The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-01-15

Phelps and Potter, met Al New orleans on
the 30th. They decided to confine their In
yestigsiion TO the Returning Board and the
White League.
John Goodman was hanged Al Ottawa, Put
nam County, ihio. on the S0th for the muir
der Of John Haywood and wife on the S'h Of
April last.
John Murphy was hanged At Carson. Ne
yada, on the roth, for the murder OF j. H. Me-
Callum.
A dispatch from Chetopa, Kansas, 3lsi.
states that a serious ARRAY had occurred near
Chouteau. Cherokee Nation, between the re-
spectiye adherents Of Ross and Downing, in
which three men were killed and as many
Others wounded. The Ross party are said u
have been the aggressors. Subsequently 10
this fight. the Ross party, headed 10y the
sheriff, il T. stated committed other outrages.
later dispatch, dated Nirita, the 1st, says
that a general reign Of terror existed. and
that the inhabitants were fleeing for their
lives.
During the year 1874. upward Of 10000 cat
tie and 10000 hogs were packed at Kansas
City. The total receipts at the stock yards
were-cattle. 207 $50; hogs, ll2.5S2.
discovered in Sonora on the San Miguel River.
A company has been incorporated in Salt
Lake City TO build broad-gauge railroad
from the terminus of the Utah Southern Rail-
road TO the nayigable waters of the Colorado
River.
The Congressional Investigating Commit
tee on Mississippi affairs begun their session
al Nicksburg on the 3lst. The principal wit
nesses examined were Mayor o'Leary and
General Horace Miller. who commanded the
whites in the fight OF Dec. :. The latter tes-
titled that thirteen negroes were killed in
this fight.
Colonel Henry, with a company OF the
Third Cavalry, left Red Cloud Agency, on
the 26th OF December, for the eastern slopes
OF the Black Hills, to drive out the invading
miners. Colonel Henry's command took
thirty days rations and forage, and were pre-
pared TO encounter severe weather. The In
dians at the Agency were demanding that the
horses, wagons and other property OF the
Black Hills miners should, when captured,
be turned over TO them.
On the night OF the %, Richard 5. Borum,
OF Lee County, Miss, his wife and two child
rem and little negro boy were murdered.
and their bodies consumed with the house in
which they lived. IRtense excitement pre-
vailed on account Of the horrible crime, but
there was no clue to the murderers.
The firm of Roe Brothers, wholesale gro
GERS in Chicago, have absconded, leaving
their creditors unpaid, and taking with them,
tits believed. not less than s1O0, 900 in money
and bonds
The residence OF Milo Ruggles, at Putin
Bay. Ohio, was destroyed by fire, on the 4th,
and Mr.. Ruggles, his mother, sister, and her
child. perished in the flames.
The Arkansas Senate has passed joint re-
solution instructing the Attoruey-G General to
institute suit against the Memphis and Little
Rock Railroad for si00. 200, borrowed by the
company from the State in 1850, and due in
1870.
Four negroes, who are believed to be the
murderers Of the Borun family in Lee Coun-
ty, Miss, have been captured and taken to
shannon. One Of the negroes has confessed.
lie says there were six negroes concerned in
the tragedy; that they first shot and killed
Borum, his wife and the negro boy. and then
fired the house in half a dozen places, burn
ing alive the two children, first locking the
door TO prevent their escape. He afterward
admitted that each OF the six had outraged
Mrs. Borum.
The Tennessee Legislature organized on
the ith. Hon. Thomas III. Paine, of Savan-
nah, was elected Speaker Of the Senate, and
Hon. Lewis Bond, of Haywood, Speaker Of
the House.
The Minnesota Legislature organized on
the 9Th.
General Sheridan sent the following adj
ditional telegram to the Secretary Of War
from New Orleans on the 9th " The city Is
very quiet to-day. Some ofthe banditti made
idle threats last night that they would assassi-
nate me because dared to tell the truth
am not afraid. and will not be stopped from
informing the Government that there are To-
calities in this department where the very air
has been impregnated with assassination for
some years.
In response to telegraphic request from
Governor Ames Of Mississippi, received at
Washington on the 5th. accompany Of Federal
troops has been ordered TO yicksburg.
number Of additional meetings were held
in New Orleans on the 9th, TO formally pro-
test against the charges made against the peo-
pie of the city and State by General Sheridan
in his communications to the Secretary OF
War. The Board OF Underwriters, the Bank
Presidents and Cashiers, and number Of the
clergy are among the protestants.
The Illinois and Missouri Legislatures con-
vened on the 9th. only temporary organiza-
tons were effected.
The Congressional Committee concluded
their labors in New Orleans and left for
Washington on the 9th. During his cx-
animation on that day, Governor KEEL
logg narrated surprising incident
which. he said, had been brought to
his knowledge in such manner that he was