The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-13

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THERE lies between Kansas and Colo-.
RADIO on the nsth IA New Mexico, Texts
and the Indian Ten tory on the southwest
kandesst, an qaexplSred tract Of publicland,
4 which is ipma4 Zoo lileSlong pnd go broad.
1 Nothing Whatever u known aboutsit byGov-
! eriment l1ficilas. is Hithh ~ li1i its 4
/ uS6ta,sSr Telritas, "a isy tellh iseognis
ia. Congress last session passed the act au-
thorizing the Secretary Of the Interior to
have this tract surveyed. It is believed to
contain at least one large river and from, a
dozen to two dozen considerable branches.
1t is thought to be rocky country, suitable
for grazing, but not for tillage. Commits.
sioner Mcfarland will have the survey
made at once, and as soon as its attractions
are inventoried VIII place it OF .he market.
TELEGRAMs from various parts of
View England mention heavy thunder storms
on tile Goth, doing great damage to barns
and buildings, horses and cattle being killed.
"A train on the Boston, HOosac Tunnel Il
Western Railroad was thrown of the track
at Hoosick Falls by landslide. John
Layden and Griffith Hughes were seriously
injured BY falling rocks in the slate quarry
at West Pawlet, vt. ,r'rr. Of -.'s ''... !.
THE Gar has committed the sem
tence OF death pronounced upon Hessy
Helfmann to Imprisonment for life.
FRANK PELroS, formerly Assistant
Teller Of the Montreal Bank, Canada, has
been arrested at Santa Fe by Canadian de-
tective who has been hunting him for some
months. Pel,on absconded in April last
with $4,000 in cash, but It il believed was
himself robbed Of the larger part Of hlsplun.
der by woman who accompanied him In his
flight and who subsequently ran off with a
handsomer man. r. i ..,.l. I,.'. ...... .,
A REPORTED oil discovery near May
flower, Ark. twenty miles from Little Rock,
is causing great excitement. among prospect.
ors and spectators.
/ A TELEGRAM from Fort Smith says
that Governor Overton, Of the Chickasaw
Nation, has issued proclamation disband-
ing his militia, with the understanding, how.
ever, that their services may be required
shortly. The men are leaving for their
: homes Eve ..'.
GORDON, one Of the Land League ira
versers, convicted of having melted a crowd
to murder, has been sentenced to years
imprisonment. Gordon is the first Land
Lacquer of any prominence against whom
the Grown lawyers have been able to obtain
a verdict. ''''''' Of '"' PED .''''i'' ~
l The statue of Gen. j. B. Mcpherson
was unveiled at Clyde, o., on the 92d, in
4 presence Of twenty.one posts Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic and a large number
of soldiers and citizens. The. statue is the
gift Of the Society Of the Army Of the Ten
nessee. Speeches were made by ex-Presi-
dent Hayes and others.
The vicinity Of Hadlyme, Conn, was
visited by a terrible hail and wind storm on
the s1st, destroying entire crops Of corn, to.
bacco and other products. '''''''!'j "H'.i w.
FIVE miscreants removed a rail on
the A., T.. 4, S. F. Railroad, near Law.
renee, Kans., on, the 2lst, by which an emil
grant train was thrown from the track and
badly wrecked, but fortunately no one was
4 injured. It is believed the intention was to
ditch the express train from Pueblo, which
was due q short time afterwar1l, for the
purpose OF robbery. -. .,..,.,,.,tfti
! YELLow-FEvER and smallpox are
epidemic at Vera Cruz, Mexico. e..ii -sI",
! In the Cork Asslzes the trial of GRIM
inal agrarian cases was stopped atthe request
! of the counsel for the Crown on the ground
| that juries persistently declined to return 4
verdict Of guilty despite the plainest evil
dence. a.. -,tH.4.H 4,..p.t,F -. r. %,
1 The Matanzas branch of the Spanish
Bank Of Cuba has been robbed Of $2OO, 900 in
specie by two employees, who made good
their escape on a steamer chartered by con.
federates ostensibly for the purpose Of bring
ing cargo OF cattle from Mexico. -
l. The army-worm, or something very
similar in appearance, is causing great de.
struction to the oat fields In Northern Iowa
and Illinois; aiif as aasdtaatsa u =
4 AN earthquake has shaken all Switzer.
land and the eastern part d France. l''s",
! PROF. EASTMAN, of the National Oh.
servatory, saysthat the last new comet will,
soon be visible to the naked eye. Il '','It. will
not be so far north q, the other. We will be
able to see 1t by and by, early in the evening
IN the west, and early in the morning ia The
east It has something Of a tail, Which viii
grow more distinct. The comet ii labeled
Is Comet G., being the third comet discov.
cred this year. The comet up by the polar
star Is The Comet B.n""t a'i'tnn All !a"' 1
| l,yr CONDENSED KILOGRAMS. .lta1
! aIii 10 l.tr,i3n..i,-T7-- l. .et.r failHei
| THE condition, OF the President be:
came slarmingly worse, on the ed, owing to
the stoppage Of the discharge from the
wound and the consequent formation Of a
pus cavitysis AlsurgicAl operation, ski,lfully
performed BY Dr. Agnew, or Philadelphia,
relieved the patient from immediate danger,
although his condition was still considered
critical. On the morning Of the 26th sec
onnda operation was found necessary on &C.
count Of 4 partial, stappage. Of the discharge
from the new incision. DR.. Agnew this
time succeeded in'removing from the wound
several pieces of the shattered rib, one OF
them an inch long, the others smaller The
4 operation painful one, but the Presi.
II dent hote It t1tavelv ,s.itbn,,t hn.