The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-06-18
ASSAYS FOR THE WEEK.

ASSAYS FOR THE WEEK.
General Grant and wife are in Chi
cago.
Sixteen hundred brewers are on a
strike in New York City.
The Cannop-Campbell congress
ional matter of Utah has not yet been
settled.
The eastern princess of China is
dead and the young emperor is sick
with smallpox.
Eggleston, the Rosita murdere r,
again escaped from justice in Ne W
Mexico, on Monday.
Twelve hundred postal employees
in London, England, threaten to
strike against overwork.
Col. Emery, wife murderer. was
lynched by a mob at Little Rock,
Arkansas, on the night of the 18th.
At the great race for the grand
prize in Paris, an American horse, J.
r. Keene's Foxhall, ,..won by head.
George Armour, one of the most
prominent business men of Chicago,
died in Brighton, England, on the
18th.
There is not particle of truth in
the statement that there is GOODNESS
between the president and Secretary
Blaine.
The reductions made in the "Star"
route service since March 4th, are al
most exactly at the rate of ST. 900, 900
per year.
Lobbiests around the New York
legislature have been accused of
bribery. The charges are being in
vestigated.
General Badeau's life of General
Grant is being severely criticised. 1t
contains many unworthy attacks up
on prominent officers.
A British man-of-war lstely sunk
in the strait of Magellan and 120 men
were drowned. The cause was all
explosion on shipboard.
A suit has been commenced in
Washington against S. P. Brown,
"Star" route agent, which promises
some startling developments.
The president has decided to ap-
point n. c. Mcfarland. of Topeka,
Kansas, commissioner of the general
land office, vice j. A. Williamson, re-
signed.
The miscegenation case, tried in
Cheyenne, of a marriage between 3
Chinese man and white woman,
who were married in Denver, was
decided to be legal.
L. NJ. Harris, county judge. and J.
l.. Matthews, editor of newspaper,
have been driven out of their neigh
borhood, Morrelton, Arkansas, by
ku-kluN.
On the 9th a destructive fire visit
cd Quebec, Canada, destroying 500
houses, at loss of S., ,Ooo, 900, and
rendering 1900 families homeless.
Among the buildings destroyed was
the beautiful ST. Johns church.
Heavy frauds have been discovered
in the custo6ian's office of the United
States treasury. An organized ring
of thieves existed among the en-
ployes, and those implicated have
been discharged.
The Ute commissioners, accompa-
MED by several chiefs, crossed the
Gunnison river this week, en- route
west to locate the new reservation.
Before crossing the river, however,
Colorow and another Indian desert
cd the party.
The United States attorney for Col
orado has written letter to the Uni
ted States commissioners, instruct
ing them not to take cognizance OF
any criminal matter arising on the
Ute reservation, for the reason that
the United States Circuit court for
this state was divided in opinion
upon the matter of Jurisdiction.
Grants outspokcn condemnation
of the administration has added
force to the whispering that stall
wart congressman will, after con-
grsss meets, antagonize the admins
have come from disappointed office
seekers, but Grants opposition cre-
ates the impression that it will be
done. A prominent Conkliugite says
the purpose of Grant, Conkling and
friends was to drive Blaine from the
cabinet.
The Solomon valley and other por-
tions of Kansas were visited by y
cyclone on the night of the Sth. Con-
siderable damage was done In Beloit
and q number of houses were de-
stroyed in Solomon City. A man
au0 woman were killed four miles
north of that town. At Bennington,
twelve miles northwest of there, 4
farmer, his wife and hired hand were |
killed. In Lyon county the town of |
Americus, near Emporia. was almost |
totally destroyed. Several houses in
Emporia wcrc unroofed. Crops were |
seriously injured. Tho same storm
visited Southwest Missouri, accom-
panied by hail. and great damage
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