The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-02
NEWS SUMMARY.


self.
The effects Of the defunct New York Stosd-
ard we're sold 1t auction in New York. July
~, and brought el,Ooo.
The Western Union Telegraph Company
purpose erecting . building on Broadway and
Dsy streets. New York, to cost o., 5000
Two trains collided ON the Central road, near
Pittsford, N. T.. ON the 18th Of July, by which
wounded and several seriously injured. Among
the killed was Mr.. Z. b Smith. . well-known
bookseller OF Detroit, and ono Of the leading
business men Of that city.
Ex-Congressman Thatcher. the oldest gradu-
ate Of Harvard, and the oldest Mason Of the
United States, died ct Bangor, Me-, July 10,
aged 81.
The largo paper mill Of J. b. Shsfaeld 1t
Saugerties, N. T., was destroyed By fire July
~. Loss, eS00, 600 insurance, clos, 200.
At . meeting Of the directors Of the Atlantic
lease WAS effected of the Missouri Pacific and
its branches, giving to the former company
some 500 additional miles of road.
Three young ladies were drowned while
bathing in pond 1t Mllbury, Mass, on
July 20.
Excavation ON vanderbilt's great New York
underground railroad will begin in September
and its completion is promised within two
years.
Two Sing Sing convicts attempted to escape
from prison Last week by slowing themselves
away in garbage barrels. They forced them
selves through the flth and covered them
selves mp. When the driver stopped at the
dumping grounds to unload, one of the prison.
ers leaped out Of his barrel, pushed the terri
fed driver OF his seat. and whipped the horse
into run. The convict was toe much excited
to notice which way he had headed. and before
he was aware Of it he was almost in the prison |
yard again The other convict rose up to peep
out, and both Of the culprits were seized and |
marched back to their cells in sad plight.
There was . slight frost in some parts of |
New York State on the night Of July %.
An effort il to be made to hberate Stokes on /
bail.
Josephine Mansfield, the artful siren who l
infatuated jim Fisk, and ultimately composed
the death Of that erratic gentleman. went to
Saratoga the other day to testify in the Bar
nard impeachment case. She was treated as
IN oufcast. being refused admission to the
hotels, and when she took her seat in the
courtroom number Of ladies who had as
sembled to witness the judicial proceedings
immediately left.
The last remnant Of the eight-hour move
ment in New York has succumbed to dire
necessity. and the workingmen, with very few
exceptions, are now employed under the old
ten-hour rule. 1t has been . costly strike to
both employer and employe.
The notorious ex-Alderman Billy McAlullen,
Of Philadelphia, for . long time President Of
the celebrated Moyamensing Hose Company,
md ward politician Of the low order, was
shot the other day by An ex-convict named
Mara, and dangerously wounded.
The health authorities of New York are max
ing vigorous preparations for strict qusran-
line, in anticipation Of the arrival Of the
cholera
In the Association College regatta 1t spring-
field, Mass. on the oath Of July Am
herst unexpectedly took the honos. Har-
yard being second. Harvard led until the Last
half mile, when Amherst made magnificent
squirt aud crossed the line one and half boat
lengths ahead. Harvard was second. Am
herst Agricultural third, Bowdoin fourth.
Williams fifth, and Yale sixth. The results
we're wholly unexpected, the favorifes being
beaten in both races. Amhentsfollowed Mid
iletown closely in the Freshman race
Mrs. Jane Lance. of Pittsburgh. while suf-
'ering from IN attack of typhoid fever.
Jumped into the river last week. She was 2
'escued. but died soon after.
The trial Of Judge Barnard BY the New u
FORK State Senate, sitting as . court of i'm q
'eachment 1t Saratoga. is dragging along e
lowly. The testimony is very strong against n
he accused, and he will probably be con- q
icted.
The extensive buildings Of the Erie railroad o
q Jersey City were destroyed by fire on the Z.
light OF July "a. The loss will reach $780, O
co.; insurance, e400,0OO. All tho books I,
nd papers pertaining to the shops were con-
umed. =.
Allison Co.'S car works, in West Phila- a
elpha, wee destroyed BY fire July Is. Losst ~
800, 900. "
The Catholic Protectory, ct wesehester. n. :,
:. was burned July Is. involving . loss of :,
l5O. 900. ~
By the burning Of the Erie railroad build D.
'ss, in Jersey City, the company has, it is d
stimased. sustained . loss Of ssOo, 900. One !,
nan was killed outright by falling walls. and q
mother is missing. The losses by this calamity II
ave caused . serious depression in Erie stock. "
The West.
Col. J. +. Wood, Assistant Postmaster at In 10
annapolis. ID . defaultsr to the extent Of "a
6, 400.
An exciting trot took place over the Cleve. 70