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

Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad ran OF the
track near Steward Station, Is miles east OF
Athens, Ohio, on the 4th. The engine turn
ed over into the Hooking River. Two men
were instantly killed and nine others, includ-
ing the conductor. injured.
Some miscreants forced open u switch on
the Toledo, Wsbash'and Western Railroad,
near Catlin Station, few miles west OF Dam
Vile, H., on the night OF the 4th. and loco
motive was thrown from the track. killing in-
stsntly Frank Shepard, the engineer, and
fatally scalding Michael Msrkey the fireman.
The locomotive was running NJ full speed, .
few minutes ahead OF m express train COM
prising three cars packed full Of pas
sengers, and 1t Is supposed that the
intention OF the scoundrels was to
ditch the train for the purpose
Of robbery. When the passenger train came
up to the fatal switch, the engine vas found
In the ditch, upside down, with shepard
buried in the mud beneath. The trsckmen's
house at the switch had been broken open,
and tools obtained with which the fasten-
ings OF the switch were forced and the rails
moved from where they were fastened,
thus leaving the way open for the train to
tumble down An embankment Is or Is feet
high.
At Athens, McMinn County, Tenn, ON the
night OF the 5th, thirty masked men took n
negro from the Jail and shot him. He was
under arrest for attempting to rob and out
rage Mrs. John Howard, white lady.
Eugene Archie Kelly, negro, was hanged
At Selma, Ala. on the 9th. for the murder OF
Andrew Cunningham, alse negro.
The Marietta, Pittsburgh and Cleveland
Railroad has been placed in the hands OF u
receiver.
According to an Omaha estimate, the num-
Der Of Texas cattle driven into Nebraska, up
to August win amount to over 100000.
They are mostly held by cattle raisers along
the line OF the Union Pacific Railroad from
Kesrney Junction to Sidney. 10000 OF the
number driven in this year have been sold.
About the first of August number OF
prisoners confined in the Denver City Jail ef-
fected their escape through abreach made in
the wall. All had been recaptured except
Evan Hall, w. Wilder, and Harry Leighton.
A few nights ago they were decoyed into a
corral, where they expected to secure horses
provided by friend for their escape. When
they were within few feet OF the
decoy horses they were fired on b. sixteen
ranchmen. Leighton was pierced by seven
bullets, and instantly killed, and Hall by four
bullets, and died in few hours. Wilder,
who il is supposed received severe wounds,
succeeded ia escaping. All were Of the worst
class of despersdoes. Hall had been SEN
fenced to ten years for murder, and the ether
two were under indictment for similar Of
fenses.
Returns from the Kentucky State election,
up 10 the 9th. give McCreary, Democrat, a
in 1871.
The jury in the case of John ID. Lee, charg-
ed with being the leader in the Mountain
Meadow massacre, were unable TO agree, and
were discharged by he Court. 1t is report
ed they stood nine for acquittal and three
Zone Gentle and two Mormons) for conyic.
ton.
Mrs. Stewart, aged III years and months,
died ut the residence Of her son. VIM. Stew
art, in Liberty, Indiana, on the 9Th inst. Her
son William Is over 90 years old, and he Is
The youngest one Of the family.
Ira Z. Rankin has been nominated for Con-
kIts- W hu' tArHtoHNaho vi Jan Aah't"e',
Cal.
The Alabama Constitutional Convention
will be composed, politically, as follows;
Democrats, 81; Independent Democrats, 6;
Republicans, IL.
Parker, the defaulting ex-TTeasmer Of
South Carolina, who recently escaped from
Jail, has been recsptured.
Themas Carlyle, white man, but citizen
of the Cherokee Nation by marriage, and a
wel-to-do farmer, while sleeping on the
porch of his house near Tahlequah, on the
night or the 5th, was taken from his bed by
three men aud murdered in the presence Of
his family. Robbery appears to have been
the motive, rs quite sum of money was
taken from his person.
Jefferson. Davis has accepted an invitation
TO deliver the address nj the Winnebago
County Agricultural Fair, at. Rockford, ILL.,,
on Sept. Is.
The winter wheat in Wisconsin has been
harvested. and II reported to BE- more Than
an average crop and of excellent quality
other crops, with the exception Of flax, are
also up to or above the average.
A dispatch from Cheyenne, 10Th, says that
Gen. Cook and Col. Stanton had returned
from the Black Hills There were about
I 200 miners in the Hills. aud great deal Of
preliminary work has been done BY them in
the way Of constructing bitches and sluices
A military force was reported on It's way to
the mines for the purpose Of driving out the
miners.
The distillery Of Ford. Oliver & Co., Of
Chicago, has been seized by the Government
whisky.
Some laborers on the streets in San Fran
cisco recently unearthed keg containing
gold in scales and nuggets. variously estimat-
ed to be worth from $50, 900 to $4,000.
s. Adler Il Co.'S linnnr hnIlse At ST Ioaenh