The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-05-08

the Courthouse al Pine BLUM.
New Orleans dispatches OF the sd give q
sorrowful account OF the devastation caus cj
by the high waters. Appeals were coming IN
from various quarters, stating that the mum
dalton had deprived the inhabitants OF all
means of subsistence, and soliciting aid TO
keep nom starvation.
Five hundred thousand Government ra-
tons st the rate OF twenty-five thousand
daily, were on the cath ordered TO be dis
tributed through local committees TO the suf-
ferers by the innndation Of the lower Mis-
sissippi. Money contributions from nearly
every section Of the country were also COM
ing in.
The food In the Ouachita Valley continued
to increase up to the a6th. when Il came to a
stand. On the 25th, George W. McCranie,
editor OF the 0uachita Telegraph At Monroe,
telegraphed rs follows: 1T is impossible to
give an idea of the extent Of the overflow
here. The water is higher than ever known.
The town is on an island two and half miles
long by half mile wide, from which there is
no exit except by boat or swimming.
From the crossing of the railroad
and Desart street, back, is one wide
sea OF boats, coming and going from Oak
ley's. People living in the rear have been
driven in. All the vacant houses are taken
and several families are living in the court
house. Business is almost completely sus-
pended, but the houses are open. Fully one
thousand people in town have not had rations
for three days, nor money TO buy with. Stock
of every description is gathered in town and
starving. On Desart Island almost ally the
plantations are under water. The river
rose one inch last night. Ii has raised slow
iy ever since daylight, and still rising. There
are no crops 10 speak Of, and not five days
work done along the river for four weeks.
Hills land is washed badly. and what has
been done toward making a crop has been la
Dor thrown away. What people are to do,
God only knows Estimates place the num-
Der Of people requiring assistance IN the SUBJ
merged districts at some 20.00e.
In Columbus, Ohio, on the 9th. saloon-
keeper named Charles Wagner advertised
grand opening with free lunch. In re-
spouse to his invitation, some seventy ladies
with the Temperance League
visited the locality, and small squad.
headed by Mrs. Dessellem. President of
he League, entered the saloon. Wag-
ner ordered them from the premises,
put they refused to 20, saying they had come
N response to general invitation TO the pub |
ic. Wagner then took hold of several of the |
aides and attempted to push them from the |
Dom. using some force, and according to \
eme of the ladies, striking Mrs. Desselem.
Il xr~ff al aotx ~.
ng crusader by the throat during the \
Melee. A large crowd congregated. and
he police cleared the walk and compelled the
adles and all others to keep moving. This
r&er the crusaders obeyed by marching up
nd down in procession in front of the saloon.
vagner's uen then commenced washing off
le pavements, using water freely, and at
bout o'clock the ladies withdrev and went
, a neighboring church, where they held q
AT Boughton, Ark, few days ago. a fight
'ok place between party Of citizens and
ing OF horse thieves whom the former were
ursuing. Three Of the thieves and one citi-
IN were killed, and another citizen wounded.
The 2Tth Of April was observed as memo
- tat III many loiNiVn- vi tie CfulU. Al
ugusta and Atlanta, Ga, and Montgomery.
Ia, business was entirely suspended. there
ere imposing professions, and the graves of
Ie dead soldiers were appropriately decora-
a with flowers.
The Globe Theater in Chicago was burned
! the morning Of the 27th, and VIM. ii. Har-
son, late Treasurer, was arrested on
large Of setting il on fire. He asserted his
nocence and his ability TO prove it.
DIR. Paul schoeppe, alias schulenburg. has
'en convicted Of forgery by Chicago court. !
I'd sentenced 10 three years in the Peniten-
iry. Il,
Advices from the Teche country. on the I
tn, reported . creyasse and water still ris- !
g. The indications were that Morgan's I
exas Railroad would be partly submerged. !
.Brashear City was overlooked and /
uch property destroyed. :. In West
atom Rouge three hundred families were
,meless.
At Guyandotte. West Virginia. on the 2sth, !
har'es Smith shot and instantly killed X. ~,
Hayslip, postmaster Of that place. an1-d
r Of the Guyandotte Echo. Smith was ar
sted, but says he and HaysEip wcre warm
lends, and that the shooting us.s entirely
Baxter and Brooks have each sent lawyers
Washington to present their claims n
oyernor of Arkansas to the President.
Advices from the submerged districts In
on the 18th, conveyed the crafty
z intelligence that the waters had CONT
enccd falling. Above Monroe there was
70 feet higher water than ever tcssre
iown.
FOREIGN.
There was an exciting scene IN the Eng