The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-31

and half breeds. A mpany Of cavalry has
camped near the agency. Richards had the
agency official mail, which was destroyed.
......A dispatch from East Saginaw, Mich.
May II, says. A Mecklenburger named
Chas. Bosse, who lived In the suburbs, this
morning about 4 O'Clock attacked his wife
with q Ratchet, in fiicting o terrible wound
on her head, and then run a ten.inch
butcher mite in to his own stomach, liter
ally dissm bowel;ng himself.
Ta. ticket nominated Wednesday, at
Springfield, ILL.,, 10 - follows: For Cover
nor, Richard ]. Oglssby; for Lieutenant
Governor, John L. Bsveridge; for Secretary
Of State, George H. Ha,low; for Treasurer,
Edward Rutz; for Auditor, Charles Z. Lip
pincott; for Attorney General, James X.
Edsall; for Clerks Of the Supreme Court,
Cairo D. Trimble, of Princeton; E. c. Ham
burgher, of Quincy; J. W. Campbell, Of
Nashville for Presidential Electore-At
Large Henry e,es rsssuna, P. Raa.n H.
2, Lester L. Bond; s, Mahlon d. Ogden; I,
Richard L. Divine; 5, james Shaw 8, Nor
.. s.W. Gale; 10, W. B. Henderson; IL,
Moses M. Bane IL, NJ. 8. Chamberlain;
Is, Hugh Fullerton; IA, Martin B. Thomp-
son; Is, j. W. Wilton Is, John P. Van
Dorston; IL, J. L. Yeager; Is, John Dough.
0ILY lSs w. II. nOO OoOu.sss..A UIuACuhoh
on the jackson and Saginaw road, Mich,
named Porter Gildersleeve, was killed
w ednesday morning, while coupling cars,
by being caught between the bumpers.
PRrvArE advices from Richard Grove,
Mercer county, Ill state that ON the 10th
ult. fire broke out in q coal mine near
waughs mills, owned by Alexander Con-
willie. Although . stream Of water had been
| turned on from q ravine, no perceptable ef-
| feet is yet obtained ..... Patrick Callahan was
arrested in Chicago, recently, on q charge
of having murdered a man named YOU
man, in Minnesota, six years ago. He was
| sent to Rochester, Mimi, for trial".... Dis
patches from various parts of the State re-
port that fears are entertained that the corn
crop in Iowa will be very light this year, as
not over one-half Of the corn has been
planted, and the weather is still cool. The
season 10 about month behind that .of last
year. Many fields Of corn will have to be
re planted in consequence OF the seed rotting
in the cold, wet ground. Small grain of all
kinds is in good condi tion ...... Reports re-
ceived at Springfield represent that the
showers of the past week have been very
favorable to the growing crops in Illinois,
and it is thought will stay the ravages OF
| the cut-worms, which insects have been
destroying the corn.... Katie Kroe, a Ger
|
Davenport, Iowa, by hanging. Temporary
insanity is assigned as the cause.
PRor. HENRY 8. NoYEs, Of the Northwest
ern University, at Evanston, ILL.,, died re-
Gently at that placs....John Reeves, Of
Lyons, ILL.,, died ON the oath from the ef-
fects Of pommeling at the hands Of Valen-
tine Hoffm an...... One million three hundred
and forty 70 II tn ousand dollars will be re-
quired to run the county government of
Cock county, ILL.,, during the coming year.
the propeller Manistee, on Lake Michigan
on the 24th inst, and sunk in ten minutes.
| he was loaded with 16, 1000 bushels of corn.
| The crew was saved....A terrible tornado
pa ssed over portion Of Adams county, ILL.,,
on the gath inst, unroofng houses, barns,
trees, &c., and doing serious damage. A
severe gale also occurred about the same
much ipjury...... Land Commissioner Ed
munds, of Michigan, has been acquitted by
| the State Senate of that State. The vii
| lage Of Hayesville, near Ashland, Ohio, lost
its entire business portion by fire on the
oath inst.
The South.
| A DISPATCH from Little Rock, Ark, Mon
day, says: "The river is twenty-six feet
at this point and still rising. 1t lacks but
four feet of being as high as in 1874. The
town Of Argenta, opposite this place, is over
flowed, as also the depot and tracks of the
Memphis railroad. The damage already
done to plantations near here is estimated
at $4,000. Thousands of acres of cotton
are under water, below as we'll as above. In
Jefferson, Ark, and Desha and Chicot coun-
ties a large part Of the farms bordering along
| TN rivay cov cred with wateY.o
The greater portion of the business part Of
Warrinton, Va, was destroyed by FIRE on
the 23d inst.".. Secretary Delano was in St.
Louis on the oath inst, on his way to Wash
ington. The Republican State Convention
of West Virginia met at Grafton, on the
23d, and after passing resolutions, among
which was one declaring that no Office
holder should be delegate to the Philadels
phis Convention, elected its delegates and
instructed them to vote for Grant.
NJ J. KEArrxa, the Catholic priest, who
was arrested as q vagrant few days ago,
died at the hospital at st. Louis, recently.
An attem pt was made to assassinate lady
AIMED Mrs. Carrie Robinson Pierce, al
Newport, KY, on the oath. The whale.
bone in her dress saved her life.
Washington.
TIE President on Tuesday signed the
following bills To authorize the issue o.
bonds TO the authorities of the Territory o.
Montana to enable the city of Denver e
purchase certain lands in Colorado for q
l cemetery to grant American registers tc
, the Hawaiian bark Florence; to regulate
+ the mode Of making private contracts with
the Indians IT, reduce the military reserva
tion at For. Stanton, New Mexico. A
Washington special says: "The Foreign
, Relations Com mittee are quietly engaged
: in investigating the circumstances connect
4 ed with the premature publication o. tn,