Daily Republican., 1884-09-04
NEWS SUMMARY.
TO WRECK A TRAIN NEWS
FROM ALL QUARTZ RS.

1t is reported from Fort Maginnis,
Montana, that the Missouri river steam.
or, en- route to Benton recently, met
five men on raft. Believing them to
be horse thieves, the mboat officers
took the men in charge, and at Rocky
Point " turned them over to menon
shore, with instructions to deliver them
to the Sheriff" 1t has since been ~.
certained that the "men on shore" were
cowboys, and, as nothing has been
heard of the prisoners, the presumption
is that they were lynched. 1t is said
one of the prisoners was Jerry"
Owens, notorious as horse thief.
An outbreak of Ind dians is threatened
, at the Poplar River Agency In North
western Montana. 1t appears that
1000 Indians stationed there have been
for the last year receiving only half ra-
tions. They managed to live by eating
their dogs and killing cattle on the
ranges. The stockmen finally with
drew as far as possible from theAgency.
and the Indians, thus left without re-
sources, threaten, unless better fed, to
go upon the war-path. Major Hartz.
commanding at Poplar River, has asked
for reinforcements.
A telegram from Montreal says that
Mr.. Fenton, Of st. Paul, Minnesota,
was taken before the Recorder yester.
day on the charge of obstructing pas
sengers by preaching in the street. He
pleaded guilty, but as 1t was his
first Offence and he was there to attend
| the meeting of the British Science As
| sociation, sentence was suspended"
The case, it is said, is to be tested in .
higher Court.
A telegram from Panama says the
Central and South American Cable
Company, in anticipation of further
troubles in Peru, recently applied for
protection to the United States Govern
ment, and their request was promptly
complied with. Instructions were i'm
mediately given to the United States
Minister at Lima to afford protection to
the Company's property.
Another attempt was made to Durn
Missoula, Montana, on Tuesday night.
A pile ofoil-soaked kindling was light
ed in stable near the burned district,
but was discovered and extinguished
before 1t could do damage. Extra po-
licemen are now patrolling the town.
The City of Toxic, at San Francisco,
reports that when she left Hong Kong
the German authorities were calling in
their subjects from the Chinese service.
/
Itofpedoes at Wei Hal Wei, had been
ordered to resign. THE English employees
in the Chinese fleet had resigned.
4 Samuel Roberts, the Wilkesbarre
embezzler, was arrested last evening.
Charles Parrish was called as o witness
against him but " absolutely refused to
testify against Robert" The latter
then gave 200 bail for his. appearance
at Court.
A wrestling match in San Francisco,
on Tuesday, between Clarence Whistler
and Pietro Delmar, the French cham
lpion was won by Whistler on the first
!, fall In ten minutes and ten seconds,
and the second fall in twenty
. seven minutes and thirty-seven Cec-
onds.
,l The steamship Greenland was burn
: ed to the waters edge at Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland, on Tuesday night She
was towed to Riverhead, where she
!, sank.
; Five miners were injured, one fatal.
ly, by the premature explosion of q
blast at Sharon, Penna., on Tuesday
evening.
Dougherty's stove factory in Mound
City, Illinois, was burned yesterday.
Loss, $4,000