The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-24

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Essysdgs, one of his SOFA and hts daughter
were killed.. and The criminals. Est1iSe
AMI Miller. ~ers wounded. Miller and
Essri1ge, although wounded, escaped
THE Prime Meridian Coafcsencs re-
Gently held a. Washington. adopted .
resolution 20 count all longitude from
Greenwich In two directions up % -, de
grees-east plus and ives: minus i, also
proposed a universal day for al nations
AT Libury Centre, On the Canada South
ern Road, there was recently quite . rail
road wreck. An express going east ran
into q gravel train. The express train
consisted o. q baggage. express. smoking,
two arst-clasx cars and two Pulimans-
The smoking car was urnei upside down
and thrown into the ditch, breaking 4, q
fragments. Ths xprsss engineer. Dan
Cox, wa. Instantly Killed The injured
we're Samuel Woods, Of Fletcher. head
seriously cut: a child OK John Callahan, Of
Toronto, hsnds burned by being thrown
on the stove; a hsggagemsn Of Detroii
badly burned about, the body. a wreck
ing train accompanied By surgeons was
dispatched from the city AZ once.
The steamer Neptune, sent out by Cana
da 70 explore Hudson's Bay and Straits.
lately returned. having established a mum.
Der OF meteorological stations and diseov-
cred a new channel through Labrador u
Ungara Bay. The average temperature
for September was thirty-six degrees above
zero. Navigation is practicable for steam
ers six months in the year.
M~IcHIPIcoTzs, on the north shore o: Lake
Superior, was lately in possession Of a
gang Of roughs. The respectful BILE people
Of the place received notice 10 quit town.
One night the Canadian Pacific Railway
Office was riddled with bullets by a band
Of masked men. John Mackenzie, an en-
ploye, VA shot in the head. Cashier
Burden was fired at in bed, the ball pass
ing within a few inches Of his head. The
Police Commissioner sent about ten
picked c~onstabuiary detectives to the
place and their labor led 10 several or
rests.
Mrs. ANNA Moss and Anna Turner were
lately arrested at Chicago for arson. They
lad saturated the furniture OF their house
with kerosene, and were evidently intent
on burning il for insurance money. The
Fire Departments services were effective,
however.
RUBgL's Rock, a dangerous formation
in the Ohio River at the falls near Somer-
vile. vas blasted recently by Government
employees. Almost every steamer afoat
on the Ohio suffered from this Rock. There
it was that the James ID. Parker went
down.
BURGLARS lately cracked the safe Of l..
n. Thompson at Perrysville, D. They
then stole a horse and drove TO Mansfield
and escaped. Onc corner OF the building,
which is brick, was blown out by the
shock made in blowing the safe. A small
sum Of money was secured.
THE wife and three-year-old childof Carl
Schroeder, of jamestown, ID. T., were
caught in aprairie fire and burned To
death. The wife was bravely trying to
save the whea, stacks from destruction.
The other children saved themselves by
running into n pond.
From a recent estimate by agriculturists
il appears that the vintage Of France this
year Will be the best since 1874. The vines
are delicate aud full of bloom.
MRS. "iIliAh pbASE "ds sAfuCh ~
lightning near Joliet, ILL.,, a few days ago
and instantly killed.
A HUNGARIAN was recently arrested at
Liverpool on board the Lord Give. Thirty
packages of dynamite were found in his
luggage.
AN application was lately made for the
appointment of a receiver for the Carbon
dale Cole q Coal Company of Southern
Illinois. The liabilities were SSjI 900 and
the assets are said to be S,?2, 900.
REGULAR band of burglars were lately
operating i'm and around Milwaukee and n
score of robberics Were reported t. the pc.
lice. Among others, the residence of Mrs.
Anna Holfelter, on the Cedarburg road,
near Milwaukee, was burglarized and 500
secured by the burglars.
SCARLET FEVER recently broke out ut the
Industrial School for Girls at Milwaukee
THE middle span of a railroad bridge
near Batavia, o., gave way a few days
ago, and the Manchester Express went
over. The bridge was fifty feet above the
water. The engine, baggage car AMI first
coach were hurled to the water beneath,
while the rear car remained on the sound
portion of the bridge. Forty-five persons
were on the train Mt the time and made
many miraculous escapes, several leaping
into the stream below. Several were
killed and many wounded. The engineer
and fireman were killed instantly.