The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-01

The following dispatch was received by the
Chicago Tribune, from Governor Osborne
OF Kansas, in reply to an inquiry as 10 the
extent OF suffering among the people in the
regions of that State desolated by the grass
hopper plague:
TOPEKA, Kansas. December Ill estimate the
number of people in the western counties Of Kan
sas who win need aid during the coming winter
az 20 900. A large proportion Of these are now In
want. People IN the eastern part of the state are
doing all in their power 10 prevent suffering ON
the ifonticr, but the extent Of restitution war.
rants u,e CONCLUSION lhaL ,hel are unelua, 20 the
emergency. Flour. potatoes hominy and beans
for food, and clothing especially for women and
children, are most needed. Feed for stock is also
much needed. as is also spring wheat corn, oats .
barley and max spring pa ntng. The winter thus
far has been very favorable one. and
the prospect for a good crop Of wheat Is most
excellent. \ large increase Of acreage hes been
sown, and, If no unforeseen misfortune occurs to
these people, they " III neNt year be able not only
To subsst themselves, but also 70 assist the un-
fortunates in other localities. Donations sent
through the Kansas Central Relief Committee, OF
which Lieutenant Governor Slower is President,
and W W. Giles Treasurer, with headquarters at
Topeka, VIII be sure 10 reach those for whom they
are intended and Will be publicly acknowledged.
THOs. a. OSBORNE.
Hon. John b. Rice, Member OF Congress
from the First District OF Illinois, and for
merly Mayor OF Chicago. died at the residence
VI NuIlOlk. Va. Oh luf tlD.
An Omaha dispatch of the 18Th states that
General ord had received information from
Phoebe, Nevada, TO the effect that the Indians
had recently killed several persons in that
vicinity. and asking that troops be sent for
their protection. Phoebe being in Gen. Scho-
fields department, Gen. ord informed him of
the trouble. and offered to send troops from
Fort Cameron to the assistance of the set
tiers. Gen. schofield so requested. and two
companies Of infantry were at once placed
under marching orders for Phoebe.
Messrs. Foster. Phelps and Potter have
been appointeda subcommittee on Southern
State affairs, to proceed to New Orleans. with
authority 10 call for full committee, should
they deem il advisable to do so.
In the Mississippi Legislature, on the 18th,
the Senate Committee to whom was referred
the Governors message presented a majority
and minority report The majority report
embodied a resolution urgently calling on the
President of the United States for troops TO
suppress the insurrection and prevent future
occurrences OF like nature. The minority
report Numerically opposes the conclusions /
of the majority. The majority report was
adopted. The House'passed resolution APP
pointing "A committee TO investigate the
Vicksburg affair and spproprating five thou
sand dollars TO pay the expenses Of the com
mittee
\ dispatch from Kansas City, 10TH SAYS:
This morning the bodies of two unknown
young men, well dressed. were found on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad track. five miles
east Of this city, 1t has been found by exam
ina fion haf I. H.
road. but were murdered and put there. Both
are strangers. and it is now rumored that
they were Pinkerton detectives, working up
the Muncie train robbery.
Judge Samuel W. p Fife, Of Carthage, has
been nominated by the Democrats to fill the
vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. J.
w. Head, member OF Congresselect from the
Fourth District of Kentucky.
McDaniels, the alleged train-robber, is con-
fined in jail in Lawrence, Kansas. in default
Of $50 900 bail.
The Midland Railroad is completed between
Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas CITY, and
through trains over the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad will commence run
ming Immediately.
The two men found murdered on the rail-
road track near Kansas City, on the 10TH
have been identified as VIM STROBE and
Samuel Barnett both belonging at Warrens-
burg, Mo. They were doubtless murdered
for their money, a Barnett was known to [
have had some four hundred dollars short
time previously, and when his body was
found his pocket-book was empty.
An address, signed by the Committee of
Seventy, was issued at New Orleans on the /,
I'D. 1t is addressed ITO the People Of the !
United States" and is mainly recital Of the /
alleged grievances of the Conservatives Of the a
state at the hands Of the Kellogg Government,
which they claim is upheld only by means of ..
Federal bayonets. In addition, they state !.
heir belief that the Returning Board. now in \
session, Is about to "consummate their vii \
Amy by promulgating Radical majority as !,
elected to the Legislature. They hope to do ,
his with impunity,' continues the address \
because the State-house, where they sit. l.
yarrsoned with Kellogg's standing army of y
Metropolitan police, with several companies G
u the United States army within fifty yards. -
ne whole force OF the army and navy within X
all OF hellogg's whistle, sleeping on their q
rms, with cartridges distributed The adj Ii
ress concludes with an appeal to the peo- I
lie OF the free States Of America "to de- L
nand in tones that cannot be misunderstood j.
r disregarded, that the shackles be stricken !, y
rom Louisiana, and the power OF the United II
tates army be no longer used to keep herd |,
+ Adventures in power, Of
The village OF Miamitown, Ohio. has re- :
emily been shocked by social horror Of the u
rst magnitude. Some two months ago a y
ighly esteemed young lady named Belle Il
Verts left her home in that village ostensi- 7
ly on visit to some friends in Green's !, i
urg. Ind. When she returned some six p