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The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

IT is interesting to notice, as news
comes to hand from day to day, the
growing prosperity of the South. A
report from Atlanta states that in that
city there are contracts for about $780,
600 worth of new buildings in the hands
of contractors and architects, besides
the new capitol, which will be started
during the spring. Large sums are be-
ing invested in private residences. In
Macon contracts for over $500, 900 worth
of new buildings have about been closed
out, giving a new appearance to the
city. In Columbus $500, 900 worth of
residences has been erected since last
summer. and about $780, 600 worth of
work is engaged for the coming season.
A half-dozen new residences recently
erected cost 5000 to s15, GuO each.
In Savannah s 1,OOO,O 900 has been ex-
pended during the year in improve.
ments, much of which has gone into the
river front and much into private resi-
dences. There is scarcely a large town
in Georgia from which the same story
does not come. Calculation shows that
over $4,000, 600 will be invested in
Georgia during the present year in new
buildings.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
The Cattle Plague In Kansas.

TOPEKA, March S.-GOvemOr Click has
returned from WoOdsOn County, where he
had been investigating the new mouth and
foot disease among the cattle, and says that
he found the situation bad enough, indeed.
In answer to a reporters inquiry, the Gov
ernOr said that an immense meeting
of citizens was held at NeOshO Falls.
At that meeting a committee of six was ap.
pointed, with Lieutenant-G Governor Finney
as its chairman. They were instructed to
adopt quarantine regulations, at once estab-
lish a dead line and see what can be done
towards raising money enough to buy up all
the diseased cattle and kill them of. The
Governor further stated that he made a pro
position at the meeting that if Lieutenant
Governor Finney, their State Senators. Legis-
latOrs and prominent stOckmen would give
their names as security, he would execute q
State note to them for the amount of
money required with the understanding that
he would recommend at the next session of
the Legislature the amount to be appropri-
ated by the State. He also advised that the
Commissioners of WoOdsOn County make q
similar vote and appropriate it out Of the
amount Of money in the county treasury.
The committee was to have a meeting, and
His Excellency felt confident that they
would act upon his suggestion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

A MOST important original Masonic
record has been discovered in the library
of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
by ClifordP. McCalla, Junior Warden of
the Grand Lodge of Masons of Pennsyl-
vania. The relic consists of the original
ledger account of the first Masonic Lodge
organized in Philadelphia est. Johns
Lodge, from June "a, 1871, to June "a,
1888. Among the members of the Lodge
was Benjamin Franklin. who became a
member. according to the records, in
February, 1871. The exact date of
franklin's admission to the order was
not known until the discovery of this ledg.
81. 1t is claimed it is the Oldest Masonic
Lodge book in America, and one of the
Oldest in the world. 1t was presented
to the Historical Society by George T.
lngham. Of Salem, N. j., on Nov. 8,
1880. Mr.. Ingham received the volume
from descendant Of David Hall, who
was the partner Of BENJAMIN Franklin
IN the printing and publishing bus.
iness. Its great value consists in its
corroborating all that has been claimed
and proved in behalf of Philadelphia
as being the Mother city of Masonry
in America"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
By HIS OWN HAND.

Drink Causes w. H. Oyler to Lose . Coco
Position at Kansas City, and Drives him
to Suicide.
KANSAS CITY, March z.-W. II. Oyier.
for five years past agent at Kansas City OF
the Continental Fast Freight Line. entered
the store of Mrs. Schaffer, 101S Union
Avenue, and asked for a pistol. The clerk
handed him a fOrty-fOur calibre bull dog re-
yolyer, with one shell in it. Oyler handled
the weapon ~nervously, looking into the cham
bers of the revolver as if to see III was loaded.
"Be careful" said the clerk, 1.-THE pistol IS
loaded" "AIl the BETTER" answered Oyler,
at the same time bringing the muzzle up to
his right eye and pulling the trigger. The
action wa s instantaneous that the BY
ISLANDERS did not have time to check his arm
as it was uplifted ON its awful GRAND. Even
before any one could reach him, Oyler fell
back with a grOan. The bullet had entered
Immediately above the right eye and came
out the top of his head, not striking any
vital part of the brain, so death was not in
Simultaneous. Deputy Coroner Street and the
reporters accompanied the dying man to the
police station i'm the ambulance, where he
expired at eight O'Clock. Here his clothing
was searched. No money was found
upon him, only a few keys and a
copy of a Kansas City newspaper. Several
expense accounts Drawn up ON telegraph
stationery showed his salary as agent of the
Continental Fast Freight Line to have been
500 a month, the other items ON the
sheet being kilograms, sundries, etc.
He had been drinking more or less all day.
and on reaching the Union Depot instead OF
boarding the train he wandered OIL on the
avenue and entered the store, where
he shot himself about dusk. DespOn-
dency in regard to business matters is
ascribed as the motive for the deed. He
was addicted to drink and neglected his busf
ness lately TO such an extent that it was
limited to him that his resignation woul be
accepted by the company. He was thirty
five years of age, came here from
Chicago about five years g and has been al
most all that time connected with this freight
line. He was liked by his superiOrs and
his fall is attributable ito drink. He
has lived with his wife at HOG Grand
avenue till within a short time when
his wife, who is about to be confined, was
removed by friends to the house of a mutual
friend ON Main street. He has a brother at
VintOn, Ia, and his father is at Topeka in
the employ of the Santa Fe Railroad. Tel
egramS were sent to VintOn and Topeka,
but the friends of the suicide refrained from
advising the wife concerning his terrible
off, for fear of its effect upon her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
Rev. DIR. j. PARKER, of London, de

