Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-09-26
GENERAL NEWS.
DOmEsrIC.

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I Of OPERATION was to sreai cattle on the Texas
side and drive them EcrOss the Red river
/ in the Indian Territory, where the three
Lee boys had a ranch. Last spring, while
} John and Henry ROffs two respectable cat
, tie owners Of this county, with two officers,
one Of them q deputy United States marshal,
were on q scouting expedition in the
ChickasaW nation for cattle bearing R1h's
I brand, they came upon the stronghold OF
| the gang and braVeIy approached the stock
ade to arrest the cattle thieves The despa-
radoes opened fire through the portfolios Of
f0rtifcstiOn, killing both the ROHs and two
officers, whose bodies lay exposed for several
DAYS. and were partly eaten by hogs. Since
then large rewards hRVa been offered for
the capture of the Lees, dead Or alive. Bill
Lee, TOgei her with two members Of the
gang, named Stein, were captured in May
last and taken to Fort Smith for trial before
the United States court All efforts to
locate and capture Jim and Pink Lee. proved
unevailing until Monday afternoon. Many
detectives have at various times worked on
the case, in the hope of receiving the Va-
rioUs rewards, which aggregate the sum Of
$1,000.
/ The labor demonstration ct Chicago was
/ an affair of considerable magnitude. The
/ day was perfect for the parade. Fully g.,
\ 600 labOrsrs were in line, representing the
I various trade assemblies and unions Of the
I city. In the column were q number Of
/ decorated wagons, in which the process Of
/ printing paper, making horse shoes, cut
| lng stone, ETC., we've illustrated. The col
unn proceeded to Ogden's grove, near TIE
/ city, where the day was devoted to hearing
speeches and other kind OF diversion. Dur
! ing the exercises Of the afternoon the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted: Resolved,
That the mechanics and WOrkingmen Of
Chicago, on this, the first celebration of
their national holiday, deem it due to
themselves and the public TO announce
that, while they know their rights and dare
maintain them at all hazards, they prefer
the ballot to the bullet, reason to rufdaa-
ism, united in intelligent action to mean
ingless violence, as the agency best CalCu-
lated to remove the evils of which they
complain. Means which may be justified
in the despOtisms of the old world are I'M
warranted in a re republic where the
franchise is the inalien able right of every
American citizen, irrespective of color and
nationality; and that they are unwilling to
adm the destruction of the institutions Of
a country, the hope of the oppressed of
every cline which their ValOr and patriot
ism hEVesecursd.
There is much excitement at st. Joseph, I
H., over three mysterious deaths which
have occurred within a short time in one
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Peabody
were prominent residents in the COmmun-
ity. Miss Belle sHastey, a young woman |
of fine character, and pleasant manners. /
said to be engaged 70 young Silss Peabody. /
Young PeabOdy's parents. particularly his |
mother, was opposed to his marriage, OW-
ing to Miss Hastey's poor health. August |
End, Mrs. Peabody died very suddenly OF
what appeared to be neuralgia Of the stOm-
Rch. On August 18th Mr.. Peabody died /
with the same symptoms. On September
lst Miss Hastey and young SiIss Peabody !
were taken with the same symptoms, and |
the young lady died. The young man has
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been awakened by the alleged discovery of
a packet Of rat poison pinned to the under
garment which Miss Hastey had laid of
ust before her death, that the latter had
poisoned Nj. and Mrs. Peabody, with the
hope of marrying the son, and then con-
Guided to kill him and herself. On sun
day the clergyman refused to preach her
sermon until the matter was cleared up. I
An investigation will be made.
A dispatch from Baltimore of the date of
September 18th, says: To-day is the sew
enty-6rst anniversary of he battle of North
Point, where General Ross, at the head of
Brush army, was killed, and his forces
repulsed. The American survivors Of that
battle have annually, for many years, at !
tended a banquet in cOmmemoratiOn Of it. |
Their number has been grad ually reduced |
until to-day, when only one man sat down
to an elaborate course dinner at Kenneth. |
The last man Of the "OId Defenders So
James MOrfOrd, aged so years. Five of the
veterans are still alive. MOrford is one of
seven who participated in the banquet q |
year ago. The remnant of The city guard, /
military organization before the late war,
celebrated the day by q dinner at George
town armory. Among she survivors are
those who wore the blue and the gray in
the civil war, but long since they reunited
and only the "reminiscences exterior to 1861
are spoken in their annual reunions. The
rlnv holt all
offices were closed.
A dispatch from Lancaster, o., says:
Tuesday evening ID. NJ. MCCrimmOn,
postmaster at South Lancaster; O. ]. Woods
and Charles Dickson. of this city, left the
south shore Of the lake in q yacht for Ian
caster. The vessel was struck by a equall
and cspsiz d. The three men succeeded in
boat, and called loudly for help. Although
their cries were heard on shore, their rescue I
could not b. attempted. The next day the
steamer Bohemian passed them, but their
signals were not seen. Dickson sucCumbed
to the exposure and dropped dead into the /
lake. MCCrimmon eLerted himself to keep
Woods warm, but after holding him in his
arms for three hours, the poor fellow died.
The cspsized yacht eventually drif5ed into
shallow water, and MCCrimmOn Waded
ashore, reaching the house Of farmer in
an exhausted condition. BE was immedi
ately driven TO Port Lewis, where he now
les ia q precariOus condition.
About thirty girls employed by the
American rubber company of East Cam
bridge, Mass, were affected by the fumes
of naptha which is used in the composition I
Of the cement in the manufacture of Iu5-
Der goods, the effect being to make them
shrek, dance, laugh, etc. The perform /
anCe Of the girls under the influence OF the
fumes impelled other girls in the adjoining
room to act in q most extraordinary man
neF, and for some time the shop ressmbled I
an asylum for The insane. Several doctors |
were called in and 4 large number of the
operatives were sent home in carriages. !
Work in several Of the departments ceased, /
and it was several hours before the talk /
over the scenes enacted could be stopped.