The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1891-02-13

Tho Chiliaa Revolution.
January IS by the reyoulionsts. They
have seized lot of steamers be
longing to- commercial companies alst
the new cruiser, Almirante Lynch, which ar
rived from Europe. The government mas
$4,000 men. On the 23d ut., hght TOOK
place In Taltal between the regulars anu tne
revoutionists, In which the former were de'
feated. the man .oi.war Huascar taking the
port. Plsagua IL In the hands OF the rebels
The government has issued a decree promis.-
Ing those of its troops not taking part Win
the revOlutionists % per cent. additional pay.
Another government decree provides that
the families of loyal soldiers killed or wound'
ed shall receive pensions equal to iuli pay.
Talta and Chanaral are the only ports taken
people In Santiago have expressed desires TO
sell or mortgage their property, but the gov
eminent has protested against such transac.
| lions, and It Is feared that cOnfiscatlOn VIII
! follow. People OF the better classes are sid
Ing with the rev0lutionists. despatch 10
the Gauglois from BunAos Ayres says that
the Gillian uprising was due to violence on
the part of the Gillian regulars. The revo 1t
seems to be reduced to the principal harbors.
Beate on all sides, the insurgents intend to
retreat to the mountains, assume the defen'
sive and march toward Santiago, which Is
denuded of troops.
The authorities are believed to be on the
track OF extensive stealings by the New York
Custom house employees.
Three Poles at Shenandoah, Pa, are under
arrest for murder0usly clubbing and stab
bling five of their fellow cauntrymen who
were instrumental In having friend OF one
OF the accused sent to jail for assault and
highway robbery. They are ringleaders of
society which has for It's main object the
ayengIng OF wrongs done its members and
the pay merit of all expenses OF members who
get into trouble before the courts. OF late 1t
has been almost impossible for the common.
wealth to convict Poles OF crimes on account
of the vast amount of testimony put up In
favor Of the accused.
Five Republican members OF the Santa Fe'
IN. NJ city council were holding consulta.
ton 10 the Office of T. B. Catron Thursday
evening, when two men ran up to the window
and fired at them, one using shotgun and
The other rifle. They seriously wounded
Councilman j. A. Anchulta, and narrowly
missed Councilman Catron, Slower and Rarea.
The assassins disappeared in the darkness.
surgefy for Idiocy.
An UNUSUAL surgical operation was per.
formed Monday at the Cincinnati hospital,
the object Of which Is to reclaim child from
idiocy. The patient was four years old. She
cannot talk and has ali the appearance Of con.
firmed idiocy. A sister, 16 years old Is an
IDIOT. 1t was found that the skull was alb
compressed and prematurely ossi.
fed. The physicians decided to remove |
portion Of the skull so as to allow the brain |
20 develop. The operation was successfully |
performed, a strip half an inch wide and Eve |
nches long being removed and the scalp |
led and appears to be doing well.
Sunday; storm approached the dimensions
# blizzard In Minnesota, South Dakota,
Iowa and Wisconsin. A number
# lives were lost In Nebraska. The wife of
diltOn Cummings. farmer near Rushville,
Who started from the town for her home
was found dead In her buggy with.
n 40 rods of neighbOrs house. Eddie Ched.
ter and Steven st. Peters. IA, Kearney boys.
Who had been out hunting. were found fro.
en- to death In cornfeld, A dispatch from
lapid City, S. D., SAYS man and Womap,
opposed Ito be school-teacher and driver,
Tho started for Elk Creek Saturday. were
ound four miles out. frozen to death. ]
Be on time, for prevention is better than
lre. All coughs and colds, throat and lung
Elections. are cured by DR., Bulls Cough
yrup. Only % cls.-adv.
Another Indian Wrong.
The SissetOn Sioux of North Dakota, who
ERE friendly and peaceful through :all the
,cent disturbances, are now In great straits
trough the failure of their crops for the past
Vo years. They are and have been self-sup-
ortfng, but they are In such a situation as
,e whitS farmers of Kansas and Minnesota,
nd other western states have been from time
time, owing to the same cause. But the
Inference Is that these Indians are cred tors
the government. bill passed the senate
ay II last appropriating more than S2.OO0.OO0
n these Sissetons; something over $500, 900
this Is In fufilment of treaty for lands |
'ded the government In 1S5l-40 years ago,
I'd this alone would relieve ali their wants
I'd give them capital 10 20 on with. Besides,
,out $1,70O.OOO is due In payment for lands
Id In the agreement Of 1885, This bill has i,
1t been touched by the house of representa-
yes, and there Is no prospect of passing 1t.
VIM. =. Zimmerman, the storekeeper and
ent of the Farmers Alliance supply store
Spartaburg. N. c., Is said to be short IN !
: accounts from $15 900 to $4,000.
Ten outlaws. who have been defying the
3 numerous rObberies, have been arrested.
ne of them was seriously wounded. l
Frank Jackson, notorious negro ruffan of .
,rt Edward, NY. left Sandy bill last week
lth the married daughter of John Brown
'scom not yet 20 years old. The woman a
IS found In deplorsbe condition at Gran. e
lie, and when the black scoundrel heard Fl
1t the officers were on his track be fled into Il
'rmont.
James Redpath, the Irish Nationalist,
lrnalist and lecturer, who was run down e
horse car last week, died at New York
!esday from the effects of his Injuries.
Merritt Sowles OF Plattsburg, N. y, has p
en- removed from the receivershp of the a
tional Union Bank at Swanton, and Henry
Stone of Swanton, appointed to the posi-