The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-04-18
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NEWS IN BRIEF.
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Legislature In . debate tho day before
James NJ. scovill 80 perjured man" and .
scoundrel," and when Mr.. Cole and Jol
Hood, members. met in the hall they engag,
In war Of words. Scovill came mp, and, mi
ing in the quarrel, Cole GATED him . "a liar
and was immediately Knocked down by Scovi
The Speaker ordered all the doors to be close
but before 1t was done Case rushed into ii
fight and Scovill Knocked him down also, m
he tas badly punished while he was dow
Thd Mayor Of Trenton interposed, and pr
vailed upon Ecovill to leave the State-Hous,
and the fight ended Coles face was niue
disfgured 1t is proposed to take all til
bodies Of the Atlantic victims to Halifax an
bury them together in public cemetery. an
erect monument over them. The City Coun
ell. on application Of the Provincial Govern
ment, has resolved to place . lot in the GENE
tery at the disposal of the friends Of the dead
One hundred and seventy bodies have so IA
been recovered. +. Nixon, uUier sentence o
death at New York, il completely broken down
and the prison officers say if he does not di,
of fright he will have to be carried to the gal
lows. May 16 is the day set for his execution
-. Henry Biceland, the murderer Of Johr
dillingham;, has been sentenced to be hung al
Washington, Pa. The Hon. Richard Yates
Of Illinois, ex-United States Senator, and re.
Gently appointed q Government Director Of the
Union Pacific Railroad, was arrested in Phila-
delphia, few nights since.
The New York Herald says Miss Nellie
Grant is "a engaged" to Thomas Murphy Jr.,
con Of ex-Collector Murphy. A large Sec
ton Of the city Of New York was plunged into
darkness the other day, as the result Of the
strike Of the gas men,. A. I. Stewart the
New York dry goods king, is seriously i'll with
Briehfs disease of the kidneys. .Agassiz is
in failing health.
The Genesee valleNand other parts of New
York have been visited by serious floods. in
volving great destruction of property. and in
some cases, of human life. At Rochester. an
incident of the overflow resulted in sad
calamity. large number of persons were
standing on an unfinished wall by the side of
the river watching the rise of the waters.
when the wall was swept away, and ten or fif-
teen persons precipitated into the stream
Several Of them were carried over the falls
and drowned. :. The election in Connecticut
resulted ia the success Of Ingersoll, the Demo-
ratio candidate for Governor, by majority Of
s.6O9 votes, ever the Republican and Prohibi-
ion candidates. The Congressional delega-
ion stands exactly as in the last Congress,
namely: First District, Hawiey Rep.); Sec
ond, Kellogg Rep.); Third, Starkweather
(Rep.); Fourth, Barnum Oem); while the
Democrats have majority in the Legislature.
-. Peter Gilsey, the largest real estate dealer
n New York, is dead.
A BUILDING in course of construction at Mid.
letown, CT, fell the other day, killing six
Torkmen and injuring twelve others Fred
nick A. Lane, Of Erie notoriety and a we'll
nown Wall street operator, has been igno-
,iniously expelled from the New York Century
'lnb for dishonest practices. The New York
triking gas men had sharp conflict with the
dice the other day, in which the former were
ut to rout, many of them with broken heads
nd belabored bodies. One hundred skilled
.nglish farmers, bound for Minnesota, arrived |
New York last week.
The insusance on Horace Greeley's life, |
100. 900, has been collected. The policy is
he largest paid in the las. decade. The
trike Of the New York gas men has proved a
allure. John Hanley, the youthful hero Of
10 Atlantic disaster, visited the New York
took Exchange the other day, and received
233.
THE WEST
GEN. JOIN W. wooLY was found dead in his
ed at the Newhsll House, Milwaukee. a few
ornings since. It is believed his death was
used by an overdose of chloroform. "A
lost remarkable accident occurred in Pike
'unty, ILL.,, few days since John Bailey
~ engaged in thrashing wheat with ten
srse machine. The ground being soft, large
nantity Of straw had been thrown on the
ack to make solid walking for the horses. A
urnal in the machine became 30 hot Is to set
e straw on fire, aud the flames spread 30
pidly. that in tew minutes the machine, a
rye quantity Of thrashed grain, and several
ks fthe golden cereal were consumed. Five
'rses were burned to death, and several 9TH {
. made useless by being cooked to crisp. [
ne man had most Of his clothing burned on,
It was not fatally injured. .Advices from i
. seat Of war in the Modoc country repre-
Mt the situation as unchanged. Capt. Jack
master Of the situation, and still defiant. c
,e suggestion Of the name of d. w. Adams =
granger candidete for Governor Of Iowa, {
uses considerably fluttering among the party n
Anagers. The organization Of new oranges i
ntinues without abatement. Nearly l,2OO n
now organized and the number is rapidly ]
creasing. The members are now discussing D
lat action they will take in the coming cam Il
ign, and outside politicians are anxiously r.
itching their movements. The town Of @
rker's Landing on the Ohio river, has been 3
most totally swept out Of existence by fire, Il
rdly building being left standing. v