The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-02-25

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Gold closed IN New York. on February
-. at il3a.
Hon. ReNerdy johnson. the distinguished
statesman and iurist. was found dead in
the yard II the Executive Mansion, al An
napoli-, Md. On the evening Of the 10th.
Mr.. johnson was the guest az Governor
Carroll, and had dined that afternoon, with
other gentlemen, at The Executive Mansion.
II is supposed that Mr.. johnson slipped
and fell from the stairs leading 10 the yard.
and that the injuri thus received were the
cause Of his death. Mr.. Johnson would
have been 30 years Of age in May mex
The Bank OF Commerce " New London.
Conn, was robbed Of 81 800 on the night Of
the Sth. The locks TO the vault and safe,
the secret combination Of each Of which was
confided TO a different official, were opened
in somc way, and when the robbers left
they locked the vault in such a manner that
the services 81 an expert had to he Sc
cured in order 10 gain admittance. in
consequence Of " hich the banks loss was
not discovered until y hours after the rob-
berry had taken place. Upon opening the
vault il was found that the burglars had
packed up in atin box all bills receivable and
other securities II the bank, amounting 10
500, eco or more. but left them on the floor
o the vault, evidently in the hurry Of de-
parturc.
The second trial OF Piper, for the murder
OF Mabel Young. in the belfry Of a Boston
church. terminated ina verdict Of guilty Of
murder ia the first degree. The first jury
failed to agree.
Perrin A.. summer has been arrested in
Brooklyn. y. y. charged with forgeries in
California amounting 10 over 500, coo. lie
was an official in a Baptist Church, and COW
cred his transactions with his profcssed
pleiy.
Mr.. Bowen appeared before the Examin-
ing Committee Of Plymouth Church on the
evening of the 10Th, in response to a sum
mon, 70 appear and tell what he knew con-
corning Henry Ward Beechcr. He declined
10 make any statement. however. on the
ground that the Committee proceedings
were irregular, and thar he had not had
time to properly prepare a reply. The Com
mittee refused 10 give him another hearing
and this endedthe interview.
silas Horton %Stringham. Rear-Admiral
L.. ;. Navy, died at his residence in Brook
lyn \. T., on the eth. He was in his 18th
year, and bad for a long time been suffering
from a painful organic disease.
owen Lindsay, convicted Of the murder
Of Francis 4. Coiyin, wa hanged at syra-
cusc. y. v, on the llth.
The author " the New London Comm
bank robbery turns ont 10 De George g..
Packer, one p the tellers Of that institution,
has uade a confession. All the miss
ing funds ~ the bank. amounting to ST.
500, haye been recovered.
Pesach KuhcnstciH has been found guilty
OF the murder u sarah Alexander. on the
outskirts Of Brooklyn. y. y. on the 18th Of
December last. and sentenced to be hang 4
on the oath q March.
AZ Gloyersyillc, y. ~. on the 18th. Mar
tin McQuade, glove manufacturer. was
To death while attempting to cxtin-
a fire IN hi house. His wife was Sc
,crely burned.
Al explosion II fire-damp occurred IN the
Mine. belonging to the Lehigh Coal
Company. in West Pittston. Pa. on the
by whichfour miners were Killed and
more or less injured.
Charles X. Lands, recently acquitted on
The ground 81 insanity, Of The murder Of
~arruth. the vineland editor, has been pro-
bounced san by Judge Read, after an cx-
animation Of Witnesses, and has been dis
'harged from arrest.
Frederick Dockcray, the American cap
ured IN Cuba, and who recently escaped
rom a Spanish prison. arrived at New York
n the l4th in the steamer Adriatic.
The Advisory Council Of Plymouth
,hureh, Brooklyn, met in that church on
the 10Th inst. Delegates from
lbout 40 churches were present and occu-
Died the body OF the church. The gallery
vas filed chiefly by ladies. Mr.. Beecher
opened the proceedings by an address, in
he said: Whatever questions YOU
nay see fit to ponder over, YOU will act on
FOUR wi discretion, and without any
-estiiction on the part % this Church. For
myself, I wish TO say that | fearno adequate
md Just Investigation Of whatever Is thought
% be wisesi aud best. and that | most earn
sstly give my consent 10 it, Dr. Bacon
selected as First Moderator. In his re-
marks DIR. Bacon said, that they were not
here 70 try the main question Of the great
scandal, but only to advise Plymouth Church
concerning the m amer in which il has dealt
with IT..
The historic elm OF Boston Common, over
200 years old, WAS blown down on the night
the 18th. It was carried away pieccmcal
BY relic hunters.
YES AND. SOUTH.
In the Babcock trial AZ -. Louis, on the