The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-11-20

to investigate the Government affairs in Ar
kansas, are to resume the investigation at
Little Rock on the 18th.
The following communication, which SUI
ficently explains itself. was telegraphed TO
sth
| To his ErceLleacy u. s. Grant President Of ht
United States. Washingfoa, ID. C.:
The Committee OF Seventy have the honor 10
inform your Excellency that, on the ri day of this
month, at "A general election held In this state,
under the auspices of the acting Governor, VIM.
Il. Kellogg. the Conservative party WAS entirely
successful and will have in the next Legislature
clear majority on joint ballot: IL iss well as
certained fact that thousands Of our colored fell
low citizens voted the Conservative ticket.
We address YOU now, TO make solemn but re-
specttul protest against the further occupation
OF the State by military forces, and 10 request
their withdrawal With the return Of our people
10 power we can assure you that the civil law
will become supreme, that Us sacred obligations
ruled and that there will be ample protection
guaranteed 10 life and liberty within our borders.
At present, and for some weeks past, the state
house has been garrisoned by United States sol
diers, and our city has presented more the APP
pearance of military post than a great CONNER
cial metropolis, while the agricultural in.
terests Of the State have been greatly hindered
by the operations Of part Of the army in the
couEtry parishes. The Returning Board is b
meet on the 18th of this month for the purpose OF
fdnNAttlnE anu computing tne election returns.
and will be assembled in the State house. We
cannot but consider II extremely improper that
the important civil work with which that Boards
charged should be executed in the midst OF the
bayonets Of the Federal Government Iater arma
siiehi leqss. AT the commencement Of the new
era which seems dawning upon our people, we
States, OF our devotion to the principles Of the
Constitution, and Of our steadfast purpose To up.
hold the cause OF public liberty and good govern
ment fsigned by the Committee
The dead aud partially consumed body of a
tanner, named Herman Schilling, was discoy-
cred in the boiler furnace Of the tannery in
which he had been employed, in Cincinnati,
on the morning Of the sth. Three men,
named Andrews Egner, Fred Egner, his son,
and George Rufer, q discharged employee Of
the tannery, were arrested upon suspicion of
having committed the horrible crime. In the
stable adjoining the tannery were signs OF
desperate encounter A bloody pitchfork lay
on the ground. and blood stains formed
trail to the furnace.
Mrs. James Butcher, a bride of four days.
was found dead in the yard adjoining her resi-
dence at Wapakonetta, Ohio, on the evening
of the eth. A shotgun within reach was
found, with which it is supposed she shot
herself. The top of her head was blown
away and her brains scattered on the ground.
AT the inquest the fact was developed that
the shooting was done in moment OF mental
alteration.
A number OF business men OF Memphis |
Were arrested on the 9Th. BY United States
Marshal, on warrants charging them with |
violation of the Enforcement act. in discharg.
ing colored men from their employment for
refusing TO vote the Democratic ticket last
August. They appeared before the United 1
States Commissioner and gave bonds in the
sum OF $500 each for their appearance al the |
next term Of the United States Circuit
Court.
General Pope tclegraphed TO General sher-
man on the 9TH, that Big Horse. Cheyenne
chief, with twenty warriors, forty-eight |
women, twenty-nine children and over two
hundred horses, had surrendered uncondi-
tionally to Colonel Neill at cheyenne Indian
Agency, on November4. The warriors were
all in confinement
AtMllwaukee, on the 9th. a woman named
SHERMAN killed her son. a boy thirteen wears
old. by breaking his skull with an ak. and
then committed suicide by jumping into a
cistern. She had been in bad health for a
long time, and the act was committed during
an attack Of insanity, induced by the fear that
she would die and be separated from her
child.
The business portion Of the town Of Wits.
burg, Ark, was nearly destroyed by fire on
the night of the 9Th. Loss about $4,000.
A Cincinnati dispatch OF the 10th saws that
young Egner has made full confession. i'm
plicating himself. his father, and G gorge Rufer
in the murder Of Herman SETTLING. lie saws
George Rufer proposed the murder on Sat
nrdsy light in his fathers bar-room, and the
three hid in the lanyard, waiting half an
hour before Schilling came in. lie lit a Iamp
and went into the stable to groom the horse.
They followed him, and George Rufer struck
him several times with stick, knocking him
down twice. Then his father took five
pronged fork and stabbed schilling two or
three times in the bowels with IL. and also in
The leg. This killed him. Rufer dragged the
body into the yard, and at first proposed to
put IL in the vat, but afterward said they
had better put ii in the furnace, so he
could not be found. This was done, and
hey all went home. This confession
was made to Coroner Maley, reduced to
writing. and signed in presence OF Witnesses.
Il was shown in the evidence before the Cor
'nor that the elder E=ncr had frequently
to Kill schiing. whom he charged
With the seduction of bis daughter. This APP
pears TO have been the only cause for the
murder. IS Schilling was shown in other re-
'pecls 70 have been an innocent and inoffen-
1--WE man. According TO late dispatch,
fufer has also confessed, but alleges that he
Wa drunk, and that the murder was done by
he Egners, he being only a locker on.
The Arkansas General Assembly convened
inder the new Constitution, on the 10th.
Bradley Branch was chosen President of the
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