The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-09-15
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona, say
that supplies Of all kinds are being rapidly
pushed forward to the front. A punishment
not TO be forgotten will 30 dealt out 70 tho
trcachcrous murderers Of the lamented Hentig
and tho bravo men who fell with him. At no
timo in tho last ten years, in that Territory, has
there been such quick and rapid placing OF
troops In different portions threatened by APs-
tiles - has been done on this occasion.
Another Indian war, but Of small di-
mensions. is threatened. For some time past
the Southern utes have been fleeing from thoir
present reservation in order to avoid being
transferred to the new reservation act apart for
them in Utah. and some OF those that remain
threaten to resist removal. The women and
children arc being removed, In order . Il ID
reported. to give the warriors better opportu-
nifty to take the war path.
The steamer Gen. Sherman, employed
in tho Government service upon the Missouri
and Yellowstone rivers. arrived at Fort Yates
70 transfer Sitting Bull TO Fort Randall. The
old chief refused to leave Standing Rock
Agency, aud, when told that he must 60, de-
clarcd he would die rather than 60 aboard
tho steamer. A squad OF soldiers seized
and bound tho chief, and . stalwart
bluc-coAt took him upon his shoulder,
much as granger would his bag Of wheat, and
deposited him in the cabin Of tho steamer.
The resistance Of Sitting Bull and his appeal to
the other Indians for assistance provoked
ripple of insuhordination, and q one time :
mutny seemed imminent The troops, know.
ing how trcachercns the Indian is, stood In
readiness 10 open fire upon the insurrectionists.
Tho redskins. finding that only rcpulse and
severe punishment awaited them In casc they
attempted the release Of their chief, went quiet
" aboard the steamer.
In fight between the police and strik-
ing handlers, at New Orleans, one Of the rioters
was Killed BY pohceman who barely escaped
with his life. Another officer was set upon by
the mob and nearly beaten 10 death. The mil
i,ia lad 70 be called out to suppress tho riot
Ing.
Guiteau had a narrow escape from
death in his cell in the Washington Jail.
Sergt. Mason Of Battery b while relieving the
guard in tho Jail, tired through the coll win-
dow point blank at the assassin, and onss
missed hlM by hair s-brcadth. Mason was
It once incarcerated for this extraordinary
breach OF discipline.
The steamer Columbia foundered in
gale which prevailed on Lake Michigan on tho
night Of the 10th inst The disaster occurred
| on Frankfort. Mich, about midnight. Fifteen
persons were drowned including the Captain,
| second mate and first and second engineers.
| The steamer was bound from Chicago to Col
linsvood. Canada, laden wlh grain. She
shifted her cargo and sank within nftecn min
ntos after. Tho passengers and crew got away
| from tho steamer in small boats. but tho boat
containing the Captain and engineers WA cAp-
sized. Several otner vessels were wrecked
in the same storm, among them the David
Dows, tho largest sailing vessel which ever nav.
| iseted the lakes. She Was bound from ChicA-
80 to Dufalo, with . cargo OF $1,000 bushels
| Of corn, and went ashore ON what i known -
Middle Ground, nesr pelee island. in Lake
Ere. tits feared that her entire crew aro lost.
At the Wesleyan Ecumenical Council
| in London, DR.. Bennett declared that tho loss
| of tho children OF Methodists in America u
favor Of other denominations was one Of the
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most disastrous fac.s in connection With thu
church.
John Bright computes that in conse-
quence OF the bad harveets Of tho lest thrss
years the Engl' "a farmers have incurred loss
Of $1,000. .0oA. 900.
The laughter-provoking farce-comedy,
..All the Rage" is the attraction at Mcvicker'a
Theater, Chicago. The play has becn enacted
to packed houses in oil the cities OF note in ths
Eastern States, having run for six weeks y
New York aud similar term in Boston. j
abounds with innunerable situations Of thu
most comical nature. which follow each othel
with such rapiditv that the fun on the stage y
continuous, and the merrimcnt among thu
audience is ineessant.