The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14


the poet Campbell >. 1T il reported that
American bankers Of London loaned Napoleon
s20o, 900 to facilitate coup he was meditating,
, aud that since his death the money has been
returned to them. News from DIR. Living
stone represents his health as much improved.
The Queen OF Spain has given birth to q
bouncing boy. Theirs refuses to accept the
constitutional project submitted to him by the
Committee Of Thirty Of the Assembly. Over
100 Internationalists have been arrested in
Montmartre, = suburb of Paris. .Ex-Emprcss
Carlotta, widow Of Macmillan. is reported in a
dying condition at Dresden. Randolph
Rogers, the American sculptor, has been made
. member Of the Roman Academy Of st. Luke,
the first citizen Of the United States who has
received the honor. Rustichuk. fortified
city Of Bulgaria, has been the scene Of fierce
street riot, in which Is Bulgsrisns and 10
Greeks were slaughtered.
GENERAL
An absurd rumor WAS telegraphed over the
country, few days ago, that President Grant
had been assassinated. II is scarcely neces-
sary to ssy that there was not even the shadow
Of foundation for the report. "A Havana
letter says the conviction has come over all
that slavery, in its present form, will be abol-
ished, and not single step has been taken to
secure any other system. The following
criminals are under sentence of death Foster,
the New York car-hook murderer. to be hung
March z; Charles A. Russell, for the murder Of
James Crafty, to be hung at San Francisco,
March 81 John II. johnson. of New Haven,
to be hung for the murder Of Johanna Hess.
"A. b. Stockwell President of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company and the SANTANA Bay
Company, has been elected President of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company. The
Dowager Empress of Brazil is dead Com
petition between the three trunk lines from |
Cincinnati to the East has resulted in reducing |
the fare from there to New York to SI5 and |
return.
The additional evidence taken in the Greeley |
will case, the other day, indicates that Mr..
Greeley was insane even before the election.
-. Recent deaths: Robert d. Cranston, an ex-
Congressman from Rhode Island B. w. Nor
ris, late member Of Congress from the Third
Alabama District Luther Tucker, editor of the
Cuhirator and Country Gentleman, at Albany,
NY.
The highest rate for telegraphic dispatches
from any two points in the United States is
hereafter to be $3.50 for ten words, instead Of
IS, as 1t present. This regulation sp-
plies mainly to the Atlantic and Pacific cities
The rates between Western cities and Califor-
mia have been reduced. but not in the same
The last rail on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad has been laid. thus CON-
plotting the line between Huntington, w. Va,
on the Ohio river, and the seaboard. The
between the three trunk railroad
lines, selling tickets between Cincinnati and
New York and return, has ended by a compro-
mise, whereby all resume the regular rates.
Tickets for the round trip to New York sold as
low ~ 50 before the compromise was effected I
-. The Atlantic Steamship Mail Company
Havana to New York; has collapsed, and its
and other effects are to be sold under
The hammer. Epitaph Died from competition !
IT is proposed to tunnel the Ohio and Missis-
,ippi rivers near their junction in order to "a Z
'ilitate railway movements. A company for {
hat purpose has been formed with capital 4
II 0,0OO, 900. and has applied to Congress- for
IN act transportation. Preparations for the 7
Of the centennial anniversary Of t
american Independence at Philadelphia have Il
'een intrusted to o committee Of 800 leading I
itizens. At a meeting of this committee, the a
ther day, $4,000 we're subscribed. making r
goo, 900 promised by Philadclphia for the cee- t
ration. The City Council is asked to appro- v
riate II, 900, 600 from the city funds, and sub {
criptons are invited from every citizen Of the a
Jnited States. b
JAN. 26.-At Brooklyn, n. Y.-Pratts Astral
iii Works; loss, $50, 900. Philadelphia d
Iartin's distillery estimated loss, s6O 900 in
urance, $4,000. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 4 Il
,eckers store loss, $40, 600. .Hillsboro. Ill. L
-Gunsing's wagon factory loss. $4,000.
JAy. 27.--Union Springs, N. Y. loss, 800 q
90: insurance, $4,000. Cincinnati. o.; "
,ss, !35, 000. .Kingstree, s. c.: loss $50. 600:
,surance, $4,000. Green Bay, Wis. loss A
$4,000. b
Jas. 2s.-At Springfield, Ill.-The fine resi- in
ence Of II. E. Goodell known IS the Matteson m
,ansion: loss, about s25O,OoO; insured for I
40, 900. Madison, wis.-yaughn Sons re
gricultural implement warehouse loss, &c. b.
DO. Nashville, Tenn.-McCrea, Murray 4 W
o.'s distillery; loss, $50 900; insurance. S:5,- Il
DO. Washington City-The National Thea RI
n was totally destroyed, and the Imperial p
Iotel, adjoining, seriously damaged; total o,
'ss, about s14O, 00O.. Dubuque, Iowa-La III
arge Bros bakery loss $4,000. Iowa II
alls, Iowa-St. James Hotel: loss, 5000. n
JAN. 29.-At Lancaster, O.-The extensive N
eam-tannery Of Martin Evans 4 Co., involv- a.
10 A 1Oas Of S41 600 Three Rivers M;,I,
number Of buildings destroyed; loss, $40, 900 y,
(. Beverly, Mass.-Seth Norwood Co.'S :.
Zoe factory was partially burned, and num- -