The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-04-18

without glasses up 10 within few weeks Q
, her death. brigham Young told the Mormo
Conference Ut Salt Lake that he was gettin
old, and wanted young man to carry out tn
work he had commenced. He has retired gen
orally from business spiritual and commercial
!, and II is said he will join the new Mormon
colony i'm Arizona.
y TWELVE hundred hogs. two hundred cattle
: and large number Of sheep were smothere,
: to death on train between Chicago and Pitts
burgh, few days ago. Nearly every trail
!, that arrives at the East Liberty yards 10 sai,
: to contain more or less stock smothered. ;.
Chicago has been honored by visit from tn,
world-famous Boss Tweed. .Thirty-fv OF tho
survivors Of the Inflated Atlantic have arrived
: in Chicago. :. It il said that the Mormons are
, preparing to leave Utah and settle in Arizona
Brigham Young will lead them, and the new
colony will be located in the valleys bordering
on the San Francisco Mountains. From this
last Mormon paradise all Gentiles will be ex-
cluded.
The Kiowa, Cheyenne and Arapshoe In
dams are preparing for war, and forts in West
ern Kansas, and south Of that section, are be-
ing reinforced. Charles Sanguinet, the old
est native inhabitant Of st. Louis, has Just
died. He was born in that city in 1881. "A
bill is before the Illinois Legislature appropri-
atins $50, 900 to finish the partially completed
monument to Stephen A. Douglas, in Chi
csgo.
| THE SOUTH
ADVANCE sheets of Gould 4 Co.'S new "D-
rectory give the population of twelve OF the
thirteen wards of st. Louis at 42S, I26--an in
crease Of l17,262 over the census of 1870.
CHIEF-JusrIcE CHASE has been visiting ex-
Confederate Gen. Bradley Il. johnson, at Rich
mond. Extensive preparations are being
made at Norfolk Va, for the reception Of the
President at that point upon his Southern tour
WASHINGTON
REGULATIONS have been issued from the
Treasury Department for the withdrawal of
alcohol from bond fo- scientific purposes under
the act approved February 81, 1878.
ANOTHER murderer has been sentenced to
death at Washington. The Commissioner Of
Education has sent out over 1900 letters and |
II, 600 small packages relating to the Vienna |
Exposition. "A Washington dispatch of the |
18th says Pennsylvania politicians arriving
here represent the greatest excitement prevail
ing in that State over the Congressional Appor-
tionment bill pending in the Legislature The
Democratic leaders assert that the measure
practically disfranchises 10000 Democratic
voters of the State. This, they claim, is pal
pable violation of the Fourteenth Amendment
in that it abridges the privileges and immu-
mites OF citizens, and they say that they will
appeal to Congress for restoration. The fol-
lowing is the letter Of George William Curtis
resigning his position ON the Civil Service
Board:
WEST NEW BRIGHTON. n. u. March Is.
MY DEAR SIR: As the circumstances under
which several important appointments have
been recently made seem to me to show an
both of the spirit and letter of
the civil service regulations, respectfully re-
sign my position as q member of the Advisory
Board Of the Civil Service. In 80 doing beg
TO assure you Of my warmest wishes, and Of
the continuance Of my most earnest efforts for !
the success of your administration. Very re-
spectfuly and truly yours,
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.
His Excellency the President. I
The rush of travel to Europe is extraordi- {
nary, judging from the applications made to {
the State Department for passports, which ex-
iced in number those granted for any corre-
spending period They average about 100 per .
lay. The accounts received from the Indian {
country indicate renewal OF the atrocities
'long the frontier. The Treasury Depart
nent has commenced paying the cotton claims
lied under the act of May Is, 1872 Over
200 claims have been presented, covering
'ver $4,000, 600. Senator Sumner rides out
laily, and when within q couple of squares /
rom his residence he leaves his carriage and p
Ealks home. The exercise, slight as it is.
Tres him considerably, owing to his weak t
tate. O
IT Is announced that there will be no change r.
q the financial policy Of the Treasury Depart y
aent. Large numbers Of hungry office-seek- r,
rs still lnger within the shades of the White Ia
louise. The President will start on his pro- t.
osed Southern trip early in May. Appoint a.
lents by the President: Charles Gilpn,
urveyor Of Customs at Baltimore. nc.
arter, Surveyor Of Customs at st. Joseph, T
10. Postmaaters-Charles L. Nichols, at
ort Leavenworth, Kansas Louis F. Kloster-
ian at Cape Girardeau, NO.; Daniel F. Braul- :.
rdger at Louisiana. Mo- L. B. Cockern 1T -
arthage, ILL.,; j. G. McPheeters ct Blooming
IN; Ind Robert Shields at Neenah, Wis; q
lillian Tracy at Flint, Mich; Lucius Whit Q,
~, at Norris, iii. ii;
An appeal has been made by some Of the nj
lends Of the Washington Monument Assoc 8
alton to the members Of Congress who do =
1t want to take their extra salary grab, to p
i'm over the amount to the completion Of the &C
The total amount of the grab is is
,25O,O0O, which, 1t is said, will finish the XII