The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-02
WEST AND SOUTH.

The Ohio Democratic state Convention
was neld al Columbus on the 18th. The fol-
lowing ticket was placed in nomination; For
Governor, Wilam Allen. Of Ross; for Lieu
tenant-Govcrnor, Samuel +. Carey, OF Hamil-
ton; for Supreme Judge. Thomas Q. Ash
burn, of Clermont; for Auditor, T.. VI.
Green. Of shelby; for Treasurer, John
schreiner, Of Meig, tcr Attorney Genera,
Thomas T.. Powell. Of Delaware; for member
Of the Board Of Public Works. III. T.. Ohagan.
Of Erie. The resolutions declare ia favor
of limiting the Presidential Office to one
term all fixing the salary at S2j, 900; an in
crease in the volume Of currency and the re-
tirement Of all national bank notes, their
place TO he filed by legal-tenders; tariff
for revenue only; the complete separation Of
church and state; and in opposition 10 all
sumptuary laws.
Trains have commenced running regularly
over the 81. Louis bridge and through the
tunnel, and fifty-seven passenger trains now
arrive at snd depart from the Union Depot in
that city daily.
Memorial services iu honor Of John c.
Breckenridge were held in Louisville on the
18th.
An earthquake shock was felt throughout
portions Of Ohio and Indiana on the morning
Of the 18th. In Urbana. SIDNEY. De Graf.
and other towns in Western Ohio the shock
was very perceptibly felt. the walls Of many
houses being badly cracked. In Ander-
son, Jeffersonyiile, Nincennes, Union.
Lafayette. Peru, Logansport, kokomo. Rich
mond, and other Indiana towns the shock
was also felt TO greater or less extent. The
time of its occurrence in the several places
named j. variously given al from AS TO II
o'clock a. IN. A slight shock was also felt at
Chicago.
A terrible tropical storm occurred in Il.
Louis and vicinity on the morning Of the 18th,
doing a large amount Of damage in various
ways. A reported by the signal-station Off
Ger, the velocity Of the wind was from 81 to
- miles per hour; rain fell in torrents;
streams OF liquid fire descended from heaven
to earth; rain fall in two and one-haf hours
about $3.50 inches.
Two murderers were executed In illinois
on the 18th at Effingham, Nathan Burgess,
for the murder OF Joseph Robbins; and at
Paris, Edgar County, John Casey, for the
murder Of Rebecca Park.
Austin Hill (colores,, was hanged at Jack
son, y. c., on the 18th, for the murder Of
Samuel Preston. Williams, an accomplish
in the deed, was hanged on the 4th.
Five robbers boarded a train on the
International Railroad. en- the 18th, near
Houston, Texas, doubtless intending TO
seize and Throw the express safe from the
cor xrhf oh 10 al
heavy remittances from st. Louis to
cattle men in Southern Texas. Vice
President Hays, who happened to be on
board. seized the leader, man named
Brooks, and throttled him. There were five
robbers in the attack, all wearing masks.
Two Of the five were captured-the leader,
Books, and a man named Ellsworth, who
was well known a. telegraph operator in
Houston.
Brad. Marlborough, Justice Of the Peace,
residing near Coyinrton, Tenn, was Killed
on the 18th by VIM. Kinney, his brother in
law, in quarrel growing out Of an old feud.
Kinney surrendered himself 10 the Sheriff.
Both were wealthy and influential citizens.
and the homicide caused great excitement in
the Deighborhood.
The United States steamer Saranac, which
left san Francisco on June for siIka and
Behring Straits, on a scientific expedition,
struck on the mid-channel rock In Seymour
Narrows, on the 18th, and sunk i'm AZ
hour. At the time Of the accident the
vessel was steaming at IA knots. with a
current Of seven knots. She hung TO the
rock for few moments and then swung OF,
when her bow was run into the Vancouver
shore and all the crew and passengers got
safely OF. Lieut.. Maynard and Or. Emil Bes-
sells, Of the Smithsonian Institution, were pas
sengers on the vessel. Nearly all the stores
and personal effects were lost.
The special correspondent Of the Chicago
Inter- Ocean, with the scientific expedition