The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-02-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.

IL. on Att>Aess 49, - - 49,
Patrick rahey. The cash value Of Mr.. Gree
lsys estate has been appraised at slao,0Oc
EDWARD s. STOKES, the slayer Of James
Fisk. yr, who was to have been hung at New
York on the 18th Of February. has obtained q
stay Of proceedings, and will. in all probability,
he granted new trial Robert Emmett son
Of Thomas Adds Emmet. the Irish patriot. and
nephew Of the celebrated Robert Emmett. died
at New Rochelle, n. Y, recently. The deceased
was long an eminent member of the New York
bar. The projected New York illustrated
evening paper. the Daily Graphic, will be
issued March Is.
The appraisement Of the estate of Horace
Greeley and wife has been completed The
daughters will each have fortune Of at least
100000. after all legacies. including that to
the Children's Aid Society. have been paid.
Resolutions in favor Of woman suffrage have
passed the Lower House Of the Maine Legisla-
sure by vote Of 81 to 81.
The Democrats Of Connecticut have nomi-
mated Charles r. Ingersoll for Governor.
NEW YORK dispatch says: a. The ineal
descendants of Madame Jumel. the old mis-
tress Of Aaron Burr, have reached the end Of
their lawsuit for four millions worth Of prop
erty on Manhattan Island and are left ont in
the cold The Nelson-Chase party. now in
possession, are triumphant, and quite over
whelmed their lawyer, Chas. O'Conor. to-day
with their caresses and kisses. O'Conor will
probably poke. consideration Of several
hundred thousand dollars 1t is sad
Stokes lawyers have discovered new evidence
OF startling character that viii assure his
scquittal.
The Grand Jury at jacksonville. Oregon.
has indicted number Of Capt Jacks Modoc
warriors for murder.
The tribulation of the Mormon leaders. in
view Of the possibility Of decisive Congress
sional action against their peculiar institution.
Is becoming daily more manifest and their
removal from Utah is being seriously dis
cussed- 1t is intimated that negotiations have
been renewed for the exclusive possession Of
one Of the Sandwich Islands.
A SALT LAKE dispatch states that agents Of
the priesthood are circulating for signature a
petition to Congress for the appointment of a
commission to visit Utah and investigate the
matters at issue between the Gentiles and Nor
mons. The object is understood solely to
stave on Legislation till better arrangements
can be made to defeat the Government effort
TO enforce the laws. Mrs. E. ]. Sutherland.
of French Grove, H., was recently choked to
death by q rabbit bone.
The passenger train going west from Tolono.
III, ON the Toledo, Wabash and Western rail-
road. encountered about dozen legal fare
fo~ "A .r,a
tor and train-men undertaking toput them or
they drew their revolvers and virtually took
possession Of the train. arriving at Sodorus, q
distance Of a miles, in triumph. The ZANE
day conductor on one of the Illinois Central
trains was arrested at Tolono. charged with as
sault and battery, in forcing man OF his train
for refusing to pay full fare. A general
smallpox panic exists at LaSalle III. A young
man was taken i'll at a public ball there the
Other day. and . few hours afterward was in
full eruption with the disease. The widest
CONSERVATION was produced by the circum-
stance. and many families left the place.
BEysoS, the murderer Of David Crockett.
Jr.. who was recently hung by mob in Utah,
was . son of the late Mormon Bishop Sharp.
prominent in the priesthood. and an especial
friend Of Brigham Young.
TEE Iowa Legislature. at its recent special
session, adopted . railroad law limiting the
rates for passenger travel to 81 cents per mile
upon all roads where gross earnings exceed
$4,000 per mile per year. The Indiana Legis-
lature has Likewise passed . law regulating
passenger and freight charges. Passenger
fares are fixed 1t 8 cents . mile; for local
freights. within distances Of 20 miles, not more
than 100 per cent. in excess Of through freight
rates shall be charged; within distances of so
miles, not more than IS per cent, and for
greater distances not more than 50 per cent
flames Walker, Of Jacksonville, ILL.,, an old
man Of 80, recently wandered from home.
Search being instituted for him, be was found
dead near the city, his clothes torn into shreds,
and his body almost devoured by hogs.
THE SOUTH
The steamboat Henry A. Jones, from Hous-
ton. for Galveston, with cargo Of 4i2 bales
Of cotton. was destroyed by fire on the morn
ing Of February Is, in Galveston Bay. Twenty
one lives we're lost among them were the |
captain first and second clerks, first engineer,
cooper. The survivors, twenty-seven in num- |
her, we're taken to Galveston by the steamer |
Henry Forbes
STEAMBOAT recently ran into the draw |
bridge across the Cumberland river at Clarks- |
vile, Tenn. completely demolishing the struc- |
ture.
The Pope county ark troubles have |
broken out afreeh. A militia captain was re-
Gently shot and killed, and Sheriff Dodson and |
. party forthwith started on to Little Rock |
At Perry Station Dodson was shot and mortal
" wounded by some unknown assassin while |
standing on the platform Of the train. The |
greatest excitement prevailed A great flood /