Rev. DR.. j. PARKER, of London. de
clares himself out of sympathy with
some of the common talk about the So
called outcast poor Of London. He says
that many of the families which are
pitied for having to live in one filthy,
unventilated room, neither ask nor de-
serve pity. In fact they prefer to live
in that way. and would do so if they
had all heaven at their disposal.
Dirt" he says, ''has its warm friends.
even among people who are not num-
bered among the Outcast poor. 1 say
this to guard benevolent persons against
the notion that dirt and poverty are
synonymous terms. / am given to un-
derstand that ever some Christians have
a wonderful likeness for anything SLOW
emily and slipshod; at least 1 have heard
women screaming to other people to
hold the fort and ring the bells of
heaven. whose stockings would have
been the better for a days darning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

MISSISSIPPI has something ove 3d.
900, 900 acres of land-much of it the
richest known to man. Less than
5000, 600 acres are cultivated. This is,
however, an increase of several hundred
thousand acres over the number in 1870,
and nearly equal to that under cultiva-
ton in 1860. There are now $4,000
farms, as compared with $4,000 ten
gears ago, and $4,000 twenty years ago.
H'he number of acres comprised in the
plantations is nearly three times that
actually farmed-i. e., there are 14,0O0,-
900 owned and but 5000, 600 cultivated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
MOB RULE.
A Georgia Town Under Mob Rule-The
Governor Called on for Aid.

A Georgia Town Under Mob Rule-The
Governor Called on for Aid.
ALBANY, GA, March 6.--Alapaha, q
town of five hundred inhabitants, in Berrian
County, South Georgia, is under mob rule.
Governor Mcdaniel has been applied to foi
military aid in restoring the peace. In com
pliance with the request the Governor or
dered the Albany Guards, fifty strong, to
proceed to the scene of the riot at once by
special train. One of the first acts of the
rioters after learning of the appeal to the
Governor, was to take possession of the tele-
graph Office, AID prevent the sending of any
further messages. Details of the trouble
have therefore been difficult to obtain. 1t is
said a planter named Turner entered the town
while under the influence of liquor. and
began firing his pistol in the street regard
less of %anybOdy's danger. Two unOffending
negroes were wounded, n in the arm and
the other in the abdomen, probably fatally.
SummOning assistance the Sheriff succeeded
in lodging Turner in Jail, but not before one
of his bullets had entered a window and
dangerously wounded a widow lady named
Martha Meigs. Threats of lynching Turner
were made, but not carried out. This MORN
ing the tOwn was thunderstruck by the entry
into the confines of a mounted
cavalcade, at least thirty strong. and
armed to the teeth with a %heterOgen-
iOus collection of knives, rifles, shotguns
and pistols. Riding direct to the Jail the
leader announced that they were friends and
neighbOrS of Turner, and demanded his re-
lease. Making the Jail as secure as possible
the Sheriff refused to deliver Turner, and
collecting his few assistants prepared for the
defense. A number of the villagers armed
themselves with what weapons they pos
Sessed and fiOcked to the side of the Sheriff.
Two vOlleys were fired by the opposing
bands, but no one was hit, and it appeared
that each was trying to brighten the other.
At this j%uncture an assault was made
OH the Jail in a vain attempt to
batter down the door. Seeing that in
was dangerous the Sheriff shot
n of the ringleaders of the aSsaulting par
ty, bringing him to the ground, but not kill
ing him. As soon as possible after this
a message was telegraphed to the
Learning of this fact four of
mob drove the operator from the Office,
and barricading it took possession and
to kill any one who interfered.
A short time before the time for the arrival
of the troops the rioters beat a retreat from
the town, and the Sheriff, in accordance
with the Governors instructions, ordered
the guards back to Albany to hold them
selves in readiness for any further emergency.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
A Desperate Position.

