Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-26
THE NEWS.

According to telegram for Quebec, Mr..
Chapleau, secretary of state, in his address to
the electors of Terre Bonnie, predicted that
Canada would ultimately become independent
OF England.
A gang of five masked mon entered dwell
ing at West Charlton, N. Y, and after bind
ing and gagging the inmates-two brothers
named Gilchrist and their sister-forced
open safe and robbed it Of $500 in money
and $3.50, 900 in bonds and mortgages.
Advices from Sonora Mexico, say that the
Apaches have killed over one hundred persons
in the last month.
Walter J. and @. r. Morris, guests at the
Avon Beach Hotel, L. l., were annoyed at the
singing of Mr.. Henry Lyman, the basso of Dr.
Armitage's church. A quarrel ensued, and
.he Morris boys stabbed Mr.. Lyman and his
friend, A. NJ. Clute, indicting wounds on the
neck.
A fire in Strawberry street. Philadelphia,
below Market, destroyed property to the
amount of 1920, 200. @. r. Jones, umbrella
manufacturer; George H. Bird, muslins; Gross
& voight, toys, are among the principal losers.
The Mississippi river commission, now in
New York, has appropriated "a, 1873 600 for the
improvement of the river below Cairo. The
commission has Sc, 150, 900 at its disposal.
A party of five smugglers, with forty pack
mules, were recently drowned in a canon in
The Swissholm mountains, Arizona, by the
bursting of water spout.
Penniman & Bro, hardware and Joshua
Harvey & Sons, dry goods dealers, in Balti-
more, have made assignments.
William Kent, assistant United States ap-
praiser at New York, made statement before
The tariff commission at Long Branch in favor
Of a simpler classification of silk goods aud
reduction of duties which now range sfom 40
to 200 por cent. ad valorem. William T. Rice,
Of New York, favored me removal of the duty
on hay. David @. Sturgis, of ,he appraisers
1epa' sment of the New York custom house,
pointed out a number of iGcor sruities in the
existing tariff. Prunes, for instance, pay
duty OFF, cents pound and plums duty Of
. I Cent.
Agent McGillicuddy at Pine Ridge Agency,
Neb, has advise the military authorities that
Red Cloud has beef sIr.a ever since he was
deposed from the chieftainship of the Sioux
by General Groom, and tI.at he he's notified
the agent to leave by October 7. There are
1000 Sioux at Pine Ridge and 1000 at the
Rosebud Agency, and in the event of an out
break 5000 warriors could go ON the war path.
The Massachusetts Greenbackers have nom.
mated Gen. B. F. Butler as their andidate for
governor.
The Apaches are committing frightful afro
cities in the Sahuarapa district, New Mexico.
At Taratuc rancho they killed six men, two in
Lucuchilla and two in Arincahonda. Three
hours afterward they attached Ell Carriel car
rying off IL women and child. They strip
ped the women, brutally assaulted them, and
then put them to death by cruel torture Four
Of the men of the rancho who were returning
saw the houses on fire and fled. The Apaches
gave chase. Three of the men took refuge
among the rocks and were defending them
selves, when the fourth man, who escaped.
brought the news to Trinidad. A large force
OF citizens started at once to the rescue. The
number Of hostiles is 2OO commanded by Juh
the Chihuahua chief, who escaped after the
battle with Gen. Fuero last spring. General
Keys, with large force in the Sahuarapa dis.
trict, declares he will not spare man, squaw
or papoose if he again encounters them.