The Jasper weekly courier., 1874-05-29
WEsT AND SOUTH.

Tiburcio Nasques, the famous bandit of Cal
ifornia, was captured at Los Angeles on the
l4th. The old outlaw was found asleep, and
after being shot half dozen times, was
finally captured.
BY "A collision on the Central Ohio division
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near
Bellaire, Ohio, on the l4th, two fremen
were killed and number Of emigrants in
jursd.
The Ohio Democratic State Convention is to
be held at Columbus, July Is.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention adj
journed sine die on the 18th.
The National Agricultural Congress, at its
recent session at Atlanta, adopted the follow
ing unanimously:
Resoired That while recognizing the value OF
railroads and the necessity for their further
tension We deem the cost OF transportation by rail
OF he crude products OF fields forests and mines
81 dlsproportionats 20 he cost OF water carriage
~ to render Il AN Imperative duty OF the United
states 70 improve the rivers In the interior, and
connect them with the ocean by artificial water
ways, giving to the Mississippi Wiley continu-
ous water transit % the ssaboard, and 10 enter AT
once upon the work of the construction of aftin-
cia water ways adequate to the present and pros
pective demands Of inland transport ti0n, and
continue II by annual installments Of aid until
unrestricted channels OF trade are opened, HOt
only through the Mississippi lev. bul connect
irg the Mississippi River with the Atlantic
Ocean, via the lakes, the Ohio, kanawha anu
James rivers, and Atlantic and Great Western
waters
A resolution stating that the Agricultural
Congress believes il il within the power of
the people to reform the corporate transport
tation system by the same agencies which en-
acted them-viz., State legislation controlled
by public opinion-and opposing any legisla-
ton, under the plea Of regulating commerce
between the States, which interferes with the
authority heretofore exercised by the State
over railroads entirely within or passing out
Of its borders. was adopted unanimously.
Two men. named e. 7. Jones and Oliver
Hill. who We're on trial at Shreveport. La,
for the murder Of young man named Elliott.
were taken from the Jail on the night Of the
10th and summarily hanged to some trees in
the Courthouse yard. II Is said that the
brother of the murdered man, who was the
principal witness for the State. had been put
out Of the way by some of the friends of the
prisoners. and it was feared that the crimi-
mails would get of for want of evidence if
the matter was left in the courts.
The National Crop Reporter gives the fol-
lowing estimates Of the comparative area Of
spring wheat and oats this season i'm the
states named. The lateness Of the season
prevented the closing of the usual spring
sowings on May /. In the States Of Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin the
average area sown this spring to wheat is
placed at 1-l0 or $40 per cent. greater than
In the springo Of 1873. The increase j. 6-l0
per cent. in Illinois, IL lilo in Iowa, CLIO in
Kansas, ! i-l0 in Missouri, 3 5-lO in Wis
consin. The acreage seeded in oats this
spring in comparison with the area
sown last spring is increased in the States
named as follows: Indiana. go per
cent. Iowa, Q $40; Kansas, $50; Ohio, 6-i0
In Illinois there il an estimated falling off in
area of l-iO. and in Missouri 2-l0 per cent
The average for the seven States il an i'm
crease Of 2-l0 per cent. At the figures Civ
en-, the increased area is about 255 900 acres
Of oats and ~ 600 acres Of wheat for the
States named. Returns In relation to the
comparative condition of swine in the West
on May indicate much higher condition
than at the beginning Of the previous month.
The average condition on May In the States
Of Illinois. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Wisconsin and Ohio was q $40, full average
condition being 100.
The bulkhead Of the Gardner dam, in the
Upper Wolf River, Chano county. Wis, gave
way recently while nine men were engaged
in raising the gates. Four men, Nathaniel
Parks. Jerry Casey, Nicholas Notts and
Charles Mahoka, were instantly killed, and
the others badly injured.
Governor Moses and ex-TreasurerIIumbert.
OF South Carolina, have been indicted BY the
grand jury on charges Of breach OF trust. with
fraudulent intentions, and for grand larceny.
The indictment charges Moses with having
counseled and advised Humbert, the default
ing County Treasurer. 10 use $4,000 Of State
funds TO pay his (Moses') private debts.
A Columbia 6. C.) telegram Of the 18th