The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-24
MISCELLANEOUS

pr long ago the Egyptian Government
o1ially prohibited the sale Of slaves.
IT. friends OF liberty throughout the
] d consider this a remarkable course
foGz that Government to take, especially
| si6 e a most tyrannical form Of slavery has
be ~tofore prevailed there.
EIDMEYER e. %STEIGLITZ, wholesale deal
81 in woolens, at Chicago, were closed by
q Sheriff a few days ago to satisfy 5000
r )gments. 1t Is said that the liabilities Of
u nrm will reach $4,000. The firm was
| - old one.
COMMITTEE of baltimore merchants
e. manufacturers waited upon the officers
q the Pennsylvania Railroad recently
u n a view to nave them recede from the
- er cutting the Baltimore q Ohio out OF
- York over its lines.
"A MAIL and express car lately burned on
road between New Richmond and Deer
Hrk. Wis. The registered mail was saved,
1T the express matter and other mail was
do~stroyed. Loss, $1,000.
Is. S. DAVIS, n banker of Cincinnati,
Stely made an assignment, with liabilities
! g 1000, Il considerable portion of which
Das due to benevolent organizations or Sc
ret societies.
THE Governor Of West Virginia commu-
I'd to imprisonment for life the sentence
imposed upon Charles Spurlock, of Lin
pin County, one of the gang who killed
Twin Wood. The Hill brothers, his ac-
omplices. were lynched last Spring. He
as a member of the James gang at one
s. lime.
81 rrr- IIa,ly Nipnia Nnptfnu oyynnl
DIV John Goodwin, of Lawrence, Mass,
bgas entered at the Cleveland Driving Park
hinder a false name, and has been expelled
from all the tracks of the National Associa-
lion.
entered the residence of Alex.
ander Mitchell, at Milwaukee,, a few days
Rgo, and secured some watches and jewels
before being frightened away.
W. F. THOMAS, an attendant in the Gin
~cinnati hospital, undertook to wheel n pa
tient to the elevator a few days since, but
backed into an open hatchway and both lost
their lives.
EDWARD ROBERTS, the Chicago negro
who fatally shot his VIII, a few days ago,
was lately captured by a squad of police in
the suburb of Montrose, and freely con-
fessed his crime.
A REWARD Of $500 was lately offered
for the conviction of the m,n who caused
the explosion in the new Parliament ui!d
ing at Quebec. The corner stones of the
structure are so much out of place that
the whole wall will probably nave to be
takendown.
A WRITTEN agreement was lately circu.
lated among the mills of Fall River, Mass,
to the effect that there would be a shut
down for one week owing TO the dull sea-
son. There was the further proposition
that unless the market improved the shut
down would be made permanent.
REV. A. w. ~LIGHTBoURNE, of Easton,
Md, was lately forced 20 resign a Metho-
dist pastorate for attending a circus.
The people Of Worcester, Mass, recently
went into extensive decorations in celebra-
ton OF the two hundredth anniversary Of
the foundation Of the city.
A sHKD used by the Elevated Railway
Company as a carpenter shop, at No. 5
Broadway, n. Y, recently fell and crushed
Cornelius Donohue, a carpenter, aged fifty.
two years, so that he died at once. Three
other workmen were seriously IL no. fatally
l iuyuiSds II ASSS VI wv oSiuS oIoASu oiu
the skull of a third fractured.
The Winona, MIMI, Grand Jury lately
indicted Judges Beecher, Roth and Deter
wick for ballot-box stufiing to the extentof
three hundred fraudulent votes. Beecher
pleaded guilty.
GENERAL DE LIsLE lately teleCraphed
from Chu, on the upper Loo Chuan River,
hat Colonel Dennier, after a brilliant en-.
gagement, carried the heights command
ing the fortress Of Gnu Forwing, Poin.
Dappui, of a large intrenched Chinese
camp, defended by five very large case
mated forts. Tn Chinese forces were re
ported TO be very large and their losses
during the engagement, heavy. When
they assumed the offensive the French
artillery covered the earth with Chinese
corpses. Their losses were about 5000
killed, including their chief commander. =
AFTER the celebration of mass recenth
in ST. Peters Church, London, the BishoS
OF the diocese and the clergy and congo
CATION, numbering 500. proceeded to ths
! shrine of Edward the Con.essor. in West.
minister Abbey, where they kne,t and
prayed for the conversion Of England to
the ancient faith. They were not disturbed
by the visitors. The visitors at the Abbey
were much astonished by the proceeding.
A REPORT lately came from Unioaville,
Ind, a small town thirty.fve miles north.
west of New Albany, OF a battle between
two esperadoes named Estrdge and Nil
Ter and a mob of citizens, a few nights ago
TIE two men named were suspected men,
hers of the Jesse James gang. The Sheriff
Of Monroe County heard they were secreted
in tue house of Es,r;dge's father, several
miles from town, aad ne went out with q
posse. The posse was driven back and the
two desperadoes o into Unionvilie,
which they took possession Of
for q week. firing upon every one
they saw on the street. A few
nights afterwards tee mob went t.
the house and dcnan led the surrender Of
two Grim mails. This was refused, and ?
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