The Red Cloud chief., 1885-09-25

THE steamer burned on Lake Superior
recently proved to be the Prussia OF the
Western Express line, plying between
Montreal and Duluth. The passengers
and crew were all saved. but the boat and
cargo were an entire loss.
IL II cellar in Chinatown. San Francisco,
a number of Cinnamon were found boiling
down the bones of their deceased country
men, preparatory t. sending them back to
China. The stencil was unh"nrable and
the sanitary officers coniiscated the ent!r.
stock.
As A passenger train on the Kentucky
Central Road was approaching Lexington.
Ky, the other day. Mt n hi. rat. OF speed.
the engine left the rails and plunged down
a thirty-foot embankment. Engineer
Frank Watts and Fireman II. e. Burger
were instantly killed. Several passengers
and trainmen were also badly injured.
JUMBO. the 5000 elephant. was killed
on the railroad track half a mile east of ST.
Thomas. Ont. the other night. His Keeper
was leading him along the tracs To load
him when a freight train came up behind
unnoticed aud ran him down. He was in
jured 50 badly that he died i'll thirty min
utes.
The second and deciding race between
the Puritan and Genesta yachts came off
successfully on tho 10th. the race being
won by the Puritan. with one minute and
thirty-eiSht seconds to spare. The race
was n very close one, but the result leaves
the international cup. won 10y the America
in 1871. still on this side of the Atlantic.
The time of the Puritan was 5:O5:li: that
of the GeneSta. J:0i:I2.
A BLOCK of buildings. including the Will
lard and Phoenix Hotels. at Hot Springs,
Ark, was destroyed by fire recently. Loss,
$4,000; insurance, one-fourth.
WALTON & CO.. of Pittsburgh. Pa, have
commenced suit against n number of their
miners vino went out on strik. without Civ
ing thirty days notice as called for in the
agreements.
THE seven convictS who some weeks
since escaped from their guards III n camp
near Little Rock have been located in the
Maunelle mountains, eighteen or twenty
miles above Little Rock. They have con-
structed n fort out of boulders and are
armed with rifles.
THE request to abolish CARLOAD rates.
asa "sht - pht it'it tAt
was refused point-blank by the Classified
ton Committee of the railroads AZ 81.
Paul. Mimi, on the 10th.
REPORTS from Collinsviile. H.. are thu:
much discomfort has again broken cu;
among the coal miners in tina: vicinity.
owing TO a refusal Of the mine owners To
pay a half cent increase yer tustel for
mining.
A PANIC prevailed i'm the Lonioa s;!ve.
market on the 10th. Prices dropped - the
lowest point recorded for the century.
ONE thousand coal miners il the Akron,
(O.t distric; who struck 4 few DAYS before
held a meeting on the 10th and decided -
return u work At the reduction. They VIII
receive ,5 cents per ton.
THE Bank of Varde. Of Copenhagen.
Denmark. has suspended in CONSCIENCE ot
the loss of is entire capital through frauds.
One OF the directors of the hank vas one
the largest defauiterS Several cf sac
bank officials have been arrested.
An enormous stray balloon recently fell
at Monmouth. Ill. No one WAS in the car,
and il was not known from whence it
came.
The Norwegian bark Rosaland. Captain
Hansen. capsized recently while on a voy-
age from Parrsboro, y. s.. TO Conway.
The second mate. Seaman Heudrinen and
Nilsson and a boy were rescued from a
raft They were in an exhausted condi-
ton. The Captain and other members OF
the crew perished.
The Cincinnati Price Cnr-cas saws tina:
it's report indicates that tie present corn
crop OF the country Will aggregate 1900
eoi.oo bushels, an increase Of lai,9e5.oo
bushels or nearly II per cent. over las; yssJ.