Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1885 — MISCELLANEOUS. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANEOUS.

A dispatch from Batoche, Manitoba, says: “Father Moulin, the parish priest, was asked as to the losses of the rebels in the fighting at Batoche He gave them as fiftyone killed and 173 wounded. His statement may be relied upon as accurate. Forty bodies of rebels have been found on the field fifteen of which are Indians. Many halfbreeds are arriving at Gen. Middleton’s camp and surrendering in large numbers. They all say they were forced into rebellion. Charles Nolin is blamed by all as the instigator of the half-breeds and Monkman as the instigator among the Ind ans.” Charles Henry Rugg, the negro who murdered Mrs. Lydia Maybee and her daughter, Annie, at Oyster Bay, Long Island, nearly two years ago, was banged at Hunter’s Point, Long Island. He died without a struggle.

Riel, the half-breed leader, was captured near Batouche by three scouts. The rebel was unarmed, but was accompanied by three armed followers. He made no resistance, but asked that he should be protected from the troops. His wife and children, he said, were not far off. He declared that he was on his way to give himself up, and expressed a hope that he would be given a fair trial. It is believed that the rebellion in the Northwest is practically at an end. A dispatch from Batouche says: “The camp is still excited over Riel’s capture. He is very closely guarded. He has very little to say, and looks broken down, and feels his position very keenly. Maj Boulton and 200 mounted men have been scouring the country in search of Dumont, but so far without success. Everything is quiet around Batouche, and white flags are flying from all houses. One hundred and fifty rifles have been handed over by the rebels. Most of the prisoners have been allowed to return to their homes. The ringleaders have been taken to Prince Albert.”

Heavy forest fires are reported from tbe territory northwest of Green Bay, which, it is said, extend from Stiies to Clintonville. Forest fires were also reported from the vicinity of Harrison, Mich. At Oscoda, Mich., 7,000,000 feet of lumber, belonging to the Au Sable Lumber Company, was burned. Be tween 4,003,000 and 5,000,000 feet of lumber on the docks at Wood's mills at Bluffton; Micb., was destroyed, and also 500,000 shingles owned by VV. W. Cummer & Co., at Missaukee Junction, Mich.