The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-16
NEWS SUMMARY.


on the I'd ult. Loss, $4,000.
gang Of river pirates recently forced al
entrance to the Hamburg dock. at Hob,ken
N. ", and stole CSC, 900 worth of watches.
The Cuban privateer Pioneer, lying in the
harbor Of Newport, has been seized by the
Government. Her commander, after protest.
ing against the seizure, with true Spanish
bravado, fired of one Of the privateer's guns,
nailed the Cuban flag to the mast, threw his
sword overheard, and, with his crew, left the
vessel in high dudgeon.
Gerit Smith is using his personal influence
toward the release of some of the -Klux
confined in the Albany (N. ~ Penitentiar,,
who are evidently victims of circumstances.
Horace Greeley is rurAlizing in his native
heath, in New Hampshire.
8. L. NJ. Barlow has been elected Grand Sa-
chem Of the Tammany Society.
Gen. Grant and Phil Sheridan have been in
dulging in little piscatorial sport on the st.
Lawrence. The pair are reported as having
whipped out q canoe load of bass and pickerel
in one day.
Two boxes of diamonds. rubies and sap
phires from the Arizona diamond fields have
been on exhibition in Nav York. S. L. NJ.
Barlow, one of the trustees of the recently
formed Diamond Mining Company, states that
they have pre-enpted 5000 acres, and have so
men at work. He states. also, that the dis
covery was made eighteen months ago. and
that as far back as year ago $500, 200 worth
OF Arizona diamonds were received in New
York.
Forty thousand dollars worth of Struggled
silks were seized in New York the other day.
new oil well took fire at Titusville, Pa,
recently, and fatally burned four men.
Simeon Leland. one Of the well-known Le-
land brothers. hotel proprietors, died at New
Rochelle N. Y, last week.
The Continental Sugar Refinery. in South
Boston. has been destroyed by fire. The loss |
is 100000
The Grand Jury has presented an indict-
ment against L. ]. Jennings, of the New |
York Times, for libel on Gen. fitzpatrick.
Gen. Diven has resigned the Erie Vice
Presidency.
wild bull'broke from herd in Williams
burg. N. T., the other day. The infuriatcd
bovine overlook small boy and crushed him |
to the pavement. A few yards further he
picked up another boy on his horns and pitched
him over q fence. man who was crossing
Division avenue was tossed high in the air by
the animal, and, falling OH his head, was ia
tally injured. An ndiscrminate fire with pis-
tolls was then opened upon the brute but with
out effect The driver of an ice wagon snally
seized an axe. and, with well-directed blow,
brought his bullship to the earth. During the
firing stray pistol ball struck Mr. E. d. Chap
pel Superintendent Of the Roosevelt Ferry
Company, inficting probably fatal wound
The French band gave farewell concert in |
Boston on the 9Th inst.
Two Pittsburgh burglars entered the resi-
dence Of Lieut.. George H. Evans, last week.
The gallant Lieutenant made war upon the
invaders, putting bullet through the heart OF
one of them and putting the other to flight.
According to the New York Bulletin, one OBJ
ject of the Commission now sitting at Browns
vile, Texas, is to pave the way for the annex
alton Of the Rio Grande territory to the United
states. The Bulletin says q proposition will |
DO made by our Government for Joint mill
tary occupation of the States of Tamaulipas
and Nueva Leon, with a view to the mutual ]
protection Of the lives and property of the citi
zens of both countries. Should this PROPOSE Il
ton be accepted, the Administration will in a
the course of time, open negotiations for the t.
transfer OF the whole territory thus occupied,
in consideration Of a small indemnity. q
The West. y
The motion for new trial in the case OF
Mrs. Glenn, the Indianapolis murderess. has W
been overruled, and she is again sentenced to n
the Penitentiary for life. OF
The Southern Railroad Company has ncgo- II
tlated $4,000 worth of seven per cent. bonds in
OF the city OF Cincinnati, at az per cent, b.
being the first installment of SIC, 100000
which the city has voted to that project. m
The boiler in q stone quarry at Aurora, ILL.,. III
exploded last week, blowing the proprietor, re-
Basey Berthold. $50 feet. literally tearing him
% pieces. in
Dr.. Andrews, Of Indianapolis, has been At
'lected President Of the Indiana University, be
It Greencastle. in place of Bishop Bowman. O.
The contract for concrete stone to be used cr
n the foundation Of the new Custom House ma
n Chicago has been awarded to the Lemont | IN
H. stone Company, at s2.65 per cubic yard.
There is quite an excitement in San Fran de
sco over the diamond discoveries in Arizona. 10
md many are preparing for rush to the ar
liggings. cr,
little child of DR.. Keuchler, ofSpringfeld. a
H., wandered into the Doctors Office and do
rank some poisonous drug, from the effects RI,
Il which the little fellow died. a.
Lieut.. wheelers great scientific expedition
las left Salt Lake, Utah, for Northern Arizona oh
nd Eastern Nevada. The party comprises we
50 men and extensive outfit, mules, wagons. wo
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