The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-31


4 fire al Iowa Falls. Iowa, on the lith.
DESTROYED forty-ive buildings. valued at
$4,000.
The Governor Of Utah has issued procla-
nation under the Poland bill. fixing the time
and place for holding District and supreme
Courts in that Territory.
The Ohio Republican state Convention will
be held Sept. >.
Ii was ascertained. on the 10th. that-seven
persons had lost their lives by the Chicago
fire. The bodie. Of two men and child had
been found in the ruins Of 4 house on Clark
street.
There were about five hundred residences
and one hundred business houses burned by
the fire in Oshkosh. Wis, the aggregate value
of which was about three-qLsrters Of a mil
lion dollars. Ii was insured TO nearly IT, full
value.
Gerrit Smith OF New York has sent GOV.
Davis of Minnesota drsft for 81 900 for the
relief Of the sufferers by the grasshopper dep
relations. TO be equally distributed between
Minnesota and Iowa.
Galveston dispatches Of the 18th convey in
formation Of two engagements between the
Texas Rangers and the Indians. The first Of
these occurred about twenty-five miles north
west Of Jacksboro. on the 18th. in which the
Rangers were forced 10 retire with a loss Of
one man killed and several wounded; the
other occurred on the 18th locality not stat
ed, and lasted several hours, until nightfall,
the red skins again being successful; the
white loss was three killed, five wounded,
and fifteen missing. Troops were dispatched
from Fort Richardson to aid the Rangers. but
do not seem 10 have overtaken the Indians.
On the same day that the first fight occurred,
the Indians attacked Laving's Ranch, in Lost
Valley. but were driven of, after killing one
OF Laving's men.
A dispatch from Rawlins, Wyoming 7 erri-
tory, 18th, states that mining camp at Sem
mole, twenty-five miles north Of that place.
had been attacked by Indians. and that the
fight had lasted for two days. The miners
only numbered thirty-fve, while the attack
ing party was believed to be not less than
two hundred. The Governor OF the Terri
tory had telegraphed Gen. Ord for assistance.
who at once dispatched a company Of cavalry.
and party Of citizens, fully armed, had also
lefl from Rawlins.
Nathan Isaaeson has been arrested IN Chi
csgo, charged with firing the building that
caused the fire on July IA. The testimony
taken goes to show that he offered peddler,
named wolfson, 800 to fire the building. and
that be had himself once attempted the deed
unsuccessfnly and then boosted he would
have better success next time.
A convention Of the veterans Of the Mexi-
can War of the State Of Illinois is TO be held
at Bloomington on September % and "a.
The purposes Of the convention are to form
State Association and TO memorabilia Con-
gress on the subject Of u pension.
The Chicago authorities have directed that
all wooden buildings. of whatever description.
be removed from within the city limits.
A horse-thief, named Oliver 2. Froket. was
hanged by the vigilantes at Nevada, Vernon
county, Mo-, on the night Of the 18th.
General Sheridan received a dispatch from
Lieutenant Olmstead, on the Goth, announc-
ing that fight had occurred somewhere in
Washington Territory, between the Arapa-
hoes and force under Captain Bates, In
which the Indians had twenty-five warriors
killed. The loss among the troops was small.
Reports from the California wheat harves
are very encouraging, the yield being much
larger than that oflast season.
Fred. Olds has made confession Of the
murder Of ID. W. Ferris, in Shawnee county.
Kansas. in March last. His father, Frank
Olds, who was arrested As an accessory, has
been discharged from custody, there being no
evidence against him.
William and Robert Wallace, brother and
cousin Of Sid Wallace, who was hung at
Clarksville, Ark, recently, were shot and
killed from the bush near that place on the
night Of the 10th.
Acting Governor Davis Of Mississippi has
made formal application to the President for
two companies Of troops TO preserve the
peace in that State at the time OF the coming
election. Aug. 4.
A dispatch from Austin. Texas, to the Gal
weston Netcs, says that late intelligence re-
ceiyed At the Adjutsnt-Generars Office from
the Indian Territory, states that on June -
the Comanches. Kiowas and Cheyennes at
tackled the settlement Of Dotywelrs and were
repulsed with loss Of fifteen killed and
twenty-three wounded A large number Of
horses were killed. and three surveyors, en-
pioyed by Hook, Bush 4 Armstrong. were
killed by Indians near Antelope Hills.
The Democrats Of the Thirteenth Ohio Dis
trict have renominated Milton I. Southland for
Congress.
W. b. Little. candidate for State Treasurer
on the Illinois Prohibition ticket. died on
the 2ist.
FOREIGN.
The Committee Of Thirty Of the French A.
sembly have made a report upon the various