Daily Republican., 1883-08-16
NEWS SUM MARY.
FIGHTS WITH INDIANs-sUICIDE
CASEas-NEW BANKS
CHARTERED.

The village OF Nacoris, in Sonora,
Mexico, was attacked by Apaches on
July 30th, and five State guards, under
Lieutenant Moreno, were killed. Next
morning Moreno marched out with
twenty men and found the savages,
numbering $50 men, strongly intrench-
ed, and was driven back. Reinforced
by armed villagers he made second
advance, and was again repulsed, after
several Indians had been killed. No
reno was slightly wounded. The In
dians being masters Of the field drove
off lot of cattle.
The Canadian authorities at Niagara
Falls have written an open letter" to
Captain j. d. Rhodes stating thaS any
attempt by him or any other persons to
swim the Whirlpool Rapids will be
looked upon as coming from an insane
person, and that they will be prevented
from carrying it ont, as far as taking
the water from the Canadian shore
is concerned 1t is said that Rhodes
visited the whirlpool rapids on Tues
day and, after looking at them for
while, concluded not to make the at
tempt.
The Acting Comptroller of the Cur
rency yesterday authorized the follow
ing National banks: The First National
Bank, of Taylor, Texas, capital, $780,
600, Decatur National Bank, of De-
catur, Indiana, capital $50, 900; South
Branch Valley National Bank, Of
Moorefeld, West Virginia, capital, $780,
900 First National Bank, of Punxsu.
tawney, Pa, capital $50, 900; and First
National Bank of Vancouver, Washing
ton Territory, capital $4,000.
Henry L. Young, General Agent in
Cincinnati of the Grand Rapids and
Indiana Railroad, committed suicide
by shooting himself in his Office at mid
night on Tuesday. He was drunk
shortly before committing the deed.
A letter was found upon him purport-
ing to be from cousin, threatening
Young for being intimate with the
writer's wife.
The schooner Alliance arrived at
Halifax, Nova Scotia, yesterday from
the scene of the wreck of the steamer
Brantford City. The captain reports
that the grounded vessel is lying on an
even bottom. The Alliance brought q
miscellaneous cargo, and left several
vessels at the wreck, packing the saved
goods.
L. W. johnson, the telegraph opera
tor whose negligence is said to have
caused the recent fatal collision on the
Troy and Boston Railroad, near Peters,
burgh Junction, when six lives were
lost, was arrested yesterday on charge
90 ,s1a Nh tor s,,f ha uaonnI 1onpoo Tn
which he pleaded not guilty.
Reven9e agents captured and de-
stroyed an illicit still, of 100 gallons
capacity, near Garfield Post-office,
Texas, yesterday. Eighty gallons Of
beer and fifty pounds OF meal were
also destroyed, and man named Love-
lady was arrested.
The first rain that has visited Lynch
burg, Virginia, for five weeks fell there
yesterday. The corn crop in several of
the southwestern counties of that State
has been destroyed and the tobacco
crop damaged by drought,
Isaac Evans, Reuben King and
Sweeney Younger, the Pittsylvania
murderers, were last evening lodged in
une jail dL LynCnDuTB, virginia, loT
safe custody until the excitement in
Chatham shall have subsided.
The Royal Insurance Company Of
Liverpool yesterday took out permit
for the erection in Chicago of nine
story office building in jackson street,
near the new Chamber Of Commerce, to
cost 5000
The Coroner's jury in the drowning
case Of Mrs. Knoblack, at Trenton, New
Jersey, yesterday rendered a verdict Of
suicide, and the husband was released.