The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-09-15
NEWS OF The WEEK.
DOMESTIC INTELxI0ENOE.

WIUO VI NE W6Iks
DOMESTIC INTELLIoxNoE.
East.
The Cornell crew has reached New
York, leaving Shinkel In London. It Is alleged
that he received $1,000 6olins for causing the
defeat ct Vienna.
At Paterson, N. j., man named
shorroch was killed by being struck In the
stomach by base ball He fingered but . few
minutes.
Boston and the surrounding Country
had natural phenomenon, the other day, in .
peculiar condition Of the atmosphere, which
was Of . fog-lilse character, and seemed 10
change the colors Of various objects. The
League baseball game was postponed on &C
count OF hight. This condition OF the atmos-
phtro lasted from morning till evening. Al
Providence, R. l., the day was dark and very
sultry. the gas being lighted in Offices and fact
ories. The same features were observed 1t
Hartford, gas being burned through the day.
The hop crop Of Eastern New York
has been harvested, and the yield is but per
cent less than last year, while the quality is
far superior.
A remarkable mirage was seen at
Long Branch just as the President arrived.
At Jamaica, L. L, tavern-keeper
named KENNEL killed his wife. sst fire 10 the
tavern and then hanged himself.
BY the carelessness. arising from IN.
temperance, Of Charles Rust, an employe OF
tho Roberts Torpedo Company, Of Sawyer, .
village near Bradford. Pa, four men were in
stantly killed, three fatally injured and several
persons seriously injured.
Four thousand acres Of timber and
5000 acres Of wheat on tho farm Of David
Tracy, near Erie, Pa, were destroyed by !
forest fire.
Shinkel, Of the Cornell crew, has or.
rived from Europe, and will bring suit 1t Ith-
aca against his fellow-oarsmen for defamation
Of character.
West.
Reliable reports from Fort Apache
nni Fort Thomas leave no doubt that tho re-
ports OF the Indian massacre in the vicinity Of
the former place:were grossly exaggerated. Gen.
Carr ard the greater portion OF his command
were still alive at last adviccs, and were conf
dent Of being able to hold their own until
the arrival Of reinforcements. Gen. Cars COM
mand lost seven men killed and two wounded
in tho fight with the redskins. It appears that
on the morning OF the 29th ult he, with force
Of l05 men, including Indian scouts and six
officers, left Fort Apache with the intention OF
arrcs,ing an Apache medicine-man who had
been endeavoring to STIR up the tribe to revolt
The command reached Cibicn, forty-fve
miles west Of Fort Apache, ON the 9Oth ult.,
and found GOO Indians there. Tho medicine
man was arrested without resistance, and the
command began to retrace its steps. Some
Indian scouts who had left their own camp
and come into Gen. Cars camp wero ordered
to leave. They refused to do so. but turned
and fired, killing Capt Hentig. Tie fight then
became general. Our troops formed : skir-
mish line, and defended themselves until dark,
after which they retreated to Fort Apache,
The casualties among our troops were as fol.
lows: Killed: Cnpt 0. g. Hcntig, Sixth caval.
ry; Private Saurdaggcr, Private Sullivan, Pri
vate Miller, Private Livingston, Private Bird,
Private Faran, all Of Company d, Sixth caval'
~ Wounded: Lieut.. q. q. Gordon, Sixth
cavalry, in the leg, but not serious. Sergt T.
Mcdonald, Company Z, Sixth cavalry, righ,
leg. badly.
A dispatch from Shenandoah, Iowa,
gives the following particulars Of terrible &C.
cident which occurred near that place. Passen'
ger train No. 81, north hound on the Wabash
road was ditchel five miles west of that place.
Nineteen persons were more or less injured
and one, named Thomas c. Leacox, was killed
outright. Two or three others will prohabl,
die. AL the train except the engine tumbled
down an embankmcn. about ten feet high.
The giant-powder packing-house oi
the Lake Superior Powder Company, two mile,
northwest Of Marquette, Mich. blew up with
terrible effect on the morning OF the 9th inst
There were eleven mon in the building at the
time, all Of whose bodies were torn into frag'
ments the average size Of which were not largel
than MANS hand. The building, which VA,
frame &c 60 feet and ono story high, NJ,
blown into splintcrs and scattered over Nm arc,
OF twcnty-four acres. The shock Of tho explo
sion was felt distance OF eight miles, ans
buildings in Marquette were terribly shaken
Half an hour after the explosion the place wa
crowded with people. all OF whom Is
sisted in searching the debris for icsl
and bones OF the killed. OF the eleven bodie
| part Of one trunk only aud about two paten
pals full OF remains were found. Following
| is list OF the killed. al Of whom were unmAr
ried men: John RsichelA Joseph Reichels
Jacob Smith, John Smith, Lewis Collins, Pete
| Laplant, Oliver Bashaw, Edward Murray, Frct
| valrum, Charles Schmidt, John Anus. N
plausible theory Of the cause OF the explosion
has been advanced, and, rs tho men do no
live who saw it, the cause will never be known
All the Indians are reported to have let
the western portion OF the San Carlos ressrvatio,
and gone in the direction Of the Apaches. In
tense alarm prevails among the whites at sta
| tions on the Southern Pacific east OF Wilcox
and non.rcsidents intending to leave ar
Sresented froa boarding trains. At station
between Dcming aud Wilcox tcmporAr
| Notifications have been thrown up. Seventeen
companies OF troops are en- route from Cali
forn.a tor Wilcox by special train; ten com
panos Of tie sixth cavalry have been ordere'
forward and tie Fifth cavalry, Crooks vetera
fighters. will Le sent in hot haste from th
Platte. general uprising Of the Arizon
Apaches is expected.
The Governor Of New Mexico has OF
ganlzed companies Of militia at Las Cruces an
La Mosilla. Two companies are forming y
socorro. one at Rincon, one in the Black ranes
aud one at Santa Fe. The Governor called o
the Secretary oi War for 1000 stand Of arm
now at Fort Union aud fair supply Of ammt
milton.