The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-12-10

~lutu NhNl ~ HMM-f ~taAAft AAAAfM~s Va
Ohio. rhirty-cne States aud Territories,
together with many cities ana Board, -
Trade werc represented. Among thc dele
gaies present were many ~ the heading men
Of the country. hoth i'm business and POI
litical Affairs. col. Thomas >coi;. IS
request 81 the Convention. presented
lengthy statement regarding ''thr Tex
n and Pacific Railway. ia connection
with the construction Of through line be-
tween the states and Territories " the
south and Southwest and the Pacific
Ocean \ number ~ other interesting
papers were read and addresses delivered,
which. together with the resolutions and
memorials 10 Congress. viii BE- publish
ed in pamphlet form. The memorial
adopted declares ..ihai Southern trans
continental railway. from the wafer ~
the Mississippi. Via II Pa-o. 10 the Pacific
Ocean. on or near the I'D parallel Of laii-
tudc. j. imperaiiyeiy demanded. " together
with various connections and extensions.
and presents Al length the reasons therefor;
and Congress j. asked 70 pledge the guaran-
tee u the Government frr the payment 81
limited amount % :. per cent. construction
bonds. payable in fits YEAR, such liability
L. be secured by fr-i mortgage upon All
the railway, property and franchises q the
companies. and upon the land granted bs the
United states.
At Cimarron Agene,. y. NJ. "a few day.
ago. Indian Agent Alex. q. Irvine was az
tackled and wounded by au Indian. The lat
ter attempted % escape. bui Wa ,hot and
killed ~ the guard. \ general revolt Wa
apprehended. and htlrequesi - the Agent
the control Of afiair> ha> heeu placed entire
Is in the hands ~ the military.
The First National Bank ~ Monroe. Mich.
was robbed on The night u tie I'd Of >I7.-
-. The waichnian Va- bound and gagged.
and the -afc> were blown open. The officer
~ the bank offer reward ~ $500 fnT the
capture ~ the rohber..
Tirrofte a Go. another heavy New Orleans
dry-g0ods firm. have failed. and other -r>-
pensions are apprehended.
The Indiana Republican state Convention
j. called 10 meet Al indianapolis, on the I'D
Of February. 1876.
Charles r. Murray. editor 81 the NPTEing
Herald a south Bend. Ind. was dciiber-
ately hot ~ William Palmer. Justice ~
the Peace. on the al. Thc weapon used
was large Derrin-er pl-fol. and the >hot
wa fred by Palmer from the head ~ the
stairway in the HsrdIf building. ju-f A.
Murray was IN the art II ascending. The
bali entered the right breast just be-
low the collAr-hcne. and ranged down
through the right lung. comm. out ~ the
right side below The -capua. II wa not
thought that Murray could survive biz in
juries. The cause 81 this deliberate and
cold-blooded attack wa tho publication in
Murray's paper ~ a number ~ articles ac-
clIsing Palmer 81 disrcptutable ATT and A.
-ociaii0ns with loose women. Palmer wa
arrested. with the smoking pistol still in BIZ
hand. and lodged ID Jail.
The south Carolina Legislature met On the
I'D. The message Of Gov. Chamberlain
insists -trenuou>iy On perseverance ia the
reforms which have begun. and j. hopeful
IN IT, tone throughoIf
The National Grange Of Patrons u lls--
bandry. al IT. recent session ~ Louisville.
elected the following officer ior the ensuing
year: Master. John r. Jone-. 81 Arkan-as;
Oyerseer. J. J. wcodman. - Michigan:
Lecturer. A. ". Smedley. ~ Iowa. stew
ard. A. J. Vaughn. ~ Mississippi, Assist
ant stewards. Mortimer Whitehead. ~ New
jersey. and Mis- Carrie Hall. * Louisville /;
Chaplain. :. n. Eii-. 81 Ohio; Treasurer,
r.. NJ. Mcdowell. secretary, -. II. Kelley
81 Kentucky: Gaie-keep-r. -. Dinwiddie.
~ Indiana: Cerc-. Mr.. - Il. Jones. ~ Ar
kansas: Pomona. Mr.. Goddard. ~. Con-
necicui. Flora. Mr.. Adams. ~ Minnesota.
II wa ordered that the salaries ~ the va
riou- officer. be increased % the following
hgireS Master. si.s0 per annum; Trras-
urer. 900 per annum: Secretary. >s.'-' per
annum. with expenses added in each ease
The various Stale Secretaries report pay
ing membership ~ s'4- 80. The total
amount Of moneys received in the >eereta-
~ Office and deposited in the fiscal agen-
cie- during the past three year. j.. IN round
number. about so. Dp0. Number II
Oranges. II ,l<i.
The Advisor, Board 81 Engineer appoint
I'd rs the Government 10 Inspect the work
of CAPTAIN lad ~ south Pas have made =
report ia which they ny Judging from
( the amount and character 81 the work al
ready accomplished in advance Of the date
at which Congress required il 20 begin we
\ are very favoral,ly impressed. believing that
there j. prospect Of early and complete
success
A German farmer named Hopplan. who
lived near For Wayne. Ind, ON the after
noon Of the cath hot his wife. killing hei
instantly. and soon afterward shoi himself.
Hopplzn's daughter witnessed the killing
Of her mother, and ran out To alarm ths
neighbor~. but when -he returned shs
found both her parents dead. The daugh.
ter says that her father and mother had beer
quarreIing about religious matters for some
time, aud II j. supposed that the old msn wa
insane.
Tony Sellnm and Alice Harris, both col
or.a 49,. h.rwed AZ Monroe Ia on tbs