The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-17

several investments in New York during the
. pas. year, and owned nearly million dollars
worth of property in that city. Mrs. carr
and her three children we're burned to DEATH
I in Delaware county Pa. last week. by the ex-
plosion Of . lamp.
THE WEST
Tur fine residence OF ex-Gov. Dewey. at
Cassyille. Wis, was burned recently. Loss
$4,000. The coal-mners' strike at Spring
field Ill. has ended, the workmen having ac-
cepted the old rates. Two brothers, named
William and David Clarkson. both butchers.
aged respectively 60 and II. were found frozen
to death in their beds in Pike county. ILL.,. re-
Gently. They were known to be extremely
miserly. and it seems that. notwithstanding
they were wealthy-being worth s2OOOo, had
money in their pockets. and an abundant sup
ply of fuel at hand-they froze TO death be-
cause they were too stingy to burn their wood.
Their deaths were certainly most extraor-
binary. =. A Morgan county, H.. farmer, has
brought suit for $4,000 damages against the
Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. Tor
communicating the Texas cattle fever to his
stock. Frederick Rupp. editor OF the BELL
vile (Ill) Z.atuny, recently committed suicide
by hanging himself in the doorway of his
Office. Decatur, ILL.,. has been excited over
an attempt of some fiend to poison family 10y
putting arsenic in the well. All the family,
consisting of seven persons. partook OF coffee
made from the poisoned water. and were only
saved by the arrival Of prompt medical aid. z.
Delphi. Ind. has had her little blaze. for which
she paws 80. 900. . The officers of the Masonic
Lodges Of Omah publish = card repudiating
the gift concert scheme advertised in that city
Ito aid in building a Masonic Temple" 49,.
Two steamboats,. q ferryboat and several coal
barges we're sunk BY the ice at Madison. Ind.
Loss. $4,000.
The town of wadena, Clayton county. Iowa.
was recently the scene of n horrible murder.
A party of young men, while under the infiu-
ence of liquor. seized a youth of IL years.
named Garrett Dorland, and. procuring a
horse. they tied him. Mazeppa-ike. on the
back Of the beast and galloped him up and down
the streets Of the village. Having satisfied
their spirit Of devitry. the fends finally cut the
thongs that bound the now unconscious boy
The next morning he was found dead. with
blood and froth standing on his lips.
UTAH last year shipped 1O.Si7 tons of ore,
5.653l tons of base bullion. and silver bars to
the value Of $1,000. 900. A cattle disease has
made its appearance in Western Ohio. which
proves fatal in q very few minutes Chicago
has been the scene of another cold-blooded
murder the victim being an inoffensive Swede
named Lars G.. Larsen. who was assaied by q
mob of roughs while quietly walking the street
and stabbed to the heart.....A train was thrown
from the track Of the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy railroad. near Peoria last week. by
which number of persons were seriously in
jured.
| Col. WILLIAM VI. GRosvENoR has retired
| from the chair editorial Of the ST. Louis Dis
patch. The entire Republican State ticket
has been declared elected in Arkansas, and the
new officers have been sworn in. New
| Orleans telegram Of the Sth inst. says - The
city il very quiet. The Pinchback Legislature
was in joint session, counting the vote fol
Governor and Lieutenant Governor. In the
House Of the Peoples Legislature there were
| fifty-eight members and quorum present. Ii
the Senate there was no quorum"
Two CHILDREN were scalded to death at De
catur, Ill, recently, by one of them pulling
over q cofYee-pot filed with the boiling fluid
=. -Four persons we're recently killed by the
explosion of the boiler Of steam mill. in
Hillsdale county. Mich Advices from Ar
IONA state that Gen. Crook is waging war OF
determination against the murderous Apaches
THE soUTH
New ORLEANS and Nashville each had q
$4,000 fire ON the Sd inst. -. Hon. A. o. P
Nicholson fell on the slippery pavement al
Nashville, the other day. and was seriously in
jured-
THE best portion of the town Of Carlisle. Ky.
has been destroyed by fire.. The Arkansai
State Reform Convention met at Little Rocl
on the eth. and adjourned over to the 14th
The State House was closely guarded by Fed
eral troops, on account Of threats made b,
some Of the 2eformers to take possession Of
the building. >. The trial of Mrs. Wharton. fo
the murder Of Eugene Van Ness, was com
menced at Baltimore last week. The Ar
kansas troubles" seem to have occasioned M
trouble whatever 40 far as the Inauguration o.
the Governor was concerned. The election
returns were canvassed by the Legislature. and
Baxter. the Republican nominee, declared
elected and sworn in. Brooks, the opposition
candidate who claims to have been elected. ma,
brought suit to contest the election. and the
question is left wholly to peaceful settlement
by the law The Fusion or auti-Pinchbscl
Legislature assembled in New Orleans on the
9Th, and. contrary to general expectation, theil
coming together was unproductive Of riot and
bloodshed. This result was due to the fact
that Gen. Emory had received orders from
Washington to notify Pinchback (who had
threatened to dispense the Fusionists at the
point Of the bayonet) that no Federal troops
would be furnished to break up any body OF
men claiming to be Legislature, or otherwise
assembling peaceably. An immense concourse
of citizens. estimated ~ high AZ 30, 900, assem-