The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-05-07

number, and are supposeu 10 hh'c
been A portion OF those who ESCAPED from
the agency. Lieut.. Henley's command con-
sisted OF a detachment Of forty men. Twenty
seyen OF the Indians were killed, including
two chiefs and a medicine-man. The re-
mainder OF the Indians escaped with por-
ton of their stock. Sergeant Pspier and Pri-
vste Ticros. oil Lieut.. Henley's command,
were killed.
Among those known 10 be lost by the re-
cent New Orleans steamboat disaster are
Mrs. Musgroye, of New York, daughter Of
Captain Reese. OF the Exporter; Mr.. Grams
lin, of Nashville. Ind. young daughter OF
DIR. Brashear, Of Florence, Ky; Joseph Case
and John Ferrard. engineers Of the Bodmann,
both OF Newport. n.y.; also, a large number
of other employees Of the three boats, white
and colored. male and female, and probably
several deck passengers whose names are not
known.
Both houses Of the Louisiana legislature
adjourned sine die on the oath. In the Sem
ate the resolution suspending Clinton. State
Auditor, from Office was finally postponed
Is to Is. But few, If any, Of the reform
measures were finally passed.
The Chicago Hster. Ocean, Of the 24th. has
comprehensive report Of the condition of
the grain and fruit crops from various local.
ties. nom which we make the following brief
summary: Misseuri-W heat and oats are
badly eaten by gras.hoppers. and fears are
entertained that in the large breadth planted
the grain will be destroyed by them. Fruit
is uninjured. Illinois-The prospects for
winter wheat are very discourasing; where
large areas are usually sown there will not
be over half a crop. Many wheat
fields are being plowed for corn. Spring
wheat and oats are damaged; also rye and
barley. Fruits generally are destroyed.
Wisconsin-Winterw heatis slightly injured.
Spring wheatis now being sown. Fruit is
somewhat injured. Indiana-The wheat has
been badly injured by the cold weather. Rye
and barley viii also be short crops Oats
will not yield more than half crop. Fruit
will be almost total failure. Corn planting
is delayed on account of frost. kansas
Wheat and oats sown are in fine
condition. Fruit is looking well
Michigan = Season backward. Wheat
has been badly injured by the frost, and in
many localities farmers are turning it out.
Oats and corn, "a well as most small fruits,
are killed. Nebraska-Prospects for all
grains and fruits are hattering. Minnesota
The season is backward. The average
breadth OF spring wheat is sown. Winter
wheat is uninjured. Small fruits promise
WELL Iowa-A little more than the average
amount of spring wheat Is sown, and will
yield well. Little winter wheat issown, and
that Is uninjured. Oats and barley are badly
injured. Fruit will be an average crop.
The ex-Federsl and ex- Confederstes soldiers
of Little Rock, Ark, have issued joint call
for the decoration Of the graves Of all the
soldiers who fell in the late war.
The cornerstone OF a monument to be
erected in memory Of Confederate soldiers
was laid with imposing ceremonies at Angus
tn, Ga, on the 26th.
A collision between two passenger trains
occurred on the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road, near Washington City, on the 26th,
by which several persons were seriously in
ured.
The Postmaster at Corpus Christi tele-
graphed to the Postmaster-General,o on the
18th, information regarding the robbery Of
the Post-office at Carrizo, Texas, and the
murder of Dr. Lowell, which occurred on the
18th, as heretofore reported.
A special dispatch from Wallace. Kansas
21th, SAYS that Lieutenant Henley, who made
the recent attack upon the Cheyennes, had
arrived at Fort Wallace with his soldiers. all
in an exhausted condition, after an arduou'
march Of 400 miles. Indians were seen about
fifty miles from Wallace, near the Kansas
Pacific Railroad track. The Government i,
said TO be making preparations for severa
attacks.
A Memphis dispatch OF the 2Tth is n fol
lows: Planters are complaining greatly o.
the unprecedented destruction of mules anc
horses and cattle by the buffalo gnats. IL i
estimated that within the past ten days 800,
600 worth Of stock has been killed by then
within radius of 100 miles from this city
and The consequence has been heavy adj
vance in the price Of mules and horses.
The city Of Oshkosh, Wis, suffered from
terrible conlagration on the 18th. II brok'
out soon after noon, in Morgan 4 Bros saw
mill, or the north bank ofthe river, burning
that and dozen other saw aud shngle mills
and millions Of feet Of lumber, together will
hundreds of houses, all the printing offices
Hardng'- Opera house, the Beckwith an
Adams Hotels, banks, dry-goods stores, etc
The burnt district Is one and halfmiles Ion
and half mile wide. Two lives were los
and hundreds Of families rendered homeless
Assistance was sent from Fond du Lac an
Ripon. The total loss wa, estimated at $3.50
! 600.
Information has been received by priyat
letter of the drowning, in Puget's Sound, o
: March 20, Of the entire theatrical troupe Z
j. A. sawtelle, well kown TO many Wester
and Southern theater-goers IL seems tha
; on the day named the party embarked in
small tug-boat, the Ruby, for Port Madison
T from Seattle, notwithsta ndng the fact tina