Delta chief., 1884-01-02

card PLAYERS and Farmer was shot dead
The Democrats as well as thu Repub-
licans, of Utah, favor President Afllur's plan
for Legislative council for that Aerritory.
They also strongly indorse Governor Murray.
Reed and Pearce, who murdered w.
H. Mcmillan, were sentenced at Emporia, Kan
sas, to confinement for one year, and to be
hanged whenever the Governor fixes the day
William II. Hatfield. an escaped con-
Wet from Michigan, was arrested at Malone,
New York, on the Goth, after stabbing Sheriff
stockwell and his son. Hatfield was shot
through the thigh
John A. Clark was hanged at Boze-
man, Montana, on the eth for the murder OF
Thomas Rogers in June last. Frank Young,
who WIS under capital sentence. was re
prieved for sixty days
Asa Baker. under life sentence in
Boston for wife murder, confcsses that he de-
coyed her to the spot where her body WIS
found, and, after firing five shots into her
body, he crushed her skull with rock.
On the 25th William McCaifery, a
ward politician of New Orleans, was fatally
shot by Brad Renaud from whose gambling
saloon McCaiIery had been elected, and into
which he cndeavored so gain admission.
Lille Sinnot. the daughter of u
wealthy liquor dealer Of New York. was proba-
bly, fatally shot on the o2nd, by servant
named Sarah Clancy, who has disappeared. 1t
is thought that the shooting was accidental
A dispatch on the 25th stated that n
band of dcsperadoes were raiding the north
western portion of Grayson county, Texas,
and also depredatng In Cook county. Two
deputy sheriHs, with large posse, were after
them.
There were six thousand miles Of
railway constructed In the United States In
IsS3 against eleven thousand and six hundred
miles in 1852. The total mileage in the country
is now about one hundred and twenty thou
sand miles.
At Yazoo City, Mississippi, on Christ
mas day, John T. Poscy, after being insulted by
Joseph James (eolored), gathered some friends
and sought satisfaction. They were suddenly
fired upon and three OF their party killed aud
AT Cleveland, Ohio, on the 25th,
Henry Schroeder and friends we're refused
drinks and elected from saloon because they
were drunk They bombar,ied the place with
beer kegs, and were fired upon by Edward
Eyring. Schroeder was killed, and Eyring il in
custody.
Three men were lynched at McDade.
Texas, for alleged crimes, and ON the a5,h their
friends visited the town and provoked quar-
rel. Two OF them were killed and third NOR
tally wounded. One Of the McDade party was
killed. The market house contains 6ve un-
claimed bodies.
G. NJ Pritchard, District Attorney for
New Mexico, says that the policy insuguratcd
by Secretary Teller Of sending an army of spec
ial agents from the land Office into the states
and territories has uncarthed multitude Of
cases where land entries were made through
false afildavits, and these will revert To the
Government a large percentage Of land covered
by this system Of steals. The practice he fur
ther states, was carried on TO an alarming cx.
tent in New Mexico, aud I'm many Instances
the guilty parties have been unprecedented, and
he means To prosecute.
The story has just come TO light that
President Arthur was In imminent danger Of
assassination, while on a visit to New York
The story comes from st. Louis and Is ~ fol-
lows While the President was attending the
ceremonies Of Evacuation day, a suspicious
looking individual was observed hanging
about the Fifth Avenue hotel, In the vicinity
OF the rooms occupied by the President. He
was arrested and searched and a revolver and
a knife found upon his person. He said that
he had been instructed 10 serve Arthur like
his predecessor had been served. The Indvid-
ual was, without doubt, crank.
The dispatches Of the Path tell Of
many serious railroad disasters. On the N. A.
T. c. railroad near Salem, Ind, bridge on The
Blue River was washed away and . passenger
train was wrecked, Charles Sanger, Dora Led
dings and Jacob Hcifrich being killed, and
many others injured. On the New York, New
Haven 4 Hartford railroad engineer 8. G. Rose
and fireman J. Lynch were killed by an expo
sion. On the q. X. q. J. railroad near Fort
Wayne, Ind, there was . collision seriously
injuring Mrs. Judge Ellison and several Others
collision also occurred on the Grand Trunk
railroad a. Summit Station, ipjuring several
persons, and another ON the indianapolis d 81.
Louis railway in which brakeman Robert Ned.
ris was killed.