The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-02-12

son, Topeka Il santa fe Railroad. Tho
Apaches headed northwest. Companies Of
troops and citizens Of San Marcial are In
pursuit. The band number from 40 to 90.
THE steamer Minnie exploded her
boiler near Pensacola, Fla, killing the Cap.
tain, engineer and fireman.
By a boiler explosion near Long Prai-
RE. Mimi, Frank Oliver, the engineer, was
killed and several others were injured.
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE Whitaker Court.martial con.
yened ss New York on the Goth.
The Gillian army of invasion occu.
pied Lima, the capital Of Peru, on the eth.
After their signal defeat at both Miratiores
and ChoriliOs, the Peru,ians made NO fur.
Their effort to stay the advance Of the invading
army.
Two masked men captured the rail.
way station at Wahoo, Nsb., on the Omaha
4 Republican Valley Railroad, on the night
Of the I'D. They made tho agent prisoner,
compelled him at the muzzle Of their revolv.
ers to open the safe, and taking therefrom
the contents, amounting to $022, they made
their escape.
The heaviest snowfall Of the winter
occurred Throughout the East on the 22d.
Telegraph poles and wires were prostrated
and railroad traffic was generally inter-
rupted. The snow blockade in the North.
west 10 also the worst experienced In many
years. 81.
A REGISTERED letter.pouch from
Rochester, n. Y, received ut the Chicago
Post. Office ON the 10th, was found to have
been cut open and seventeen out oftwenty.
one valuable packages distracted. The value
Of the missing packages was ut first rumored
to be $l50, 100. The postal authorities say
the loss will not exceed 500.
TIE Office Of the South Chicago Iron
and Steel Works, on Ashland Avenue, near
Thirtieth Street, was robbed on the night Of
the 2sd Of over ST, 900 in cash, most Of which
had been put up in pay envelopes for distri.
button among the employees on the follow.
ing day. The night watchman's story is that
three masked men came to the Office, forced
an entrance, and having overpowered, bound
and gagged him, proceeded to break open
the safe, which they accomplished after
about two hours work. There were mum.
Der Of suspicious circumstances, indicating
that the Waterman was party to the crime,
and he has been placed under arrest, to.
gether with his son.
BISHOP ELDER, of Cincinnati, has
issued an order prohibiting the members Of
the Catholic Church in his diocese from in.
dulging In round dances. ...
The German Admiralty has resolved
to dispatch war vessels to the west coast Of
Africa for the purpose Of Furnishing the ne.
groes who lately plundered the German
steamer Carlos when stranded on their shore,
and who maltreated the crew. ....,.
THERE are snow-drifts thirty feet high
In the vicinity Of Kingston, Ont. =.
The bill for the protection of life and
property in Ireland, introduced by Forster,
Chief Secretary Of Ireland, empowers the
Viceroy to arrest persons reasonably sus.
pected as principals or accessories in treas.
enable offeEses. The bill is retrospective al
regards arrests for treason. 1t will apply ia
the whole OF Ireland, but, with regard to
agrarian and other crimes, win apply
to proclaimed districts only. As q
Justification for the proposed measure,
the Secretary gave . long and de.
tailed description Of the outrsges which
had been committed. He alleged that the
Land League had system Of Constables In
all districts who recorded every infringe.
ment Of the rules Of the League. ''The re.
suit is" he said, 1.-THE Land League is su.
pren,e. There IL reign Of terror. Those
who break the law are safe, while honest
men who keep itare In danger. The Land
League strikes terror. We must therefore
strike terror into them; We must arrest these
criminals" His speech Wa loudly sp.
pla,,ded. ~"
The recent fall Of snow throughou,
the South is the heaviest since 1864. Now
Orleans reported three inches, Mobile five
inches, and points near the Atlantic coast ,
sttll greater depth. @a1a 4t aati