Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-27
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additional Details Of Iiie Indian Trouble.
DENVER tCol.;, June &c. h Dolores news
az June 22d corroborate6 the previous ac-
counts Of the Indian fight. except as follows !:
It places the number OF whites engaged in the
Indian fight in Grand valley as eighteen. It
says the first dav J. e. Eskridse, James
Hall and David Willis were cut off and sur
rounded by Indians, whom they fought hand
to hand, although outnumbered ten to one,
aud Willis was killed, Hall seriously wounded
and ESkridge had his hat riddled with bull
let's His scalp was covered with wounds,
caused by the grazing bullets, aud he received
wound 10 the ankle, which will have to be
anputated. Eight OF the eighteen whites
were missing on the evening of the first day.
Oae OF them, John Bean, has since
been found, fatally wounded. The
other seven were probably killed. although
they may have escaped to the Mormon Fort
in Grand valley The missing are Jack
Galloway, H. II. Nelson, Thomas Click, L.
G. Taylor and two other young men. When
ID. G. Taylor, our informant started for
Frisco the Indians had received reinforce,
ments and have several hundred warriors on
the field of battle. One hundred men leave
Frisco to- day, with tue avowed intention to
rescue the Survivors and avenge those killed
or fall where they fell. Lieutenant William
May, displeased with the action taken, has
left the main party with his squad. Their
whereabouts is unknown. Horses, guns and
ammunition are scarce, but the naig hboiing
! towns will aid Frisco. No need of blue
clothes. The party has goAe to fight, and
not subdue.
The Stealing of a. T. Stewards Body.
NEW York, June 265h.-Ansirconsequen-
tial newspaper of this city had advertised ex-
| tensively lately that it would have the whole
true story of the stealing OF Stewards body
this morning. It says "1'he narrative Of
| facts in connection with the search for the
stolen body of Stewart, the first chapter of
which is given below is SO voluminous that
| in order to admit of the publication of the
current news of the day we are compelled to
give only portion Of it this morning. The
entire story would fill very nearly three
pages. The remaining chapter will occupy a
large amount of our space during the next
four or five days, each installment increasing
| in interest as the story develops"
The Government at Long Branch.
Lone BRANCH IN. J. J, June 26th.-Presi.
dent Garfield attended the Episcopal Church
this morning. but passed the greater part of
the day with his wife in the hotel. The
President, Secretary Hunt and the Post
master-G General dined with John Hoey The
Secretary and Postmaster General were for
time the guests of the ex-Collecsor.
Severe storm-Child Killed by Lightning.
New York, June 26th.-A very severe
storm visited Long Island to-day. The rain
was very heavy, the hailstones were large
and thunder and lightning incessant.
A little son of George Terry, while with
his mother at Windsor watching the storm,
was killed by lightning. The mother was I'M
hurt.
Death of an Aged Official.
Boston, June 26th.-Moses Titcomb
Superintendent of the Document Room of
the United States Senate for over quarter
of a century. died this morning at Franklin
Falls. n. H., aged so. Titcomb watched
over Calhoun in his last sickness. and laid
out with his own hands the body of Henry
Clay in Washington in 1851.