The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-28

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was stated that s1.oo.8o worth Of open
and exempt purchases vas made Of sir
Individuals. one of whom rendered an &C.
count foo over s3D.Do. Supplies
were bought virtually without comp III
ton. and over 1900 was paid as comma
sious during the fiscal year q isss TO
seligman Brothers. London. and nearly
$500 in interest In the Auditors opinion
the commissions were ahogttwic e too large.
and the interest wholly unnecessary. Tbs
recently discovered irregularities in the
Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery. 4, vas
stated. were mostly committed upon the
continuous hospital fund, whose large, I'M
expended balance seems 10 have proved q
peculiar temptation
the National Cattle Convention. which
met a; 81. Louis November Is;h. and after
ward, was the weal;hiest cpnv-uiion ever
held in the Union. Onl pmpany aloa.
represented :o.Ooo.Goo cast
A BosToy ship-ihe Aerf-bourd from
New York for Shanghai. and carrying
~ go gallons Of kerosene oil. Was recently
struck by lightning near Pernamhuoo and
burned. The officers and crew were saved.
A sEcEsr fire at Haverhll. Mass, de-
s;royed O hotel and several stores, and In
voived a total loss OF about $500. \
girl vas fatally injured In jumping from
the hotel windows. and the inmates gener-
ally experienced very narrow escapes.
AS unusually important dsrision was
rendered recently by Judge SDipman. Of
the United States Circuit Court. New York.
in favor OF th. Government and nSains; the
Lamar suit for the value Of q lot q! cotton
c~onfisca;ed during the war.
FEw cases Of yellow ~fevcri: Sew York
q few days ago created no little excitement.
THOMAS {. MCCULL"CB, n well-kno~n
boot and shoe merchant Of Nashville. Tenn,
was lately convicted and sentenced 20 SIX
years Imprisonment for settle. fire To the
store Of Oliver & Co., of which arm be was
a member.
THE existence OF a conspiracy 70 kill
Orange ID. Douglass, the detective and
Deputy Marshal. who was the principal
witness against John Z. S~tearns, city side
walk inspector OF Chicago, and brother OF
Mayor Harrison's wife, William Clingen,
clerk OF the Harrison street station.
and Frank A. Owens, Of the Union
League Club, with Illegal registra-
ton Of voters, was recently claimed
by United States Attorney TuthiIl.
Douglass was waylaid on Center avenue
after dark, no: long ago, by 20 masked
men and beaten over the heao It'll uncon-
sciore, when he WIS left for csai. He lay
by the roadside unul morning, when he
was discovered and taken home. His jaw
and shoulder blade were broken and his
countenance pounded to jelly. Mr.. Tuthill
said that he heard that a conspiracy TO kill
Douglas had existed since Stearns, Clingen
and Owens were arrested, but he did not
wish To say an thing about it. He stated
emphatical!y that the attempt on Doug
lass life would not aid the defendants in
the prosecution which the United states
was conducting against them. IL only in
dicatei how desperate was their case when
they attempted to Kill the principal Wit
ness.
An acquisition was made to the Balti-
more & Ohio lines recently 10y the purchase
at auction for 5000 of the Pittsburgh d
Southern Road, running from Pittsburgh
to Washington, Pa. The Baltimore 81 Ohio
has operated the road for nearly two years,
but its recent sale for debt gave Mr.. Gar
rett's company entire possession and abso-
Lutte control.
AT a recent session of the National
Cattlemen's Convention at st. Louis, Mo-,
a committee was appointed to confer
with n similar committee appointed by the
Chicago Livestock Convention. \ con
stitution and bylaws of the proposed as
sociation were adopted, and the body
will ta known i'm the future as the
National Livestock Association of Amer
lea. Its general object will tie to promote
the interests of the live stock industry.
After q long debate a resolution was
adopted praying Congress to open n Ma
tional trail from the Red River northward
to the boundary line between the United
States and British America. 1t was also
decided to ask Congress for an appropria-
ton to aid in the suppression of pleuro-
pneumonia. Several other resolutions were
read and referred, and the Convention
listened to n number of papers on pleuro-
pneumonia and other cattle diseases.
a DEFICIT of 81 200 was lately discovered
i'm the accounts of Rev. j. Mexican, Post
master at Boise. Idaho, by Postal Agent
Brannaman. The postmaster was sus-
pended and his office put in charge of his
hondsmen. No explanation was given by
Mexican or his clerks.