The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-03

WEST AND SOUTH.
The formal opening of the great st. Louis
bridge and tunnel is to be celebrated in an
elaborate manner ON the Fourth of July.
The Duchess of Oneida. two-year old
heifer. purchased by A. j. Alexander at a
New York sale last fall for SO 900, died few
days since on Mr.. Aexander's farm in Ken
lucky.
A man named William McDole has been
arrested upon suspicion Of having murdered
Mrs. Bradley and her two daughters, near
Lawrenceburg, Ind. A post mortem exam
nation showed that the mother had been vio-
lated. and the murder. which was done with
an AK. was for the purpose of escaping de-
lection. babe and boy three wears old
were spared their lives.
The Missouri Democratic State Convention
will be held at Jefferson City, August 20.
Two steamship loads Of Chinese. 1,5jS i'm
number. arrived at san Francisco on the
18th.
Cass Matlock was hanged at Little Rock.
Ark, on the 18th. Up TO the last moment he
protested his innocence Of the crime for
which he was convicted.
on the night Of the Goth, nj New Orleans.
a the last forms Of the Bulletin newspaper
were being conveyed TO the press-room, they
were seized by the Metropolitan Police, and
locked up in the Central Station. The Buife-
tin appeared the next morning with six print
ed and two blank pages, containing the follow
ing headings: another Midnight Order
An Outrage on American Liberty-The Press
to be Bullied and suppressed" The BuNe-
tin says . Whether Durell, Kellogg, Bad
ger. or their underEngs be implicated, we
cannot. rs yet, say, but that this bold. au-
dacious and villainous robbery on the high
way Of a newspapers material on its way TO
press was effected simply because of the BuI-
letin's daring and outspoken exposure of
fraud and corruption, Is certain"
The first through freight train between
Kansas City and Galveston was dispatched
from the former city on the 22d.
The business portion of the town of Rich
mond. Ky, was burned on the night of the
2lst. Loss about 100000. Incendarism
suspected.
At Carrolton, Greene county, H., on the
2st, n mob Of disguised men took Frank
Evans, q condemned murderer, out Of the
jail and hanged him to a tree, about six miles
from town. Evans had, BY his own confess
sion, been condemned as principal or Access
sorv in several murders.
The house of Christopher whitmire, far
mer residing near Steelyille, Crawfor cour-
ty. Mo, was burned on the night Of the 10Th.
and two Of his daughters, aged respectively
eight and ten years, persisted in the flames.
The rest Of the family barely escaped with
their lives.
The saengerfest held at Cleveland. Ohio.
commencing on the 23d, was an immense af-
fair, some two thousand singers from differ
ent parts Of the country participating.
The Iowa Anti-Monopoly State Convention
met at Des Moines on the 24th, three hundred
and eighty-four delegates being present. The
following ticket was placed in nomination
For Secretary of State, David Morgan, of
Mahaska; for Auditor of State, J. NJ. King,
Of Dubuque; for Treasurer of State, j. r.
Barnes, Of Des Moines; for Attorney Gene
raj, Colonel J. II. Keatley, Of Pottawatame
for Clerk of the Supreme Court, George w.
Ball, Of Polk; for Reporter of the Supreme
Court, James NJ. Weart OF Buchanan; for
Register OF State Land Office, II. NJ. Rodar-
mel, OF Story. The resolutions affirm
That the rights Of the states should be held in
violate, and denounce the policy OF the present
National Administration in arbitrarily interfer-
ing with local affairs in certain States;
THAT the public debt, Of whatever kind,
should be- paid in strict accordance with the law
under which IL was contracted; that an overssue
OF paper money, being at variance with the prin-
ciples of a sound financial policy. the circulating
medium should be based upon it's redemption In
specie ut the earliest practicable day, and its con-
yer ibility into specie equivalent at the will If
The holder. and that, subject 10 these restrictions
IL Is the duty of Congress 10 provide, by appro-
pirate legislation, thai the volume OF Govern
meat currency shall at all times be adequate to
the general business and convenience of the
country, and be equtably distributed among the
several States;'
That taxation should be imposed for revenue
only;
= that while demanding that railroads be sub
iect to legislative control. we shall discounte-
nance any action ON this subject calculated to
r.tard the progress Of railroad enterprise or
work Injustice 10 these invaluable auxilaries to
commerce and civilzation;"
THAT the conduct OF the present Administra-
ton IN its bolt defiance of public sentiment and
disregard OF the public good, i'm i's prodgality
and wasteful extrayagance, in the innumerable