LEADvILLE,C Col, March Richard Swan
4 mining Speculation of this city, was rescued
from a horrible fate, being found in the bot
tom of q deserted mine shaft. into which he
had fallen six days ago, and which has since
been his living tomb. His rescue was By
the merest accident. James Barry ano
Charles A. Dean, two miners, while on then
way to work heard the grOans of some one
in distress. For some time they Were unable
To locate the sounds, but finally found the
opening of a shaft which had almost beer
closed by the and ice. They could
hen more plainly hear the distress cries
and knew that the person who uttered then
must be lying at the bottom. How deer
the shaft was they could not tell. for u
depths were black as midnight. Ropes anC
mining timbers were procured and Barry
was let down the shaft. On reaching the
bottom and striking a match. he found a mar
lying face downward just in the entrance of
a drift leading from the shaft. The mar
was unconscious, and his face unmiS
depicted the agonies of death by<
The unfortunate man was raised
to the surface and carried to the city, where,
after restoratives had been applied. he re-
consciousness. He says that sis
days ago he. was walking up the gulch to look
at some mining property, when all of a sud
len he was p~recipitated down the desertfd
shaft spoken of. He was not aware Of IT.
presence, as the mouth was completely
over with Snow. From the fall he
a sprained ankle and a bruised ann,
out was not otherwise hurt, as he struck
upon his feet. All that night he made at
to climb out of the shaft, m only
his efforts when his strength had COM
given out. His suffering was terri
Die. As near as he can tell for three days
nights he kept up the endeayor to esq
,ape from his tomb. Frequently, he says
he heard men passing by. but he called to-
hem in vain. Finally hunger and the ex-
posture made him so weak that he could not
stand up, and giving up in despair III clay
lOwn on the spot where he was found.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
Fatal Fire.

ST. LOUIS, March 1O.-A special from
KeOkuk, Iowa, says: A quarter of a block
of buildings were destroyed by fire at Mem
phis. Mo-. and several lives lost by falling
walls, while other persons were seriously in
jured. The reports received indicate that
the walls of a twO-StOry brick building near
the northwest corner of the public square
gave way. The brick and mortar and tim
bers crushing the lower floors and falling
into the basement buried the three men
therein. Fire was communicated to the
debris by the stoves in the basement and first
floor, and soon spread to the Wabash Hotel
in the Mackey block adjoining. The entire
building with the greater part of the contents
were destroyed. The lower floors were Oc
cupied by stores and the p~OstOffice. the low.
er floor of the building of which the walls
crumbled was occupied by Abe Wise, grocer;
LOami Motifs restaurant, and there
was a saloon i'm the basement. In
the latter were Philip Payne, Loami
Mott and Samuel DObyns, who were buried
i'm the ruins. These mel were either
by the falling wall or burned
to death by the flames that burst
forth Immediately thereafter. Lee Davis,
a merchant, Hallett Sanford, Percy
and Mrs. McDOle were seriously
hurt. The buildings destroyed were valued
at $50, 900, and were not insured. The loss
IN stocks and furniture is estimated at S14,-
900, with partial insurance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
An Oregon Murder.

PORTLAND ORE, March After several
hours d~eliberation the jury in the caseo4
William Bloxam, charged with killing an
old man named Jacob Fisher, near this city,
ZONE weeks ago. returned a verdict of muir
der in the second degree. The murder Of
Fisher ended a long, deadly family fued.
Mrs. Fisher, the divorced wife of the MUIR
dered man, was indicted along with Bloxam
for murder in the first degree. but her re
was dismissed. Murder in the second d.
gree is punishable by imprisonment for life.
under Oregon statutes. Ten days have been
consumed in the trial, and the case, owing
10 its peculiar features, has been one Of the
most remarkable trials in the criminal -
tory Of Oregon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

NEW ORLEANS, March 1O.-A st. Joseph,
La, dispatch says: Heavy rains have swol-
len the river five inches. The back water Is
rising eight inches in twenty-four hours, and
beginning to overflow the low lands back of
st. Joseph. The belief is general that we
will soon have q destructive overflow. The
mall carrier between here and Newlight
sapsized his boat losing the mail bags In ten
feet Of water, and barely escaping with his
and the water Is running through in . stream
thirty feet wide and ten feet deep. Planters
are making strenuous efforts to close the
break.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
Finished uu on Rat Poison.

