The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-01-22
A FIRE on the premises of the Crescent


a FIRE on the premises of the Crescent
Cotton Press Company at New Orleans, on
the morning Of the ist, destroyed 4 number
Of wagons and a large lot OF expensive para.
phernalia in process Of construction Tor the
coming Mardi Gras festivities.
The Marion House and the bank
building at Jackson City, Mich, burned on
the 3is,, involving a loss Of some $1,000.
The Porte has resolved 20 mass loo,.
600 troop, on the Greek frontier, and concen.
tratc forces at other points.
A DUBLIN telegram of the lst an
nounceS that arrangements are being made
Tor the organization OF Tying colnmn> TO
scoilr the country. A. was done during the
Fenian rising. II is intended to start nine
C,lrrah, one,irom Athlonc, one from Cork,
one from Fermoy, one from Limerick. and
one from Belfast. Each column will CONF
sist of u troop Of cavalry, division OF artil-
lery with two guns, four companies OF in.
fantry, ten sappers, detachment OF the
Army Service Corps, . detachment OF the
Hospital Corps, and one ambulance wagon.
Three thousands soldiers are now stationed in
Dublin. .....A dispatch from Cork says the
want OF employment everywhere i, felt, and
nowhere more keenly than in those districts
where the agitation has taken the greatest
hold. Extraordinary efforts are being made
in different parts Of the country for the pur.
pose Of starting public works. Land League
meetings announced to be held throughout
Ireland On Sunday, the I'd, were pro.
hbited by the Government. At Drogheda
the meeting announced for sunday was held
on the previous day. After Hcaly and
Dayitt had made speeches two magistrates
summoned the Chairman to stop the
meeting, and the Riot act was read.
The people dispersed quietly. Ten thou.
sand persons were present. A monster meet.
ing took place At Bally Castle on the same
day, and meeting at which 5000 were pres.
ent was held at Kilalla. n collision Is re.
ported at Tuam between soldiers and the
crowd, during which stones were freely
thrown.
GENERAL WALKER, the Census Su-
pcrintendent, has issued a statement giving
the population Of the various States and
Territories. In some instances the figures
are Appropriated, but they are very nearly
correct. New York leads all the States with
4 population Of 5.os3,l,3. PENNSYLVANIA
follows with 4,2S2,7SS; Ohio comes third
with 3,19.,194, and is closely followed by
Illinois with population of 3,07S,G3G;
Missouri has 2,lG9,o9l; Indiana, 1,9.s,S5s;
Kentucky. l,64S.5M: Iowa, 1924, lG3, and
Michigan l,G3l, O9G. Kansas has !n5, So. Ne.
vada, with G2,2G5, is the State of the smallest
population, and Delaware's is the next
smallest, being 1864. Colorado, the young-
est Of the States, had 1869 people when
the census was taken. OF the Territories,
Utah, with l48,9o., has the most people, and
Dakota, without Mormons, has IL, ,5O2 PEG.
pie. The total population Of the United
States is 50, l52,,59.
FIVE persons out of six in the family
of Samuel Krump, a well-known New York
printer. have died from diph,hcria within
six days at Mr.. Krump's mansion in Mont
Clair, n. j. \ defective sanitary arrange.
ment threw fetid gases into the sleeping
apartments.
The Laredo stage was robbed by high
waypen, sixteen miles south OF San Antonio,
on New Years night. The robbers secured
about $1,000 in cash, and $1,000 in bank
checks, which will do them no good. The
mail bags were cut to pieces and the letters
all opened. The passengers made no resist.
ance and were unframed.
CHIEF CALLS band of Uncapapa In.
aians, numbering about 100, were captured, ,
,itcra short fight, by Major Ilges, and will
he taken to Fort Buford. One Indian was
killed and two were woundcd. The troops
suffered no casualties. 1t is expected that
Sitting Bull will surrender without any
fight.
THE residence Of E'ihp Sperry, at
New Haven, Conn.,, was robbed recently Of
$4,000 in bonds and other securities, and a
nephew OF Sperry, Young man named Hsr.
land, is under arrest charged with the theft.
The Land League trials at Dublin are
progressing quietly. The impression pre-.
walls that the traversers will be acquitted. It
Is reported that Enfield rifles have been for
some time regularly shipped from Birming.
ham to Ireland. The Government has or.
dered the removal Of the locks from rifles in
the armories OF volunteers.
COMMUNICATION with the Transyaal
is entirely interrupted by the cutting
of telegraph wires. The latest advices were
that beyond few beleaguered parties the
country has passed entirely out OF the control
of the British.