The Red Cloud chief., 1884-01-18

0IU ana elgnt OF MS family were
violently i'll with strong symptoms o.
poisoning. Subsequently Bird and two O
his daughters died and the others were IL
q precarious condition. Foul play was sus
pected.
NEAR Samuels' Depot, KY, the othel
| night an old man named Robert Runner
who lived alone, was burned to death or
the hearth in his house. 1t was not known
how he took fire.
A THREE-YEAR-oLD colored child froze tc
death near Pilot Grove, Mo-, recently, and
Investigation showed it to be q case OF
willful neglect.
AN accommodation train ran into a gang
of n shovelers on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, eight miles east of Pittsburgh,
the other day, killed three men and serious.
ly injured four others.
THE Minister of the Interior of Russia,
Chief Public Prosecutor and Public Prose
cutor received letters announcing that they
had been sentenced to death by Nihilists.
The English moderates almost unani.
mously approved the decision of Mr.. Glad.
stone to abandon the Soudan, and argue
that it is time to put an end to the business
of sacrificing the lives of British soldiers
in the task of upholding purely barbarian
interests, in which England should nave nc
concern.
A SHERIFF's posse, searching for a des-
perate negro, named Sandy Robinson, sur.
rounded his cabin on the Bannerman plan.
tation in Taylor County, Tex, the other
night, when Joseph Lathrope, one of the
posse, opened the door and was shot dead
by Robinson, who seized Lathrope's gun
and escaped.
FEARS were entertained of a disastrous
food at Pittsburgh, Pa.
JEFF GILLILAND, known as the Jesse
James, of Arkansas, was recently killed in
a fight with one of his clan.
Two boys aged fourteen and fifteen years,
residing at Schoenck, Pa, recently en-.
ticed a small boy into an isolated place,
and under threats of cutting his throat in.
ficted with blunt instruments injuries from
which he died.
On the plantation of W. G. Taylor, In
Lenoir County, N. c., the other night, the
house of William Groom, colored, was
burned Groom, his wife and six children
persisted. The night was unusually cold,
and it was supposed they built a large fire
n went to sleep.
A L has been introduced into Congress
to require a Government building to be
in every town and city in the
Union at which the Postmaster draws q
salary of $1,000 and over. The author of
the bill believes this policy will save the
Government S1,OOO, 900 per year rent.
A MORMON paper of Salt Lake, Utah, re-
'boycotting" the Gentiles. 1t
calls on the Mormon people to quit all deal
ings with their demonstrated enemies"
and adds: "If this proper policy were
strictly adhered to the power of the would.
beoppressors would be greatly curtailed. II
they could only realize the fact, the people
have in this connection a powerful lever for
their own protection within their grasp"
UNREoUTrED owe caused Miss Johanna
Ont to shoot herselfthe other night at Erie,
She was found insensible, and said she
to die because her love for Mr.. Max
Deller was not returned. The girl is an
actress of considerable ability recently
from Saxony. 1t was thought she would
die.
The Senate has decided to 60 at once tc
the consideration of the Mexican Recipro-
city Treaty. 1t had not been settled
to ave the discussion with open
Dr. closed doors. A great number of petit.
have been received, chiefly urging the
ratification of the treaty.
MRS. CABELLE, wife of Colonel Coulten
Cabelle, a prominent citizen of Richmond,
Va. was fatally burned the other morning.
While dressing her clothing took fire from
, CRATE, and before assistance arrived she
vas enveloped in flames. She died in q
hours.
The Tivoli Theater at Pueblo, Colo.
the other night.