The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

ing 10 the Grand Trunk Railway, at Lind
say, Ont, was destroyed by Ere a few day
ago. The freight house and shed known a
the whitby & Port Perry Storehouse, an
occupied by the well known commission
firm, w. ID. Matthews & Co., was destroyed
JAMES BRANDON, living two miles from
Randolph, ". j., was murdered by his sol
Thomas a few days ago. Both were drum
together a little while before the killing.
THE Belgian Liberals lately complaints
that the new Ministry is as Catholic as tn
old. The election resulted in the return o
fifty-three Liberals and twelve Clericals.
JOHN NJ. EDWARDS, a well-known younj
man OF Fort Benton, Mont, was recent,
drowned while coming down the Missouri
River In a skifY. The skif struck a snag.
NEWS was lately received by boat tina
roughs and whisky sellers were in practica
possession Of Michipicoton, On the nortl
shore of Lake Superior. The detachmen
Of police sent from Toronto was too small
to cope with the desperadoes, who kept vi
a reign of terror over the whole district.
THE remains Of the fourteen victims o
the Youngstown, Pa, mine disaster were
buried on the 18th. The funerals wer,
largely attended, and he services i'm
pressive. The company betrayed all ex
penses, and did everything possible to re-
lieve the temporary wants OF the bereaved
families. There had been no well defined
and accepted theory of the explosion.
The Coroner at Philadelphia, Pa, lately
investigated the death of two boys, John
Baker and James Clayton. 1t was known
that Clayton was often seen at night stand.
ing under a gas light reading some thrilling
novel to Baker, and that Clayton, after
trying his pistol, said he was going to
shoot some one, and that when he shot he
would shoot to kill. The jury ave a ver-
dict of murder i'm Clayton's case, and found
that Baker came to his death from a gun
shot wound at the hands of Clayton.
On account of the shutting down of mills
i'm Lewiston, Me-, recently, there was on
siderable distress among the discharged
operatives. The overseers of the poor re-
ported that applications for assistance had
increased rapidly. Forty persons left for
Canada.
SIX members of the Salvation Army were
sent to the penitentiary from Syracuse, n.
| Y, recently, for violation of a city ordi-
nance. They were released a few days ago
under a conviction of Judge Kennedy that
their decision was illegal. The common
council passed new ordinance meeting the
Judges ruling.
THE steamer Newburn, which arrived at
San Francisco, from Guaymas, lately,
brought news of disastrous storms on the
coast of lower California. The steamer
Estado de Sonora, which left MaZatlan
September -, with niAeteen passengers and
a crew of thirty EIGHT, was believed to be
lost, with all on board. This steamer was
a Mexican coaster of seven hundred tons,
owned by Don Joaquin Redo. In
sured i'm San Francisco for $4,000. The
American schooner Dora was also believed
to be lost. Another storm occurred Octo-
Der : and continued three days. Twenty
houses on Cape st. Lucas were destroyed
and a great number of cattle were killed.
Nine Mexican coasters were lost. Each
had from three to five persons on board.
All persisted, excepting n sailor and one
boy. The storm was the most violent ever
seen in those parts.
THE steam ferryboat Joseph C.. Abbot
burned to the waters edge on the Kentucky
side of the river, opposite Madison, Ind,
lately. The boat was owned by Walter
and Joseph C.. Abbot, and valued at 5000:
uninsured. The origin of the fire was un-
known.
GEORGE SUDENJA, a young German en-
ployed in the Ferminich Starch Works at
Peoria, H., met a horrible death a few days
ago by being caught by a revolving wheel
and drawn up to the shafting. Nearly
every bone in his body was broken.
THE store of A. B. Smith. at Rockaway
Beach, l.. l., was entered by burglars re-
Gently. The safe was broken and a large
amount of Rockaway Improvement Com
pany's bonds, several hundred dollars in
cash and other valuahles were carried of.
A LARGE brick building in Chicago, at
the Southeast corner of Lasalle and Michi-
gan streets, recently burned. The build
ing was occupied by Fishers Cigar Box
Factory, the Campbell Printing Press Com
pany and by a Barbed Wire Company.
One man was killed by jumping, and two
others were smothered on the stairs. The
factory girls on the upper floors escaped
with the greatest difficulty. In the high
est story was a chewing gum factory at
which a number of girls worked. Eigh-
teen young girls from this story,
panic stricken, came down pel
mel, and when within twenty
five feet of the ground, the last eight
jumped to the pavement. falling in a con-
fused heap. M~iraculously none were Sc
riously injured except three. who received
painful cuts and bruises. The losses and
insurance were: Building, loss, ST., 900: in
surance, $4,000; Campbell Printing Press
Company, loss, $4,000: insurance, $4,000;
Schnabel & Co., barbed wire. loss, $4,000:
insurance, $4,000: Fisher & Co., cigar
boxes, loss, $1,000: insurance, $1,000.
The Rising Fawn Furnace, owned by
Senator j. c. Brown, of Chattanooga, Tenn,
lately announced a reduction of ten per
cent
The ninth annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Academy of Medicine began a few DAYS
ago in Hopkins Hall, John Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimore. Several valuable pa
pers were read. One of the objects of the
association was stated to be to encourage
young men to pursue regular courses of
study in classical and scientific institutions
before entering upon the study of medicine.
The ]. w. Ranken Company. a large
London firm of East India merchants, went
under because of the Chinese War.
Two men by the name OF Steiner were
recently arrested at Flora, H., for counter
feiting.
NEWS recently came to Galveston. Tex,
that b schooner Lucy, loaded with go
tons of ccal, in tow OF The steamship RAJ