The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-22

commit rape In October last, blew out his
brains on Saturday last, in consequence OF
an intrnation from his bondsmen that they
were about TO deliver him up 10 the Sheriff.
The Wisconsin State Republican Conven-
ton met at Madison on Wednesday. The
delegates to the National Convention were
instructed to cast their united vote for re-
nomination Of Grant. .Sa muel G.. Landry,
a resident Of Flint, Mich, employed as
brakeman on a coal train, was run over on
Tuesday morning and fatally injured......
David l.. Taggart was run over by train OF
cars ut st. Louis on Wednesday, and in
stantly killed.....W. II. Rittenhouse, con-
ductor Of the Bcleville and Southern Hi
nois railroad, was run over and killed at |
Belleville, H., on Wednesday. Ills head
was horribly crushed.
PETER SnIru shot and killed Michael |
Sch after, his brother-in-law, in a drunken |
quarrel at Gross Point, near Chicago, on |
Wednesday. The murderer was arrestcd......
The Calumet feeder dam of the Illinois and |
Michigan canal is TO be removed immedi- |
ately. Thousands of acres Of land now |
overfowcd will be reclaimed in conse- |
quence. d. 0. Cole, for several years Sec |
pany, is discovered TO be defaulter in the
sum Of $25, 900. Cole has fed, leaving his
young vito and two children behind......
Willie Bradley, 16 years old, was killed at
Shelbyville, Ind, on Thursday, while trying
to couple cars..... The Globe Insurance Com
pany Of Chicago announces its readiness to
pay all its losses in full. 1t is the first Chi
cago company to resume business since the
fire.
The South.
EARLY on Thursday morning, three me-
groes broke into the house Of an old man Of
eighty years named James Mcneil, near
Shelby City, KY, and brutality murdered
him, splitting his head open with an ak and
stabb ng him in several places. Two Of the
| three negroes have been arrested and iden-
tilted by the wife Of the murdered man.
GEN. LoSGsrnEEr has resigned as Surveyor
of the Port Of New Orleans.
A SUIT was entered in the United States
Circuit Court at Richmond on Monday, by
direction eff the Attorney General of the
United States, to foreclose a mortgage ex-
ecuted by the Richmond and Danvlle Rail-
road Company during the late war, to the
Confederate States, to secure $l000,0 900,
which it is claimed has reverted TO the
United States. Motifs Palace Flour Mills
at Columbus, Ca, were burned by an ncen-
diary on Tuesday morning. Loss $4,000;
no insurance......T The letter-carriers Of Rich
mond resigned in body IN consequence OF
the dismissal of their chief by the Post
master. ...A bill repudiating one-third Of
the public debt, represented by the bonds
known as West Virginia certificates, passed
the lower Virginia House on Monday......
All new railroads in Tennessee are to get
SO, 900 mile subsidy, and must pay into
the State treasury one-half per cent. of the
gross receipts within two years after receiv-
ing the subsidy.
The Kentucky State Republican Conven-
ton met at Louisville on Wednesday
About 800 delegates were present, one-fourth
of whom were colored. The delegates were
instructed fer Grant and Harlan..-..A new
afternoon paper, styled the Register, ha'
, appeared at Memphis. 1t is edited by +.
Taylor, late editor Of the Appeai....Judg'
Of Alabama, sitting in bankruptcy, on Wed
ncsday granted on order for the sale of tn
! Alabama and Chattanooga railroad, srbjec
|, To every lien Of the State of Alabama for in
: dorsements of the bonds of said railroad
and for all interest paid by the State on tn
Endorsed bonds. The sale is ordered for thu
: I'D of April by the assignees.
Foreign.
Il 1HE MEDICAL SOmiulS5lOu uuu tuht " SOH
. nor, the Queens assailant, is of sound mine
but an enthusiastic Fenian. O'Connor sal
to the Commission that he used an unloade
pistol because he only desired TO frighte
y the Queen into compliance with his d.
. mand. Any fatal result from his assau
}, would have brought the Prince Of Wales
4 the throne, and that event he does not desir
. He wishes the Queen to be the last Epglis
, monarch.....The payment Of 1900, 100000
/ francs war indemnity, together with intere
= to date on the remaining 5000 200, 900, WI
!. completed on Wednesday at Strasbour
\ This gives France entire control Of six d.
: partments, in which she is allowed to MAR
"a tain as large military force as che desire
;. Troops are concentrating in and aroun
, Paris as precaution against trouble on ii
y anniversary Of the communist insurrectiol
= An obelisk to the memory of the Earl
"a MAYO is to be erected at Mas, in Kildal
county, Ireland, the family seat Of the d.
ceased.
TIE Emperor of Germany has pardone
!, all French culprits confined in Germs
= prisons. 49,. The condition Of the French nj
70 tional treasury, even after the paying
y the fourth 500,000,0 900 Of indemnity, Is sati
~ factory. The Minister of Finance is enable
:. to report balance of 100000, 900 francs {
y hand.
ID A DISPATCH from Pisa, Italy, snnounc
70 the death Of Joseph Mazzini, the well-knov
IA Italian Republican.
4 IT is stated that the French Governme
=, N is negotiating with the Government at BE
:. lin, with q view Of anticipating the fl
ht payment of the war indemnity, therel
" securing the complete evacuation Of Fran
" by the Germans .....A meeting Of the shar
ed holders of the Suez canal was held in Pal
be on Tuesday. President Lesseps made q
to port, in which he stated that the directi
il Of the company has no intention Of sellil