The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-16

he great VOuu0s ~ Ou@OoSs""U USpS
VII ich traverses sections Of Kentucky
Tennessee and Virginia, has been for.
mally opened.
THr Wisconsin Central passenger train
was robbed by ono man near Chippewa
Falls early on the morning Of the 9Th.
A SPECIAL from Laredo. Tex, gives Q
description OF the Tascott suspect under
arrest there, tallying moro closely with
that Of the much.sought fugitive b has
been the case in any previous capture.
TIE American Consul at Ottawa, Ont,
has again drawn the attention OF the Do.
minion Government to . discrepancy in
the customs tariff As regards tho importa.
ton of certain articles Of forest products,
which, he believed, should not exist
THE coke strike. according to . report
from Eversou, Pa, ended in favor of the
mon, who obtained IN advance averaging
about 20 por GEN..
TIE finding Of bodies 1t Johnstown, Pa,
is yet Q daily occurrence The body Of .
hfteen.year.old girl was found on Locust
street. near the business part Of the town.
At . meeting of business mon it was de.
cided to heartily support Messra John
Thomas & Sons in their suit against the
South Fork Fishing Club
.PosrNAsrER LEWIS and the Republican
leader, Colonel Buck. were burned in effigy
at Atlanta, Ga, the other night in the
presence Of about 10000 people. This
action wal the result Of the appointment
Of Q negro in the delivery department
where Q white lady was employed a.
clerk.
PEHRoLHuM has been discovered in Ia.
basco Mexico and valuable coal deposits
in the State Of Guerrero.
Two mines of mercury q q OF anti.
mony have been discovered in Cubs, but
are not being worked for lack Of capital
OWING to the opposition Of proprietor
Warren +. Leland, Of the Leland House.
Chicago. to the extension Of the Chicago
Exposition building along the lake 'front.'
the exhibition and fat stock show this fall
will wind up the annual displsya
GEORGE DUNCAN BRYsoM. . Montana
murderer, was hanged 1T Boulder the
other day. He had killed his mistress.
TIE book bindery OF John Anderson &
Co, in Chicago, was damaged by fire the
other morning to the extent Of $4,000
A GIGANTIC syndicate having in view
the control Of the sugar markets Of the
world, 10 said to be in contemplation.
LAWYER FRANK CoLLoM, the forger, has
been placed in Jail at Minneapolis. 1t is
said that liz Of the forged notes were
afloat
The Chinese are swarming in by every
Hong Kong steamer bound for Mexico
No less than sixty came . week ago. all
destined for Mazatlan and Panama. They
have nc difficulty in crossing the frontier.
ADMIRAL KIMBERLY reports great dis.
A-o~. - hho ~~%;~oo ~ G~nnno -hSOh
he has partially relieved with ship stores.
LETTERS received from Crete tell Of the
terrible condition Of affairs on that island.
Massacres rave been renewed and sew.
veral villages have been burned.
WHILE a caboose containing Conductor
Otto Sanders, Brakeman Mark Christ
and W lillian Garren. was lying on a
siding Of the Lehigh Valley railroad, al
Penn Haven Junction. Pa, an engine
dashed into it wrecking the caboose to
splinters, killing Garren and fatally in.
juring Christman.
An explosion of natural gas occurred at
Pittsburgh. Pa. on the afternoon Of the
9th. Two men were killed and many Sc.
verely injured. The accident was due to
the bursting of pipe by compressed air.
TIE alleged epidemic Of dysentery at
Warsaw. Ill, is officially reported not
nearly so serious a correspondents at
that point have made it
CHEZ Gong. q Chinaman, was hanged
at Portland. Ore. recently for the murder
Of Lse Click, q fellow countryman, two
years ago.
PROF W. X. PERRY, of the American
Balloon Company, made an ascension at
Mount Holly, N. C., twelve miles west of
Charlotte. the other day. He was severely
injured in descending.
BLoNDIN, the daring tight rope per.
former, has accepted a wager Of $4,000 to
walk on q cable stretched from the Eif-l
tower to the dome OF the main exhibition
in less than five minutes.