The Red Cloud chief., 1891-03-20

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railroad ran off the track nca Caid
well, w. Va, injuring twenty passcn
gers, none fatally. 4 similar acciden
occurred ut the same place n week be
fore.
A STAY of execution has been grantet
In the cases Of Smiler and Slocum. wis
were sentenced TO ciectrocution ut New
York during the week beginning March
Is. Judge Lscombe gave them unit
March % To appeal tn the United State.
supreme court
BRoTHERHooD telegraphcs OF thu
Union Pacific have been ordered BY
Gen.sral Manager Clark 70 drop the or
der on pain Of dismissal
The negroes Of the Comoro islands
near Zanzibar, have revolted and de
clared themselves free. The sultan Oi
the islands has fed.
SUGAR has gone up N cent
VIOLENT aoois and storms prevail
throughout Spain. A cyclone has done
great damage at PIacentia and a bridge
over the Gertc was washed away
FORTY million dollars have been sub
scribed to the new national loan and
the financial situation at BuenOs Ayrcs
is better. Gold $50.
RUMORs Of an additional shortage i'm
! the accounts of ex-Treasurer Woodruff.
of Arkansas, are again flying fast and
vigorous. 1t is said he is short more
than $780, 900 in scrip.
The court at Dublin has adjudicated
Mr.. William O'Brien a bankrupt on the
petition Of Lord Salisbury i'm the lattcr's
suit To recover the sum of 81. 100, the
costs in the action for libel brought
against him by Mr.. OBrien. and in
which the latter was non-suitcd.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report for
the eve days ended March IL num-
bcred 273. compared with 265 the prev
ious week and 253 the corresponding
week of las year.
EDWIN IIcOTn gave bond for Actor
Charles Webster. Of New York, accused
Of numbering his wifc's alleged para
mour.
THE Arkansas senate killed the bill
to allow juries in murder cases to fix
the penalty at death or life imprison-
ment.
The insane asylum at Nashville.
Tenn, burned on the night of the 18th.
Six unfortunate inmates persisted.
THERE has been a heavy snow in
northern Texas. Fruit was consider
ably damaged.
In the Malta trials at New Orleans for
the murder Of Police Chief Henncssy
the jury acquitted six of the prisoners
and failed To agree on the cases of the
other three.
THERE is great ~stagnation i'm iron and
coke and its effects arc felt on Pennsyl-
vania railroads. many lines discharging
numbers of men.
THE holy synod of the Russian church
has issued an order that all converted
Jews shall attend public worship of the
orthodox faith once in every week. or
he deemed To have relapsed into Juda-
ism, when they will he punished
The census of the Austrian empire
showed ~, 200, 900. Hungary made
three per cent greater increase than
the rest Of the country.
EAST BOsToN is having a rumpus over
the recent town election, prior tO which
certain merchants signed a paper advo-
eating the election of anti-Catholic can
didates. Boycotts are in order.
An earthquake shock was felt at
Newburg and Cornwall, n. Y, on the
18th.
THE heaviest snow of the year fell at
Cleyeland, q. Street car traffic was al
most stopped.
Mrs. WILLIAM BAKER, aged 81, was
burned to death in her house near Fos-
toria, o., in trying u light the fire with
coal oil.
MICHAEL OvERMYER. a wealthy farm
er who had just been married, was shot
dead by a robbcr at Rochester. Ind.
The man got $500
AsBuRY PARK IN. j. police are patrol
ing the streets armed with rifles and
shooting all unmuzzled dogs. Twenty
dogs have been bitten by alleged mad
dogs.
Council Bluffs, Ia, has been sentenced
u the ~pcnitcntiary for life for killing
his aged wife. Ills daughters were
forced Ia testify against him.
IN u f~orty-four round glove contest
that took place at San Francisco recent
ly, Jake Kilrain, of Baltimore, knocked
out the colored pugilist of Boston,
George Godfrey.
THE women of Mt Etna. ten miles
from Huntington. Ind. armed with
clubs and axes, bcat down n saloon
door, cmptied vessels and demolished
furniture and gave notice that all dram
shops would share a similar fate. No
one interfcred with their proceedings.
CHICAGO boss piastcrcrs are preparing
for the general strike in the trade.
About Sis. 900 has beer raised Ia pay
for the transportation of ~plastcrers Ia
Chicago. The secretary has been author
lied to invite journeymen everywhere
Ia come Ia Chicago, rs there will be
picnty of work.