CLEVELAND, March 7.-William McMil-
Ian, living near Huron, went home drunk
and abused his wife, who threatened to call
in the neighbors for help. Mcmillan swore
he would kill the first man who came to the
house. Presently George Thompson, aged
nineteen, appeared in the doOr yard, having
al Grand at the place and ignorant of the
trouble there. Mcmillan, installing him for
another person, shot and killed him, and
then discovering his error, and fearful of
the consequences, tried to shoot himself, but
only succeeded in inflicting a trifing wound
in his side. Mcmillan was arrested and Jailed
at Huron. In the morning he was found
dead in his cell. The COroner's verdict was
that he committed suicide by taking rat
poison, which he managed to find.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
AUDITNONAL ~DISPATCHES.

An Indian Territory special says: Hon.
j. NJ. Perryman. to whom the position OF
Principal Chief of the Greek Nation was
awarded by Secretary Teller, has taken
possession of the Office and is doing all in
his power to prevent any further trouble.
The friends of Speichee are awaiting his ar.
rival before making any movement. Spei.
chez is in Washington as a delegate from
the Creek Nation, but is expected home
within a few days. The adherents of Spei.
chez and ChecOte ave a majority in both
branches of the Greek Legislature.
ANOTHER arrest has been made in the
person of Henry jackson, a negro teamster,
in connection with the butchery of the ped
doubt that he assisted Brown in the hOrri-
bic murder.
The Senate was not in session on the 9Th.
In the House very little was accomplished.
Mr.. Morrison made IN attempt to further
the Bonded Extension bill, but the House
refused to go into Committee of the Whole,
and the bill stood over.
THE fires are lighted in every green glass
bottle factory in Pittsburgh, Pa, except
one, and work will be resumed in a few
days at last years wages. The men have
been out on the strike against reduction
eight months.
f. The Duxbury st. Pierre section of the
Angola merican cable, which has been in
terrupted over three months, has been
repaired.
SINCE the introduction of two-cent letter
postage, there has been an unexpected re-
duction in the number of postal cards.
A sNow-sLIDE half q mile wide, extend
ing from the summit down, at Alta, o.. T.,
swept away the works of the New Emma
mine, killing Gus Lebecker, foreman; D..
D. WATSON, machinist, and his brother.
Samuel Prethers, Charles COlgreen and
wife, Edward Crockett, Lottie Pleon, o. J..
Johnson, N. s. Deland, Willard Stephen
son and John Richardson.
IT is given out as one Of the results Of
the recent meeting at st. Louis Of barbed
wire makers that steps were taken for .
practicable consolidation of all the barbed
wire manufacturers in the country under
the name Of the National Barbed Wire
A LARGE deputation of Italians from New
York City visited the cottage where Carl
baldi lived at Clifton, L. l., and placed
over the door q white marble tablet, in
in Italian: "Here lived in exile,
from 1851 to 1853, the hero of two worlds,
Giuseppe Garibaldi. Dedicated by some
friends"
An attempt was made recently to arrest
W. B. Cash, who killed Town Marshal W.
Richards, in Cheraw, s. c. Young
Cash escaped to the swamps, but his father
md brother were arrested as accessories to
he crime.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

The cost of marriage licenses varies
from $3.50 in Maryland to twelve cents
in New jersey, the average being $3.50.
New Mexico, Colorado, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina, Rhode Island and Wis
consin make no charge at all.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
-Speakino of Alaska. the San Fran,

Speaking of Alaska. the San Fran
cisco Croniele says: Its climate is on
the coast less rigorous than that of
Newfoundland, or Sweden. or Norway.
OF the Baltic coast of Russia. There
IRE good reasons for the belief that
wheat can be made a profitable crop in
parts of the Yukon Valley. And the
cedars of Alaska are better and infinite
" more inexhaustible than the famed
cedars of Lebanon"
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

WHEN the law for the manumission OF
the Cuban slaves was passed several
years ago they numbered 1856. 1t is
estimated that all but 1OO,OOO have
already been set free, and it is thought
that all will be free within a year.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

THREE girls between the ages of thir.
teen and seventeen were taken out of
Lee Young's opium joint, at New
York, recently. They were all in a
state of s~tupefaction. When examined
the next day they said the Chinaman
was ':awful good' to them. cooking
chops and steaks for them whenever
thew called.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

The remains of the old time residents
and pioneers of Southwestern Montana
who were killed by Indians or died
away from home are to be gathered
together and inferred in the BozemaD
cemetery.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
Absconding County Treasurer.

