The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-17
JAS G. BLAINE. Secretary Of State,
THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS.

Jas ". OAA1NEs oSCEeLaIy OF StdLe,
THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS.
Details OF the Fight Between tho Williams
Brothers and Nebraska Officers Ending in
the BassinS of Ed. Williams.
A dispatch from Grand Island, Nebraska,
gives the following particulars: Sheriff Killan
With de: uty proceeded to the farmers house
about five o'clocl1 Wednesday morning and
found the men 10 bed. He asked them to get
nm and dress, as he wished to ~peak to item.
Klllan saw at once that they ressmbled Ell and
on: Maxwell alias Williams, the notorious
PeDin county (Wis.) murdarers. They both
drew OK their pants and boots. Alonze excus-
ing himself minute while he stepped outside.
When lie had gaue Killan grappled with Ed,
and with the assistance of the farmer and
a son threw him to the floor aud narrow
" escaped being shot by Ed. They got his
revolver away from him, aud held him to the
floor willie killan eDdeavoretl to handcuff HIM,
but Ed gave regular Indian war whoop, c,ll-
ing Lon. in. Ki'lan stepped outside the door
t. stop Lon. and saw him running toward him
With drawn revolver, and killan stepped ASIDE
inside and Instructed his deputy to guard the
door with his double. barreled shotgun. As
he did so, Lon stuck his head insi le, when the
deputy pulled on Linn. but the cap missed fire,
which move scared off Lon, who ran away With
ont coat or hat and hid in the grass. Killan
lutu secured EN-. AUO NeuC u iOOk ZOE Lon, Dut
it was hard to find any trace of him. Killan
then brought Ed. Maxwell to Grand Island,
where he now lies in the county Jail awaiting
the coming of the sheriff of Pepin county, Wis
consin.
Army and Indians In Dakota.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9-Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, in sub
mi,tng his annual report. says:
Although the department of Dakota has by far
the largest number of Indians from whom hostile
err1iUt II hno have haop at
during the past year and seem to have made some
advancement in labor and in the cultivation of the
soil at the different agencies The exceedingly az
noying condition of having a small body of our
hostile Indians with Sitting Bull just the line
in British Columbia has been removed by the sur
render of this head man. So long as this
body Of Ii dams remained across tho line.
all ALA dissatisfied or disat ced ores at the .gencie,
could take refuge. For this reason snppo.'ed ed
and think the results will be satisfactory. Al
though Sitting Bull was not much Of a warrior, and
had no prestige among Indians on that account,
ernment reservation system and naturally had many
adherents among the disafected. l have in
newspapers long accounts and narratives purport..
ing to he descriptive Of The Custer battle related
hy Sitting Bull, which had. in my opinion. but
little truth in them. and historians are
cautioned against receiving them as
Sioux, the former under two or three OF their prin-
cipal chiefs and the latter under Crazy Horse as
their leaders, did the fighting at the battle Of the
Little Big Horn when Custer fell. To Gen. Terry,
for his COOL management, and to the troons who 50
faithfully served in the field during the bitter
weather OF last winter in collecting and bringing in
turn my sincere thanks: In this connection the
services of Maj. Gu do Iiges, Fifth infantry. and
his command are especially deserving of commen-
dation,
America Drlr d. in England.
The London Pail Mall Gaz,tte devotes
leader to refuting a recent al icIe of the St.
James G zette, which deprecated the display
Of sympathy between England .nd the United
Safes, and made vigorous attack on American
ins:itu ions aud ideas Of lit. as tending to the
dead level of nledincrity. The Pail Mali q tzette
in reply, points to the fact that farmers rightly
and necessarily outnnmber the scholars in the
new country. As -uf1icient answer TO tue char .
it points to historians. such ss Motley and Pres
colt. poe:s such as LntgteIlow aud Others, to
one Of the profoundes aud most original Of es-
aayists, besides humorists and novel;sts who
have obtained popularity here as we'll as in
their own country, all produced within q cent =
~ in the new country, with NO cslltal in the
European sense OF the worl, and where literary
production is necessarily confued to few
places.
Ferry Boat H"rror at Troy, NY.
LAST Saturday evening skiff ferry boat With
niueteen p rsons was s"anped by the swell OF
hreo pfOreltora Wnlk0 crossing tQe 11VeT 1IOu
Troy to Port Schuyler:
The following are known to be lost: Giles
Leroy. the ferrymsn, snd hi, son; Henry Fran
els Reilly, teamster, who leaves . wife aud
eleven chill rem; Thomas Msrion, = black
smith ahelper who leaves q wife and 5 Children.
John K-ys, laborer, who leaves large family.
Geo HAY, single, about twenty five years old;
Jas Dismond, marrid man with no children.
Three others are uraccounted for. Afew years
ago two similar accidents &C urred near the
same spot, by one Of which five lives were lost
and by the o:he1 eight
Mrs G 'rfleld's Letter t. Cyrus ". Field.
MENTOR, O., Nov. z, 1881.-Dear Friend:
me formal statement regarding the 5und for
Gen. Garfeld's family, go kindly supervised oy
you. As have heretofore made only verbal
acknou ledgment, 1now wish personally to COM
municate to you and through you to all who
have contributed it, my thanks for this gener-
GUS testimonial as sn expression OF the high es-
TEEN in which my husband was held and as
tribute to his memory. My childr join mo
in this gratitude, and in tho d. SIRE that as We
accept this trust i" their fathers name, we may
be- able to use 1t in wsv worthy of him, and
to those ~ whom il has been be-
stowed With sentiments of high regard and
With sincere regard to you, my dear fliend,
remain very truly yours. .
LuCRE1H r. GARFIELD.
To Hon. Cyrus W. Field, New York.