The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-09
MISCElIANEOEl.

A COUSIN OF Bill Jones, the Indian who
murdered Mr.. Boulder White at Caddo. l..
T., a few days ago, killed an Indian in Blue
County, /. I. Wilson Jones, the father of
Bill, is said to be the wealthiest Choc;aw in
the Nation, and is terribly downcast be-
cause of the Grim S of his son and nephew.
THE Cuban tobacco crop for this year
will he not only larger than that for many
former years but of far better quality.
IT was thought the Texas fever line
would he established south of the Texas
Pacific Railway in Texas.
FALSE PoINT, INDIA, which was thought
to nave had the best harbor between Cal
cutta and Bombay, was struck by n storm
wave September 22, ond swept so COM
pletely that most of the inhabitants per-
ished.
THE mercantile failures in the United
States for the q~narter ended September 20
numbered :, l.3, against 2."iG in the cor
responding quarter Of 1854. The liabili-
ties showed a remarkable decline. amount
ing to 81. 100000 against S5G,6oo,oo0 in the
third quarter of 1881.
Ir was stated that the riot i'm Montreal
was due to the pcrverseness Of the Board
of Aldermen. The better class of French
Canadians were ~disSusted with the work of
the anti-vaccina.ion mob.
a from Louisville, XIV. says:
The Jeffersonville plate glass works has
assigned. The Liabilities are not known,
but are said to be largely in excess of the
assets.
a BAND of Mussulman md Christian
brigands, near Smyrna, have captured n
young Englishman named Fred C~harnaul.
They demand f9,oo0 ransom.
HEAVY foods were reported recently ia
the eastern portion of Switzerland. Much
damage was done.
INFORMATION received at Prescott, Ari.,
from Clifton of the Indian depredations
was recently SO alarming that the Gov
ernor issued a general order calling out
the militia for active service.
4 SPECIAL from Warm Springs, Mont.
of the 3Dth, saws: One OF the buildings of
the insane asylum burned yesterday, and
three inmates persisted in the flames. It is
not known how tho fire originated.
MEssRs. SoUrrER & Co. bankers and
brokers. doing business at No. II Wall
street, New York, made an assignment re-
Gently for the benefit Of their creditors.
FORTY 81 900 town bonds of Mattoon. H.,
We're found in the possession of Tom Davis
after his murder by Holland, of Texas. in
New York. The Supervisor of Mattoou
has sent to Coroner Levy for one of the
bonds for examination. stating a belief
that they are counterfeit.
A CONVENTION Of colored men assembled
recently in L~ynchburg, Va. and issued an
address declaring that the time had come
for them TO break from old party afflia-
tions and think and act for themselves.
TURKISH troops fired on the Roumelian
outposts at Mustapha Fasha. n town in
Rouinelia, twenty miles northwest of
Adrianople, on the Goth. 4 skirmish en-
sued in which the Turks were defeated.
THE late Turkish Minister of War. Ghozai
Osman Pasha. was reported guilty of such
embellishments that, the army vas
half crippled.
The special delivery system of the postal
service was in~augurated in the various
cities on the lst.
The Kansas Grand Army reunion closed
at Topeka on the lst with an immense pro-
cesslon. which took an hour and a half -
pass and was witnessed by ,i.oc0 persons.
FRENCH Canadian mobs were reported
on the 9th tearing down smallpox pia-
cards in Montreal and beating isolated mi
litiamen, but 10 serious riots were at
The epidemic was increasing in
viruleuce. about 30 deaths occurring in
the city and suburbs in four DAYS.
SECRETARY WHITNEY recently said lie
in bis forthcoming repor, -
recommend 10 Congress largely increased
appropriations for the ~Equipnea: AM
Ordnance Departments of the Washington
Yard. with a view to making 1t
central deport for supplies. The work Of
construction would be conferred in other
Yards.
A KEcESr dispatch stated that the mali
stage running between San Angela and
Abilene. Tex. had been stopped and robbed
~ highwaymea-
A LARGE IRE occurred in Iquique. Ecus-
lor. the other night, and the mos, import
mt quarter Of the town was destroyed
-erv few OF the commercial establishments
(,
THE window glass trade Was reported \:
recent Convention hai in New YORK 10
e in a very u~npromising condition.
The safe liz the store OF John Patterson.
{ Amesvilie. Athens County. q. was
down open by burglars the CHER night, |.
which they distracted over $3.50 in
ash and $50 In bonds. il