The Red Cloud chief., 1884-03-21

her and starved her, fractured her skull
and burned her with q hot poker. There
were but slight chances of the child's re-
covery. So incensed were the people that
they threatened to lynch the whole Blinzly
family.
The Governor Of Kansas has called an
extra session of the Legislature to convene
at Topeka on Tuesday, March 18th, to take
action in regard to the cattle plague that
now prevails in the State.
TIE British rave again defeated Osman
Digma, losing seventy killed and n hun
dred wounded Osman Digma's loss was
about four thousand.
The Texas Land Board refused to accede
to the request of stockmen to reduce the
price of leased lands from eight to five
cents. The stockmen threatened TO cut the
fence of any man leasing at eight cents,
and told the Board so. They also init
mate that they will organize a powerful
opposition to the retention by the Board OF
the State offices now held by the members
A DESTRUCTIVE cyclone passed near Gun
tersville, Ala, recently. H. s. Hess and
Mrs. John Tidmore were killed, and Johr
Tidmore and Mrs. Frank Farmer severely
injured. About thirty houses were blown
to atoms. The storm left the earth after
devastating nearly six miles.
A wArERsPoUr broke on the farm of S
NJ. ElwOod, near Nashville, ILL.,, flooding
everything, but causing no other damage,
A TERRIBLE explosion occurred in the
PocahOntas Mine, near Petersburg, Va.
recently. One hundred and fifty men al
work in the mine were killed and their
bodies terribly mutilated. The explosion
sounded like the rumbling of an earth
quake, and did considerable damage out
side of the pit.
FIFTY-FIvE bridges were destroyed be-
tween Pittsburgh and Cairo during the
Ohio floods; estimated cost of replacing,
5000
CLARK ROBINSON has sued c. K. Garrison,
of New York, % recover s., &c.,, $50, claiming
that amount on account of sale of bonds.
DEGAIEFF, the Russian Nihilist, sup.
posed to nave been the leader of the band
that murdered Colonel Sudeikin, has sailed
for America.
AUDITOR WALKER, of Missouri, has re.
ceived a letter from T. C. Campbell. OF
Kirksville, informing him that the mouth
and foot disease had broken out among the
cattle in Northeast Missouri.
THE Aspen stage, which arrived at Lead.
Vile the other night, brought news of a
fatal snow-slide which occurred at Aspen
mountains. Three employees of the Vallejo
mine, George Marshall, William O'Brien,
and John McGunnity, were killed. Mike
Higgins, another miner, is missing.
The weeks business failures throughout
the country, for the United States. mum.
bered ia; Canada and the provinces, ~;
total, PIG; as compared with 272 last week.
The decrease was principally in the West
ern, Middle and New England States.
Canada has the same number Of failures as
last week.
The only way of putting out the fire in
the Pocahontas mine. Virginia, is by seal
ing it and flooding it with steam. Not one
of the one hundred and fifty miners es-
capped.
TRICHENosIs, engendered by eating Ger
man bred pork, and due in no wise to the
American product, is ravaging various
parts OF UeTndny.
THE Chamber Of Commerce, of Lyons,
France, protests against the embargo on
American Pork.
MATT LEWIS, colored. was hanged in st.
Louis for the murder of his wife in October
1876. Lewis quarrelled with her, and cut
her throat in a fit of jealousy. He escaped.
but was arrested nearly a year afterwards.
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which time he had four trials.
A II at Kansas City the other morning
destroyed Woodward, Faxon & Co.'splace,
1206to l20S Union avenue. The loss on drugs,
buildings and other property amounted to
nearly 100000. A young man named Aber-
nathy was killed by leaping from a fourth
story window to escape being burned.