The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-05-16

eeoi"' W even u greater extent. Ihe renla
. able nature Of this meteorological freak +,
be c~omprehended, when it is considered Il
in that region OF country snow Is rare v
liant, even in mid-wmter. 4. The Union Paci
Railroad Company sold. during April. H.
aces OF land, at al average piice Of s4.92 !
acre.
III South.
Miss SUSAN EBERHARr, an accomplice
Spawn in the murder Of his wife, was hung
n I'd inst, at Preston, Ga. Her last wor
We're; II am ready and Wiling" She W
perfectly unmoved, and had no dread of deaf
-. Brown Brewer, colored, was hung
searcy. Ark. on Friday, May 2, for the murd,
OF another negro some months ago.
HE entire business portion of the town
Trenton, La, has been burned. Loss, $500. OO
Nearly 400 Of the citizens Of st. Martin
parish Louisiana. have taken up arms. ant
with two pieces of artillery, have assembled I
resist with bloodshed, il need be, the installs
ton OF kellogg's appointees at st. Martins
vile. The metropolitan police, sent from Ne,
Orleans, have encamped in the town. and a
last accounts diminishing was going on be
tween the hostile forces, and a battle was re-
garded as imminent. In New Orleans there i,
much excitement. and many Of the police force
have declared that they will not take up arm.
against the people.
WASHINGTON.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says: Owing to an
accident, the Morgan Envelope Company, of
springfield. Mass. was unable to supply the
o,ooO, 600 postal cards which they promised the
Postofice Department by the LIST of Nav.
They notify the Department that thew are now
at work, and are making 500. 600 cards per day.
lit is ascertained that the recall of Minister
De Long from Japan was owing to having
repeatedly made presents to the Mikado
were used in Florida in the wars
With the Seminoles, and it has been proposed
hat the d be treated in the same way.
his course is not favored by the War Depart
nent. and Gen. Sherman thinks it would be a
kind of warfare even with
he Modocs. "A Washington dispatch of the
inst. says: Some of the Commissioners at
Jenna against whom no charges have been
'sde telegraph to Secretary Fish protesting
sanst their suspension. and appealing to him
let them go ahead and open the American
apartment, which presents a most humiliatinr
'pearance. The Secretary is much embar-
ssed by the situation, but has done nothing
'yond felesraphing Minister Jay to make all
'ssibie haste to get the Government out of
q trouble.
IwESrY-sEvES Congressman have returned
cir back pay to the United States Treasurer.
9 amount thus refunded a~ggregating SILL
IT is said John A. Bingham. of Ohio. will
.ceed Mr.. Orr as Minister to st. Peters, :
rs. 4. Negotiations are in progress at WASH ,
ton Tor turning over the lands granted !.
the state OF Texas to the Parisians who
fchased the Memphis and Ell Paso rail- :.
a bonds. James Lindsay. Pension Agent I
81. Louis, has been suspended for sir :
-. Nearly 400. 900 dead letters 7"
received at the Dead Letter Office dpr. y"
April. =
d.
HE turkish Government has ordered 400 W
riies from the United States. 49,. Italy has fe
J having a Ministerial crisis. .Garibaldi in
aarmingly lila mutiny lately occurred III
ing the Carlist prisoners on one of the We
airy Islands. and many of them were killed of
ne guard. Spain is rapidly enrolling Vol sill
'ers for service against the insurgents and te
Misses soon to have an army Of formidable mi
myth in the field.
lie earth at San Salvador is still shaking VIC
ouiidings which withstood the shock of I'll
earthquake, among them the Governments to
on March 4, have fallen. MANY of tho I'll
o'tahts who returned to the city. in the
u that the worst was over, have been hurt. ant
OF them have gone mad. cal
~. JAMES l.. ORn, United States Minister net
!. petersburg, died in that civ on the OF
Inst. OF inflammation of the lungs the
ma dispatch says: Rapid progress has ora
made in the arrangements ~ ,ho go. she
exhibition building since the opening. rail
ne departments are filled with goods ex. .
mat OF the United States. which is still pn!
y Great indignation is felt by American 20
ators at this state of things. The Sul. goo
I Turkey has forbidden the eyportatiop wat
rises from certain portions of his empire -"
period OF seven years. ...Pere Hyacinthe ~ n
rmed mass in a private building in -
va the other day, in presence of a con- 'ne
ton OF l,2o0. A decree of exccrmuni- cap'
was pronounced subsequently against 'ro u
who attended. -. Ca ada is threatening "
Of the Jesuits. Peol
American exhibitors at Vienna have :,
o work in an active manner to arrange ..,
and secure a proper exhibi- ana.
their goods. The idea of a formal ="
nation at an early day Of a conservative -.
&c az the permanent form of govern 49,
In France absorbs public attention, and .as.
ing ground everywhere. . The Govern. -
OF Switzerland has notified all Carlist a..
to quit the country. The Duchess of co..
has also been ordered To leave.