Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1893 — ONE THOUSAND SOLDIERS KILLED. [ARTICLE]

ONE THOUSAND SOLDIERS KILLED.

Pitched Battle Reported to Have Taken Plaoe in Bio Grande do Sol. The New York World’s special cable from Buenos Ayres, Argentina, Sunday says: “A pitched battle has been fought on tho river Ibicul, in the Brazilian State of Bio Grande do Sul. The insurgents defeated the troops of General Castillo. One thousand soldiers are reported to have been killed or wounded. The Brazilian men-of-war at La Plata have been manned with new officers chosen by President Peixoto, and are ordered to eo-oper-ate in an attack to be made upon Admiral Mello’s fleet in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro.” The steamer Hcvlins arrived this morning from Rio de Janeiro, from which port she sailed on Sept. 28. Captain Stapleton states that there is nothing to report up to that date. Admiral Mello’s cannonading has done no serious damage, although a few had been killed by the shells. Captain Stapleton says that on the 28th he saw a young Englishman killed in the streets by a piece of a shell hitting him in the head. A large number of foreign men-of war were in the harbor, including the United States steamer Charleston, recently arrived.

A horse thieves’ den has been discovered in a marsh near Farmland. Upon examination it was found to be a large cave. It contained four cells, and in one was found the skeletons of a man,and two dogs. There was a stack of several army muskets in another cell. It Is supposed to have been a eave that was used by a gang of horse thieves famous In that neighborhood twenty yean ago. The find has caused considerable excitement Hamlet! What a name to conjure with that is! Jack Hamlet, a section boss at Plymouth, Ind., started home from the pay-car with his wages in his pocket When near home he was sandbagged by two toughs. He yelled loud enough to bring a woman with a broom and a man with an ax, who put the robbers to flight before getting his cash. The robbers were arrested later. Hamlet is badly injured. But he will recover, Horatio. Miss Mollie G. Hay, well-known in Indiana W. C. T. U. circles, accompanied by seven members of the National W. C. T. U., in session at Chicago, under police escort, made a tour of the slums and dives of Chicago Saturday night They acquired a fund of questionable information for um in lectures and missionary work in tbe future. An electric road between LaPorte and Michigan City is projected.