The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.

TO be hanged March
Maine has produced the latest meteorologi
cal novelty. At Watervillt and Wiscasset, in
that State, the other day, there Was severe
snow-storm, accompanied by thunder and
lightning, the thermometer marking at the
time degrees above zero, or "a degrees below
the freezing point.
Bill Dennis (colored) has been hung At Viii
mington, Del, for rape.
The United States Grand Jury, at Albany
has indicted Susan d. Anthony and fourteen
others for illegal voting 1t Rochester.
FosrER, the New York car-hook murderer. IN
TO be hanged March T.. Maine has produced
the latest meteorological novelty. At Water
vile and Wiscasset in that State, the other
day, there was = severe snow-storn,, accompa-
MED by thunder and lightning, the thermome-
ter marking 1T the time 8 degrees above zero,
or "A degrees below the freezing point. Bill
Dennis (colored) has been hung at Whining
ton, Del, for rape. The United States Grand
Jury, ct Albany, has indicted Susan b. An
thony and fourteen others for illegal voting at
Rochester
THREE persons were swept from . bridge
over the Little Delaware river, near Hampden,
Del, and drowned, during the recent freshet.
The smallpox is rapidly decreasing in Bos-
ton. :. The Cashier of the National Granite
State Bank. at Exeter, N. H., has absconded,
leaving defalcation of s2OO, 900. .Pennsyl-
vana will give 81, 900, 900, and the city of Phil
adelphia $500, 900, to aid the Centennial cause.
IT is announced that Commodore Vanderbilt
has abandoned his underground railroad pro-
ject ut New York. A monument has just
been placed in Greenwood Cemetery. New
York, to the memory of the gifted Cary sisters.
The idea Of the monument originated with the
late Horace Gneeley who started . subscrp- |
ton paper. >. Congressman r. B. Roosevelt,
of New York, has put his nomination for West |
Point up for competition among l., 500 scholars |
in the two public grammar schools in his dis
trict in New York. Boss Tweed, while read
ing the evidence of Cakes Ames in the Credit
Mobilier investigation, the other day. said:
Thank God I am not . Congressman. As
bad - they say am, they have never accused
mo Of selling my vote ~ Senator" George
Francis Train has caught fever and ague in
the New York Tombs, but he persists in living
on prison fare and repelling al offers of bail
He says he will not quit the prison until the
merits Of his cause release him. The Gilbert
Elevated Railway Company, of New York. has
contracted with the New York and Boston Iron
Company to build five miles Of road, at s1.-
O00, 900 per mile.
THE WEST
The epizootic is ravaging the Pacific coast.
THE Modoc Indians, flushed with their
recent victory, threaten . raid on the white
settlements.
The Lake County Qnd.) Infirmary was
burned last week. Two insane women we're
devoured by the flames 1T is stated that ,
some LOO suits are about to be entered ,
against the Missouri Pacific and Atlantic
and Pacific railroads, Of Missouri, for un- 8
just discrimination in freight charges These {
suits involve over a million Of dollars. ,
Laura d. Fair lectured at Sacramento. the :
other night in lager-beer saloon, having been ?
unable to obtain any public hall. Her subject !
was, Evolves in the Fold" Finding nobody ,
paid to enter the cellar, she ordered the door :
thrown open for q free lecture The place was
Immediately filed. She then went on the plat :
form and delivered her lecture.
The Mayor Of Detroit has been fined =oOO q
by the Recorder for violating the smallpox d
ordinance
CAPT. JACK, the Modoc chief recently at. n
tackled Col. Demands camp, and was re,.ulsed. \
Inc wnite settlers are getting apprehensive of t
IAds oy the savages, and many families are n
leaving. Il
HE Sidofs- Zeitung, q daily German Repub- O
hcan paper at st. Louis, has been sold under +
the Sherins hammer for $40, 500. VIM. Z
Lawn, sewing-machine agent was lately b
murdered by Perry county 60. saloon keeper.
becauseh he refused to pay for adrink of whisky. g
JOHN J. INGALLS,, the new Kansas Senator q
vice Pomeroy, is q lawyer, native of Esser il
county, Mass, and is 80 years old. He resides 7
In Atchison. Negroes from the South ara G.
being introduced into the coal mines at New il
Lisbon, Ohio, to supply the places of the strk.
Ing white miners. This being the first attempt q
to solve the difficulty Of miners strikes in tb;s X
manner the result is looked upon with consid. G
cradle interest n
THE SOUTH n
KENTUCKY is agitating the project Of remoy. K
ing her State capital from Frankfort to Louis- K
VILE. The people Of Georgia, Alabama. T
Florida, and other Southern States are serious. nj
y alarmed at the tide Of emigration which has O
vet In from those States in Texas. In Texas nj
Inc computation is that the arrivals of settlers n,
rom other States are equal to 5000 per aay O,
ms is during the present season, but in the 70
'pring greater number is expected. r.
AprFrIcuLrY recently occurred in Forsythe CO
county, Ca, between number OF United "a
states Deputy Marrhals and citizens charged IN
With violating the revenue laws, in which or
eventy-five shots were exchanged. One citi. an
zen was killed and two Deputy Marshals were VI
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