The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-08-20
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

WARRINGTON.
IA n authoritatively announced that the
Government income for the last fiscal year Is
larger than any estimate made, and more
hAa realizes the expectation Of the Treasury
sflccrv.
The Pension ONCE reports the number OF
pensioners on the rolls, June S0th, rs 2.s0S4,
. decrease OF ASH for the year; and the
amount paid to pensioners Is 81 100000 less
han was paid the year previous.
Benjamin b. Halleck, Theodore w. Brown
and VIM. III. 0ttman have been arrested and
committed to jail In Washington, In default
q bail for being concerned In the larceny OF
0 valuable money package from the Treasury
cash-room on the I'd OF June. Hsllack was
oierk In the room where the money was
stolen, and at the time Of his arrest was en-
loving leave Of absence in New York City,
where be spent his money freely. Brown
was formerly employed In the Qusrtermas-
,erss Department, and Ottman is = restaurant
keeper In Warrington. While being con-
veyed from New York TO Washington,
Halleck threw away book,
which Wa subsequently recovered by the
officers. Upon examination II was found TO
contain the figures 47.097.65-the exact
amount contained in the stolen packages.
These fignres bad been partially erased with
lead pencil, though they had been divided
by :, and the quotient, %, 54s, 81 IL, remained
untouched. An entry on the same page
read, " 0ST0 saved TO show w. H." Halleck
gave several conflicting statements in regard
to these entries, but finally admitted that he
attempted to throw the book away, rs the
figures In II would secure his conviction.
Halleck, the Treasury clerk, arrested for
stealing the $4,000 money package, has
made q confession. He says that Gilman
proposed and planned the robbery, and has
had entire custody OF the stolen money,
with the exception OF about 5000 which he
returned 10 Haleck 0ttman Is a man OF
considerable means, and has recently made
heavy deposits in the banks. His property
has been seized, and 1t was thought the whole
amount would be recovered. Halleck scquits
Brown OF any knowledge Of the robbery.
EAST.
Gold closed in New York on August IL,
ut ia
Commodore Andrew Jackson Drake, u. S.
Navy. died at Newark, y. j., on the 4th.
The National Methodist Camp-meeting be-
gan at Old Orchard Beach, near Biddeford,
Me-, on the 9Th, to continue until the 18th.
sections OF the country.
Drexel, Morgan x Co., of New York, pub
licly announce that Duncan, Sherman & Co.
have made arrsngemel Is with them by
whish they will cash, upon presentation NJ
their Offices in London or Paris, all letters Of
redit issued by the latter firm.
A frightful rate Of mortality prevails
among the poor children Of New York City.
Cholera infintum Is carrying off the little
ones 81 the rate of 100 per day, and q call is
made for volunteer physicians.
The census OF New York City has been
completed, and the total population is shown
to be 1,co4 ,272-an increase in five years of
sl,l65.
Cardinal McCloskey, accompanied by his
secretary, hiss started for Rome, where he
will receive the hat and ring Of the Cardinal.
The Massachusetts Republican State Con-
vention Is to be held at Worcester, on the
seth Of September.
A sad accident, resulting in the death Of
two young people, occurred at Niagara Falls
on the .tii in-'. \ rarty OF six from the
vicinity OF the Falls visited the Cave
Of the Winds, unaccompsnied by guides.
After passing throuzh the cave, two
Of the party, Mr.. Ethelbeck Parsons,
aged %, and Miss Lottie G. Philpott. aged %,
descended to an eddy which Is never visited
by the guides. The lady lost her fooihold
and was caught by the gentleman, but the
current carried both into the river below,
where they were both drowned. They were
soon 10 be married.
BY an explosion in the arsenal ut Frank
ford, Penn, on the It'll, one young man was
killed and number OF Others fatally injured.
The building was blown down.
AT the Buffalo races. on the 10th, Lulu
trotted mile in 2:l5, being the fastest mile
heat ever made upon that track. On the sane
day the four-yesr-old stallion, Governor
Sprague, OF Canton, ILL.,, made an exhibit heat
Of 2 20 1.-the best time for four-year-old
on record.
Ex-Governor VIM. A. Graham, OF North
Carolina, died Of organic disease Of the heart,
at Congress Hall, Saratoga, New York, on
the llth.
WEST AND SOUTH.
The City OF Chicago had on deposit with
Duncan, Sherman & Co., New York, at the
time Of the failure Of that house, an unex-
pended balance of funds placed with them for