The Red Cloud chief., 1885-07-24
MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS.
Os the morning of the 18th the Plat
Mill at Cleveland, o., started up. 4 mum
Der of strikers We're on hand. but no VIC
lence was offered to those who went {,
work.
A RANCHMAx named Malone brought il
news at Eagle Pass, Tex, recently, of al
Indian raid in which fifteen Mexicans wer.
killed, about forty miles above Eagle Pass
On the Rio Grande. 1t was believed by
many, however. that the Mexicans killed
were slain by other Mexicans from acros.
the Rio Grande and not by Indians.
WITHIN four days eleven Chicago boy.
died Of lockjaw from wounds received on
the hands while exploding caps on toy
pistols on he Fourth of July.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was felt
at Calcutta, India, on the morning OF the
18th.
THE g.cOntiuued drOuth in the south
ern provinces of Russia was reported Ia
have completely ruined the crops in that
section.
There was a collision between the police
and strikers at Newburg. near Cleveland,
D., on the 18th. The strikers attempted to
close the mill when they were dubbed by
the police, thirty-five being wounded. of
whom two would die. Six or seven police
men were injured by the rioters.
II s~emi-annual report of the Direct
Cable Company shows that the receipts
for the first six months of the present year
rave been So GS less than they were
during the corresponding period in 1884.
The falling off was owing to a reduction in
the tariff.
THE Sheriff of Ness County recently in
formed the State Veterinarian of Kansas
that he thought trouble was imminent in
Lane County between the State authorities
and the Texas cattle drivers, who were at
tempting to pass the quarantine contrary
to law.
A. II. Rose, an extensive farmer of Cal
ifornia, filed a petition of insolvency on
the 18th. His liabilities were about $780,
900, his assets nominal. His principal cred
itor was the Merchants Exchange Bank Of
San Francisco, which was caught for
100000.
AN American railroad foreman named
Ryan and another American whose name
was unknown were recently arrested at
Sabine. Mexico, for an alleged insult TO the
Alcade'S wife. IL was believed that the
charges were merely suhterfuges on the
part of Mexican officials TO harass the
Americans.
THE San Francisco Produce Exchange
recently issued n statement showing the
amount of -four and grain in California
July I, this year. Flour. .o.No0 barrels:
| ,,hA,t aIhtn .aHl l,,-l-l.. h.- .,-a ass.
bushels.
A TERRIFIC hail-storm passed over the
country from Niagara to Reynolds. OAK,
the other night. utterly destroying all the
grain in one OF the best wheat-growing re-
gions of the Northwest. The grounds cover
10000 acres, involving 2OO, 900 bushels of
grain.
THE Santos case has occasioned great
excitement in Ecuador. The Government
has caused the publication of an immense
number of documents, fly sheets. etc, in
citing the people against the United States.
THERE were l,:njJ new cases of cholera
reported in Spain on the 18th and CI;
deaths.
A CoURIEg recently reported finding the
bodies of two cowbovs on the y. L.. range.
on the Cherokee Strip. who had been muir
dered and their bodies staked to the ground
10y the Indians.
THE criminal libel suit against John C..
Shea, ut Kansas CITY, in which the Rector
Of 81. Mary's Church was accused Of gross
immortality, ended on the l6th in a verde;
of acquittal. Some very damaging tes,i-
mouy was introduced on the trial agains;
the reverend gentleman.
The Russians have permanently occu-
pied three positions on Persian territory.
lying between SarakS and Pulkilton.
ANXIETY over the Afghan situation con-
tinued n. Berlin on the 10th. Russian Sc
%curities declined three points.
GENERAL SHERIDAN telegraphed from
Fort Reno on the 18th that no serious In
dian troubles need he unprecedented.
THE coastins steamer Perkimen, of Phil
a~delphia, was sunk in seven fathoms of
water the other night by the collision of
Pollock Rip with the schooner Abhie {.
Stubs. which was also badly damaged.
A DISPATCH from Cairo of the IG,h saws:
The Arabs OF tn. upper classes declare Fl
Mahdi is dead. Lupton. with his garrison.
has arrived Mt Senaar. The famine If
kardofan has become terrible and has ex-
tended To khartouin.
JOSEPH TAYLOR. who on Nav 81. 1884.
brutally murdered Keeper Michael r.
Doran at the Eastern Penitentiarv. Phil
adelphia. lv beating out his brains with a
wooden lohbin aud bar of iron. was hanged
on the 10th.
4 FIRE broke out in the Post building at
Washington Recently. The building and
contents were destroyed. Loss about
Slia.oco: insurance fair.
THE Chicago police arrested a bow re-
Gently. Us a test case, charging him with
circulating obscene literature. The boy
was selling the Chicago Tribune contain
ing the PAID Nal Gazette exposures.
A REPUBLICAN conspiracy was recently
discovered by the Spanish authorities at
Saragossa. A number of persons were ar
rested aud the leader. a Colonel Masallon.
was sentenced 10 be shot.
ANOTHER white girl baby has been found
in possession OF Chinese foster parents in a
loathsome den in Chinatown. San Fran
cisco.
n YOUNG woman was abducted near
WheeliDg, w. Va. recently. by six men.
who sprang from the bushes and knocked
down her escort. The police made an en-
be found.