The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-02-16

Charles and II. T. mafAson na'e ""
-...aa at New York for smuggling III gold
vatches and nearly 800 articles o. Jewelfy'
W. shs steamer Siberia, valued at$l0 ,000..,..
On On The s investi CATION Of the printing frauds
- - Albany. Parsons, one Of the State Print |
srs. testiiies having given Ed: Phelps $io,- |
0oo for lobby services. II had been the
Ssh;t' he said, 10 give tho clerk q percentage
an work carried TO the firm, and in this way |
Tsrwilliger's percentage was paid, regard
less of whether he read proof or not......The
revenue officers raided on several Illicit
distilleries in the Fifth Ward Of Brooklyn,
on Friday afternoon, destroying several
thousand dollars worth Of whisky mash,
mschinery, etc. The officials were aided BY
The police. go. The Newcastle (Pa.) Agricu!.
turai Works were destroyed by fire ON FRI
S.v. Loss $50 900; insurance $25,OOO.....
The warerooms Of Bouchard Sortie and
Thompson's bookstore at Quebec were burned
on Thursday night. Loss $4,000.
HoRAox GREELEY held reception on Sat
urday evening at New York, on the occasion
of his elst birthday.
TEE house of Henry McLellen, near Erie,
Pa, was burned about o'clock on Tuesday
morning, and Mr.. McLellen persisted in the
flames. He was rs years Of age.....The
WOODEN mill and boarding house Of G. G.
Aldrich 4 Son, at CRANKY, Mass, burned on
Tuesday morning. Loss $4,000; insursd
for $l5,0OO......At Now York, on Monday,
while the Brooklyn Ferry Company's boat
Fulton was crossing the river loaded with
passen gers, she sprung leak in mid-stream.
The alarm signal was given, and two other
boats came alongside and took of her pas
seugers, after which she sunk"....The vii
layers Of Whitehall, N. j., refused to allow
the burial of the remains of Bolts in their
cemetery, and the minister declared that no
services could be held over the body OF the
murderer. After an excited parley, . COM
promise was effected by which the body va:
been opened temporarily.
An explosion of Ere damp took place in
Norton's mine, four miles below Pittston,
Pa, on Monday morning. Three men were
killed and fifteen suffocated, but alive ~
ar AZ can be learned......A fire occurred on
Monday morning in the passenger depot Of
the Ogdensburg and Lower Canada railroad,
at Ogdensburg, destroying the entire build
ing, the freight depot, two cars and consid-
cradle freight. Loss $4,000; insurance not
that Mrs. Fisk can succeed her
late husband as plaintiff in the
suits against the Union Pacific railroad,
Credit Mobilier and others, by simply filing
the proper petition.....George Van Neck,
formerly Lieutenant in the British army,
and lately on the New York Herald, COM
mitted suicide at the Hoffman House, New
York, on Tuesday morning......A FIRE at OH
City, Pa, on Monday destroyed the Nation
change, q branch Office of the Western
Union telegraph Company, the Office of the
Pacific and Atlantic Telegraph Company
and two or three saloons. Loss estimated at
$4,000.
Oxx of Kidder 4 Atkins hosiery mills al
Troy, N. Y, was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday morning. Loss $4,000.
Ar Hunters Point, L. l., on Wednesday
three men were fatally burned by the ex.
plosion of an oil-tank, while they were
making repairs in the furnace .....An Italian
aged so years, died Of starvation in New
York On Monday, he being unable TO obtain
aid from the authorities, to whom he had
applied ...H. W. Tener, . Philadelphia
lawyer, has disappeared, leaving liabilities
to the amount Of 81, o0o.. In the bulge
presented to the Ontario Legislature BY tn
Government are $8S, 900 reward for the ar
rest Of the murderer Of Mr.. Scott, AND
$4,000 70 promote immigration. The Leg
islature has voted to adopt the use Of IN
colonial emigration system.
The West.
TIE planning mill Of Harvey Jones, .
Cincinnati, was destroyed By Are on Thurs
day evening. Loss $1,000; insurance
$1,000.
On Friday evening, ~ tho Treasurer o
Santa Crus county was turning of the g
in his Office, he was seissd By armed an
masked men, who had been concealed in "a
ONCE, bound and gagged and threatened wis
instant death unless he unlocked the vault
which he did, when the robbers took on
$4,000 in gold coin, looked him in, and lei
him. No clue 10 the robbers yet.
On Monday evening the livery establish
msnt Of J. II. Estabrook, at Denver, Col
vas bsrned. Forty horSss psrishsd in tn
flames. Total loss $lsyooo... The saw.mil
ct WSodburn, Ind, owned BY Jacob Black
burn, burned on Monday morning. Los
about 5000 no insurance.....A haunte
house within block Of the public square Z
Quincy, ILL.,, 10 the sensation. The occr
pants deserted il pell-mcll Monday night o
occount of dismal sounds and strange freal
within its walls. Several intelligent me
were among those who uncersmoniousl
fed.....Addison Birge, ex-mea Der of th
Legislature, was stabbed and killed by D
johnson at Platte City, No., last Friday.
Mrs. Fair has been granted new trial
the Supreme Court of California, on Ii
ground that the Court erred in not allowin
the counsel for the defense the closing arg'
mont, and permitting evidence Of form'
bad character for chastity Charles Kit
Ter, employed in building the Newport IN
Cincinnati bridge, fell from that structul
on Monday and was killed.
Two laborcrs named John Kearns ar
Patrick Grady were almost instantly kill'
in st. Joseph, NO., ON Monday. They We