The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-17

amer be known a. the New Orleans, st. Louis
and Chicago Railroad.
Governor Davis OF Minnesota calls upon
the Changers 20 aid him In relieving the des-
titute people Of the western part of the State.
The ravages Of the grasshopper has brought
the wolf To many homes.
The grand jury at New Orleans have found
true bills for highway robbery against Police
Chief Badger and his confederates, for the
recent midnight seizure of the Bulletin
forms.
Two servant girls at East Cleveland, Ohio,
were fatally burned a few days ago while en-
gagged in replenshing the tank Of "A gasoline
stove. They lived only few hours.
The Minnesota Railroad Commissioners
appointed under the recent legislative act OF
that State hayeprepareda schedule for freight
and passenger tariff. The usual local pas
senger fare has been 5 cents per mile. This
rate the commissioners reduce TO or ( IL
cents per mile on the Iowa and
Minnesota division OF the Milwaukee
and st. Paul Railroad and to IL cents
on the river division of the same road. The
general manager of the Sioux City and st.
Paul Road. abiding TO the official schedules
says: We cannot run cheaper the trains
which have been run, nor have we any re-
serve TO pay expenses not earned. Ifthe peo-
Pile on the line of the road are unwilling TO
pay old prices for transportation, firstclass
passenger trains will be discontinued and
such accommodations will be given to pas
sengers as can be given at four cents mile"
The summary of the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange crop report up to June 30 shows
an average increase in acreage in Texas Of Is
per cent, and a decrease in Mississippi of
per cent: louisiana 30; Arkansas, s; Ten
nessee, 3 IL; Alabama, 10; North Carolina,
10; South Carolina, IL; Georgia, 10; and Flor
ida, per cent The crop is generally from
two to three weeks behind that of last year,
but the condition of the plant promising.
There is no complaint regarding labor.
A Salt Lake dispatch Of the Sd saws that the
Montana stage was robbed on the previous
night al Big Dry Creek, twenty-four miles
south of Pleasant Nalley,by four masked men
armed with shot-guns. The South coach was
stopped first and run into the brush and held
until the North coach came. The passengers
We're robbed Of their valuables and Wells.
Fargo Il Co.'s treasure-box was rified of its
contents.
A special dispatch to the St. Paul Press
from Pembina 9Th, says; A party of Sioux
Indians attacked the settlement of st. joseph
yesterday and killed four persons. Several
children are missing. A company of soldiers
have started for the scene of the massacre
and n volunteer company is organizing.
Indian Agent John d. Miles telegraphed TO
Indian Commissioner Smith from Os age City,
Kansas, on the eth, that he had just arrived
from the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency,
on the North Fork of the Indian River, and
that hostile Cheyennes, Comanches and
kiowas were on the war path. and deter
mined, he believed. to clean out all the white
inhabitants. One man. William Watkins.
had been killed and scalped. thirty miles
south Of the Agency. and four miles north of
Bakers rancho four others had been found /
lying in the road murdered and scaIped one
of the bodies heing badly burned. Mr.. Miles |
thought that there were five war parties
moving in the direction Of the trail from the |
Agency TO Caldwell. Kansas. Troops had |
been sent from Fort sin to protect the Agen-
cy, and Mr.. Miles asks that two or three COM
to protect the inhabitants. The request was
promptly referred to the War Department.
and it was thought that the troops would be
forwarded at once.
The Michigan Central Depot at Grand
Rapids, Mich, was burned on the eth, to-
yether with all its contents. Loss about
$4,000
Fourth-of-July fires ofgreater or less mag
ltude are reported from various places
throughout the country. AT Pontiac, Liv-
ngstone county, ILL.,, the Courthouse to-
yether with all the county records, and sew
sral business buildings were burned; loss
about $4,000. At Circleville, Ohio, the
and other buildings we're
loss about $4,000. AtClinton. ILL.,.
our stores were burned; loss from $4,000 to
10000. At Hudson, Mass, piano-forte
was burned; loss about $50.
100.
A special to the St. Louis Globe, from Kan
as City, Mo-, states that rancho belonging
o A. &. Myers, Of Dodge City, Kansas, loca-
ed on Canadian River, had been attackedby
he Indians and three Of their men killed
The fight lasted three hours, when the Indi-
ms retired, leaving eleven dead on the field.
All Of their wounded, and, il was thought.
ONE Of their dead. carried away in ,
heir retreat.
A national convention of book publishers ;
nd sellers is TO be held at Put-in-Bay on July |
Ia. /
Hon. A. ii. Stephens declines renomina- !
ion for Congress on account Of his continued
] health.
A special TO the st. Louis Globe from
lodge City, Kansas. sth, says that the great
It alarm and excitement prevailed there on Z
ccount Of the Indian atrocities. The num- /
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