The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-21
NEWS SUMMARY.


H
ss.t.s M.nhsrs forces and the SHERIFF. o.
seer, relative 70 soms goods held oy the
fcrmer, in which deputy marshal was se-
Vsrelv beaten and the goods carried on in
triumph BY the Sheriff. Party.....n nas
Men a,certained that Capt Colvocoresses.
Who was murdered . few days ago at
Rrideeport, Ct, had ON his person $S0. 900 IN
money. He had insurance policies on
his life amounting TO $lsS,sse.:;...froI'
Kings immense balloon, Colossus-sne arg
est ever made-in which ne insen9ea
of JULY, was destroyed BY 6re At Charles
town. Mass., ON the 18th inst......D Lanahan,
n the Methodist Book Book Concern, was
srrested at New York on the It'll inst, on
anti for damages for alleged slander, insti-
tutxd by s. J. Goodeuough. His bail was
fxed ats 900.
co.~,s,oxxs BuusrEp, the "Boss Tweed
of Jersey City, goes to the penitentisry nine
months for his peccadilees......C. Lanahan
was bailed in $4,000 to answer TO the suit OF
Goodenough .--...A reward OF $isOoo mas eeen
offered for the arrest of the murderers OF
Can't Colvocovesses. $500. Frank Mead, . nOto-
rious thief, attacked . peaceaele laborer' IN
the streets Of New York, on the 9Th inst,
and received death stab from the latter.
The eieht-hour strike, in New York, en-
tered upou its sixth week on the 10th inst.
At least forty thousand men are enrolled IN
the unions, and their numbers are being
augmented daily.
Two hundred indictments relating to
whisky frauds have been draughted for the
new United States Grand Jury at New
York The Con tinental Hotel, Long
Branch, has been sold for $3.50 SOe-one-
third its value...... News Of another terrible
triple tragedy comes to Us from New York.
On the 10th inst, Charles Magyar, an
Italian, shot and killed his wife. Louis
Maerif, brother of the murdered woman,
then shot and mortally wounded Magyar,
and he in turn shot Magrif, innicting .
death wound. 1.-THE venerable Nathan
Weston, late Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Maine, is dead......The eight-hour
parade of the workingmen of New York, on
the 10th inst, was q grand failure, not more
than 1900 or 5000 turning cut. The strikes
still continue.
TIE steamer Kingston, with full cargo
of freight and 100 passengers, was burned
near Rockville, Canada, on the 18th inst.
The boat was run ashore on Grenadier
Island, aud all the passengers managed TO
save themselves with the exception Of Mrs.
DR.. Jones, of Montreal, who jumped over
board and was drowned...... Whitfield, n.
H., had 100000 freshet on the 18th inst.
......L ibbie Garrabrandt, the slayer OF Bur-
roughs, now under sentence Of death, has
been pronounced insane by the Medical So
ciety of Paterson, n. ].
TEE New York State superinte ndent OF
Public instruction has decided against ex-
Guiding children from schools for refusal to
read the Biole.... Three expeditions have
faw d. Ia
cor the struggling Cuban patriots......In Al
leghapy City, Pa. on the 18th inst, Am
brose Lynch fatally stabbed and killed Vim.
Hatfield, aged 40 years, for criminal intima-
cy with his (Lynch's) sister......A man was
Knocked down and robbed by two abandoned
women, on Broadway, New York, last week.
..... Paterson, n. j., has just had the 6ercest
tornado she ever experienced. A number
of buildings were demolishe d...... The seven
tenth International convention Of the
Young Mems Christian Association was in
session at Lowell, Mass, last week. h.
Thane Miller, Of Cincinnati, presided......
Twenty-three Ku-Klux prisoners arrived at
Albany IN. " Penitentiary, last week,
from Charleston. 1904 New York telegram
announces the sad intelligence that Mr..
Joseph jefferson, the celebrated comedian,
has become suddenly blind. The constant
glare OF gas and calcium lights is said to
Jefferson is under the care of the ablest oc-
ulists Of the metropolis, and hopes are IL
dulged of his ultimate recovery. Hot
weather in New York on the 18th inst.
thermometsr 30.
The earthly remains of James Gordon
Bennett were deposited in their final rest
ing-place, in Greenwood Cemetery, Ne7
York, on Thursday, the 18th inst. Thu
funeral ceremonies of the great journals
we're very imposing, many noted men ap
pearing in the cortege...... The streets aioni
the route Of the procession were lined will
spectators, and hags throughout the cit,
were hung at hs If Fred. Krame
and Richard D. Maxwell, machinists, wer
crushed to death by an immense steel bed
plate, at Pittsburgh, on the 18th inst......
The Republicans of Maine have re-nomi
mated Hon. Sidney Perham for Governor.
Col. Forney and Col. Thos. A. Scott, tn
railroad king, have gone on a sewers
months jaunt 10 Texas......Emil Andre,
frenchman, shot and killed his wife, il
New York, on the 18th inst.
The West.
THERE is great rejoicing among Chic rive
steamboatmen over the reduction of the toll
Of the Louisville canal from fifty cents I
FIVE cents.....Peoris, H., and Burlington
Iowa, we're visited by terrific rain-storms o
the 9TH insi-the heaviest witnessed fc
years.....The Sioux Indians are again o
the war path, and threaten to attack Fol
Berthold with 1000 braves......Seth Paine,
well-known Chicago philanthropist, is deas
1.-THE vicinity of Canton, ILL.,, was visite
by an unprecedented rain-storm on II
night Of the 9Th inst...... Houses, barn
fences, bridges, culverts, railroad tracks an
everything movable, we're swept away b
the seluge, and large amount Of life stoe
drowned......Iowa City, Iowa, was visited
severe tornado on the 7th st......J lam
H. Stuff, q student at Illinois College, JAG
sonville, was drowned on the It'll inst, " hi