The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-06-19

about the LIST of December, and await there
until after the observations on the 10Th. Her
voyage is expected to last a year and half.
WEST AND SoUrH.
james Lick, the San Francisco millionaire
philanthropist, has decided nearly the whole
Of his immense property to trustees for the
benefit of the public. Among the donations
is one, heretofore mentioned, Of s70O,0 TO
construct the largest and best telescope in
the world for an observatory at Lake Tahoe
s420,O00 for public monument; Sl50.0o0 for
public baths in San Francisco; 100000 for
the Ladies' Home; $4,000 to the Society for
the Protection OF Animals; $4,000 to the
Ladies Protection Relief Society; $4,000 20
the Mechanics Library; $4,000 to the Pro-
testant Orphan Asylum; $4,000 to the city Of
San jose for orphan asylum; slj0,eo0 for the
erection Of bronze monument 10 the author
Of the Star-spangled Banner in Golden Gate
Park; 1900, 900 for the endowment OF school
Of mechanical arts in California. The resi-
due in excess, 81 $50 900. is for the Pioneer
Society. He makes ample provision for his
relatives, and reserves homestead and S25,-
600 per snnum for himself.
A dispatch from Austin. Nevada. says that
one night recently a crowd of thirty masked
men entered the Jail at Belmont. bound the
Sheriff, took out two prisoners. McItyn and
Walker, and hanged them. II is not stated
what the men were accused OF.
General Sheridan has forwarded to Army
Headquarters copies OF kilograms from Gen.
George A. Gustav. dated Fort Abraham Lin
coin. via Bismarck. MAY 26. announcing that
he il in receipt of dispatches from General
Stanley and the Indian Agent Of the Cheyenne
Agency, stating that the Indians are no longer
comfortable by their agent. and. in spite of
the efforts of General Stanley and their agent,
have taken the war-path in formidable num-
bers. With regard to the manner Of dealing
with these Indians. General Stanley says to
General Custar: "They are not like
" to be amepabe to soft words.
and you had better use powder and
lead at once When the proper time
for pursuit Of the Indians arrives. General
Custar will take ten DAYS rations and one
company of nfantry--tho latter to guard
wagons whenever it becomes necessary for
the cavalry to move rapidly.
The Democratic Central Committee Of Ohio
have postponed the State Convention to the
Goth Of August.
In accordance with proclamation Of Gov.
Baxter, Thursday, june 4. was observed "a a
day of thanksgiving an Arkansas.
The annual convention of the American
Medical Association. recently i'm session at
Detroit. adjourned to meet in Louisville. Ky.
MAY |. 1875.
] The National Crop Reporter Of the 9Th
publishes information in relation to the grow
ing crops. OF which the following is a syn-
opsis:
The area sown in wheat last season In the states
| Of Illinois, Indiana. Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota
Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin il estim ted IN
| round numbers at Is. so 100 acres. The reports
| Of correspondents msk this increase Of the pres
ent crop year ,367, 7a3 acres, or total area of
u. sl2, A acrcs The yield of good aversge
! ssason Approximatee, In the States mentioned
thirteen End four hiths bushels per acre At this
rate the yleid In these states at harvest, will be-
fraction less than 200. 90 bushels. The pr, sent
\ condition Of growing wheat being full average,
/ the prObsbilI les OF a harvest approximating the
/ amount me ntionsd IL very good The area seed
ed in osts in the States. m 1873 Il pacf at
521, 90 acres; the increase this year l. cFtimat-
I'd AT lJ9, COZ acres, or total $50 CO., acres Mt
the average yield OF good season, ssy .l5h hn-h-
\ u per acre. Thstoial crop at harvest IA these
states will approximate one hundred and ninety
Il miS ion bu-hsls Reports received dated june
4 ., Indicate the appearance. generally, OF the
! colorado beetle, in all the States north Of the
Ohio RIVER. from and including Central X nsas
to Western Pennsylvania. Their appearance
thus far has been very generally marked by the
more less entire destruction OF the tops OF the
growing crop. While the presence OF the
chinch-bug A. reported in scattering localities all
! through the West, comparatively little damage
has been reported
Mrs. Ann Vandenberg, seventeen years old
and only a few DAYS married, was cremated
at Cincinnati, on the eth, while kindling the
fire with kerosene. Her father, mother and
husband were all present when the explosion
occurred. and were all badly burned in try
ing TO extingush the flames.
In Jacksonville, Ind, on the 9th, John
McDemott, asaloon-keeper, shot his wife and
little child, eight months old, killing the child
instantly. and fatally woundng his wife, and
then blew bis own brains out. McDermott
was dssipated and abusive. His wife had
applied for divorce, and failing to persuade
her TO abandon the suit. the man became des-
perate.
A terrible tornado swept through the VIII
lage OF Tampico, Whiteside county, ILL.,, on
the night Of the 9Th. Twenty-one dwellings
were totally destroyed and every house in the
town more or less injured. Strange to tell,
no lives were lost, though a number Of the
people we're quite seriously injured.
Governor Kellogg Of Louisiana, on the sth,
sent the following dispatch TO the Secretary
OF War: "The relief committee report that
the suffering from the overflow remains una
bated in the Atchafslaya, Lafourche and