Delta chief., 1883-08-29

The special counts upon which he will be tried
first are the Winston train robbery and the Gal
latin bank robbery.
Jay Gould, in letter which the New
York Sun prints, dcnounces the story that he
subscribed to the Garfield campaign fund on
condition that Stanley Matthews be appointed
to the Supreme bench, as pure fabrication.
Mary Churchill, aged II, the daughter
Of Colonel James o. Churchill, of St. Louis,
very mysteriously disappeared from her home
on the evening of the 10Th, and no trace can be
discovered. 1t is feared It may prove another
Zoe Watkins case.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri, has
instructed the marshal of Kansas City to watch
Mitchell and Slade the prize fighters, and en-
force the law which prohibits prize fighting in
the state under a penalty Of from two to ten
years in the penitcntiary.
A Helena, Montana, dispatch Of
Wednesday, the ed, says "Both ends Of the
miles west Of Mullen tunnel. The golden spike
will be set on the sth of September by Presi-
dent Willard and Jay Cooke"
Considerable excitement has been oc-
casioned at Gallatin, Mo-, because Of threaten
ing letters having been received by Messrs.
Davis and Irving, prominent witnesses for the
prosecution in the Frank James trial. Jsmes's
counsel disclaim the letters and denounce them
as a trick Of the prosecution to arouse public
sentiment against their client.
The exports of domestic produce from
the port Of New York were unusually large
during the past week, amounting to q, ,374, 4s3.
This is the second largest total for any one
week in this year, the largest being for the
week which ended March 20, when the exports
aggregated $s,4l9,a5O. Since January L. the
exports were $225, ,3Ol, ,7O6, against s2ll 027 9s4
for the corresponding period of last year.
In recent interview at Buffalo Rhodes
stated that he would surely swim the rapids,
but would not give the date, and stated that no
one except his wife and brother should know
when the attempt would be made. He stated
that his maia object was to obtain a Govern
ment prize Of 5000 and II he was successful
In the attempt he would build monument to
Captain Webb to cost 5000, and that the
widow Of Captain Webb should have an equal
amount
The Kansas City Times Wichita, Ks.
special says "A. B. steinmctx, Of this city,
who has been prominent in the Oklahoma
movement, has Just returned from = tour
through the Oklahoma country, and says
there are 600 colonists scattered along It's
streams, and they intend to stay unless ex-
PEELED by an armed force. They are anxiously
awaiting decision In the United States court
in Captain Payne's suit
On the night of the 2lst great damage
WAS done by wind and hall in northern Wiscon-
sin. At Stevens Point and in Wood county
crops, fences, buildings and mill dams were
torn In pieces. An old man In Wood county
was seriously but.not fatally injured by the ny
ing debris. The towns OF Stockton and New
Hope were visited by terrible hail storm, and
the corn, oats and hops are badly damaged. Live
stock WAS killed at several points by the flying
rails. In Brown county, In and around Green
Bay, the wind and hail did similar damage, but
no loss of life is reported.
In an interview with an Associated
Press reporter Thomas II. Hughes, Of Pitts
burg, Grand Secretary Of the Brotherhood Of
Telegraphers, speaking of the collapse, said In
many sections, especially in Quebec and the
south, there was a demoralizcd condition at
many points; numbers were In want Of the ne
cessitics Of life, rents were due, and there were
threatened cvictions OF many, and money was
coming In slowly Philadelphia and other
eastern points were short Of funds, and It was
impossible to hold out longer. The charge
made by some that John Campbell sold the or
ganzatIon out is a most unjust and unwar-
rantcd one. The order may have been a little
premature, but those In position to know fully
realized the fact that hundreds were about TO
return to work, and the last OF next week
would have terminated the strike In all but
half dozen places.