The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-23


The wives and children OF sixty kiowa
and Comanche Indians. who surrended At
Stsked Plains. are 10 be transported TO ~.
Augustine, Florida. at Government expense,
where the captivss sre now confined.
Gen. Frank T.. Blair, Jr., died At bis resi-
dence in 50. Louis on the night of the sth
inst. He was born In Lexington. Nv. Feb
rusry 10, ls2i; removed TO 81. Louis in
ls43; served a. a private soldier in the
Mexican War; WAS subsequently member Of
Congress, Major-General OF Volunteers In
the Union army, United States senator. can
dida,e for vice-President, and otherwise
prominently before the public. lie had =
severe stroke of psrslys sis in 1872. from the
effects OF which he never fully recovered.
A daring attempt 10 rob an Adams Ex-
press car on the V andalia Railroad was made
ON the night Of the sth inst. The train to
which the car was attached EFF st. Louis At
: 10 p. m, and consisted Of an express car
and nine passenger coaches. all we'll filled.
At about midnight the train stopped at
Long Point water station, which is in
Efingham County, H.. three miles west
OF Casey. As soon as the trsin had halted
here, two men jumped upon the locomotive,
and each presenting = revolver at the head
Of the engineer, Milo Esmcs, ordered him
TO Pull out" Not complying with this per-
cmptory demand, both men fired their revoly-
ers at the engineer, one Of the shots killing
him instantly. The robbers bad previous
" cut loose the locomotive and express car
from the rest OF the train. and these they now
ran ahead a distance of about tive miles
where they made an unsuccessful attempt 10
break opeE the express ear, which was u
through Car, and was securely fsstenedby the
messenger inside. At the time the locomo-
tive was captured the Fireman made his es-
copeland gave the alarm to the conductor,
who Immediately headed party oftrain men
and passengers and went 10 the rescue. Up
on their approach the robbers fed. A num-
Der of suspected parties were arrested or the
following day. The vandalia Railroad Com
pany have offered a reward Of $1,000 for the
capture ofthe v%illsins, and the authorities Of
the Town OF Casey offer $3.50 additional.
A recent dispatch from Sioux City. Iowa,
SAYS that ON the 9th inst. 100 Indians. sup
posed TO be Brule Sioux. attacked the Ponca
Agency. As the authorities had been warned
of the contemplated attack, troops were Sta
toned there 10 defend the Agency. The re-
suit Of the fight was that the Indians were
repulsed. 4 feld-piece in the hands Of the
soldiers turning the tide Of battle against the
Indians. Several OF the latter were reported
killed. No soldiers were killed or seriously
wounded.
The San Francisco Chronicle alleges that
whisky frauds prevail in California TO a
rraafcr oxfars thsn In, M othar aa.f4nu ~
the country. Ii saws there is not a single
distillery on the Pacific coast that pays more
than ons-half the revenue, aud charges that
the revenue officials and distillers there are
virtually in partnership.
A recent dispatch from Raleigh. y. c.,
says a most inhumsn murder. committed in
that vicinity in March last. has just come TO
light. Scott Portin, a white man. cut his
wife's throat. then cut her head of, uujointed
her at every joint, then cut the flesh of her
bones and attempted to burn her body, but
did not succeed. Then he murdered his little
boy. q child eight months old. In the same
manner, and buried the two bodies in a
marsh where they we're ioInd by the neigh
bors. Circumstances SHOW that Pertin's
father and one OF his brothers were accessory
TO the murder.
The National Cotton Congress met AZ
Raleigh. n. c., on the 18th, Col. ID. +. Butler,
OF Georgia, presiding. Addresses were de-
Iiyered by Gov. Brogden, Col. Butler aud
others. Judge Jones, Of Arkansas, spoke in
favor Of establishing agricultural bureaus in
the several States. Resolutions were adopted,
fsyoring the State banking system, and asking
Congress IN ralieva the fay nnon State hanks
as a matter Of justice and right; also to
afford such aid as will insure the construc-
ton Of the three great trunk lines OF rail-
way, viz; from Chicago to Morristown,
Tennessee; from 81. Louis through the Cum
berland Gap 10 Knoxville; and from Mem
phis to or. near Atlanta. Georgia. Colonel
ID. +. Butler, Of Georgia. was reelected
President; Colonel j. ID. Whitford. OF North
Csrolins, Secretary, and X. NJ. Sims, OF
South Carolina, Treasurer. Nashville was
selected as the next place OF meeting.
The first bale OF new cotton was received
at New Orleans on July 10, from Mr.. Joseph
Bersud, 81. Landry Parish, La. The cotton
is known as the Herlong variety. Is OF good
staple and color, and classed as middling fair
TO fair. The bale brought % cents per pound,
with the right TO the premium reserved to
the planter. The first receipt Of the Loulsi-
ana crop last year was on August ~. and the
year before on August 1.
FOREIGN.
The Prince Of Wales il to make a six
England on the 18th OF October. Parliament
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