The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-07-26

BY tho explosion Of the boiler Of steam
threshing machine In . field In st. Clair
county, H., July II, three persons were killed
and four wounded.
Alpenx, Mich. was visited by disastrous
conAagration ON the l2th Of July, upward OF
e2OO, QUO worth Of property being destroyed.
The saddest part Of the disaster was the loss
Of hfe-no less than Ave persons having per :
ished in the flames.
The rather novel sight OF funeral process
sion STOPPING before Photographic establish-
ment while the coffin could be carried up
stairs and its inanimate occupant photo
graphsd, was witnessed in Milwaukee the
other day.
The French Garde Republicaine band Ar
rived in Chicago ON the l4th Of July, and
were enthusiastically received, over 10000
citizens turning out to welcome them.
The Northern Indiana State Prison, at Mich
igan City, was damaged BY fire to the extent
of eSO,0O0 on July Is.
Two Irishmen were detected. the other day.
in Alameda county. Cal, setting fire to hay
stacks, and were summary hung BY the in
censsd farmers of the neighborhood.
The Canadian Pacific railway surveyors have
been driven back by the Chilcoatin Indians.
They are determined that no freight or travel
shall pass through their country.
Sam. Plat, the well-known San Francisco
criminal lawyer is dead.
A shooting ARRAY at Henryville, Ind. July
Is. between Thomas and Samuel Knowland
(uncle and nephew, resulted in the instant
killing Of the former and the mortal wounding
of tie latter.
Col. VIM. T. Phillips, prominent citizen
Of Kansas, has mysteriously disappeared.
Rich cinnabar mines have been discovered
in Oregon.
Chicago's death-ron for the week ending
July l6 foots up S07, of which number 225 were
children under three years Of age.
johnson Jones' soap and candle manu-
factory, at Milwaukee. was burned July l6.
Loss. s75,O0O.
Sedalia, Mo-, Rising Sun, Ind, and Piqua.
Ohio, each had $4,000 worth Of fire on July rs.
The man who started out to navigate the
Mississippi from it's source to it's mouth in
canoe became tired Of the job, and abandoned
his little craft at Peoria, H., on the 18th inst.
The wheat crop Of Southern Minnesota is
the largest ever known, and the quality excel
lent.
The mail stage between Dallas and Canon
City, Oregon, was robbed by highwaymen,
July II. who secured some els, 200.
The South.
.s;... &c.,, D.. .orct~ All tha scepa
of the recent disturbances, state that Gov.
Hadley had gone there to investigate the out
RACES. The militia were in arms, pressing
horses and ammunition from the people.
On the evening Of July Is. some boys who
were bathing in the river at Memphis were
fired upon by . Waterman named Sturgeon.
the weapon being q musket loaded with slugs.
Three of the missiles entered the head Of q
little boy named Johnny Murphy, producing
instant death. The murderous Waterman,
frightened at his bloody work. Immediately
Jumped into skin and made his escape down
the river.
The caterpillars and boll-worms are playing
havoc With the Alabama cotton fields.
A freshet in the Alabama river and tributa-
ries recently destroyed over s2,0O0,0OO worth
OF cotton and corn crops.
Judge Linton Stephens (brother Of Alexan-
der H Stephens), for many years prominent
in the politics Of Georgia, is dead.
The first bale Of Gotten Of the season was
received at Galveston, Texas, July l6, and sold
for 80 cents pound, gold.
The War Department at Washington has de-
tails of the massacre of the Lee family at
Clearford, 16 miles below Fort Griffin, Texas.
The father, mother, and little girl eight
years Of age, were killed by arrows, then
scalped, and the bodies left with the arrows
sticking in them. Mrs. Lees ears were cut
OF. Cordelia, aged 10. Susannah, aged II,
and John Lee, aged l6, were taken prisoners.
Gen. Augur fears that more extensive opera
tons will have to be taken against these In
dams before they will remain peaceable. Gen.
Sheridan, in communication to the War De-
partment, says: I'VE can never stop the
wild Indians from numbering and stealing
until we punish them. If white man in this
country commits murder we hang him. II he
steals horses we put him in the penitentiary.
II an Indian commits these crimes We give
him better fare and more blankets. think I
may with reason say that under this policy the
civilization Of the wild red man will pro gress
slowly"
Washington.
The Secretary Of State has referred all the
papers relative to the seizure of the Cuban
privateer Pioneer, at Newport, to the Attorney
General. Meanwhile, the Pioneer remains
under cover Of the guns Of the steamer Moe
casin.
rumor is current at the capital that the
President will shortly pardon large number
OF the less obnoxious members Of the Ku-
Klux organization confined in the Albany PEN