The Red Cloud chief., 1886-01-15
NSCELLANEOES.

MISCELLANEOUS.
AN Italian organ grinder, in New Or
leans, recently, was leaning against a tele
graph pole when a current of electricit,
ran down and struck him dead. Anothel
organ grinder, who went to his friends as
sistance, was seriously injured. 1t wa,
supposed that a Brush electric light wir,
had accidentally crossed the line, causing
the fatal result.
The story Of the attempted blowing VI
of tho Southern Pacific bridge across tn,
Rio Grande was denied by the railroad of
~icials.
THERE was a lively scene in the French
Chamber Of Deputies on the 10Th. SeveraI
members charged that an inaccurate
record had been kept Of the Tonquin credit.
Shouts of ''liar'' and ''swindler' were
raised i'm all parts Of the Chamber. The
official record was voted to be correct. The
uproar was repeated in the Hobbies, and
two duels were likely to result from the
controversy.
A HoY fourteen years old, while playing
marbles Oh the ice on Archer's Lake, near
Denver, recently, fell through and was
drowned.
MANY people were ~asphyxiated ut Kings
ton, Ont, the other night, by a broken gas
main which filed several houses with gas.
Two or three were fatally injured.
TIE convention called to consider the i'm
City or the 29th.
BRITISH troops recently attacked the
Arabs near Kosch. A heavy engagement
followed, resulting in the defeat of the
Arabs and capture of their position. The
British and Egyptian loss amounted to
about fifty killed and wounded.
II anthracite coz trade was reported
greatly demoralized. Another cut has
taken place.
The London Standard says that the cred
itors e the King Of Bavaria have united in
a petition for the distraint Of the goods and
property of the Imperial household. Prince
Leopold, uncle of the King and General-in-
Chief of the Army, has forbidden the Bailif
of the State to take any action to carry out
the objects of the creditors.
One of the boilers of the Gulf City Oil
Works, at Mobile, Ala, exploded on the
Goth, killing seven colored men and wound
ing fatally and seriously several Others.
An indignation meeting was held at Car
son New, the other day to protest against
the closing of the mint. Resolutions avor-
ing free coinage of silver were adopted by
the meeting.
THE President has approved the recon-
incubation of the Secretary of the Interior,
thai a portion of the money appropriated
for the relief OF the Indians be used tore
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the Souppai Indians in Northern Arizona.
These Indians are not suffering at present,
but they will need help before the winter is
over.
THE Pope was reported about to issue an
energetic protest to the French Govern
ment because Of the alleged prosecutions Of
priests and the church in France.
THE Rangers who nave been in pursuit Of
the hostiles have returned to Duncan, Ari.
They report that while on the trail of the
hostiles the Indian scouts refused to follow
it and defied the officer in command to
compel them to obey his orders. The chase
had 10 be abandoned and the troops re-
turned without accomplishing anything.
An Orange mob recently attacked two of
the released Riverhead (Newfoundiand)
prisoners and fatally wounded them. There
was great excitement in Harbor Grace and
crowds were occupying the streets and a
riot was anticipated.
THE Kentucky Legislature convened at
Frankfort. Ky, on the 3oth and elected the
following officers: Speaker, Charles aut,
of Bourbon County; Clerk of the House,
Green Kellar, OF Nicholas County; Door
keeper, Robert Tyler, Of Cradle; Clerk Of
the Senate, Harry Glenn, Of Carlisle.
THE Archbishop Of Canterbury has i'm
parted to the Bishops Of the Church Of Eng
land a scheme for church reform. Lord
Salisbury will approve the measure il the
Bishops approve it after considering il in
private sittings.
FATHER LoBIErzEI. Of the Penn avenue
Polish Church, Pittsburgh. Pa, against
whom charges Of drunkenness were pre-
ferred before Bishop Phelan Of the diocese.
has been suspended by the Roman Catholic
Church. 1t was said that his followers in
the church were very much exasperated
over his removal. and threats of mobbing
the episcopal residence have been made.
PETER Il. SWEENEY. notorious in the
Tweed regime, returned the other day 70
New York.
An order has been received from Com
missioner Fink to reduce the rates On live
sheep from st. Louis to New York to 30
cents. This is a reduction from Is and -
cents. respectively.
ANDREW T. Cox, a wealthy plow manu-
facturer, is supposed to have drowned him
self at M~aysville. Ky. His hat and some
letters were found on the river bank He
had been in poor health.
SECRETARY EDGE visited TIE farm Of
Henry s. Rish, near West Willow. Pa, and
inspected the herd of cattle suffering from
pleuro-pneumonia. n cow was killed
and tbirty-four inoculated. Other herds
in Pennsylvania were also reported in
fected.
TEE Postmaster General has requested
the resignation of ". B. Gurley, who has
fonmany yaars filed the position of chief
Of the free delivery bureau in the Post
Office Department.