Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
THE NEWS.

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cation in their department amounts to
$500, 1000.
A rumor comes from Washington to
the effect that the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad is negotiating for the sale of
all its interests south of Baltimore,
including the Washington Branch and
the Metropolitan roads, and its stock in
the Valley Railroad, and that it will
confne its attention hereafter solely to
the promotion of the trade of it's main
stem.
The opening of the Baltimore and
Cumberland Valley Railway, an extern
sion of the Western Maryland Railroad
from Edgmont to Chambersburg, Frank
lin county, Pa, attracted much atten-
ton from the residents of the section
through which the road is constructed,
at its recent opening.
The President was removed from the
White House to Elberon, Long Branch.
All of the arrangements for the transfer
were successfully carried out, and the
President stood the journey remarkably
we'll.
There has been no rain in six weeks
in the Saginaw (Michigan) Valley, and
heavy fires are burning and doing i'm
mense damage to property. Reports of
numbers of farm-houses, barns and
crops being burned in Saginaw and
Tuscola counties come in. Probably
100000 worth of property has been de-
stroyed in the valley.
A special despatch from Marquette,
Mich, says that a powder explosion oc-
Cured there in the packing house of
the Lake Superior Powder Company.
Eleven men were blown to atoms, and
small pieces of their bodies were blown
in every direction.
The Ute Indians have all gone to
their new reservation. They exhibited
no little evidence of a disposition to de-
lay starting out. General Mackenzie
had an effective force concentrated at
the Indian camp, and insisted upon
prompt compliance by the Indians with
the pledges made to the government.
The Indians had not all left when the
settlers begin crowding in, and had to
be corraled by the military until the
time set by General Mackenzie for them
to stake the claims.
The greater portion of the business
part of Homecoming, Nd, was destroyed
by fire. The loss is about $780, 900.
There was heavy snow storm in the
Black Hills on Monday night and Tues
day morning, September 9th and 9th.
A terrible accident occurred at
I'M, In, Ctofiar, tho Ro x,I
Ohio Railroad, Sept 6. The Chicago ex-
press was delayed some time, and was
making up time, in rounding the curve
at Thornton Station, it ran into the
Cumberland accommodation. The shock
detached the boiler from the engine
truck. None of the passengers on the
Chicago express sustained any injury
except i slight shaking up. Nearly all
on the accommodation train were in
iured or scalded by the escaping steam.
The Duke of Sutherland and COM
pany of Englishmen have purchased
sixty square miles of land sixty miles
east of Sioux City, on the st. Paul and
Omaha Railroad, for the purpose of
founding colony. They have capital
of $12, 100000.
A second surgical operation has been
performed by Professor s. d. Gross
upon the tongue of Senator Hill, of
Georgia. The patient was put under
the influence of ether, and small
piece of the tongue and glands on the
floor of the mouth were removed, thus
giving entire relief from the trouble
under which he has suffered for more
than year.
An agreement has been signed by e.
w. Cole, president of the East Tennes-
see, Virginia and Georgia system of
railroads, and @. P. Huntington, which
secures for the Cole system, 1,400 miles
of roads, connection with Cincinnati
and the West via Knoxville and the
Knoxville and Ohio division of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad, and over the Kentucky Cen
trail Railroad.
A special from Independence, Mo-,
says: Passenger train No. on the
Chicago and Alton Railroad was stopped
and robbed by twelve masked men four
miles east of Independence, and four
teen miles from Kansas City, at nine
o'clock, Wednesday night, September
18th. The express Car was broken open,
and messenger Fox refusing to give up
the key to the safe, he was so terribly
beaten that he cannot live. The amount
taken is not known, but is estimated
from $4,000 to $4,000. After going
through the express Car all the passen-
gers were robbed of money and watches
amounting to several thousand dollars.
The robbers were heavily armed, and
kept up continual firing of pistols to
'ntimidate the passengers. Several
shots were fired at Conductor Halle
baker. but he escaped unhurt. The
whole affair occupied less than fifteen
minutes and was done very systemati-
cally. After securing the booty the
whole party rode off into the woods.
The train men made show of resistance,
but being unarmed they could effect
nothing. The spot selected for the
bold deed is in dense wood, two miles
from any habitation. The train was
stopped by red lantern and obstruc-
tions on the track. The train ran into
Kansas City and gave the alarm, and
Chief of Police Speers started out at
once with fifty men on horseback. A
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