Delta chief., 1883-08-01

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mission had accomplished all the law allows
them to do, that further and more decided leg
isiation was necessary. The disfranchisement
| of the polygamists he considered would not ac-
complish what was expected of it by the Amer
can people.
A dispatch was received at the French
Ministry of Marine, on the 2Sth, announcing
that the French troops had made sortie
| from Hanoi, inflicting severe loss on the enc
my. The dispatch says Colonel Bodens made a
sortie on the 10Th from Hanoi with a force of
500 men. He captured seven pieces of artillery
and killed 900 of the enemy. The loss of the
French was but eleven men.
The Ward Iron Company, of Niles,
and New Philadelphia, Ohio, has failed. Their
liabilities are estimated at s3OO,0OO, and their
available assets are said to be less than 5000.
They employed 400 men. The bank of A. g.
Bentley IL Co., of Niles, closed its doors on ac-
count of run on it by the creditors of the
| Ward Iron Company, but it is supposed to be
able to meet all its liabilities
The stage that left Helena, Montana,
on the 29th for Deer Lodge, was stopped by
two road agents about eighteen miles from the
latter place, and the road agents went through
| the passengers, the treasure box and the mail.
The agent there says there was very little valu-
| ables in the treasure box. The amount taken
from the passengers and mails is not yet
known. Officers have started in pursuit.
At Grand Rapids, Mich, on the Goth,
an immense jam of saw-logs, which extended
up the river for miles, being held by booms at
tached to the iron bridge of the Detroit, Grand
Haven d Milwaukee railroad, broke down the
bridge and went down the river toward Grand
Haven, carrying away, also, the Grand Rapids
Il Indiana, and Chicago " West Michigan
railroad bridges. The loss is likely to reach
several hundred thousand dollars.
Judge Blodgett, in the United States
District court OF Chicago gave decision on
the Of Irons against the Manufacturers
| National bank Of Chicago, and held that the
stockholders in the National bank liable
for the debts of the bank to the amount OF
their stock, and that individual suits to recov-
er on this liability can be commenced without
| the intervention of receiver.
A Cork dispatch says that the report
of Luke's committee states that in three
months 5,327 emigrants were assisted at a cost
of e35, 900, of which e26,0OO were received
| from the government. The committee hopes
that state-aidcd emigration will be continued
| for some years, so to thoroughly relieve the
conquested districts. 1t says the majority OF
| the holdings which vacated by the emf
| grants have been consolidated with those OF
the neighboring tenants.
A Des Moines despatch of the oath
| says that Hardy, the Polk City murderer, was
taken from jail at Harlan and hung by n party
| of about 800 masked men early In the morn
ing. They tied Jailcr Watkins and made his
wife give up the key to the cell where the mur
derer was confined, took him out and hung
him up While he hanging they shot
him, and afterward took him down and threw
him into the river. Sheriff Chatham recover
ed possession OF the body.
The Committee of Indian Affairs has
addressed letter to Senator Coke, Of Texas,
requesting him TO act with Generals Fisk and
Whittesey, the chairman and secretary re-
spectively Of the Board of Commissioners, in
bringing about a settlement Of the existing
difficulties between the opposing factions in
| the Cree Indian nation. Both factions have
appealed to the Interior department for its aid
| In securing peaceful settlement Of their diff
culties, but there being no funds at the dispos-
al Of the department to pay the expenses Of a
special commission, Generals Fisk and Whit
tlesey have been requested to act AS two MEM
bcrs Of the commission, and Senator Coke and
| Representative Haskell, Of Kansas, to act with
them in this matter. The commission Will
meet at Muskcgo, Indian Territory, about Au-
gust 5.
A London dispatch of the 2sth states
that an individual In the London docks who, It
| is said, has cholera, was taken III Wednesday.
The case Of supposed cholera reported from
| Wales, occurred at Llanfyllin and resulted in
death twcnty-four hours after the victim was
attacked. Another case Of supposed cholera
happened at Kensington few days ago. The
victim, who was drunkard, died two hours
after being taken ILL., The officers OF the local gov
ernmcnt board do not believe that the isolated
cases imply an outbreak Of the Asiatic cholera.
| Several deaths occur In London weekly at this
season Of the year which are classified as chol-
era, but which arc difficult to distinguish from
aggravated dlarrhea. There have been several
hundred cases Of the latter disease weekly this
summer, which is In excess Of the average. Pre-
cautions have been taken at Glasgow to prevent
the introduction Of the disease into that city
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The Champion swimmer Of the World
| Drowned In Niagara River.
Buffalo, July 25.-Captain Matthew
Webb, the noted English swimmer, pcrished
| a.,