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


Tho East.
Az Paterson, N. j., Saturday, Libbe Gar
rabrant, the girl murdcress, was sentenced
% be hanged on the 10th OF July."..The
body of real estate agent named Ober-
lander was found in the East river. New
York, Saturday, with his throat cut. IL ID
unknown whether the case 10 suicide or
New York, on Saturday, .
messen niger of the Gallatin National Bank,
while on q collecting route, was robbed OF
pouch containing $4,000 in gold certific ates
and checks and $500 in cash......A Fort Jer-
Wis IN. ~ special of the 18th says: In
Pike county, Pa, Are covering territory
seven miles in extent is sweeping over some
of the best land in this section. At Wagon
torst's. Callahan's, and Dowling's settle
ments, nothing is left but charred and
snoking ruins. Dozens of families have
been compelled to fec for their lives. A
quarter Of million of dollars will not pay
the losses in this section. The land Of the
Blooming Grove Park Association has been
swept over. and large numbers Of wild game
destroyed" In wayneburg, Pa, the fire
compelled q suspension Of coal transPorta,,
ton over the Delaware and Hudson Canal
Company's railroad, leading from the mines
TO Honesdale. The lumber villages Of Car
ter and Gould, Pa, have been almost totally
destroyed, only three houses remaining in
the two places. Sussex county, New Jer-
sey, and Sullivan and Delaware counties,
New York, and Monroe county are still
being swept over by the forest fres, and the
losses are estimated as footing up to the mil
lions .....A FIRE in Philadelphia, Sunday
night, destroyed property TO the amount OF
$500, 900.
OK Monday the double-scull race Of Eve
miles between Coulter and Cavitt, Of Pitts
burg, and the Biglin brothers. of New York,
took place on the schuylkill river at Phila-
delphia. The Biglins won. Time 1901.
The woody region of limestone north Of
Pittsburg, Pa, has been much damaged by
sweeping fire. The farmers dug trenches
to keep off the storm of fame......At Am
sterdam, N. Y, Tuesday, the knitting mill
Of John Maxwell was destroyed by FIRE. Loss
estimated at $4,000.
TEE preliminary arraignment of Edward
Stokes for the murder of James Fisk took
place in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, at
New York, Wednesday. After q motion
for further time to afford opportunity for a
special plea, the Court adjourned the hear
ing for a day, and Stokes was returned to
prison ..... .Greenwood's wooden mill, in Phil
adelphia, Pa, was totally burned Wednes-
day morning. The Ere originated in the
pickers' room. Loss $40. 00o......The Gala
tin National Bank, New York, has received,
through the mail, commercial paper, drafts
and notes, to the amount of $4,000, of
which its messenger was robbed on Satur-
day last, the thieves profting only $63 by
the transaction.
r,cu.uor, stv;las cort;nua;n Nav York
The men employed on Government build
ings are on Q strike, and delegation has
been sent to Washington to see about it......
One thousand emigrants passed through
Pitts burg, on their way to the West, on the
23d inst..... The trial Of Stokes has been
postponed until October next......The Gus
tom House Inspectors recently seized, on
board the steamship Moro Castle, $4,000
Havana cigars, which were slowed away in
India rubber bags ready to throw overheard
to men in small boats, who were on hand to
pick them up. The owners would not claim
them THE death sentence Of Libbie Gar
rabrant will probably be committed to i'm
prisonment for life, fer the reason that her
conduct is such as to warrant the belief that
she is pregnant.....The Red Stocking Base
Ball Club of Boston defeated the Forest
Citys of Cleveland, on the 23d inst, 10 to 2
Inc game was Piayeu Nv Ooeeou.
DURING fire at Ithaca, N. Y, recently, a
bridge upon which a steam fire engine was
placed, gave way and precipitated the en-
CINE and some fifty persons into the river
below. Many Of them were seriously in.
iured, though none killed outright.....Sev
eral vessels have arrived in New York dur.
ing the past week with smallpox prevailing
among steerage passengers. The captain Of
one of the vessels seemed to think the dis.
ease was fostered by the dirty habits of the
emigrants, who were chiefly Poles. Nothing
short of physical violence could induce
them to wash, and the men deliberately ate
soap furnished them, thinking it checse.....
A skiff loaded with six men capsized on the
Monongahela river, near McKeesport, Pa,
on the Path inst, and four Of the men were
drowned. They were all emigrants WHIT
had just arrived from Europe......It is est
mated that over 20 900 men were on strik,
for eight hours of work in New York thu
2sth inst. Many factories are closing vi
rather than yield to the dem and.... Thu
German brewers of the United States vii
hold their twelfth annual congress in New
York, COM encing the 4th of June aud ex.
tending four days.
The West.
AT feorlas liz, on ounuay evening,
man named Henry Fleetmeyer became in
volved in quarrel with . neighbor name
Wolf, when the latter drew o knife an
stabbed him five times in different parts {
the body, inflicting dangerous wounds....
A ERE at Flint, Mich, early Sunday morn
ing, destroyed $4,000 worth Of property.
At Chicago, Sunday morning, two me
named Maloney and Foley were shot Will
attempting an on rage on the person of
German woman named Schultz.
A MAN named Kirkham was killed by tw
rowdies at Rose Claire, ILL.,, ON Saturday. ...
At Peoria, Ill, ON Monday, German worl
man named johnson, employed in the tt
ledo, Peoria and Warsaw machine and RI
pair shops, met with fearful and fatal az
cident. He was elevating car from tn
tract with q lot Of jacks when the car sud