Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1883-09-07

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/. stream the team became unmanageabll
/. and backed the buggy, ia which Mr.. Brown
q bin was sitting, OIL the boat.
I AT Rock Greek, Colo, tho other day, Ed
o ward Nottingham aud William Maddlgai
J. quarreled, but were parted before any
0 thing serious resulted. The next morning
I Maddigan appeared at Nottingham''
room, and on entering asked II he wa
: prepared for him, pulled a revolver and
: fired. The bali entered Nottingham's leg
{ They clinched and desperate struggle en-
+ sued, during which Nottingham succeeded
: In drawing a revolver aud, placing Il at
F.. Maddigan's side, fired twice, killing Mad
5 digan instantly. Both were rivals for the
! affections Of young lady.
t d. J. MoKMoHr, about eighty years old,
formerly a well known steamboat captain
, Of the Western rivers, but for some years
! past merchant at Lebanon, ILL.,, suieided
! recently by shooting in the head. He said
he had lived long enough.
W. A. TAYLOR, correspondent OF the Gin
clnnati Neies-Joundl, and II. w. J. Elliott,
editor OF the Sunday Capital, had an en-
counter on the streets Of Columbus, Ohio,
recently. 1t was thought the affair would
grow into one gilmore serious consequences.
The railway postoiilce service ON the
North Pacific Railroad, which has been
ordered between Missoula and Helena,
Montana, and just gone into effect, will
make continuance Of the railroad post
office service via Northern Pacific Railroad
from St. Paul to Portland, distance of 92O
miles.
A DISASTROUS fire recently fell upon
Petersburg, llls., it being the third within
a year. The principal square was burned.
The loss was estimated at $4,000; insur-
ance, $4,000 The principal losers were
Pagan Il Adams, drugs; the Press news
newspaper; Miss Frank, milliner; Ham
mond & Parker, dry goods; Barrett g. Son,
dry goods; Edwards & Ware. drugs; Citi.
zens' State Bank; T. G. Hammond & Son,
dry goods; Bellmeyer & Young, hardware;
Moses Frank, dry goods, and II. c. Gordon,
jewelIy.
JoHN COIL, a convict in the penitentiary
at Chester, Ills, who was working as
stone cutter, the other day deliberately cut
off several Of his fingers with hatchet TO
avoid the work he was put at.
SYLVESTER +. FULLER, the runaway cash.
ier Of the Second National Bank OF Jeifer-
son, o., and II. l.. st. John, his assistant,
were arrested at Cleveland, on a charge Of
stealing $4,000 Of the banks money. The
defalcation was discovered last December,
and they fed to Canada. On returning
they were found and captured.
THE crew Of local freight train running
between Bismarck, NO., and Poplar Bluff,
recently attempted TO eject passenger at
Mill Spring who refused to pay his fare
In the scufile which ensued the passenger
was killed by blow from one of the brake
men. The entire crew was placed under
arrest
THE planning mill Of Eldridge & Sons, at
Fort Howard, near Green Bay, Wis, and |
one million feet of lumber burned recently. |
Loss, 100000; insurance SG0,0O0
THE body of Mrs. Hesse, who MYSTERIOUS
ly disappeared from st. Joseph, Mo-, the
other night, was found In the Missouri
River at that city several days later.
THE mill of the Minnemacher Milling
Company at Milwaukee, Wis, was recently
damaged by fire $4,000, supposed to have
been spontaneous combustion.
Hon. L. M. CUTTs, member Of Congress
from the Seventh District Of Iowa, died the
other day at 0scaloosa.
A SPECIAL from Peoria, ILL.,, says It has
been definitely ascertained that States At
torney Loueck is short $4,000 in his public
capacity and as custodian Of private funds.
It is stated that an ignorant peddler, named
jacob Mendelshon, in 1879, placed $1,000 in
his hands and Loueck gave him bogus
mortgages for security, the nature ofwhich
was discovered only few days ago, and
resulted in the disclosure Of all his short.
ages. Loueck claimed to have lost money
in gambling. He Is under arrest.
THE authorities of Port Townsend, Wash.
ington Territory. have been notified of the
smuggling Of Cinnamon to this country ,
along the coast
TIE difference between several west
bound routes as to passenger rates between
Cincinnati and st. Louis, eliminated last
week in an announcement Of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad that frst-class pas
senger tickets would be sold for $3.50. The
regular price Is So.
The mail train bound west on the Wa.
bash road the other morning ran over and
killed Mrs. Allen and her daughter, a =
Mrs. johnson, at Simpson Creek bridge.
near Pattonsburg, No. The body Of each
was fearfully mangled.
FREIGHT train on the Chicago & North +,
western Railroad was recently wrecked at
Crescent City, Iowa, ana Conductor Wesley +
hunn and Engineer Wabin instantly killed. t,
A srKAM engine attached 10 threshing 4
machine exploded in a grain field, six miles !,
forth Of Frankfort, D. T., instantly killing \
". Bonnell, Clarence Reed, Geo Strom and
IN unknown man. and injuring FIVE others,
our Of whom were in a critical condition.
The other afternoon a fire broke out in
he rag and paper warehouse Of Henry
brennan & Co, Cincinnati, and quickly
to the Times Star Office and =
Ither buildings. Several Of the employees I
4 the paper house were fatally injured By !
umping from the windows, and Eve girls =
rere missing and it was feared they were Y
urned. A spectator was crushed against .
be wall BY q hcok and ladder company
nd fatally injured. The loss 10 property "
ras about soc 900, ofwhich the Tines. Star .
alcs sustained $1,000 =