The Red Cloud chief., 1884-08-08
MISCELLANEOUS

with the approval OF the Pope.
MISCELLANEOUS
In the Federal Court at Chicago, re-
Gently, an order was entered In the case OF
the Washburn & Moen Manufacturing
Company against the National Wire Com
papy and Isaac l.. Elwood for q writ Of in
junction restraining the last named COM
pany, its officers and agents from manu-
featuring or selling barbed fence wire un-
til otherwise ordered by the Court.
The Michigan Car Works, OF Detroit
Mich, shut down on account OF slackness
in orders, They will start up again when.
ever business revival warrants.
BKArTLE & BROTHERS, wool merchants
of Philadelphia, ave assigned to Samuel
Lee. Liabilities, $4,000. The firm re-
fused to maize a statement.
A MILD form Of cholera has appeared in
st. Petersburg and Charkoff, and other
towns in Russia. The sanitary condition
of Batoum, Russia, was very bad.
The Surgeon General Of the Marine Hos.
pital Service, having received information
that yellow fever is spreading rapidly in
Sonora, Mexico, has instructed the In
spector at Nogales, Arizona, to use extra
vigilance t. prevent its introduction into
the United States.
A FEW days ago William w. Rosser, son
of General Thomas l.. Rosser, while dancing
at Lake Park Hotel, Lake Minnetonka, had
his ankle skinned by his shoe, and the
wound was poisoned by a colored sock rub
bling into it. The case baffied the skill of
the best physicians and the young man
died of pyemia.
DURING q heavy thunder storm at Fort
Wayne, Ind, recently, a man named
Henry Gerko was struck and instantly
killed by lightning.
EDWARD STEERS was killed at Coopers-
town, KY, recently, by accidental shooting.
AT Cincinnati recently a young son of
Henry Epmeier brought home IN unex.
ploded rocket. The lad tried to open it,
but failed to do so. His mother seized the
rocket and dealt it a severe blow. A terri
BILE explosion followed. Mrs. Upmeier was
fatally injured; Ida Upmeier, age twelve,
was fatally injured; Charles Upmeier, age
six, severely hurt; Philip Hill, age ten,
seriously injured. The deadly missile was
a six-pound rocket. The vicinity Of the
explosion was fearfully wrecked.
The Mudir of Dongola telegraphed that
reports reached hat city that Gordon had
captured Berber. The Mudir sent an off.
cial to Debbal to ascertain the truth of the
reports.
PAUL STEVENS, aged eighty-seven, of
Washington, d. c., died recently at Cam
den, Me-. He was Librarian Of the House
~ DaD~osac%r,c v~lo- ;n~ol I'D
Grant. Since then he had been q claim
agent at Washington.
J ROYAL PHELPS died at his residence in
New York On the S0th. He was seventy
seven years Of age.
COLONEL G.. B. WARING was sentenced
in Long Island City recently to fifteen
years in the penitentiary and q fine of
5000 for killing his brother-in.law.
DR.. KOCH, the noted German cholera ex-
pert who has been visiting the French
cholera districts, has addressed q report to
Bismarck. DIR. Koch criticises severely the
want Of ~precaution shown by the English
Government in taking measures to prevent
the spread Of epidemics.
SPECIAL AGENT BURNS, Of the Treasury
| Department., in his report. excneraees Su.
p~erintendent Kimball, of the Life Saving
Service, Of the charges Of ineficiency
brought against him by an Erie (Pa)
newspaper.
| A MEETING Of Western distillers was
held in Peoria, H., the other day, for the
purpose of forming an association. About
ffty-five distillers were present, among
them E. L. Martin, Of Kansas City. A
pooling arrangement was partially agreed
upon.
WHILE Miss Nellie Burke, the champion
female rider, was speeding her horse Han
cock on the race track at Shelbyville, Ill,
recently, the horse suddenly bo!ted and
ran against q rail, which passed com.
| pletely through his body. The horse was
instantly killed, but Miss Burke escaped
~uninjured.
TIE Arab rebels attacked Suakim re-
Gently and were repulsed. Mercury was at
10 in the shade and the English troops
| suffered severely.
TIE son of the British Vice Consul at
Prsdoste, Turkey, was captured by bri.
gands, who demanded two hundred pounds
ransom.
II is stated that irregularities have been
Discovered in the General Land OAce in
the Surveyor Generals O6soe ct New Or
leans, La. which win lead to . change q
the managsnent Of the Offices thsra.
ABOUT 70ye0e bushels Of No. 3 rod winter
wheat were feuad musty and out Of coadf-
ton in the CommArcial Wharf, New York,
recsntly.
CoNsuL MASON. OF Earseilles, has sent .
long report regarding the cholera 70 WASH
ington. he ssys that Hsrssilles r weu