The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-31
NEWS IN BRIEF.



for the murder Of William Hatfield. Their
hawk, susquehanna, Allegheny, and othe
streams in the East. Many bridges were swep
away, causing much damage to railroads, an
seriously interrupting travel Senator Sher
mans specie resumption proposition is the sub
ject of widespread interest and discussion
among New York bankers andmerchants, who's
opinions are widely at variance on the feasibil
ity of the plan. The daily illustrated news
paper which has been contemplated in New
York it is now stated will be published b,
Goodsell Bros, late Of Chicago. 1t will be al
Graphic. In size il is to be smaller than the
Sum- but it is to have eight pages. with illustra.
lions in four. The process of illustration will
be by photography. w. H. Bumstead, the
Boss Tweed Of Jersey City, has been pardoned
out of the penitentiary.
The trial Of Boss Tweed at New York, is
dragging its slow length along. The latest
New York murder was committed by q
printer = Marshall McGruder = who burst
open the door Of fellow-compositor
named Clarence Lockwood, and pro-
ceeded to empty the contents Of a re-
volver into the body of the defenseless typo.
The murderer was arrested A woman was
connected with the tragedy. Boston is suf-
fering terribly from smallpox, 5000 cases be-
ing reported last week.
The report of the existence of new horse
epidemic in New York is a canard Foster.
the New York car-hook murderer, mas failed to
obtain a new trial, and will be hung
The nailers and feeders in the Pittsburgh
nal mills are on a general strike. The Sa-
mana Bay Company held a meeting at New
York. the other day, and ratified the contract
made with the San Domingo Government. The
following officers were elected for the ensuing
year: A. b. Stockwell, President Paul n Spot
ford, vice-President; Henry Clews, Treasurer:
r. r. Hazard, Secretary. The company intend
purchasing or building three steamers besides
the Tybee, which will run regularly between
New York and SANTANA Bay, establishing week |
~ communication. .Sanderson, a lawyer, has |
sued the Brooklyn Union for $50, 900 worth of |
libel. "A New York dispatch Of the 22d saws:
1t was painful scene when the sisters. Mrs. |
Woodruff and Tennie C. Clafin, and Col Blood
were for the fourth or fifth time taken to court
sAes w PASoA W VIC AueAACtuleut IOT the same
libel, this time for repetition Of it. Strong
minded women and weak-minded men were
conspicuous by their absence, and the prison.
ers, already under heavy bail, could not furnish
new bail, and were let out on parole.
The Hon. VIM. Cassidy, editor of the Albany
Erening Argus, and one of the famous Albany
Regency, is dead. The Pennsylvania Consti-
tutional Convention has decided that the State
elections shall be held on the Tuesday follow
ng the first Monday in November. and city ,
md township elections on the third Tuesday in
February. ,
THE WEST G
The employees of the Southern Minnesota I
abroad have seized the road for non-payment I
4 back pay. I
McNuLTY, the Chillicothe, H., wife-mur- 7
erer, is to be hung. The thermometer at G
parta, Wis, on the 18th Of January. marked {
5 degrees below zero.
An airline railroad is projected between I
and st. Louis. ..Advices from Cal p
'ornia state that Q severe battle has been o
ought between the troops under command of a
ZEN. Wheston and the Modoc Indians. The 4
oops fought the unseen foe from 8 a. m to s
Ark, under terrific fire. during which scarce Il
one Indian was seen. The loss to the troops
% 40 killed and wounded. The loss to the
odocs is unknown. The troops were finally .,
'iged to retreat to their camps. :. j. X :,
raves, President of the Iowa Pacific and two =
her railroads, has succeeded in obtaining :,
70 necessary funds to pay of the companies p :,
debtedness incurred in the construction dur :.
6 the fau, and to commence operations in :.
q spring, when it is the intention at once to
lid the road from Dubuque to Fort Dodge. a.,
"A nephew Of George Francis Train has :.
en- sentenced, at Council Bluffs, to thirty !.
~ imprisonment for swindling rural gen. =,
man out of $40 at three card monte. -
Two LADIEs-Mrs. Rosa Duance and Miss A.
Majors-were suffocated by coal gas. at
sveland clearinghouse, last week. A man -.
med Kidder was recently killed near Ep- W.
nth, Iowa, by the falling of tree. Uriah IN
we, one of the first settlers of Manstee. =.
,h., was recently frozen to death. Later 81
diligence from the scene of battle with the ~,
doc Indians, in California, states that IA r..
ties were killed and 20 wounded. The -
ops we're obliged to leave their dead ON the A..
HE well-known druggist, p. c. Samson. one -
the Oldest and most prominent citizens of ore
buque, Iowa, died recently, after a lnger- ous
illness, OF consumption. John Crowter, n
OF the pioneers of Dubuque county, Iowa, v;a,
found dead in, field near his home.
re he had gone'to cut wood He died from a. ~
age. usy
* persons were drowned at Evansville. ~,
!, recently, while attempting to cross the ~
0 river in a skiff. Hammond the revival anu
il converting ,ha p,oo,r;....- -. w., ,o'N@ ing
The Grand 49,, ~. N,n.r SIN died
t;no a. nov.on -. ep"Diic Com