The Red Cloud chief., 1888-12-21

Il =. HoWR - 81 o1peeon0AAs -
recently asrssasA - Dsosoo, Tex, Tor seo-
bag the PseiAe Expssss Company q AoW
last SsptembeG.
Tue cotton gin IN q. ". TansPs Plses
n Nousgomssy, Ala, rsceotly exploded
killing p. O. Turner snd two negroes out.
right, and wousdinG several othsra
If 10 asserssd at st. Petersburg that an
American syndicate With . capital Of 80.
00O.O0O. has bssu formed 70 Construct .
railway in Siberia, and that several formse
and prssent American diplomatic and con-
solar agate are interested In the under.
taking.
r Z. HARPxR the ex.bankes and CON.
vict. who became deranged recently IT
the penitentiary 1t Columbus. o.. Was re.
ported better on the 18th and talked rs-
~tionaiIy ON almost all subjecta H~ethousht
he was in . trance which caused bis PEE
cu;isr action. He claims to 10 well. but
it was noticed that he Was at times Eighty.
The Chicago speculative markets we're
captured by the bears On the 18th and at
the close wheat, corn, oats aud provisions
were founds sharply lower than on the pro-
vious day.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER MICHAEL A.
SHELDON, Of Hudson, n. u, who MAS re.
Gently convicted OF robbing the mails. has
been sentenced to three years impriscn.
ment at hard labor in the Erie County pen.
itentiary. During the six weeks he has
in prison his hair, which VA auburn,
had turned almost white.
ALL tho Otiaws, Ont, lumbermen OPP
pose the increase In the duty on American
pork asked for by the Canadian packers.
They import N.00 barrels from Chicago
annually.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended December II showed an average In.
crease Of &C compared with the CORE
spending week OF last year. In New York
the increase was 60.
HENRY MEREDITH. who shot Phil DAILY,
the gambler. in New York City recently
while trying % rob him, has been identi-
fled as Lewis Carleton, an escaped Ohio
convict.
AMERICAN railroad securities were dc.
pressed on the London Exchange during
| the week ended December Ii. Genera
! business was also limited. The German
bourse. were reported firm and quiet. In
Paris financial matters were unsettled he
cause of Panama canal affairs.
DfPHrRERIA was reported raging In the
| vicinity Of Albuquerque, y. N. Physicians
| state that since the disease broke OUT sev
| eral weeks ago no less than 30 Mexican
children have died.
TUE total amount of bonds purchased
under the circular of April II is slUO.tS6.
30, Of which Sol. 39S. go ~ere 4 per cent,
and Si9. 2s3.. so were AS. The cost vi
these tonds was $ll9 2i1,t6s. Of which
SO. on 81 was paid for the Is and vi.
| go. ~ for the AS
TERRIBLE storms were raging Tor three
| laws recently In the department OF Lyon
esse-O rientales, France, flooding Villages
and causing wrecks and much loss OF life
IT is announced in Chicago that th'
whisky trust has decided IN . campaigr
Of determination against the dlstillers
who have refused to come into the com
bination. This is to he ~iuaugurated' Jan
uary Is, with q decided reduction in tn,
price Of whisky.
Four street railways Of st Louis-th'
Union, the Citizens, Cass avenue AM
Northern Central-have been sold 70
Chicago syndicate for s., 900 cash.
A COMPANY Of soldiers has been sent 4
the Turtle mountain reservation in DakOt,
because Of tbreatenst trouble by the half
breeds.
The region about st Joseph, La,
threatened with an overflow, tho rive
bank having caved in beyond the line O
the Government protection ievee.
Two white men robbed . train on tn
illinois Central, At Duck Hill, ear Gren
ada, Miss, ON the night of the 18th, oil
tanning s.. 5000 from the express car. TIL
robbers killed Charles Hughes. a passen
ger, who, with q Winchester rife, bravel.
attempted to drive them away. The rob
bers disappeared in a swamp.
THE body OF little Irene Halves, the thir'
victim, has been found in the lake nea
Birmingham. Ala 1t was weighted dow
with railroad iron.
GOVERNOR BEAvER. OF Pennsylvania
has respited James II. Jacobs. sentence
to be hanged January 3. until March l3 I
allow an investigation rs to his sanity.
THE Cnsarian operation was success
fully performed in Bellevue Hospital. New
York. the other day by Prof. {. W. Lus
OH Ellen Murphy. Both mother and chill
were doing we'll.
WILLIAM OCONNOR, OF Canada, ha
challenged Henry Searle. Of Australia, {
row a three.mile race for the champion
ship of the world and fi,00 q side. tn
race TO take place on neutral waters.
r. II. THOMPSON, . merchant Of Messins
Ga, has been warusd OF for organizing
strike OF negro laborers in retaliation 10
being boy co:ted by the Farmers Ali
nce.