NORwALK, O., March en-. O. Vanieet
the County Treasurer of Huron County, alb
seconded last Saturday, and has not been
heard from since. His cash account is short
from $50, 900 to $50, 600. His bOndsmen are
good for the amount taken. It il thought
he is in Canada.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
CURRENT COMMENT.

As A result of the work of spoilers"
On the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, ST
Louis & Chicago Railroad, several of the
conductors on that road have been dis
charged. The ''spotters" were disguised
Is drummers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14

Seventy five doctors of Albany, N.
r., believing in the old code of ethics,
have organized q State Medical Associa-
i9n.-Aibany Journal
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
POLITICAL AND Personal.

WADDINGToN, the French Ambassador to
England, has been summoned to Paris TO
confer with Premier Ferry in regard to the
proposed Anglo-Portuguese treaty regard
ing trade and navigation On the Congo, and
also in regard to Sir Evelyn Baring's
scheme for financial reform in Egypt.
IT is rumored at Washington that the
name of Secretary Folger will probably
be sent in at an early day as Minister to
Russia.
GENERAL GRANT is at the Hygeia Hotel,
Fortress Monroe, for a month or six weeks
stay.
REV. JOHN s. INsKIP, e;.tvr of the Chris
tidn S,cadard, and we'll known as the
leader of the "Holipess" movement. is
dead.
STURGEON, the Baptist preacher, has
fallen heir to a large fortune left him by
Joseph Pool, of Leicester.
The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE Vienna police rave discovered great
quantities of dynamite stored in various
parts of the city. The Anarchists of Aus
tria threaten trouble in the near future.
some of the jury in the Dukes case are
suing the Uniontown Republican Standard
for libel in condemning the action Of the
jury in acquitting Dukes.
WILLIAM MCMILLAN, of Huron, O., swore
he would kill the first man that came to
help his wife, whom he was abusing. A
youth named Thompson, unaware of any
trouble, happened to call at the house, when
Mcmillan killed him. Hethen tried to shoot
himself, but failed. He wa jailed, but the
morning after was found dead, having
taken some rat poison which he had secreted
about his person.
The Newspaper Copyright bill has been
introduced in both the House and Senate,
It prohibits the uso Of newspaper articles
by other newspapers until eight hours
shall have elapsed after publication.
HARVEY BozzA, money clerk Of the PACT
fic Express Company in Little Rock, Ark,
hundred dollars belonging to his en-
ployers. :
ANOTHER gang Of car robbers has been
broken up at Indianapolis.
ABOUT thirty representatives Of tho
barbed wire manufacturers Of New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
held q meeting at St. Louis. The meeting
secret, but it was learned from arelia.
bic source that it was decided to advance
l. - 1919 - Ill
pound.
PET1rToNs are being circulated for an ex-
ira session of the Missouri Legislature to
consider the repeal Of the old statute which
led to Commissioners Phillips recent decis-
, 1884-05-24

Commencing on Thursday evening, May
10Th, the celebrated Haverly Comedy
Company will occupy Joys Opera House,
performing the laughable comedy "Our
Strdtegists." Owing 10 all Of the boards
being covered by other shows, the agent
states that he Is unable to display his
handsome posters, but the windows are
full Of very magnificent Autographs. This
is the same company that played a week
commencing April 10Th, in Portland, to
public and entire press Of that city tho
finest comedy company that ever appeared
in that city. Each andsovory menlbef ol
the company is an artist. Remember the
date and see the best show that ever per-
formed In this city. Seats can now be
secured at Porter's drug store.
, 1884-05-24

1 have the Joseph Hersner prop
erty located near the McNab drug
store on Riverside avenue), bonded,
and It Is now for sale ut my office in
postOffice block on MAIN street. All
those who contemplate purchasing q
first-elass business property should
examine it at once, for It can be had
at a bargain. CHAs. A. WEBSTER,
Real Estate and Mining Broker, y
, 1884-05-24

A good man and his wife to take
charge Of the new hotel at Harring-
ton. Big Inducements rare chance
to make money. Write or enquire
Of L. ID. Willis, at Harrington, Lin
coin county, W. T., or at 1st Natl.
Bank Of Spokane Falls, w. I.