The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-26

to the Collector Of Customs ct Chicago the
sum Of o., $50, 900 to pay for the site selected
for the new custom-house in that city.
Foreign.
A letter from Nassau confirms the intslli-
gencs Of the arrival OF the crow Of the steamer
Fannie. and says when tho men and cargo
landed in Cuba, Ryan sent out scouts and cap
tursd the only Spanish picket post within nine
miles. The nine men were executed on reach
ing Ryan's camp.
Aman named O'Byrne has recovered E2S In
suit against against the Chief Secretary for
Ireland, for damages caused b IN attack by
the police during the Ph9uix riot in Dublin.
Another crisis 10 threatened in France on the
delicate and embarrassing question Of prov'd-
ing by taxation to NEST the German indemnity.
The National Assembly Was the scene Of an
intensely bitter and exciting debate, on July
u, ON the proposition to increase the tax on
doors, windows and household furniture.
Theirs accepted the proposal, remarking that
the "cap was bitter, but it must be drained,
without fiinching. to the dregs." The Right"
strenuously opposed the measure, and demand
cd more conservative policy. The members
Of the :. Left" were equally demonstrative, and
the scene that ensued Was one Of great COM
fusion and excitement.
The Orangemens parades in Canada, on the
18th Of July, were unusually large and very
orderly.
Considerable excitement was created at Al
exandria, Egypt, on the 18th Of July, by q
shooting ARRAY, conducted in genuine Ameri-
can style, between Consul General Butler and
his Secretary, Wadleigh, on the one part, and
three ex-Confederate officers (Loring, Rey-
nolds and CampbelD, now in the Khedive's
service. on the other. Several shots were ex-
changed, and Campbell was wounded. There
are conflicting accounts IS to the origin Of the
disgraceful affair.
Heavy thunder and rain storms prevailed
throughout England on the 18th OF July,
proving very destructive to the young crops.
Many persons were killed by lightning.
The Cuban Gen. Ryan arrived at Key West
on the 14th. He denies that the Fannie's
troops were CAPTURED, and says no cannon
were landed.
News OF q very wsrlike nature comes from
South America. Brazil has refused to receive
the Minister OF the Argentine Republic, which
may by regarded as the last step before the
Inauguration of hostilites. Both Govern
ments are actively preparing for the threat
ened conflict.
The President Of the French Republic en-
tertained Gen. Sherman at dinner on the 18th
Of July.
The members Of the Geneva Board Of Arbi-
tration reconvened on July Is. The session of
the Beard will probably last two months. II
is said that strong contest will be made by
the English agents against the indirect claims,
but it il thought the award in favor Of the
United States will be large one. The sittings
will be conducted in secret.
The New York Herald, Of June IS. publishes
letters from Stanley, giving history of his
meeting with DIR. Livingstone. The stories
Livingstone tells Of the country he explored
read like fable. He tells Of ivory being Ed
cheap and plentiful - to be used for door
posts; fine grass-cloth, rivaling that of India
of people nearly white and extremely hand
some, who Che supposss) may be descendants
Of the ancient Egyptians; of copper mines
which have been worked for ages, and OF do
Gle and friendly people. Stanley says that he
found Livingstone in very destitute condi-
ton, he having been robbed and deserted by
his men. He looks to be only about fifty, and
is quite hale and hearty.
The London Echo, commenting on Gaia
Gays pamphlet, recently published in Paris,
says the manuscript was offered to them for
two hundred pounds, and its publication
fully justifes their opinion that it was not
worth the money, and lie, indeed, hardly worth
noticing.
The well-known American prima donna, Miss
Clara Louise Kellogg, has achieved great
triumph in London, in the opera Of Traviata,"
having been recalled five tim the first night
of its representation. She was personally
congratulated by the Prince of Wales. The
London journals pronounce her simply perfect.
The magazine Of Fort Monarch, at Neuvatis,
Island of Cuba, was struck by lightning re-
Gently, causing a tremendous explosion, shat
teriug the fort and killing seven Spanish SOL
diers. A riAed cannon was blown $50 feet from
the embrasure.
The London Times, commenting on the
Stokes trial, says: =. the bottom of what
we call this miscarriage Of justice is that in
difference the Americans feel for violent
crimes, in which both murderer and victim are
rowdies."
The man Cornwall. who kindly lent his as
sistance to the American detectives who alb
Quoted DIR. Bratton from Canada soil, has been
tried ut London, Ont, found guilty, and SEN
fenced to three years in the Penitentiary.
Later advices from Alexandra, Egypt. give
the particulars of the shooting ARRAY between