The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-28

/ Ing people thcir food and clothing was a
crime. The Government had better learn
who constitutes the firm OF Graham Co.,
l freighiers. IL may explain some other re
cent movements In Indian matters. The
roads were worse when the sup
Y niles were under compulsion,
sent forward. than at any time previous.
These supplies lay ut Caddo all along from
July IS to various periods in the fall and
winter until after the middle OF April. over
100000 pounds OF iour lay there while the
Indians had very little food excepting beef,
and towards spring this became very poor and
thin. Clothing was very scant. and during
this time they were not allowed to leave their
reservations. The Government furnished
the supplies at Caddo in good time and in
abundance. but that was IS miles from these
suffering people. These freighters, Graham
| & Co., have contracts 10 carry military sup
! plies and goods for Indian traders, and had
no difficulty In filling that part of their con-
I tract. The Indians suffer censure on account
Of the bad conduct Of every white scoundrel
who seeks TO rob them, and to speculate OF
the Government in their name, and though the
scoundrels are exposed they are never pun
ished.-
A monster musical festival, under the dr.
restion of Theodore Thomas, was held at Gin
cinnati, commencing on the 18th.
A grand soldiers reunion, under the au-
spices OF the Grand Army of the Republic,
was held at Chicago for three days, COM
mencing on the 18th.
The Nebraska Constitutional Convention
met at Lincoln on the i2th- J. l.. Webster,
a Omaha, was elected President, and Guy A.
Brown, Secretary. The Convention is ex-
pected TO remain in session until July 1.
Geo. II. Price, the messenger whs killed a
robber in his car on the Pittsburg and Fort
Wayne Road a few days since, has been voted
81 900 in gold by the Adams Express Com
psny.
The Kentucky Republican State Conven-
ton, which met at Louisville on the 18Th,
nominated Gen. John NJ. Harlan for Gov
ernor.
Hon. JED Davis delivered the annual adj
dress at the Texas State Fair at Houston, on
the 11th.
The Andrews-Wharton mining party,
which left Sioux City for the Black Hills
some time ago, was overtaken by Lieut..
TO retrsce their steps TO Fort Randall
Josh. Frazier, colored. was hanged at Cam
den, :. c., on. the l4th for the murder OF
Benjamin Cooper in December last. He was
convicted on circunstantial evidence, but.
after conviction, confessed the crime. On
the scafiold he also confessed that he muir
dered his wife and child and negro woman,
and had burned many barns and gin-houses.
Judge Dillon, Of the United States Court.
has rendered decision ordering that a per-
emptory writ of mandamus issue compelling
the Union Pacific Railroad Company to ope-
rate lis road as one continuous line TO Coun-
Gil Bluffs. its eastern terminus.
Captain Eads was serenaded. banqueted.
and rendered the Inequalities OF the city on
the occasion Of his recent visit TO New Or
leans. The preliminary surveys for the CON-
mencement Of his great work are already in
progress.
Adyices Of the crop prospect in Arkansas
are nov more favorable than n any time
since 1865. From every section there Is the
same report.
james Lick, the California millionaire. has
msde new deed OF trust, conveying the bulk
Of his property for educational and other pub
lie purposes. The aggregate sum transferred
rs not much less than by the first instrument,
but the specific amounts appropriated for the
var'oas purposes named have been materially
changed. Mr.. Lick himself is named As one
Of the trustees.
At the special election for Mayor OF 81.
Louis, held on the 18th. Mr.. j. II. Britton,
the regular Democratic candidate, was elect
ed by SIS majority over Mr. Overstolz, indie
pendent.
Gen. John c. Breckenridge died athis home
in Lexington, KY, on the evening Of the 18th.
His disease was ahscess OF The liver, combined
with pulmonary consumption. The dispatch
announcing his death saws: 9 He died at a
apparently, up to within a few moments Of
his death. There wa-no scene, no last words.
nothing ostentatious in the manner with
which the sufferer met his fate. He had
died a. he had lived-modest and brave
John c. Breckenridge was born near Lex
ineton, KY, Jan. 81, 1921; studied law
at Pennsylvania Institute. and settled at
Lexington. He was Major OF Ken
lucky volunteers in the Mexican war;
was elected 10 Congress in ISL, and re-
elected in 1853, after hard contest; he
declined the Ministry TO spain offered
by Pierce. In 1856 he was elected Vice
President with Buchanan. In 1860 he was
nominated for President. and received the
votes OF all the Southern States except yir-
ginia, Kentucky. Tennessee and Missouri,
and the ZANE year he was elected United
Stats Senator. He went with the South in
81, and rose to the rank Of Major-G eneral.
He was appointed Confederate Secretary of
War in January, 1866. After the surrender
he went to Europe, returned in 1868, and has
since lived in Kentucky
A New Orleans dispatch Of the 18th says