The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-04-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.


BARxux has risen from the ashes, and !
again ON the road with . show two miles long
"A New York Judge the other day offered Il
admit George Francis Train IN 81 900 bail, bu
the prisoner declined to furnish it. . . Tn
total amount raised in Pennsylvania thus ia
for the Centennial Celebration 10 o., SS7 900
-. Ex-Congressman Roosevelt, in lecture q
New York, the other day, on Corruption II
Congress, said that, Of 800 bills passed during
the past year, there were not more than one
twentieth Of them that the members knew
anything about This he attributed to the
bad rules of the House. He spoke at length
Of corrupt legislation, and said that the only
legitimate business done was just before the
close of the session.
A TRAIN on the Rensselaer, and Saragota
railroad was precipitated down an embark.
ment near Rutland, VT, last week. Two
persons we're killed and q large number in
jured.
GOLD reached l1Sl in New York, one day last
week, . higher premium than it has before
commanded since August, 1870. Charles NJ.
Bsras, the author of the spectacular piece
called the g Black Crook, met his death near
Stamford, CT, recently, by jumping from a
train while it was in motion.
The New York Erening Post says George
William Curtis resigned his position on the
civil-service board because he regards several
important appointments recently made as a
virtual abandonment of civi-service reform
MICHAEL Nixon has been convicted by a
New York jury Of murder in the first degree
for the killing of Charles Pfefer. :. New Jer-
sey is in raptures over the General Railroad
BILL which has been signed by the Governor
and which, it is hoped, will put an end to the
railroad monopoly which has so long ridden
that State.
THE WEST.
A GREAT religious revival, under the direc-
tion Of the Rev. E. p. Hammond, has been in
progress at Denver, COL Several hundred
conversions have been made. including large
number Of gamblers, saloon-keepers, and
fallen women. Prayer-meetings have been
held in the jail, and nearly all the prisoners
are said to be under deep conviction. a re-
cent fire at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory. de-
stroyed $50, 600 worth of property
THOMAS WILSON, of Milwaukee, while eat
ing his dinner the other day, was choked to
death by piece Of meat, which lodged in his
throat "A train on the Great Western rail-
road ran of the track near Detroit, last week.
The sleeping-car took fire and was DESTROYED,
two children being severely burned. Nearly
all the passengers were more or less bruised.
The Illinois Central railroad earned %. 145,-
S4S last year beyond its expenses. -. IT.. Charles
G.. Mauro, a prominent criminal lawyer Of ST.
Louis, is dead. Four men belonging to a
Government survey party were recently muir
dered by Indians on the southwestern from
tier Of Kansas. A frightful accident oc-
cured at the Singer building, in Chicago. last
week. scaffoldng upon which two men
were at work gave way, precipitating them to
the ground floor, distance of ITO feet. Both
were instantly killed.
II Is reported that Candy is surrounding the
Modocs, and will soon oblige them to surren-
der. Jacks force is SO.
CONSTRUCTION train ran into q passenger
train near East st. Louis last week, killing two
persons and seriously injuring FIVE or six Others
1.-THE steamer W. j. Lewis, with cargo val
ned at 100000, recently sunk in the Missis-
sippi so miles below st. Louis. Private ad-
vices from Arizona state that the Apaches ere
cowed by Crooks policy.
THE SOUTH
THOMAS SMITH (colored) was hanged at
Louisville on the 2sth ult., for the murder Of
Joseph Braden, in May, 1871. On the same
day Charles Manley, also colored. suffered |
Ea 1tv ~ ".
der Of an old man named Moore, in July, 1872.
AEIca vein Of lead and silver ore, with gold
dust mixed, was discovered recently Oh the
banks of the Arkansas river, at Little Rock :.
A terrific hurricane, 100 yards in width, ie-
Gently swept over the town Of Canton, Miss,
destroying fifty houses, killing one person,
and injuring many more.
The town Of Franklin, Tenn, was Recently
visited by terrific tornado, which left hardly
, house unchanged.
ALL the magistrates composing the Mem
ibis county court except four have been in
licted for voting themselves 90 per diem.
vhen only authorized by law to draw q. -Four
II the number refused to draw the additional
'ay. They will be prosecuted to the extent Of
he law.
" ARLINGTON.
The Third Auditor has audited and reported
% the Second Comptroller over 700 Southern
claims which have been awarded. Only about
100 now remain. Allison Hayes and A. ].
Marteon, convicted Of Ku-Klux outrages in
South Carolina, have been pardoned by the
President. .Oakes Ames has notified the
Attorney-General Of the United States that the .
Credit Mobilier Company does not intend to
Its books to the Government, but
will offer them for inspection.
The amount of money which will be with {
'eld from the Pacific Railroad Companies. in ,