The Red Cloud chief., 1886-03-19

q freight train out OF ~. Louis on the l-tn.
Ten miles soutt, Of Little Rock. Ark. q
lively shooting took place after an excit
ing race betvsen strikers on a stolen en-.
CINE and officers on another. 4 strike,
named sullivan wns shot in the leg.
TIE Middle and Western States Freight
Association met in Louisville, Ky, on the
llth aud made n~inety-seven changes IN
classification. What they were was no:
known.
An attempt was made recently 20 dernol.
ish a Chinese wash house with dynamite a.
Portland, Ore. The front porch only was
wrecked.
PATRICK FogD and job Murphy we're
hanged at New Orleans on the l2tk for the
murder Of Captain A. H. Murphy. the sen
s~ational incidents OF which have been pub
lished. Desperate efforts were made 20
save the doomed nen without effect Pre-
rIou> 20 their execution the men attempted
suicide by taking beIladonna and were g.
corted 70 the scafcId in an almost ineensi.
bic condition.
The business failures during the seven
days ended March II numbered For the
United States, -: FOR Canada, "a total
of 20 against 30 the week previous. The
failures were On the decline in every sec
ton Of the country. especially IN the East
ern and Middle sections.
/ THE small stern-whcel steamer Ike Bon
ham exploded her boiler near VirE,burs
Mis-, the other day. The mate and five
deck hands were blown overheard and
drowned.
y FIRE recently started az the Brunswick
saloon and gambling house at Hot Springs,
Ark. Before Il was ,ubiucd the adjoining
buildings were Destroyed, the tota! loss
amounting 10 $-lJ,ou
a COMPANY filing a weeks engagement
at Jackson. Mich. produced the Mikado in
full costume at the Michigan State prison
the other afternoon. Prisoners employed
on two large contract, formed the audi
encc. The stage was erected IN the chapel,
and the scenery was taken from the opera
house. The convicts were highly pleased.
RUMoKs were prevalen, in Mexico that
rhe United States would invade the State
Of Chihuahua and avenge the death of
Captain Crawford. In consequence bust
ness was depressed.
The Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific was
robbed by masked men at two O'Clock on
the morning OF the 18th. The express mes
senger made IA desperate resistance, but
was b~rutally beaten 10 death. The robbers
escaped with money and valuables esti-
mated at 5000. The robbery took place
between Morris and Joliet. Ill.
4 MAS, convention at Webster. ID. T., has
unanimously adopted a memorial 10 the
President and Congress, asking that the
Sisseton Indian reservation be opened for
settlement.
\ CASE Of trichina was recently reported
from Lyons, Green County, Ind. MIN of
the family were dangerously i'll.
THE singular discovery was made recent
" that there was NOS on file in the Patent
Office at Washington a single model of an
original telephone. Moreover il was de-
veloped that the patent which was issued
to Prof. Bell i'm March. l>1G. and which j.
now contested 10y the Government, was
without a model being filed.
THE London money market was reported
steady for the week ended March l3. Eng
lish and American railway securities
dropped somewhat. In Paris 3 per cents
were fiat at >l.G2.
SCHAEFEI defeated Maurice Vignaux
N tiit recent bsIlldIu tournament at New
Schacfer's grand total was 3.rp:
Iignaux. l,sI1.
THERE was no change in the aspect Of
The strike on the Missouri Pacific on the
IIth. Both sides. however, were expecting
a satisfactory termination in II day or two.
The clearing house returns for week
ended March - showed an average i'll
'rease Of l9S compared with the CORE
,ponding week Of last year. The increase
m New York was l".>, exactly the average
for the country.
The Cunard steamer Oregon was run into
by an unknown schooner near Fire Island
Dn the morning of the 18th. The
crew were safely transferred Ia the
steamer Fulda. the Oregon with
Inc mails and cargo soon afterward sink
The Oregon was IN immense vessel
and on" of the fastest III crossing the Allan
-ic. The steamer formerly belonged To the
iuiun line.
THE strike Of street car drivers at Cincin-
IatI was successful.
THE Canadian Government has decided
lot L" send a flying column through tho
Northwest Territory for the present.
FIRE in Dreman'> rag warehouse. Cincin-
lati, the other night, cag>ed a loss of So.
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