The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

THE WEST.
TIE special committee of the board 81
managers Of the Minnesota State prison
have reported against the ~advisability o
establishing . twine factory in the peni'
tentiary for various reasons.
Ar Townsend where tho Missouri riveI
il crossed by the Northern Pacific rail.
road, the stream 10 % low that . large
area Of the bed 10 exposed. Townsend
people recently began ground sluicing foI
placer gold on the exposed portions Of thu
river bed and have struck 1t rich. The
first experiment yielded from s. to SO
day to the man.
W. h NHwToN. who laid out the Original
town site Of Superior; Wis, and patented
the Newton sand pump and . winged hoat
for creating currents to deepen river
channels died recently.
REV. Dr. BAYLIsA editor Of the Cincin.
natl Christian Advocate, died ct Bayview,
Mich, recently.
TEE property owners along the lake
front in Chicago, whose efforts have vir-
tually resulted in the closing Of the expo
sition, are now preparing to make 1t hot
for the Illinois Central railroad, which
runs along the lake shore They especially
complain Of the unsightly depot Of the
road.
Ar San Diego Cal. recently SuperioI
Judge W. l. Pierca of that city. was talk
ing with Ex-Governor Murray, Of Utah.
when w. 6. Clendennin passed down the
street. stopped suddenly and drawing q
revolver shot the Judge in the back. A
judicial opinion by Pierce u~nfavorabls ia
C~lendennin was understood to b the
cause of the shooting.
The managers Of the campmeeting
grounds near indianapolis, Ind. have
been forced to concede to Francis Muir.
given him the right to conduct temperance
work % he pleasea.
TIE court.martial before whom Lieu.
tenant-C Colonel Fletcher was on trial ct
Omaha, Neh, for conduct unbecoming an
officer. arrived at q verdict on the 18th.
The verdict was sealed. 1t was believed
that it Was favorable to Colonel Fletcher.
By the explosion off thresbing machine
boiler near Aberdeen, OAK, recently
three men were killed and two badly in
jured. Cause. lack OF water.
THE North Dakota Constitutional con.
vention adopted the report Of the commit
tee ON the executive fixing the salaries Of
State officers.
By the fall Of the walls Of the Burton
building in Chicago, recently destroyed
by fire. one workman was killed and an.
other fatally injured.
Four Whitecaps have been placed in
the Jail at Marion, Ind, for brutally beat.
ing Mrs. Street and her daughter.
NARAUDISG Indians were reported in
the vicinity Of the head Of Elk creek. neal
Glenwood Springs, Col.
TIE atmosphere for miles around Port.
land, Ore, was thick with smoke and Gin.
ders and burning brands were falling in
showers. All the Northwestern country
seemed to be burning up in forest fires.
TIE wife OF Jacob Schaefer; the cham.
pion billiard player, died in an insane
asylum in Allegheny City. Pa.
GENERAL WILLIAM W. MIDWAY, Quar-.
termaster.Ge General of Wisconsin during
the early part of the rebellion, died re.
Gently, aged eighty.fve.
GOLD in paying quantities is reported
to have been found near Bean Blossom
creek, Brown County. Ind.
J. q. HUTCHINSON has been nominated
by the Republicans for Governor of Iowa.
Two children Of Adolph Gauer; of Mil.
waukee. Wis, were poisoned recently by
a detection of poppy seeds given by their
mother as medicine. Both are dead.
THE American branch Of the High
Court of FOresters severed its connection
with the parent organization in England
at Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 10th. The
name adopted was the "Ancient Order
of EOresters of AmericaO
BY a collision between two freight trains
near Columbus. O., a Stockholders neck
was broken and two other men were badly
The loss was s. 600.
JUDGE FIELD was arrested in the United
States Circuit Court at San Francisco on
the 18th for the killing Of Judge Terry.
He was arraigned before Justice Sawyer;