The Red Cloud chief., 1891-10-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

The steamer Chickasaw sank at Cat
island crossing, sixteen miles below
Memphis, Tenn. All hands were saved.
She had $50 bales OF cotton on board.
THE story of the massacre Of 200
white people by Indians in Mexico is
d~iscredited by Mexican officials now in
America If it occurred, they say,
some news of it would have reached
the City Of Mexico. and none has.
WILLIAM GARFIELD has confessed
having turned the switch which
wrecked the limited train on the Penn
sylvania road at New Palestine, O.. q
few weeks z In which three men
were killed.
THE statement from Ottawa, Can,
that the British sealer Otto had been
seized by the United States ship Mohi-
car on accoun of an irregularity in her
papers was without foundation.
THE ccumenical council Of the
Methodist church opened at Washing
ton ON tine 9TH, attended by prominent
c~hurchmen from all parts of the world.
RUSSIAN distress has caused the bet
ter provided of the people to generous
ly aid the suffering.
A TwO-sToRY frame building at Will
Der. Wash, was destroyed by fire and
Mrs Wagner and her two children
were burned to death. Another child
was seriously burned.
THE sea island cotton planters Of
South Carolina propose to form a COM
bine to prevent the sale Of Carolina
seed to outsiders and thus control the
cotton market
Rev. SAMUEL BENEDICT, OF Cincin-
natl, Episcopal minister, was killed re-
Gently by an elevator accident.
THE seventeenth annual convention
of the Catholic Young Mems national
union convened at Philadelphia on the
9th. Three hundred and City delegates
were present
THE fire underwriters Of the north
west met at Chicago on the 7th-
THE courthouse ut Washington, Davis
county, Ind, was destroyed by fire re-
Gently. All the records were lost The
damage to building amounted to $780,
900.
A HEAVY frost fell at Gainesville,
Tex, and through northern Texas and
the Chickasaw country on the night of
the 9th, doing considerable damage to
young, u~ndcveloped crops.
LUTHER III. CARsY. class of 'aS of
Princeton, the well-known spriuter, has
retired from the track. Mr.. Carey is
engaged in business in Chicago. Mr..
Carey was the fastest man in the world
ut IS. 100 and a2o yards dashes
THE Manhattan distillcry at Peoria
Ill, has been destroyed by fire.
THE pope has instructed the papal
nuncios abroad to present an identical
note to the governments to which they
are accredited on the recent disorders
In Rome on account Of the offensive
action OF a French pilgrim a, the tomb
OF King Victor Emanuel. This note
will hold that these disorders are evil
dences of the insecurity Of the papal
position in Rome.
ANXIOUS creditors whose claims no.
grega'e over Sioo, 900 are seeking the
whereabouts of Salvador Malo. a
prominent contractor of the City of
Mexico. He is said to have gone to
Europe.
The Belmont mansion. l0l Fifth
venue New York, was DESTROYED by
fire on the sth Mrs Perry Belmont
and other members of the family had a
narrow escape Perry Belmont was
At the time.
THE Iowa stallion Allertou defeated
Nelson at Grand Rapids Mich. OH the
18th. the latter taking only one heat
Time. a:1S, 2:lil., 2:l5. 2:i6a.
SPECIAL AGENTS WErGEL and Scot
horn have been given instructions to
90 at once to the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe lands west of kingfsher, Ok, and
the sites for the new county seats
PARKER. WEBB & Co.'S packing house,
Detroit, Mich. has been Quilted by fire
One man was burned to death ard a
dozen others injured The Ere vas
caused by tie explosion Of 3 barrel OF