEMENT Of
5000 share, Of the compauy'S rtJcl valued at
@23,GDU from Josiah Hale, was dschaIgGd af-
ter a lrci nlnary examination Cnthc eth.
WAR between The Chicago, st. Louis and
New Orleans aud tho Louisville and Nashville
I ailr"aa, has resulted in reduction Of about 80
lCr cent. III passenger fares.
SILVER 10 the amount of $4,000, 600 has ac-
cuiauntod 1T the San Francisco mint, aud tho
secretary Of the treasury intends to make an
effort 10 move HUmC of il cast. To this end he
will adv"rti-c for proposals for the trauspnrta-
u"n al ia" dollars, and let The cOntrnCt t. the
lowest h4ddcY.
coal shaft buing sunk by the state at the pcni-
Tertiary ut L"nvCHw Orth, Kan.
Ar the Chicago races on the 2ith, Maud s., a
young mare owned 10y VIM. II. Vanderbilt, Of
New York, trOttcd mile in 2.l3ia.
The original wagon in which John Brown
emglatcd from Pennsylvania to Kansas was
purchased at Lawrence, KS, on the 26th and
will be presented to the Kansas state Historical
society.
TmE Rev. W. ii. Mcssc, member Of the Gin.
cinnati conference of the NJ. T.. Church, died
1t Cincinnati On the 2Gth.
ADENvEE dispatch Of the 9th says: Re
ports from Las Vegas say there was heavy
rain Throughout the northeast portion of New
Mexico. lain has almost nccssautly fallen dur
iuif this week and stiIl continues with no sign of
abatement. Streams are Hooded doing great
damage 10 the New Mexico and Southern PacI-
lie railway. All bridges between Las Vegas and
Trinidad are washed out. There has been a
drought in New M6AicO and the rain will great
ly benefit growing crops and insure plenty Of
grass for stock"