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

taken 10 washington iOr trial unuer the law
passed at the last session, known as the
Poland bill.
EAST.
Gold closed in New York, on the It'll, at
100 81.
The Social Mills, at Woonsocket, X. l.,
were burned on the 1st There were.5O, 900
spindles and 900 looms in the mills, employ
ing some 700 hands. The loss is from $780,
600 TO 100000, mostly insured.
Henry Grinncll, well-known New York
merchant, who became famous by his liberal
ity in fitting out two vessels for the Arctic
regions to search for Sir John Franklin, died
on the Both ult., aged 70.
Baltimore celebrated the opening ofthe ship
canal between that city and Chesapeake Bay,
on the ID.
Major George Daniels, wife and grandson,
were killed by passing train at Milford, New
Hampshire, on the ID.
The verdict of the Coroner's jury in the
Mill River (Mass.) disaster investigation is
published. II censures the Legislature for
inadequate and defective legislation on the
subject of reservoirs, the mill owners for
their parsimonious disregard of life and prop
erty, the engineers for ambiguous and insult
ficient specifications, the contractors for mani
fest delinquencies, and want of thoroughness
in their work, ard finally the County Com
missioners for accepting dam so stability
built, when they had the power to order its
entire reconstruction.
The Freedmen's Savings Bank in New
York City has suspended.
Following is the comparative cotton state
ment for the week ending July 81
1874. 1873.
>eT receipts tor past week
al T.. 5. ports.......... 7,sst l5 Isl
Total receipts from Sept.
to date an U :. ports = 500, SO 8. isS, os4
Exports for past week
from All ports. ........... 5,l6i 1875
Total exports from Sept ]
10 date from all ports 2,736,ls9 2,467, 6O3
stock now on hand at all
Z : ports ,...., .....;, 80, ~ sis, iol
Stock now on hand at all
interior towns. .......... 81, 4a7 IS, 4sl
Stock at Liverpool. ........ 993, 900 Gil 40
Stock of American afloat Tor
Great Britain. ............ $1,000 100. 900
Over one hundred houses we're burned at
Allegheny City, Pa, on the 4th. leaving many
families homeless. Supposed to have been
caused by fire-crackers.
President Grant and family arrived at Long
Branch on the 4tn.
A passenger train on the Shore Line Rail-
road ran of the track just after leaving Stony
Creek Station, CT. on the 9th, causing more
or less injury to l07 passengers and instantly
killing Mr.. w. NJ. Wilcox. Superintendent of
the road. The accident was caused. as is al
legged, by the carelessness of the station mas
ter in regulating the switches. The whole
train, with the exception of the locomotive.
was thrown from the track, and three of the
cars were turned bottom side up.
Carrie Ostrander died at Syracuse, y. Y,
on the eth, from injuries received by the fall
ing Of the Baptist Church, on June 23d. She
Is the fourteenth victim Of the disaster.
DIR. J. b. Jennings, prominent physician
Of Nashville, Tenn, committed suicide al a
hotel at Narragansett Pier, II. l., on the eth. |
Cause not stated.
The freight agents Of the Erie, New York |
Central, and Pennsylvania railways, have
adopted new schedule of freight rates, on |
The basis Of 50 cents per hundred pounds from
Chicago TO New York, being an increase on
the present schedule.