The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-04-09

DID barrels rump. sgainst l1,S9 last year.
The total number packed In lllinsis was
2.l0l.1.0. against l,S10,>aj last year;
Ohio STl.-S6. against s9s,62s last
year; Missouri sOS.G0. against sSj,>6s
last ear; Indiana 60 4sO. against go .2sS last
wear: lows 4Oo. ~. against as0.73i last year (;
Kentucky sos. .9a. sgaiust 2A6.3ss last year
Wisconsin aS0,i2i, against 399,s9l last year.
The shove are MI the States that packed over
G0,00O this year. Aggregate cost Of hogs pack
ca is SOC 80, sgainqt soS,31o, $50 last year.
Average cost, S6.G5. against S5.lS last year.
The summer packing between March LIT and
November Isl last yearshowsa total Il I,l6s, :
90 head; average gross weight. 201 pounds.
Eighty conyicts I'm the Indiana State Prison
az Jcffersonyillc made bold and desperate
attempt 10 escape on the afternoon OF the goth.
They suddenly quit work, oyerpowercd the
guards, tied and blinded them, and succeeded
in partially cutting a hole through the outer
wall, when the general alarm was given.
The outside guard rushed to the rescue, aud
on the top OF the walls forced the conyicts
~ the muzzle Of their Spencer rifles TO de-
sist from further attempt Mt escape. The
leaders in the conspiracy promptly dealt
with.
The South Carolina Legislature adjourned
sine die On the Goth.
A large body of armed Mexicans attacked
several ranches near Corpus Christi, Texas,
ON the Goth. They robbed one store. and
took several Americans prisoners. The in
yasion of the city was unprecedented, and the
excitement was intense, the citizens being in
arms.
The Galveston Nelcs has a dispatch from
Corpus Christi, 27th, stating that band OF
armed Mexicans had on the previous day
robbed and burned the Post-office at Nueces.
and also robbed and taken prisoner a mail
carrier. The Dispatch adds that the Mexicans
came within seven miles OF Corpus Christi.
robbed several stores and houses, and took n
large number of Americans prisoners,
among them Judge Gilpin. formerly a
member of the Legislature, and two
women. They compelled the csptives to
walk in front Of them till they were ex
hausted, then mounted them on bareback
horses and hurried them of. 1t is further
stated that these Mexican bands are continu-
ally raiding through the country bordering on
the Rio Grande, robbing. numbering. and
driving stock across the river; that they have
become so daring Of late that nearly all travel
on the highways has ceased, and even stock
men are deferred from hunting their cattle
and horses, forfear Of falling into the hands of
these ruffans.
General c. c. Augur arrived at New Or
leans from Texas on the 26th, and took COM
mand Of the troops stationed in that vicinity.
General Emory len for Washington on the
following day.
VI. X. Scullin, editor Of the Aberdeen
Miss Republican, was recently shot by an
actor named Beverly, on account Of An unfa-
vorabe criticism of the latter in scuIlin's pa
per. 1t was thought the wound would prove
fatal.
Louis A. Middleton, editor OF the West
Point Mss Times. was on the 25th shot
and killed by ID. l.. Love, editor Of the West
Point Citizen. for an offensive article pub
lished by the former. Love demanded re-
traction, which being refused, he drew pis-
tol and shot Middleton four times, killing him
instantly, and then made his escape.
In the Criminal Cosrt Of Cook County. H..
on the 10th, Judge Williams sentenced viii
bur +. Story, editor OF the Chicago Times.
to ten days Imprisonment in the Cousty jail.
for contempt Of court. in having published
articles constructiyeiy rejecting on the char
acters Of certain members OF the Grand Jury.
The arrest OF Mr.. storey caused intense ex-
citement throughout the city. and the action
OF Judge Williams was very generally de-
nouDced, especially by the city press. which
was unanimous in It's censure. Mr.. Storey's
lawyers AZ once made application TO Judge
Nc Alister, OF the Supreme Court, for a writ
Of supersedeas, who ordered that. upon the
plaintiff in error entering into recognizance
in $4,000, he be discharged from custody.
A telegram from ST. Paul. Mimi. gives the
following particulars Of horrible kerosene
accident: On the morning Of the 2lst uIt..
the house of q farmer named Colson. af
Parkers Prairie, twenty-five miles from
Modena, on the Northern Pacific Rail-
road, caught fire from the bursting Of
kerosene lamp. The flames spread 20 rapid
Nv that In n moment the night clothes Of
the father, mothea and FIVE children were on
fire. Coson finally dashed out Of window
and rescued bis family, tat in a sad condi-
ton. They all dragged themselves to the
nearest neighbors, mile distant, barefooted
and naked, leaving tracks OF their progress
in the snow all the way. The Esther and two
children have since died Of their injuries, and
il j. thought the mother and remaining SON
cannot long survive.
Three men, named Finnerly, Shea, and
Hanson, lost their lives by the burning OF a
clearinghouse at benicis. Cal, on the morn
- Al. 0.sA IL lsra
badly hurt by jumping from the windows.
One of the leaders Of the Mexican bandits
who made the recent rsid upon Nueces, Tex
As, was captured aud taken to Corpus Chris
ii. where he was tried, convicted, and hung