The Red Cloud chief., 1884-09-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

MIsCELLANEOUS
The coal miners in the third pool Of
Pennsylvania weakened and one hundred
and thirty men returned to work.
RECENT Boston dispatches mention the
discovery Of a counterfeit silver dollar,
differing only slightly from the genuine as
to weight and thickness.
SOME citizens Of Trenton, N. j., who IA
vor cremation, have purchase a pottery
kiln at bennington, and will transform it
into an oven for burning bodies.
A CATHOLIC priest Of Pittsburgh named
Charles Sharp, while in the last stages Of
consumption, lately took his life with a re-
volver.
TIE United States steamer Kearsarge,
now at Gibraltar, has received instructions
from Washington to make a cruise along
the north and west coasts Of Africa.
THE Chautauqua Assembly closed OF the
Goth with fine singing exercises.
Ar Coal Center, Pa, a number Of strik-
ing miners were arrested for trespass.
Their wives came with babes in their arms
and wanted to be locked up, too, claiming
they had nothing to live upon.
al o6ot"c taS
Rochester & Pittsburg Road have been
withdrawn until October, because a de-
fault Of sixty days in the payment Of in
terest is required by law.
THE Grand Lodge OF Ohio Ancient Order
Of United Workmen met at Cincinnati on
the eth.
THE Treasurer Of the UnitedStates has
forwarded to the Governor of Louisiana
free-school bonds of the State to the
amount Of twenty-one thousand dollars,
which was captured at Baton Rouge by
General Sheridan.
A RECENT Conference at Glyndon, Mimi,
between the manager of the Northern and
Canadian Pacific roads, has led to a ru-
NOR that a joint line will be built from
Winnipeg to st. Pau for a winter outlet
from Manitoba.
A SHORTAGE of six hundred thousand
dollars has been found in the sinking funds
of Essex County, n. J..
AT the National capital, on the 9th, a
workman attracted some attention as he
was swung slowly to the top Of the Wash
ington monument, inspecting every joint
i'm the five hundred feet of marble. He
reported the column in admirable condi-
ton, Notwithstanding the recent earth
quake.
THE veteran sailors and soldiers Of the
Northwest held a reunion at Chicago, Au-
gust 9th.
INQUIRIES nave been sent put to Quebec
by British cavalry officers as to the quality
and cost Of horses to be obtained in that
region for service in England.
TwENTY-oNE cars were SMASHED by an
accident on the %Schuylkill Valley Railroad
at Gainesville, Pa, on the 9th.
POLICE recently had to quell a riot be-
tween union and non-union b~rickmakers in
thet town of Lake, north of Chicago.
WILLIAM B. ROBERTS shot Jessie Tracy
would not marry him.
THE directors OF the Louisville & Nash.
Vile Railroad Company have agreed upon a
plan of reorganization.
THE Peoples Bank of st. Paul was re-
Gently robbed of $4,000. Edward Mason,
aged sixteen, who was a ~bookkeeper in the
bank was missing.
In the T~allapoosa matter the Medical
Nets has suggested an examination of the
eyes of the officers for the purpose of de-
tecting whether color blindness exists.
JOE BoGARD, colored, was banged ut
Lonoke, Ark, recently for rap On the
gallows he made a speech warning the
crowd against low company.
SoAE men at Duck Hill, Miss, three OF
them being negroes, attempted to rob a
train the 18th.
The dry goods house of c. L. Luce & Co.,
-et Toledo. burned on the 18th. Loss, So
600; insurance not stated.
The schooner Defiance, with eight thou
sand bushels Of uninsured wheat aboard,
lately sank near Fort Donaldson, Ont.
The first clause of the Education Bill
was passed by the Belgium Chamber Of
Deputies, by q vote Of seventy-eight to
fifty.
THE King ofCongo has made a formal
protest against the treaties between the
Palla Balla Princes and the International
Association.
LoNDox was al excitement recently
over the false rumor that Queen v,ctoria's
protracted melancholy had finally 70
suited in her death
TIE steamer Rose tandish was recently
SUM in Boston HartSM
The villa Of John q. Hecksher, q we'll
known society man Of Dew York, which is
at Newport, was robbed of diamonds and
jewelry on the 18th by unknown parties
CONxIssioNER FINK has authorized .
cut on cattle rates of from t~ 'enty to forty
five per cent. The cause assig. ned was that
other lines in the pool have cut rates.
The intense heat at Lang Som Z recently
caused q suspension Of all operations
Dr.. PAARES, State Veterinarian OF Hin
OILS. killed ten. Jersey cows recently and
found their lungs hepatized badly.
II is said that the hop crop Il ahleass
one-fourth short this year.
JOHN FLOYD MASON was murdered -
Washington Court House, O., recently.
Tan Minpeapolis team was the victor In
the rifle cdutest At Western Union juno