The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-03
MISCELLANEOUS

W. HA a.
Is n late collision of trains near Locie,
Switzerland, IA lady was killed and sixteen
other passengers received serious injuries.
mountains, where be raised a band OF men.
THERE was recently a very bold attempt
10 rob a National Bank AZ Las Vegas. y.
NJ. StOncmasons and others in attempting
to undermine the foundation were discov-
cred when the sinking OF heavy stones in
the foundation caused the door - be hard
TO open. a Mexican was sent under the
building t. look after matters and he
killed the first man he saw, the mason who
built the wall. Other men were seen run
ming but they made a good escape.
The Middlesex dve-woTls at S0merville,
Mass, valued at 80 600, were burned re-
! Gently. Twenty-one buildings at Bronson,
Mich, and twelve stores ut Sane Lake,
were destroyed 10y fire on :he same day.
The twenty-SeconI anniversary OF the
issue of the proclamation Of emancipation
was celebrated 10y the colorcd citiz-us Of
Springfield, who marched in a body 10 the
old home of Abraham Lincoln.
ADvICES from Wisconsin are to the eff
feet that the cranberry crop is nearly n
failure, but 5000 acres of fine tobacco
were raised.
OvERwoRK was perhaps the cause Of the
recent suicide Of l.. j. Brown, a leading
dry goods merchant of Fitchburg, Mass.
WHILE walking home from a ball at
Rochester, y. H., two young French
Canadians were struck 10y lightning Sep
tembcr 2i,h. The lad was instantly killed;
the girl was so terribly scOrched that sine
has become insane.
The anniversary OF thc Belgian revolu-
ton of 1859 reused tho citizens of Brussels
to n monster demonstration against the
Government. The editors of two Eepnbli-
can papers were arrested, and the Gen
darmes dispersed n crowd which had gath
cred at a bulletin board.
TIE authorities of Limerick have de-
cided not TO pay the tax imposed for extra
policemen appointed Iy the Government
because the local protection against out
RACES was not deemed sufficient.
Oy September oath Joseph Sarver was
hanged ut Indiana, Pa, for the murder Of
his father. Michael Murray was hanged
ut Ebensburg, in the same State, for the
murder Of John Hancuf i'll October, 1883.
LORD SPENCER made Il halfway surren-
der TO the Councilmcn Of Limerick.
Though they refused to send n d~eputation
10 wait Oh him, he had reduced the amount
of the extra-policc tax demanded. He
threatens to Use extreme measures To col
lect the reduced sum. The Councilman
are not likely TO yield.
THE British gunboat Wasp was wrecked
off Tory Island, on the northwest coast of
Ireland recently. Only six Of those who
were on board were saved. Fifty-two, in
GLIDING all the officers, were drowned.
WIscoNsIN's tobacco crop this year will
aggregate 2e,5D0,O0 pounds, and will bring
the growers about s2,0O0,G0h.
THERE were 40 new cases of cholera in
Italy on September oath. and 90 deaths.
In the city of Naples there were lJ2 deaths.
TIE gold reserve in the United States
Treasury is $4,000 900, or about Sl5,O0n,-
900 more than it was n few weeks ago.
THE Mahdi's force is estimated at 5000
men, Of whom 1900 are armed with Rem
inGton rifles. He has twenty krupp guns.
THE National Gizette of Berlin in a
recent issue. made the extraordinary de-
claration that Germany, Austria, and
Russia will support any step taken by
rance IN regard othe Egyptian financial
question. This is most significant in view of
the recent agreement of the three
Einperors.
Mrs KENDALL, n well known London
actress, who manages the ST. James Thea
ter in the British Capital, delivered n very
sensational address on the British drama
before the late Social Science Congress at
Birmingham. She did not take 2 hopeful
view of the situation. The British drama
is going TO the dogs.
THE American Bible Society recently de-
tcrmined u stop putting Bibles in railroad
cars. One OF its Ulcers said: ''Of a thou
sand distributed, We believe but ten We're
read, while three hundred were so mutila-
ted as 10 be worthless, and four hundred
stolen"
A MASSACHUSETTS BAY oyster planter
pays boys u cent for every s:arfiSh Caught
on his beds. He saves II 900 a year on the
oysters which would be otherwise de-
stroyed, besides a profit of two cents on
each starfi>h, which lie dries and sells.
The police have seized cattle in Lough-
rea, Ireland. As 4 penalty for refusal 10
pay awards, under the crimes act, 70 the
relatives OF persons murdered. Serious
trouble is feared al the pnbiic sale Saturday.
recently entered the house OF J.
A. NcLain, {: farmer, six miles south ot
CooperSvi!ie. Men, and raised a disturb
ance. The Father and son put him out and
the son then ven for assistance. When
be returned he found his father dead on
the f,oor frcm 4 revolver shot. Every eff
fort was made; 20 capture the murderer.
A MIXED train or the Brattleboro &
Whitehall Road in Vermont met with an
accident Just west OF Dummerston. on S,p-
TENDER 18th. a freight jumped the track
carrying with it four others and one pas
senger coach. They were precipitated
down a twenty foot embankment. George
Fl. Richmond, Jamaica, had his skull
fractured and Subsequently, died. His
wife and daughters were seriously in.
jured, and about twenty other passengers
sustained severe knocks, cuts and bruises.
+. B. PlcKERILL, of the Interior Depart
men., who recently returned to Washing
ton from n our of inspection of the Pacific
Railroads, says the Central and Union are
both god properly. but tia, the West has
too many railroads for the population. He
thinks the Northern Pacific will be the best
tran~s-continental route.
JUSTICE FED, in q hearing OF the Chi.
nese habeas corpus cases at San Francisco,