The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-10


New York. Two tsilors named John and
James McCherry were burned to death.
Several persons had narrow escapes. WIN.
Fordman lesped from the rear window into
the yard beneath. Fortunately he slighted
on the roof Of shed, and miraculously e.
capped unhurt, although he had fallen dis
lance Of ffts feet. Loss about $70,0O0......A
man ma nsed John Hailonan was shot BY tho
Mayors Marshal, James l.. Burns, in q
gambling saloon in the Bowsry, New York,
on Sunday morning. Burns was arrested.
Edward s. Stokes, the murderer Of
James Fisk, Jr., has prepared letter for
publication den ing that he Was in league
with Miss Mansfield 10 sxtort money frsm
Fisk.
The Sauhegaii mills, in Milford, n. H.,
were totally destroyed by fire on Sunday
night, with the dryhouse connected there
with. Loss SLOT, 900; insurance SIS. 0oo......
The fires on the mountains near Kingston,
n. Y, continue. Fires are also raging
along the Rondout and Oswego railroad,
and considerable amount Of cord wood and
railroad ties have been consumed. Every
thing is very dry, and the Ore spreads with
great rapi dity......A Ere at Warren, Pa, on
Monday afternoon, destroyed the Union
school house and the Germania Hotel. The
school-houss had 1000 insurance, aud the
Germanis Hotel $4,000.
A FIRE destroyed an oil-cloth factory
Columbusville, Long leland, New York, on
Tuesday, with loss Of $4,000. One fireman
was run over by machire and killed......A
fire Tuesday morning destroyed the car
house Of the Worcester and Nashua railroad,
at Nashua, n. H., with its contents. A train
of cars was also destroyed, and the rolling
mill Of the Nashua Iron and Steel Company.
The loss t. the latter 10 So, 900; insured for
81, 900. The railroad loss 10 not ascer-
tanned .....A very destructive FIRE broke out
in the village OF Penn Yam, New York, on
Tuesday. Fifty houses burned. Steamers
were ordered from Elmira and Canandaigua
to suppress the flames. The FIRE originated
in furnace. The losses are very heavy.
A DARING attempt was made Wednesday
morning by gang Of burglars to blow open
the safe of the Erie freight house at Buffalo,
N. Y, in which several thousand dollars in
currency we're deposited. The burglars en-
tered the building and gagged the private
Waterman. They were in the act of blowing
open the safe when disturbed by the police,
but made good their escape......The large
wooden mill Of William G. Case, at Column
bia, Pa, was entirely destroyed by fire
Wednesday night. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$4,000.
THE Franconia Iron Company's works, at
wareham, Mass, were destroyed by FIRE on
Thursday. Loss 100000; insurance
$4,000. About $50 persons are thrown out
of employment......M Mrs. David r. Porter.
wife Of ex Governor Porter, and mother of
Gen. Horace Porter, Private Secretary of
President Grant, died at Harrisburg. Pa,
Thursday night......The New York Sun of
Tbnrsdav Nottco has hAan autb ovf-
tatively received at the Office of District
Attorney Garvn that Messrs. Graham and
Gerry have Withdrawn from the defense in
the Stokes case.''
The West.
THE extensive Touring mill Of Fletch her 4 |
Judy, at Coatsville, ILL.,. was destroyed by |
FIRE on April 25th. Loss on building and
contents $4,000; partially insured. "A |
dispatch from Minneapolis, Mimi, April |
2eth, states that advices from Oakdale, on |
the Northern Pacific railroad, on Saturday |
evening last, announce the wholes ale muir |
der OF family of man named Cook,
brother Of Franklin Cook, Of Minneapolis. |
The house was burned TO the ground and
bones found in the ruins. The outrage is sup
posed to have been committed by Indians.
..... The body of q yeupg Dane name Au- |
gustus Ohlson was found in the river at |
Racine, Wis, on Sunday. Gibson had been |
missing since the 18th ofApril, and is sup
posed to have been murdered.
DURING . severe thunderstorm at Ackley,
Iowa, on Sunday night, lightning struct the
house Of Patrick Cassidy, about four miles
northwest of the town. The current passed
down the stove-pipe and instantly killed \
Cassidy and Peter Burns, who were sleeping |
near the slovenian East Saginaw, Mich,
dispatch says Camp, Brooks 4 Co.'S saw-
mill was destroyed by fire Tuesday morn
ing. The loss 10 estimated a. $35, 900, with
an insurance Of 15,50O......A man named
Alexander Woodward, while engaged in re-
moving some old buildings to make way for
new ONES in Dubuque, Iowa, was killed al
most instantly BY falling wall.
Ar Indianapolis, Ind, the jury in the case
of Harvey, indicted for the murder Of his
wife in March, 1868, who has since been at
large, but was arrested in Ohio short time
ago, returned verdict Wednesday Of con-
viction, and . sentence of ten years in the
State Penitentisry STANLEY, the murderer of
Patterson, who was under sentence to be
hung April II, was lodged in the State
prison at Fort Madison, Iowa, for life, by
reason Of Communication Of his sentence.
Ar Chicago, on Thursday, Gregori Peri,
the murderer Of Daniel O'Brien and Michael
Ready, was found guilty of murder in the
first degree. The penalty fixed by the jury
il death by hanging.
The South.
BENNETT JoSEs, printer, was sho. nd in
stantly killed on Friday afternoon, at Men,
phis, Tenn, by Dr.. William Demeron, FORM
erly Of Campbell county, Kentucky. Al
legged criminal intimacy between Jones and
Dameron's wife was the cause. Cameron
was committed 70 ans er.
E. P. LoDeE, in Bowling Green, KY, Jail
on the charge Of murder On Hundax &c. |