The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-10-25


md tho California horse Dc --msth Maid,
u $1,000 at sacra~ .,,o ,'ss'saA ns purse
october wsA witnessed nv sn a.. tine io'h IT
,r.. " .. .ople, and CT estea ar to- mense
.sation. The race was. won ny he Maid
asily, in three straight heats, Time, 2;2O,l
.:2O,e. 2:22. The re suit ~as n sore disar-
continent to the ,alifosnia' ~. as they had
ondy hoped their fsvorite 'norse would wrest
rom Goldsmith .daid her well-earned need Of
: queen OF tn turf" Occidcnt is a sorrel
,elding. aoor 4 mine years Of age, who served
ais time IN q vegetable wagon, and was un-
known 10 Tire pablic until purchased by ex-
Gov. IL land Stanford, President Of the Gen.
trail <cshc Rsilroad Company. and trained by
Jam - Bon, a well-known horseman.
James Oval met his friend Michael Con.
.cys, at Grand Tower. ILL.,, the other day, and
in shaking hands the latter hurt boil which
Oval had on his hand. From this trivial
cause an alteration arose, which eliminated
in Michael receiving death stab from the
amiable James.
William Chuck has been sentenced to be
hanged, at Indianapolis, for the murder of
his wife in April last.
The Directors of the Colorado River rail-
road, in view OF the bitter hostility existing
in San Francisco to railroad subsidies have
published a card Withdrawing from the vote
Of the people OF that city the proposed
el0, 00O,0 900 subsidy.
Two-thirds Of the st. Louis Erening Dis
patch has been sold by W. II. McHemy to D..
Robert Barclay for ESQ.,
The South.
Louisville has been having grand jollifca-
tion over the opening of her new railroad to
the South.
The architect, contractor and builder Of the
structure which fell at Louisville, the other
day. and crushel several persons to death,
have been arrested and held in $4,000 bail each.
Five deaths have already resulted from the
calamity, and others will probably die Of their
injuries.
The building in which the Rsleigh IN. c.
Sentinel is printed was nearly destroyed the
other day, by an explosion of gunpowder.
which some parties had placed under the
press-room. The presses and machinery were
completely demolished.
Over LOO German emigrants, en- route for
Texas, arrived at New Orleans in one day last
week, by steamship from Hamburg.
Bishop Bayley has been installed as Arch
bishop of the Diocese OF Baltimore.
The work of building the Texas Pacific
railroad is being vigorously pushed. Five
hundred miles are already under contract
and large force Of laborers has been en-
gagged. Negro labor is being mainly en-
pleyed, but Gen. Dodge has arranged for a
force of 1000 Chinese The line under con-
tract is that part of the main stem from Mar
shall west to Fort Worth, and the branch
north from Marshall to point oppositJ Full
ton, Ark, and thence westerly to the west
main stem near Fort Worth, will proceed
during the winter.
At Louisville, the other day. a negro named
by stabbing them with a knife. The MUIR
derer gave himself up, and said he wanted
to be hung Immediately.
The first frost Of the season in the South
occurred at Nashville. Tenn. on the lith Of
October.
James Kenny. prisoner at Nashville. has
confessed to the 100000 diamond robber, at
New Orleans, in which, he says Forester, the
alleged Nathan murderer, was his accomplice.
and that the steamboats, Thompson Dean
Magenta and others we're fired to aid in the
robbery. Kenny accuses Forester of the
Nathan murder.
A letter from Parsons. Kansas, states that
vice-Prcsident Dennison, Of the Missouri,
Kansas. and Texas railroad, who has Just re-
turned from Texas, has made arrangements
for the vigorous prosecution Of the road
southwark. The great bridge across Red
river will be completed by Nov. Is. The
rush to Texas from the Northern states over
this route is said to be wonderful. Large
quantities Of cotton are FORMULATING along
the line Of the road, awaiting shipment to the
Eastern markets.
The South Carolina Legislature will proba-
bly, elect Congressman Elliott 10 the United
States Senate in place Of Sawyer. Elliott is a
full-blooded negro, and was formerly barber
in Boston.
T. J. Moses, regular Republican, has been
elected Governor of South Carolina. RAM
ser, Elliott and Rainey, colored Republicans,
and B. F. Perry, Democrat, are elected to
Congress.
Washington.
1t is stated in Washington dispatch that
the President has refused to obey the dictum
of Cameron to drive John W. Forney out of
the Republican party, and said he looked
upon their differences as of local nature.
1t is announced that President Grant, in his
message to Congress, will recon-
mend that prompt and vi orous measures be
taken to protect the citizens of the Texan
border from the mcursions of Mexican ban
dts aud catfle fhiovaa