The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-11-05

Only the AGED and intirm are lcft Al home.
Game i reported unusually plentiful. They
are accompanied by Lieutenant and TWEEN
fv-tiyc cavalry a. an escort, and 20 prevent
unscrupulous whites from selling them
crooked whisky and cheating them ont Of
their buffalo robe-.
Gen. sol. Meredith, Of Indiana, died AT
his residence near Cambridge City. ON the
siss. from cancer Of the stomach, supposed
10 have resulted from an injury received dur
Ing the VT.
A man named Kiser committed suicide in
Chicago, on tire 3lst. by jumping from the
top ~ the Mater-works tower. a distance OF
10 feet.
A shooting ARRAY occurred in the public
square at Franklin, Tenn. on the 2isi, in
which Col. John l.. House, prominent cit
izen. wa, killed. and his son, young man.
seriously wounded. The shooting was done
by %. r. Griffin. policeman. and in the
opinion Of the Coroner Jury il was not jus
titled by the circumstances Of the case. Grif-
lin was placed under arrest.
The bodies OF an old man and three boys,
all Italians. were discovered by the police Of
Denver in the cellar Of a tenement house in
that city on the 2Ist. All four Of the bodies
had their throats cut. and the MURDERS had
evidently been committed some time pre-
viously. a. the bodies were nearly putrid.
The house had been recently vacated by
some Italian musicians, who will be arrested
a. soon a found.
Hon. X. I. Davis. eldest son Of the late
senator Garrett Davis. and prominent law
yer Of Paris. Ky. died from an overdose Of
choral on the 2lst.
I Marshall Grain. the murderer Of William
Spence in Williamson County, H., has been
found guilty and sentenced 10 be hanged on
January 2lst next.
According TO a Chicago dispatch 81 the
I 2lst. grand offensive and defensive combi-
nation has been entered into between the
various Eastern railroad lines. Of which the
recent advance in passenger rates i an out
growth. II l. believed efforts will soon be
made TO increase these rates still further.
and that freight rates will be Immediately
and largely increased a. soon a the lake nav
igation closes.
At the California election. held on the
Goth. Carr. Republican candidate for super
iniendent Of Public Instruction. was elected
by large majority. A dispatch SAYS that
the result generally showed total disregard
Of party ties. but j, considered a great tri-
umph Of the friends 81 good government.
Or. Ballard. formerly of Texas, residing
near Marion, Ark. was shot and killed by a
man named Andrews. on the 2pth. The
murderer surrendered himself 10 the au-
th0rites.
The Post-offce Department has decided to
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cities of Pittsburgh and u. Louis. via the
Pan Handle and yandalia route. passing
through indianapolis. The railroad COM
panies are directed 10 Immediately provide
the requisite ears, and the service will be-
begun a. soon a. the Department can make
the necessary arrangements in regard Ia
clerical labor and alterations II schedules.
By this means il i calculated that the pres
ent postal facilities Of a very large par y the
Ohio and Mississippi River valleys viii be
greatly augmented and improved.
a Washington dispatch 81 the 22d say,
that Governor Ames has written letter u
the Attorney General. alluding to the pacific
relations Of the opposing political organlza-
tions in Mississippi, and expressing sincere
gratitude 20 the representative Of the Attor-
brought about this condition Of afiairs, and
has assured peaceful campaign and a fail
election.
Tie town of yermillion, near sandusky
Ohio, was almost wholly DESTROYED by fire o.
the morning II the ed. Eleven business
blocks in the heart Of the town are IN ashes
: The loss j. estimated al Ss5.nDO. Iusuranc,
light. Two men We're arrested charged viii
setting the place on fire.
The fine building ~ the Freeport Watcl
/ Factory. At freeport, H., was destroyed b.
fire on the night ~ the 2l.t. Thi. establish
J meni had been in operation only Fix months
e Loss on building and properly. $1,000
. The fire was undoubtedly Of inccndiar
( origin.
Henry Brown. col0red, was hanged in st
Z Louis on the I'D for the murder Of Phiiil
: Piarr. an inonen-ive German farmer Twin
in The suburbs ~ the city. on May 18th last
IN addition 70 the crime u murder. Brow
perpeirated a horrible outrage upon Me-
: Pfarr. and wa fully identified by her upon hi
: trial He died protesting his innocence q
h the latter crime, and alleging that BE- onl
I struck Pfarr in ~elf-dcfense.
4 y. Y. Graham, heavy grain speculaior a
n Davenport. Iowa. failed on the I'D. Tn
4 Davenport National Bank loses about III, 90
(, by the failure.
\ Fred. SWEET and Joseph McClurg. both q
a Pittsburgh, Pa. were recently drowned I
1 the Kankakee River, near Hanna, Ind.
while out cunning.
: Gov. Allen Of Ohio has gone to Pennsylya
mia for the purpose Of taking part in the can
e yass Of that State.
e Pinney, the ab-conding United States Pay
/: master at san Francisco, is "A defaulter to tn
! amount 81 about Il ,0oo, 600 in round mum
: beers. The Government loses only porto