The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-28
NEWS IN BRIEF


TuouAs r. ANDERSON, cashier OF o bank at
Franklin. Pa recently set fire to the notes,
bonds and papers of the institution, and then
shot himself through the head. George
Francis Train, who is confined in the New York
Tombs, insists that he il insane and medical
commission has been appointed to determine
the uestion.
7 ROE numbers of orders are being received
at New York from Europe to purchase wooden
vessels to replace the iron ones lost in the last
years gales. Some brokers' say they ind 1t
impossible to I'LL their commissions fast
enough
AT Syracuse, n Y. the other day, young
man named Keller brutality murdered his
couxin-Miss Ida Spencer, aged l4-by beating
ont her brains with an iron bar. The motive
for the crime is unknown. The prohibition
lists Of Rhode Island have nominated full
ticket for State officers.
The Office Of the President Of the Pennsyl-
vania and Western railroad was robbed In New
York. recently, Of s16s, 900 in bonds. The
famous New York prison. known - the Tombs,
is to be demolished and replaced by new
structure The medical commission appoint
ed at New York to examine the mental condi-
ton of George Francis Train. report him to be
q man Of good education and brilliant intellect,
but undoubtedly Of unsound mind. 1t is pro-
bable he viii be turned loose, as he is not re-
garded as q dangerous man, and therefore not
. fit subject for commitment to an asylum.
Trains latest assertion is that in 30 days not
one stone in the bastile shall be left standing
upon another. and that the streets Of New York
are to run with blood.
THE lower house Of the Massachusetts, Leg
islAture has refused by vote Of 40 to l67. to
rescind the resolution censuring Senator Sum-
ner.
A MAN named George Mcdonald was arrested
at New York the other day, on landing from
the English steamer. who is believed to be the
principal in the great forgeries on the Bank of
England. Papers were found on him which.
it is said, reveal the whole plot. and criminase
men of high position in New York The
Bulls Head Bank, of New York. has collapsed.
rr THE VEST
THE political excitement at Salt Lake has
died out. the utmost good nature exists be-
tween Mormons and Gentiles. and'the business
prospects are said to be unusually promising.
-. There were two hangings in Illinois on
Friday. the 14th of Ms-ch-George Driver, AZ
Chicago for the murder of his wife. in Novem-
Der last and John Marion Osborne. at Knox
vile. Knox county. for the murder Of Mrs
AdeliA NJ. Matthews. in August. 1872 The
German Savings Bank at Kansas City. Mo-, was
recently burglarized to . heavy amount.
John Kelsey was shot at Centeryille. o. the
other day. BY Miss Ella Benham, q discarded
lover Nevada has been having little speck
Of internal war. The Lieutenant-Governorr re-
fused TO surrender the Office of Warden Of the
Peniteutiary, and conform to the new Law de-
taching the two Offices. whereupon Gov. Brad
lev marched upon the Penitentiary with militia
and cannon. and forced the surrender of the
rebeIlious officer, who will probably be i'm
peached. A proposition has been introduced
into the Michigan Legislature for the appoint
ment Of Railway Commissioners, who shall
have power to enforce the general railway law
and have . supervision Of all police regulations
concerning railways in the State. An effort
viii be made for another conference with Capt
Jack, the Modoc chief, though there is little
hope Of peaceful settlement. The epizootic
is raging throughout Arizona, and stage travel
and the mails are much DELAYED ID. A. Ma |
honey, editor Of the Dubuque Telegraph, has
sued the city Of Dubuque for $4,000 damages
sustained BY fall on the slippery pavement,
which resulted in . broken am
A NEW peace commission has been organized
to treat with the Modoc Indians. Capt Jack
having expressed . desire to have another
conference.
EMMA HALE, waiter in the Fisher House.
Three Rivers. Mich. committed suicide last
week by taking strychnine. A German,
named Albert Goetz, was murdered in dance
house in Chicago. on St. Patricks day. by .
party of roughs. who literally cut his throat
from ear to ear. The farmers in the vicinity
of Jacksonville, H., report that at least one
half, if not two-thirds, Of the honey bees have
been killed by the severe winter just past.
THE strike of the locomotive engineers in
Missouri has ended in the submission Of the |
strikers. "A little four-year-old boy was
killed in Chicago, the other day. by . wooden
figure Of IN Indian in front Of cigar store
falling upon him. Lieut.. Frederick Grant,
son Of the President, has been assigned to
duty on Gen. sheridan's stan. at Chicago.
THE SOUTH
The Annual Conference OF the Methodist
Church has found the Rev. Dr. Huston, of
Baltimore, guilty Of the crime charged against
him. and decreed his expulsion. The matter
viii be appealed to the General Conference.
! RoBERr E. LEE, in. son Of the late Gen. |
Lee, is the prospective Democratic candidate |
for Governor Of Virginia. The Falls City |
Tobacco Bank robbery. at Louisville. foots up
$3.50 600 The hank offers n reward of @50 OOO |
for the return OF the bonds, or Is per cent of |
the amount returned and no questions asked;
also. offers reward Of $500 each for the cap !