The Red Cloud chief., 1884-12-05
b WORLD AT LARGE.
A Summary of tho Daily Nova
NTsCIIIasEOGg.

Il. &. WTSsTOSs & Co, hardwood deal
ers at ST. Paul, Mimi, recently place
their property in the hands OF trustee.
Their liabilities were $500, and thei
assets Sl5),Opo. The head Of the firm
thought the embarrassment would he Ia
temporary, and said the creditors would al
he paid in FULL
OS a recent Sunday night. after preach
Ing 4 powerful sermon on hypocrisy, tn.
Rev. James W. Lindsay committed a burg
larry nj Nashville, Ind, a. q result OF whic!
he was sent - prison.
Il COLLISION occurred a few DAYS AZ
between a north-bOund freight train a
Perdido, IN the Memphis & Mobile Rail,
road. The engineer Of the Passenger train
James Duffy, was burned up; the fireman
a negro named Toney Mckay, had both legi
cut of. The mail messenger was hurt Ems
burned. The baggage master and txprcS,
messenger were unhurt. but the expresi
car, mail car and contents and the second,
class coach were burned up. Nobody wa
hurt on the freight train. The engine and
some cars were damaged.
PROF.. SANDERS, OF the Agricultural De-
partmcnt, accompanied by several assist
ants, left Washington recently for New
Orleans, where he Will put in operation
the sugar crushing machinery which
has been experimental with successfully
in Delaware. The appropriation for
the conduct Of the machine at the depart
mcnt was obtained last year through
senator Plumb's influence. The crusher
gives signs OF rev~olutiOnizing the growing
of cane in the United States for sugar pro-
duction. The gentlemen who 20 To New
Orleans will place this machinery on ex-
hibition, also a fine chemical display from
the Agricultural Department.
A CONFLICT Of authority recently o.
Cured between the Pope and the Jesuit
College i'm the Province Of Quebec. Eis
Papal Highncss issued an order declaring
Laval University the only one in the
Province, and commanding all colleges u
affiliate with il. The Jesuit brethren re-
fused To obey, declaring hat the Jesuit or
der was under such rules regarding edu-
cation that even the Pope could not inter-
ferc with it.
WAR has been declared between JEFF
Davis and General W. +. Sherman. Some
weeks ago the latter referred To the ex-
President of the ~Confcderacy as n con-
spirator who had schemed to secure the
dictatorship of the country. Davis came
to time i'll n card denouncinG the allegation
as false n calling General Sherman n
Liar" in saying he wished TO destroy the
liberties or rights of States. Mr.. Davis
wound up by challenging the hero o. the
"March Through Georgia" To make good
his statements or swear the brand Of a
base slanderer." General Sherman, in an
interview, took occasion to say that mir.
Davis will get all he wants in due time"
THE National Cattlemen's Convention at
st. Louis wound up its business u few days
g and adjourned. G. c. Epson, of Texas,
was made Chairman of the committee To
urge the trail question on the attention Of
Congress, and the arid-land resolution.
which had been pending several days, was
adopted with some amendments. The
newly-Organized National Cattle and
Horse Growers Association met suisse
quently and elected permanent officers.
Colonel X. ID. Hunter of st. Louis, was
chosen President 10y acclamation.
II. X. THOMPSON, n disappointed Texan,
who had lost heavily by the recent failure
of the first National Bank of Monmouth,
ILL.,, tried to even up matters n few days
ago by firing five shots at T.. L. q. Hub
bard, the defaulting cashier. He was jailed
at once.
Two Chinese gamblers recently quar-
relied ut Fort keogh, Mont. One beat the
other over the head with a stool SO he died.
a $4,000 "FIND" was recently discov-
cred among the late Duke of Brunswick's
effects in the shape of an old iron safe,
which was generally supposed to be empty.
FIRE was not long ago discovered in the
Mechanics Hotel at Pottsville, Pa. Alarm
was given and the guests made their cs-
cape. The flames were subdued before
great damage was done. and it was
then discovered that the fire was
the work of an incendiary. Suspicion
pointed to John Kelly, u young man OF bad
and he was arrested. He soon
his guilt, and Chief Burgess Bre-
honey started with him for Pot;svillc. t.
place him in Jail. Reaching an unfre-
quented spot III a back street OF Po:tsyillc,
Kelly slipped his handouts and dealt the
chief a heavy blow, Telling him 10 the
ground, where he was found in a dyinS
condition.
ALEXANDER FARNUM's well-known IL
brary of rare books was sold at Providence,
Il. L., q few days ago, for $4,000. The
buyer was the Lehigh University.
The most valuable portion of the library
was the collection of Thomas Dibhirs'
photographed works. Of these Mr.. Far
mum possessed "a full set. Three volumes
Of "Dihbins' photographed Decameroc,"
published in London in 1871, sold for 81 .oGS.
volumes of Typographical Antigui-
10y the same author, sold for SEQ.
The collection included some rare and beau
tiful editions of Ruskin'S works.
\ CoAL-vEIN was lately discovered Just
east of Galesburg, ILL.,, on the land owned
oy the Galesburg Pressed Brick and Tile
Company, at q depth of fifty feet below
he surface. A good bed of fire-clay UNI
ierlies the seam. The Company intends
a shaft sunk ut once. The city ROW
almost entirely upon coal shipped
n for its supply.
AT a meeting of the Aqueduct Commits
'ion ut New York City lately, a letter was
cad from Jay Gould, stating he desired TO
aid the Commission in any way he could.
He asked the privilege of removing timber
portion of his land through which
he aqueductmay pass,and will expect COM
,ensation only for the land. The Commits
ion resolved to send c planof the aguedact
o the New Orleans Exposition.
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II incoming train on Cincinnati. Ham
lton q Dayton Railway, at Cincinnati, had
| narrow escape. a few days ago. from n
accident a few miles from that
,ity. Two men walking on the track dis
formidable distractions. which
would certainly have wrecked the train il
hey had not given notice in time 10 allow
emoval before the train reached the spot. ~.
there was no clew to the criminals, when