The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-03-15
NEWS SUMMARY.
The East.

an unacceptable mass.....Dr. Jayne's
splendid eight-story granite building on
Chestnut street, Philadelphia, was totally
destroyed by fire on Monday night. The
loss by fire and water is estimated at 81 :
00O, OO0...... Brooklyn's new Comptroller has
reported 10 the Board of Aldermen de-
6eiency of 100000 in the late city and
county officials accounts ...... Mrs. A. c.
Downs was arrested at Hartford, Conn, on
Mon day, charged with arson, in firing the
sigourney House.
JACOB Mooc died in his tailor shop at
Roanoke, Ind, on Monday night, from ex-
cessivc indulgence in drinking. He
was married man, about As years old, and
leaves several small children ...... Hon. Thos.
NJ. Brown, a distinguished attorney of New
Albany, Ind, while returning home from
his office in that city, on Monday evening,
| suddenly fell on the pavement and expired
| almost imm ediately ......A freight train on
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad was thrown from the track by
morning, and twenty cars were wrecked. A
section man, standing near the track, was
struck by the cars as they left the track, and
killed....L. Carper, ESQ.,, Division Superin-
tendent of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railway, was killed in . railway ac-
cdent near Burlington, Iowa, on Tuesday
afternoon. No others injured. The acct
dent was caused by the engine Of the freight
train running of a bridge on account of the
rails being taken up for repairs. The en-
gneer and fireman saved their lives by
jumping off.
In the New York Legislature on Wednes-
day a statement was made by two speakers
that members from the rural districts were
selling their votes at SO per head. No &C.
ton was taken...... Patrick j. Banpon has
been sentenced to pay fine o. $500 and one
years imprisonment for sending obscene
matter through the New York Postofiice,.....
The carpet yarn mill Of the Wilton Manu-
burned on Wednesday. Loss, $500; partly
insured. t.t.s'
An Eastsrn-bound express train on the
New York Central railroad was thrown from
the track on Wednesday, about six miles
east of Buffalo, and fourteen persons were
injured, but none seriously ...... On Thursday
Michael Mccoy, q conductor on the Con-
nelsville RAILROAD, Pa, while attempting to |
jump from one car TO another, missed his |
footing, was precipitated to the track and
cut in two pieces. The wooden mill of ]. !
D. Nichols 4 Son, in Burrillville, L. l., was |
burned on Wednesday. Loss $50, O0O......
John Harrison, Jersey City carpenter, un.
able to obtain employment in Chicago, ar
rived home on Wednesday, nearly frozen to |
death, having concealed himself in q grain |
car and having been six days and nights |
without food or drink....Andrew J. Garvey, |
the " ring" plesterer, Of New York, who has !
been missing for some months, appeared on
Thursday as a witness in the trial Of Mayor |
Hall. Startling Developments are exi
pected.
+" The West.
A FARMER named Wills Williamson, living
near Muncie, Ind, followed his daughter to
Dalesville, wi here she had gone to marry one
Laundry. He found the daughter in the
house of q relative, and cut her throat,
killing her instantly. He then shot him.
self twice in the mouth with a revolver. |
He 10 not expected to survive. Williamson |
has = large family Two inches Of snow
fell at St. Louis on Thursday night......
Frederick Scaddin, . boy of is, living in |
Eagle, Iona county, Mich, shot himself with |
pistol. few days since, as q consequence
Of remorse at having stolen some things |
from his stepfather ION Sunday night q |
block Of frame buildings, Ave in all, were
destroyed in Atchison, Kan. Among them
was the Nelson House. A German musician |
perished in one Of the buildings. The libel |
suit of Spencer Ball sgainst the Ever;uq
Dispa teh, of st. Louis, for 81 900, on account
Of the publication Of apolice item, was de- |
cded on Thursday, with q verdict of one
cent damages for the plaintiff.
JAMES W. CoLRxAN has accepted 81 $500 for
his Receivers fees in the matter of the Erie
railroad suits. His original claim was for
$50, 900 $50. The schooner Clara Bell, with
&c G.nx~ NJ. N. 1
grounded on Monday morning near Cape
Cod. The officers and crew, seven in all,
attempted to reach the land, but only one
ucceed ed, and he was nearly frozen. The
rest persisted in the sea..... The Grand jury
Of Jersey City has brought in ify-cne addi-
tional indictments against members Of the
Commissions and officers of the city govern
nent, for frauds Of various degrees. ... che
Weather was extremely cold throughout
Mount Washington reports the Thermometer
40 degrees below zero, and the wind 100
niles an hour. fe. n
The steamers Altoona, Kate Robinson, st.
Charles, Argosy, Maj. Anderson, and Cham
ZION were burned at Cincinnati early on |
Thursday morning. Loss, S75o,OOo...
Johnny Devino, alias the Chicken" has
'eeh convicted Of murder and sentenced to
" hanged at San Francisco on April 2e.....
1t Detroit, Mich, a colored man named Z
ferguson, his son, and a Mary Morvan were
0 badly burned they cannot live. They :
tarted the fro with kerosene ...... The North
'acifc railway was on Wednesday opened !
o Red River for business....A fsticuff fight !
ccurrcd on the floor of the House of the !
lissouri Legislature on Tuesday, between :
I. J. Latschaw, member from Kansas City,
nd Sergeant-at-Arms Grafton, but neither
arty was hurt..... Part of the La Grange
ounty Infrmary, at La Grange, Ind, was
urnt on Wednesday. One of the inmates,
'hom it was necessary TO keep in close con- !
nement, was burned TO crisp. He was a q
middle aged man, named Abraham Ma
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