The Red Cloud chief., 1885-05-29

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tee of Iowa has agreed to recommend e
the President the removal Of Williams
just appointed Marshal Of tho Southern
District Of Iowa, and he appointment Of
Ed. Campbell.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SEVENTEEN lives were thought to have
been lost in the recent floods near Elk City
and Independence, Kan.
The Commissioner Of Pensions has recon.
mended for dismissal the Special Examiner
Of his Office for falsifying his daily reports.
A CYCLONE struck the little town of Tay-
lor, Texas, tho other evening and played
havoc for . few seconds. The Missouri
Pacific Railroad freight house was demol-
ished, the round house unroofed, the city
hall wrecked and more han q dozen other
buildings more or less damaged.
COMMITTEES reported recently that q
thorough IVA had been made in Ply
mouth, Pa, and that there were $50 cases
Of typhoid fever in the borough, including
. portion of Plymouth township.
ROBERT e. ODLUM, in imitation of Sam
Patch, the diver, made a foolhardy leap on
the 18th from the Brooklyn bridge, a dis
lance Of I35 feet. He struck the water on
his side, and on rising to the surface blood
issued from his mouth. He opened his
eyes a few moments when being taken into
the boat, made q few remarks and died.
Captain Paul Boyton was master Of the
ceremonies.
A DISPATCH from Winnipeg states Colo
mel Otter ON the 18th made an attack on
POundmaker and after a severe battle cap
tured him and took ID prisoners. The
battle was fought at Eagle Hills and Otter
made an assault against orders. The dis
patch was uncOnfirmed.
A CIRCULAR letter has been prepared at
the Treasury Department, at Washington
which says: That while il is not considered
the business of the department to assist in
the collection Of bills, the continued-refusal
of employees to meet their just debts will
be considered q good cause for their dis
charge.
~SALvATIoNIsTs were badly beaten at
crowd Of roughs raid.d the church in
which they were worshiping, wrecked it
and seriously maltreated the men and
women Of the congregation.
THE proposals for the Post-ofice Depart
ment envelopes show that on the Official
envelopes the lowest bid was almost one
third the price paid last year for the same
envelopes, while the lowest lid on regis
tered envelopes was about thirty per cent.
less than last years price.
THE steamer Dacona was in collision
with IN iceberg recently in the Atlantic.
The ice had been mistaken for a fog bank.
The vessel was strongly built of steel, and
although many plates were doubled, zone
of them gave way, and the vessel reached
Halifax in safety.
In a recent attack on Carthagena, Cen-
trail America, the rebels lost eight hundred
men. The city was soon afterward re-
lieved by Government troops.
On the 18th, after five hours s%anguinary
fighting in the town Of Armenia, in Saliva
dor, the Salvadorian army routed the revo-
lutionists and captured q large quantity Of
arms and lannon's
LOUIS FRANCIS, q Frenchman, was re-
ceutly arrested in New York with the mu.
tilated body of a woman in . bag on his
shoulder. He confessed that he had muir
derei the woman with whom he had been
because she had lost a valuable dog
which he had picked up on the streets.
JAMES HAGGARr, who accompanied
Odlum on his mission to take the fatal
jump from Brooklyn bridge. was arrested
o the charge Of aiding Odlum to commit
q n act e~ndangering his life and outraging
public decency in aiding the act. The &C.
cused was held.
AT the second meeting Of the creditors Of
James X. Osgood & Co., publishers, Of
their liabilities were placed by the |
firm ut $4,000, and assets in round mum.
bers at 100000. The firm intimated Q de-
sire IN discontinue business.
The London Daily Telegraph recently
stated that Russia aud England were nego-
. secret treaty Of alliance.
L. J. MILES, Indian Agent at Osage
Agency. Kansas, has resigned. The follow
ing named receivers Of public moneys have
CAL; Jerome Knox, 1t Lake View, Ore;
John Ulrich, at Lacrosse, Wis.
VALUABLE pictures OF Sir Frederick
Leighton, Alma Tadema, Millais, the
(John and Thomas) and other cele-
artists on exhibition at the Royal
Academy; London, have been cut, scratched
otherwise mutilated. The outrages
supposed to ave been prompted by
THK formal opening IT the Confederate
Soldiers Home near Richmond. Va, took
place on the sOth. Z
ALL the troops from Suakim have been
'rdered to remain in Egypt in accordance
. telegram from the British Govern
nent. The Guards viii go into garrison at
RAmel and the other troops at Abassieh, /
near Cairo.
The Secretary Of the Navy was consider
ng the advisabilisy of appointing . board
% investigate the expenditures on the re-
Of the United States steamer Mohican
It the Mare Island Navy Yard. The re-
,orsed cost Of these repairs amounted 10
lbout $4,000. !,
TN report Of the experton the Affairs Of /
he westamoe Mil u FAN River, Mass, |
shows John Blaisdell. the abscoading book I
Keeper, 70 Be- . defanltsr In $aa.0Oa 1
UxvocxD1D rumoss existed that cholera !
broken out in the north OF England.
Nnrcx, twenty miles east Of Pensacola, !,
Ia, was devastated by IN incendiary 6re
he other night The loss aggregated (
Ibout $4,000. I,
THx court at Chicagoaanouncsd that e
ne . tie on . vital point in he Naekin- 1
,allagher electioa ftand casA ne nassee I
vould have 20 20 - - UnieD1 0ea1nD Sa-
rene Court IL dsfonAan1s gfvtng hal u i
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