The Red Cloud chief., 1885-04-24

] with such force as 70 break several Of bis
meteorological instruments.
EDWARDS PIERREPoST. Secretary Of tho
American Legation at Rome. died IN the
10th. He was left In charge Of American
Affairs in Italy by ex-Ministsr Astor
when he returned to this country.
nsCELLANEOCs.
AT Union City, Tenn, Budd Fsrris, white,
and Freeman Ward, colorcd, were hanged
at the fair grounds by . mob Of masked
men numbering about two hundred. They
belonged to q gang Of thieves who recently
| committed many d~epredations On citizens
Of that place.
A from Victoria, b. c., says:
Reports from the interior state that 5000
employees Of the Canadian Pacific construc-
ton have gone on q strike, on account OF
not receiving their wages.
| SIXTEEN New York roller skating rink
proprietors held q meeting recently and
! organized an association for the elevation
Of the tone Of Kinks generally.
FURTHER particulars mako 1t probable
that the murdered body found In q box at
the Southern Hotel, st. Louis, was that OF
a man named Preller, q wealthy English
man, and that he had been murdered by
his companion, q DR.. Maxwell, also an
Englishman. The 'trait0r" paper found in
| the box wa thought to be merely q blind.
| Preller had been murdered probably nine
or ten days before the discovery Of the re-
mains. A clue existed as to the where
| abouts of Maxwell. II was thought that
| Maxwell had robbed Prellsr, the latter be-
| ing in the habit OF carrying considerable
money.
BUD MATHEWS, suspected OF trying to
blow up the Payton family with dynamite
in fancy County, Mo-, was waylaid and
murdered recently together with his little
child.
EIGHT firemen were injured during a fire
at Heyser's piano factory in New York re-
Gently. They werc precipitated by the
floor giving way into h cellar. II was
thought one of the firemen would die.
AT a cabinet council. held in London on
the 18th, 1t was agreed TO accept . frontier
delimitation in Afghanistan which coded q
portion Of the disputed territory to Russia.
Peace was thought assured, as the only
matter to be adjusted was the attack on
Penjdeh, OF which conflicting counts had
been received.
THE Attorney General has given an
opinion to the President sustaining the
eligibility Of Mr.. Lawton, Of Georgia, for
appointment as Minister to Russia.
The Nationalist mob obtained possession
of the streets after the reception Of the
Prince and Princess of Wales on the 18th.
The police were attacked and beaten, and
it was not until past midnight that order
was restored. The hospitals were full Of
wounded rioters and police.
SECRETARY WHITNEY received the fol-
lowing telegram from Admiral Jouett on
the 18th: IL crossed the isthmus yester-
day. Good order continues. Our men are
all sound and comfortable"
B%UDDENsICX, the builder of the eight
tenement houses that fell in New York re-
Gently, surrendered himself to the police
the next day.
THE Cigar Makers International Union
has withdrawn its contribution for the
maintenance Of the cigar makers at Gin
cinnati who nave for a long time been out
employment and this practically ends the
strike or lockout.
LORD DUFFERIN. Viceroy Of India. vas
received in grand style by the Maharnjai
Of Cashmere on the 18th. His reception by
the people was extremely cordial.
THE Lincoln Qr.) Coal Compaay's shaft
caught fire on the 18th, impriscning several
men. An immense amount of property
was destroyed. The fire was caused by
the explosion Of a torch in the oil room.
Tho men escaped.
To- r.. - L peAk 80 - I-o>Al a.
London expressing his earnest hopes for a
peaceful settlement of the Afghanistan
differences.
A VARNA telegram states that Russia
has formally notified Turkey that she will
consider Turkish neutrality to imply the
use of force to block the passage OF the
B~osphorous and Dardanelles.
The Suakim Berber Railroad reached
Handoub on the 18th.
THE Rev. Thomas Spencer, . co!ored
Baptist minister Of Norfolk, Va, was con.
victed in the Hastings Court in Petersburg,
Va, recently, for housebreaking. He
pleaded guilty, and wal sentenced to five
years Imprisonment.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, in the Kous Of Com
mons on the 10th, denied q number Of sem
sational reports which had been published
regarding Afghan affairs. Nothing def
mite as to the boundary line had been &c.
complished, the matter being only in its
verbal phase.
The public debt statement will be issued
in two forms at the first Of each month up
to the LIST Of July next, which is the begin
ming Of the next fiscal year. The two forms
will include the one issued for the first
time. April I. and the form which had been
previously used by the department since
lSN.
A RECENT telegram from Egypt says:
One hundred and fifty tents were destroyed
by fire at Melis recently and fifty persons
burned to death.
LOGS cut in the Duluth district this sea-
son amounted to SS,COo.o00 feet against
90. 100000 feet last seasoa.
ABArrLEroRD dispatch Of the 18th stated
that rumors. existed OF the capture OF Fort
Pitt and massacre OF the inhabitants. The
Indians were continuing their work Of de-
stroying the property of settler.
THE Postmaster General has ordered the
CLERKS in the of;ce Of the First Postmaster
General NOT 70 publish papers or give in
formation 70 applicants for postmaster
ships Much trouble and ill-feeling had
been caused by rival applicants learning
the contents Of papers fled at the depart
ment by one another.
FOURTEEN hundred employees Of the Bar.
hour Fla Spinning Company at Paterson.
n. J., strack work recently for an advance
Of ten per cent.
Ar the quarterly meeting Of the Illinois