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

asking for information, but the Denverite
seem to be rs much in the dark a. the Fri.
cans.
A police officer named O'Aiara was wantonl
murdered in Chicago, on the 5th inst, by
notorious rough named Rafferty, The mul
derer is under arrest.
Miss Mclaughlin, Of Clayton county, lows
kindled her last fire on the 5th INST. She use
kerosene.
The assessed valuation Of the real and pei
sonal property Of the State Of Iowa for 1877
is ss4s, MA, 5sl-an increase in one year o
sls. lso, Ss1.
grain elevator, containing 1855. 900 bushel
Of corn and $4,000 bushels OF wheat, wa
burned in Chicago on the 5th inst. Total los
about 100000.
Chicago's mortality roll for the month o
July foots up total Of 1,S72. Of whom owe
half were children under one year Of age
The deaths in June numbered 49,
The wife of Mr.. John Mathewson, respect
able farmer Of Fulton county, ILL.,, was FOUL,
murdered by some unknown person, last week
while the family were engaged in harvest worl
sOme ustanco from the mousse.
One Of the most terrible hail storms eve,
known recently passed over Lyon county,
Iowa, causing immense damage. Hail-stones
ten to fourteen inches in circumference
poured down for thirty minutes. Kidding win
dow-glass, and, in many instances, passing
completely through the shingled roofs of
houses.
The first new wheat Of the season. compris-
ing consignment of ten car loads, was re-
ceived in Milwaukee on the 9Th inst.
A diabolical attempt was made, last week, to
burn the town of Steubenville, Ohio num-
Der of houses in different parts of the town
being fired simultaneously. The fires were
extinguished before they gained much head
way.
The South.
The troubles in Pope county. Ark, still con-
tinued at last accounts, and many people are
leaving the country. Armed bands of militia
are still at large, despite the Governors proc
amation calling on them to dsband. Gov.
Hadley threatens to put the county under
martial law.
The evidence taken before the Frontier
Commission authorized by Congress, and now
sitting at Brownsville, Texas, duplicates Gen.
Jortinas in assisting the thieves in running
III cattle from Texas into Mexico. 1t also es-
ablishes the fact that eighty miles of the
most fertile river frontier in Texas is unsettled
N account of the insecurity of life and prop
rty from these Mexican raids,
Advices from Charleston, s. c., state that
he drought is so excessive throughout the
tate that the crops are almost parching up, |
nd that if rain does not fall room there will |
Q nothing left for the caterplllars to eat. The 1
otton crop in some sections OF the State will |
e an entire failure.
Annie Gibson, Of Nashville, commit ed sui |
ide, the other day, by hanging herself.
Tucker Ballard, Marshal Of Crab Orchard, |
~, shot Martin Delaney dead, last week,
lille attempting to arrest him.
The Investigations being prosecuted by the
nited States Commission at Brownsville.
exas, reveal fearful record Of murder and
under. Custom-House officers, drovers and
hers have been murdered in and around
IL. |
i'd droves of cattle have been seized and
riven over the river within sight OF the city.
'olen cattle are, on arrival on Mexican soil,
branded by the thieves, and their recovery
thus rendered impossible. The feeling
nong the people is that they must protect
emselves, and war Of races is looked upon
inevitable.
Another outrage has been committed on the
'xas border. An officer Of the Mexican army,
the head of an armed force, recently crossed
9 Rio Grande, seized the owner of a ranch.
d forcibly took him into Mexican territory,
sether with portion OF his stock.
A young man named Thomas met with a |
ocking death at Louisville, the other day.
} was caught in the machinery of a paper
ii and his head literally torn from his body.
Col. King, the largest stock-raiser in Texas,
g recentiy attacked by band of Mexicans
ar his ranch. King escaped by fight, but
e Of his employees, German, was killed.
is said these men were sent to murder King, !;
order to prevent his appearing to testify :
fore the Commission at Brownsville. G
Nicholas G. Sinnott, prosperous Chicago q
reliant before the great fire, but ruined by @
It calamity, committed suicide in st. Louis O
emily. O
Evidence before the American Commission I
Brownsville, Texas, show that the cattle a
len by the Mexicans. near Bro wnsville, num- h
ed go, 900 head, valued at 100000. The G.
nmission express establishment at the Il
mes and outrages the Mexicans have per- e
rated on the people Of Texas, as shown BY
testimony taken. &,
Brownsville, Tex, special says that the Al
ails of the Mexican outrages, as given be-
. the Commission, are shocking. Men \,
made poor in q single day, the raiders =,
ssing their herds over the river, which il -