The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-14

5uD families, some OF them poor, are pufheu
out, and relief Is much needed. The Com
mon Council has appropriated 1000 for their
immediate wants.
The Leavenworth Times af The 30th says
|" One hundred and twenty-five indians, con-
sisting OF thirty-two Cheyennes, two Araps-
hoes and ninety-one kowas and Comanches,
will arrive here a. prisoners tomorrow from
the Indian Territory. They are In charge OF
Company ID, Eleventh Infantry, commanded
by Major Sanderson. Among them l. the
famous Chief. Medicine Water. who COM
manded the band that murdered portion of
the GERMAN family and took four girls pris-
oners; also, the Arapahoe Chief White Bear
They are to be encamped on the reservation
between this city and Fort Ltavenworth,
known as the Blue Grass, and will be guard
ed by company of soldiers"
John c. Moncure has petitioned the Court
for mandamus to compel the Louisiana Re
turning Board to canvass the election returns
of Bienyille. De Soto, Grant and Winn par
ishes, through neglect of which, he claims,
he has been deprived Of the Office of State
Treasurer. TO which he was legally elected
by a majority OF all the votes cast.
Robert Frazier. q Nashville policeman,
while attempting TO arrest 4 negro named
Joe Reed, for whipping his wife, on the s0th,
was shot by the latter and instantly killed.
Reed then attempted to escape, but was over
taken, arrested, and lodged in Jail. During
the night large crowd broke down the doors
of the Jail, and, taking the negro, fastened
rope around his neck and east him of the
suspension bridge, with the intention of
he. ext.s n
their victim fell TO the rocks beneath, dis
lance Of ninety feet. and from thence into the
river. 1t is said the jailer and his assistants
did all in their power TO resist the attack and
prot ct their prisoner.
A ccording TO q careful count BY the Osh-
kosh city police, the number of buildings,
large and small. DESTROYED by the recent con-
Migration, is about 500. These were valued
at an average Of $4,000, which gives an sg-
gregste loss OF 81, $50 900, which is probably
near the correct figures. The loss on BUSH
ness houses is about $1,000. 900 and on lumber
interests from 5000. 900 to $3.50, 600. making a
total of about $500 900, on which the insur-
ance is fully $1,000. 900. or forty per cent. of
the loss.
In Estell County. Kentucky, on the 2Sth,
NnAlc tue " llt Vi -tlDcTl l<Ou- WAS OUT I'D a
neighbours, the house took fire and was
burned to the ground. consuming her two
little boys. one Band the others years old.
From the fact that some clothing had been
carried out, the neighbors believe that the
older child had gone out Of the house and re.
turned for his little brother, when both were
burned.
At Brennan, Texas. on the 30th, two ne
groes, named respectively Peter Cooper and
Griffin Williams, were hung. the former for
murder, and the latter for rape on a white
child eleven years old.
Dispatches from various points i'm Mime
sofa say that the cold weather in April de-
stroyed the young grasshoppers, and the
general belief is expressed that there will be
no further trouble from this pest.
The City Of New Orleans defaulted in the
payment Of its bonds and interest maturing
May /. The Louisiana Levee Company also
failed to pay interest on its bonds.
judges Brooks and Deck, in their charges
to the grand juries in North Carolina. declare
the criminal features Of the Civil-rights act
unconstitutional, on the ground that no law
could say men are socially equal.
The Grand Jury at New Orleans have re-
ported true bills against five persons, charged
with bribing members of the Legislature of
Louisiana with intent to influence their votes
Information has been received at WASH
ington that the officer entrusted with bring
ing back the kickapoo Indians from Mexico
has succeeded, and placed them on a reserva-
ton in Kansas. 1t j. believed that since the
portion Of the tribe engaged in the invasion
into Texas was pursued into Mexico by Col.
Mckenzie, and punished, that this tribe has
not been engaged in border raids.
The steamer St. Luke, Of the Missouri Riv-
er Packet Company's line. en- route from
Leavenworth for St. Louis, collided with n
pier OF the ST. Charles bridge, on the night
OF the I'd, and was 30 badly damaged that
she became entirely unmanageable and soon
after sank to her roof. Captain Keith, COM
mander Of the boat, states that the dis
aster was caused by the extraordinary
force OF the current pulling the boat of
her course and on the pier. There were
some forty or ffty people on the beat at the
time of the accident, all Of whom except six. /
1t Is thought, succeeded I'm reaching land. |
Among those known to have been drowned
were Mrs. James Dinan and two Of her chill |
dren, Chris. Lantez, peddler, and two color
ed roustabouts. The ST. Charles ferry-boat /
took of many Of the passengers who chung to
the wreck.
The Centennial Of the German Fusieers, I
the only surviving military company Of those 4
which were organized in Charleston, S. c., I
Nav Sd, lT75, upon receipt Of the news Of
the battle OF Lexington, was celebrated by \
an imposing demonstration.
Judge Moryieles. Of the United states Dis
trict Court of the Eastern District of Texas.
in recent charge to the Grand Jury. review