The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-05

ton, Wis j. A. shaPp~r. 81 Chicago.
won the frs. prix. in ia. Bui'frd INA Oh
and the fourth prize In the indivts''A shoot
THg eleventh annual Temperance meet
ing Of tas ". c. 7. L. viii be he'd a.
Chicago.
ID. r. BlooxEa, n travelling salesman
from New York. was horribly beaten by
unknown parties recently nt Minneapolis
sEsog Y. CARA. Secretary Of the Peru
Wan LEGATION, receives q seIni-oficis! dis
| match saying tina; At Lima all Is quiet. lie
/ In,srprets IT ss mesniny that the trouble
reported in that cir yesterday l. over.
Youss negro burglar q, Abilene. Tex.
broke into the southern Hotel aud tried q
| rob the inmays. Mrs GiIstrap and her
daughter. Tb ladies were murderously
attacked anJterritly beaten and boxed.
| Excitement nan high after the n.gro's cap
ture.
A Lifts girl at Dallas, Tex, was horri-
bly, burui by = kerosene explosion, which
.se was building a fire, a
occurred WE.c
few days ago.
A DESTRUCTIVE hurricane visited Evans
vile, Ind, on the q b. doing about a quar-
ter OF a million dollars damage.
WArERrowS, ~. Y, was greatly dam
aged by fire on the Ssh.
A FRASco-GERMAS alliance has been
made by which it was arranged that the
countries assist each other in acquiring
colonies.
A SCHEME was recently found by which
officers and agents Of the st. Louis & Cairo
Narrow Gauge were robbing the company.
OWING To the failure OF the noted sugar
house OF r. Weinrich, the trade al
Vienna has been greatly embarrassed
JACOB BEcHER. aged sixty-four, hung
himself in a smoke house at Dccatur, Ill.
August 29.h, on account Of bad health.
Two prominent Mexican officers have
been missing some time and it is thought
they have been imprisoned in GoEzale'-
Military Dungeon.
DR.. SMITH, of Virginia City, NJ. T. was
thrown from his buggy and killed, on the
18th.
REPORT comes OF q serious Mexican riot
at Piedres Negras, over the election OF a
Judge. Over one hundred persons were,
perhaps, killed.
A SUIT was recently decided against the
Davenport, Ia, Gazette Company, which
will cost the company eleven thousand
dollars.
The British Government has decided tc
increase the khartoum expedition To seven
thousand men. Seven hundred Royal
Scots will be sent from the West Indies,
the remainder from Gibraltar, Malta, and
Cyprus. General Wolseley proposes t.
reach Dongola by November 9Th, as he has
but six cataracts To pass. Alderman Den
ison, of Toronto, will command tho Cana
dian voyageurs.
A AsoLINE explosion at Uricksville, o.,
caused damage to the amount Of thirty
thousand dollars recently.
MAUD S. is in training at Hartford for
the purpose OF preparing to lower her
record.
The Matador Cattle Company of Texas
lately applied for twenty thousand acres OF
lands in the Pan Handle.
The Treasury Department purchased
four hundred and seventy thousand
ounces Of silver for delivery at the New
Orleans, Philadelphia and San Francisco
minis.
Boz FORD was arrested and incarcerated
in prison at Las Vegas recently, for shoot.
ing at the City Marshal.
The British Government is expeditihg
the departure and increasing the reinforce.
ment for Egypt. The staff at Woolwich
has been increased and additional hands
engaged to put the transports in readiness.
Saturday orders were sent to Plymouth to
hasten the fitting out Of the transport
Poonah
Four polygamists were recently indicted
in Arizona by the United States Grand
Jury. These were the first indictments OF
the kind ever found in Arizona.
THERE has been great excitement at Eufa
a ,Ala., over hydrophobia. A few dogs went
mad on the plantation of Punch Doughtie,
and spread hydrophobia far and near, both
among animals and men. A mule chased
Mr.. Doughtie across a field and bit him
severely. Twenty or thirty negroes were
also severely bitten.
DURING the absence of the Government
Troops from Lima, Peru, on Wednesday,
a leader named Caceres, entered with bis
hosts and nearly sacked the city, the loss
Of life reaching one hundred and fifty. The
invaders were soon expelled by the regu.
lar soldiery.
THE Coroners Of Long Island have de.
cided to ask for proof that Miss Dora Buck,
of Lincoln, Neb., is the sister of Private
Charles b. Henry before his body is ex-
humed upon her order.