The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-09-29
WEST AID soTTH.

Gen. sherman i reported % have stated
~ Lezvsnw0rlh that IN al probability there
would be 3 new Western military DEPART
nent formed, part Of the territory q the De-
parruanis % Dakota and Missouri being
taken for that purpose. The headquarters
o. the Few department viii probably be ~
the mouth Of the Tongue River. the present
headquarters % the FIFTH Infantry, md il i
presumed that Gen Nelson A. Miles, Col
enel q the Fifth, VIII be commander.
Al meeting Of the representative Of
Western and Southwestern railways certer-
ing in =. Louis, held on the 18th. il Wa
resolved 70 pool The freight business Ofthese
roads, in order 70 put stop 10 the cutting
o. rates.
one hundred P2-~nee indians from the
Indian Territory have recently gone 10 sid
ney Barracks, Neb-, where they viii be
mounted ard equipped. and then sent 20
j0in Crook in lighting the sioux.
william ". Burwsll has been nominated
for Congress By the Republicans % the
First District o, Louisiana In place Of II. c.
Warm0th. declined
A dispatch 70 the -. Paul Pi0H@>r- Press
from Bismarck. y. T.. on the 18th. says
complete enrolment % the Indians a. stand
inE RocE shows ouiy 80 lod-ss. and a total
q not over 400 Indians Rations have
heretofore been issued on a ba-is - 90
from which Il wouldsppear that nearly 5000
are absent. OF else large
amount % stealing has been done. The
Indians are known % have returned from
the hOstiles. buf % steAlthily they could not
be caught. aud the attempt % disann the
bottles h2= therefore proved abortiTe-
Grass. CHEZ % the Black Feet, has been Ar
rested FOR harborinz and supplying the -
tiles. The Indians threatened 10 rescue
him. bat t5s garrison Wa too well prepared
70 resist. and 20 the attempt was abandoned
Gov. CHAMBERLAIN has been renominaied
by the south Caroli5a Republican,
Robert Bzrnweu Rhett, Sc. died in -.
james Parish. La. OF the 14th, aged -.
The exprss- car OF Wells. Fargo 4 Co.,
attached % a train on the Utah Central
Railroad. Wa ENTERED by two masked men
when about eight miles north q sali Lake
City. on the evening 10 the 1fih, who lag-
-ed the messenger and robbed the .a;e O
sI5.00O The robbers escaped. but were le-
inE h0t.ypur.ued.
zen. Crooks e0mmlnd had q lively
brush with the Indians on the 9TH inst. 10
which private Kennedy % the sixth Cavalry
and citizen named frank White were
killed and ore OF tg-s Others wounded. The
Inr1r chef American Hor.e Wa killed
Among The spo1s CAPTURED from tie Indians
were ssverai articles belonging % Clusters
Command. Prisoner. say that the hostile
with the exception % the immediate follow
er. % >iring-Bul and crazy Horse, are
-oinr into TIRE sreneies. Crooks command
T. 81 r1ufe % ne Black H.Isf 1r supplies
A Los Angeles. Cai.. dispatch n ne 18th,
narrafes terrible tale q suffering On the
Colorado Desert. Heny smith, from s..
louis. with one companion and PACK train,
lsft Yuma Tor L9s Angeles, and wandered
four DAYS on the desert without water.
smith opened the veirs 70 be ara, and
drank the blood, which ciotted in b throat.
be then cut his wind-pipe - remove 60, and
died iu few bours after. His companion
retehsd the station ir The last stage q ex-
hzus-ion.