The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-12-06

having received the vote Of every Republican
member. 81 in number. The Democr ats vo-
ted for Hon. James ID. Williams, who received
Al votes.
Official vote OF Missouri: Greeley, Isl, ass
Grant, 1919 O'Conor, 2,429.
The official returns from New York make
Grants majority 5S,525.
Grants majority In New Jersey IL IA, 59i, in
. total vote Of l7l,O25.
The corrected canvass in iowa makes Grant's
majority over Greeley 60, ia.
It seems to be finally settled that Gov.
Oglssby will succeed, without any opposition
further than what may be mterposed by the
Democracy, 70 Judge Trumbull's scat In the
Senate from Illinois.
Hon. Roscoe Conkling will be reelected ia
the Senate from New York almost without op-
position.
II ID said John A. Bingham, Of Ohio, will be
appointed Minister to Rome.
Grants official majority over Greeley in
Michigan is 8 ,36s.
Official vote Of Alabama; Grant, 30, ga
Greeley, 79,44l ; O'Conor, nome.
The Official majority for Grant and Wilson
in California 10 1850.
Senator Summer and Vice President-elect
Wilson met in the ONCE Of the New York
Tribune the other day, and had . friendly
chat, during which the former entertained his
colleague with an account Of his travels and
the impressions received from men and mat
tiers abroad. The meeting Was very cordial,
and politics were entirely ignored during the
interview.
The President, according to oil accounts
from Washington, stands firm, and openly
declares his purse to enforce reform in the
c,nl service by the promotion, in every in
stance OF . vacancy, Of the subordinate who
il the most competent to. discharge the duties
Of the position.
Charles Francis Adams, ~ the candidate Of
the Anti-Secret Society party, received ono
vote for President in Indiana.
The vote Of Indiana (oniciAl) : Grant, 1885,
ISL; Greeley, l6s,s22.
Illinois cast &c, 200 less votes for President
in 1872 than we're returned in 1868.
The Republicans Of Berrien county, Mich,
Selling Old Time by the forelock. have nomi-
mated Schuyler Colfax for President in 1876.
General.
The National Board Of Underwriters. in eos.
sion in New York last week, made q very con-
siderable advance in the rates of insurance.
being so per cent. for cities Of less than SO, 900
innsbitants, and so per cent. for cities Of .
larger population. In addition to this, an in
crease of SO per cent. was ordered for build
ings with Mansard roofs made OF other than
fire-proof materials.
Another Of the boats in which the psseep.
gers and crew OF the Inflated steamer Missouri
embarked has beer picked up 1t sea. and sew
eral persons who had been counted as lost
have reached Nassau in safety, but in an al.
most famished condition, having gone eight
days without food or water. Their su6eriugs
are described as almost incredible, and .
number of those who embarked in the boat
became crazcd with their terrible privations
and jumped overheard.
The English dag, on the 2sd of November, |
from the Island Of San Juan.
which, in compliance with the decision Of the
Emperor William, John Bull abandons to
Jonathan.
Senator Sumner, who arrived in the steamer
Baltic last week, had an intentionally rough
having encountered . terrific gale on
The fourth day which continued without in.
emission for six days. The commander Of
he 7essel declares it the toughest passage he
ever made across the Atlantic.
Prof. Watson, Of Ann Arbor, Mich, reports
he discovery Of q new planet, which he says
like . star Of the tenth magnitude.
Senator Sumner says Theirs is the :. right
in the right place."
The money-order business Of the P~ostofice
Department. during the year ending June 80,
1872, exceeded eos. OOc, 900. or this vast sun,
'ent in small remittances, averaging about
20, not a cent was lost.