Delta chief., 1883-11-14

mined upon new departure, the details OF
which will not be proclaimed at present.
Charles f. Dix, cashier of the Savings
Bank at Council Bluffs, Iowa, suidided with a
| pistol on the 9th. His accounts are all straight
and his rash deed is thought to have been
prompted by insanity. He was native of sa-
| lem, Mass.
The police of Chicago recently ar
| rested twelve members of thoroughly organ
lied gang of shoplifters, nearly all of whom
were fine looking women. 1t is estimated that
| the speculations of the band amount to from
| $1,000 TO $4,000,
! Senator Miller, of California, has
written letter to the Secretary Of State, com
planning that by the fraudulent practices OF
the Chinese officials hundreds of Chinese labor
ers are being landed in America as teachers
students, merchants or as dcsirous to travel in
the United States.
The daily NccS of Ogden, Utah, Of
the 10th, states that Frank White, Of Iancs-
vile, Ohio. and u grandson of Commodore
Wilkes Of the United States Navy, while herd
ing sheep near Pleasant Valley, got lost and
died from exposure and hunger.
General Wright, chief of engineers
at Washington, in his annual report, urgently
recommends that congress make ample fppro-
priations for putting the sea and lake front in
a condition for defense in case of war He ad-
yises that at least $4,000 be expended at San
Francisco.
a dispatch from Chihuahua, Mexico,
dated the l1th, states that Jacob Hipp, a
wealthy resident Of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
while on his way from the Mexican Central
terminus at Laredo to Durango, was robbed Of
5000 and murdered by road agents, and his
wife outraged,
A gale at Buffalo blew down four
story building constructed by Jacob DOld.
Twelve men were buried in the ruins. The
killed are: Jacob Schoeuthal William Eckcrt,
Joseph Grodcl. carpenters, John Otto, laborcr,
and Charles Frtncr Seven other were Sc
riou.ly injured.
At "A meeting of the Irish National
League Michael Dayitt denounced the pro
posed system Of cNpatriAtion and urged the
League to organize vigilance committees 30
frus,rato #. and send delegates to the uuited
States and Canada II necessary. motion t"
that effect was adopted.
Suit has been brought by the District
Attorney in the United States District court,
at Santa Fc, against James y. Stone and John
W. Cook for trcspassng and cutting timber on
public lands. Six hundred thousand feet Of
timber and three hundred thousand feet Of
fine logo, valued at $4,000, were s'izcd.
The main walls OF the growing Nor
mon Temple, at salt Lake, were completed on
the 9th. They are ten feet thick, and 81 solid
granite clgnty-tiyc feet high. The foundation
was laid twcuty-rIght years ago, and the cot
up TO tho present time hiss been sE,Jr,U1O
Six years more will bc required tu complete II.
Lee White, who had been baggage
master on the Northwestern road, and who
| confessed to roJbIng a package oi money in
! the express office six months ago, committed
suicide on thc6th Tho robbery had long re
manned mystery. White had borne good
reputation and made full restitution OF the
| funds.
| Ground was broken on the 9TH for
the construction Of the Kansas city Belt Line
| railroad. The line will bc built by the Santa fc
and Fort Scott Il Gulf rnilruad people who
have purchased the property rights Of the for,
mcr company, and will be- operated for tho
common use Of all roads leading Into Kansas
! City.
Samuel Roberts. n Young man oi
Memphis, on the 2rd, killed T. VI. Edwards, an
elderly citizen and prominent church mem
Der Of KcrrvIllc Tenn. The reason for the
deed was the alleged seduction Of Roberts sis.
trr-lu-law. Edwards wus q man Of family and
had been expelled from his church on account
Of the scandal.
Mary Churchill was found working
IN the laundry Of the Insane asylum near In.
diauapOlls on the 3rd. by r. J. Gallagher, an
editor Of the ST. Louis Globe Demoryat, who
had been working on the case for months,
Her father indcntihcd her and took her home
TO St Louis. She gave no satisfactory reason
for leaving home
The London LdD journal says al.
though English barristers In two instance, were
allowed 30 conduct cases IN the United States
courts these were purely cIyIl cnscs. The Lra
Journal expresses the best Of will towards Pry,
or, the American counsel for O'Donncil hut
says It Ia extremely doubtful whether the Judge
Of the Central Criminal Court could legally al.
low him TO represent the prisoner In the forth.
coming trial.
A terrible accident occurred ut Mndi-
son, Wisconsin, on the sth The entire roof
| Of a new wing to the capitol building, with the
| iron aud stone supporting columns, fell In,