The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-15

in the county jail.
The guards at the tombs Of Garfield ant
Grant were withdrawn at midnight on The
3lst. by order Of the Secretary Of War.
W. I. WAENER and J. Henry Work. 10
dicted for completely with Ferd Ward, 70
Gently made a proposition TO the Govern
ment 20 refund to the Marine Bank credit
ors the amount charged in the indictmen,
against them, Their offer was declined.
EUGESE SCHEgREE & Co, West lndil
merchants, of London. have become bank
rupt. Liabilities, 10000; assets said to b
shadow"
THE propeller Pequot crushed into tn.
ferryboat Alaska az New York recently. Nc
lives were lost.
| VALENTINE +. SNYDER, Of New York. ha.
been appointed Deputy Comptroller Of the
Currency. vice ~Langworthy, resigned. Mr.
Snyder went TO Washington IN March las;
Us Private Secretary TO Secretary Man
ming, and since that time has held various
positions in the Treasury Department.
THE Cork Steam Packe; Company has
declared a dividend of2L per cent, which
the directors stated was ell that was war.
ran:ed by the profits Of the company dur.
ing the past year. At the end Of ls4 the
company paid a dividend of five per cent,
The difference in the profits Of the two
years is due To the boycotting Of the line
by the cattle dealers.
TIE shipping Of New Brunswick has
fallen off the past year 2o,op tons. The
tonnage Of vessels registered at st. John is
| the lowest since ISL. Thirty 81. John YES
..ig ,nf.xl a., ssDn 200 Io-. -. i,e. l--
ing the year and only twenty vessels added.
With two or three exceptions al the ship
yards in the province are idle.
WMKEsBARRE, Pa, is excited over an u n
expected coal discovery.
FIVE Lebanon Ky business houses were
burned the other day.
EPHR.IM BEAsLEY, a well-to-do farmer OF
Wilson County, Tenn, accidentally killed
his son, aged SIX years. Mr.. Beasley, who
is very ne~ar-sighted, was %chopping wood,
when his son came in front of hin and was
struck 10y the Ak. splitting his skull.
THE long strike of the river coal miners
was declared virtually over. The miners
Of Walton, Hayes, Rusher and Munhall
nave returned u work at the 2jE cent rate,
and now almost 200 men are at work AT
that place.
THERE was a rumor that Stone Calf, the
CHEYENNE chief who died a short time ago,
was poisoned by members of his own tribe
who were offcnded at the part he took IN
having the cattlemen removed from the
reservation.
THE Cory City pa Touring mills were
destroyed by fire the other morning. The
building was n large three-story brick and
was equipped from top to bottom with the
latest improved machinery for the roller
process. The loss was $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
THE fighting recently near Mier. Mexico,
proves to nave been a battle between .
large band OF smugg!ers and customs guards
III which one smuggler was killed and sew
cral wounded. Customs officers captured
a valuable lot of silks, laces and ~velvets.
A TERRIBLE fire occurred in Detroit,
Mich, on the morning of the LIST. ID. N.
Ferry & Co.'S seed warehouse, Whites the
alter and other buildings were destroyed,
involving a loss of Sl.j00.0O o Captain
Richard Phiibert, of the fire department,
was killed by a falling cornice. The insur-
ance amounted to about SjOO,O00.
PAsTEUE has undertaken, at his own
cost. to cure eleven persons, bitten by q
mad wolf in a village in Western Russia.
TIE annual report Of the police depart
ment shows that during the year lss5 ~.
SO4 arrests were made in Baltimore.
THERE were 800 fires in New York in
1855, and the total loss was S3.sO0.OO, as
against 400 fires. with Il total loss OF
S3,4.i,641 in 1854. The cost of l.si3 build
ings protected during the year is S5i,-
OJU. O0o.
THE wholesale dry goods firm of Bates,
Read Il Cooley, of New York, has been dis
solved.
THE Edgar Thompson blast furnaces at
Braddock. Pa, five in number, were closed
down for an indefinite period on the 3lst,
throwing ont of employment 100 men.
THE st. Petersburg JoHT"ai says that the
negative result OF the Balkan conference
will prevent Russia from joining another
conference.
HERR kECPP has united with an infuen-
tial London syndicate in issuing a London
loan of l35,ooO.00 TO provide China with
rmame and railways.
IT Is stated in ~Constantinople that Rus
sia insists that Turkey shall fulfill the
article in the Berlin treaty providing for
the execution of religious reforms in Ar
menia.