The Jasper weekly courier., 1876-04-07

The Mississippi House has accepted the
resignation Of Cardoza, Superintendent OF
Education, and the impeachment proceed
ings commenced against him have been dis
continued i'm consequence.
A dispatch faom Fort Laramie, 22d. gives
Information OF a fight between miners and
Indians on Deer Wood Creek 90 miles north
OF Custer. The miners attacked the Indi-
ans and killed 10. one white man was
killed. The Indians had been running OF
stock. More trouble is expected.
Judge Montgomery Moses, OF South Car
olina, has been found guilty OF high crimes
and misdemeanors. and formally dismissed
from the bench, after Impeachment before
the State Senate.
Lieut-Gov. Davis OF Mississippi has been
found guilty OF the charges brought against
him. and the Senate has decreed his re-
moval from Office and disqualification here
afte. from holding any office Of honor, trust
or profit.
BY the explosion Of a steam boiler in the
Union Pacific Railway Company's rolling :
mill at Laramie City, Wy. T., on the 9Sd,
four men were instantly killed and several
others wounded, two or three fatally.
Chief-Justice A. 5. +. Nicholson, OF
Tennessee. died at Columbia on the 23d.
The deceased was a United States Senator
in lS40, member OF the Southern Conyen-
tion OF 1850, and editor Of the Washington
Union during Pierce's administration.
The larger portion OF the business part Of
Jackson, La. was destroyed by fire on the
night of the 22d.
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from Chicago 10 Eastern points was agreed
upon az convention OF General Freight
Agents held ON the a4th: From Chicago To
New York. >45; Philadelphia. SO. 30; Bal
timore. SS9; Buffalo, s25. The old rates
were. respectively, S6o, s54, >52, $3.50.
Information has been received military
headquarters. that on the l9tn i.st. Gen.
Reynolds attacked and destroyed the village
81 Crazy Horse, near the mouth OF the
Little Powder River. Crazy Horse had
with him the Northern Cheyenne. and some
of the MinneconjoBs, and had large amount
OF war material and general supplies,
said TO have been obtained from the Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies in eX-
change for the plunder secured by raids
upon the settlements. Gen. Crook recon-
mends the immediate transfer Of the In
dians OF these agencies TO the Missouri. as a
means Of putting an end to their predatory
warfare.
The Second Presbyterian Church of De-
troit, the finest church ediiice in that city,
was burned on the morning OF the 25th.
The business portion Of Fernandina, Fla,
was burned on the 25th. Loss. $4,000.
A special TO the Galveston Ners from San
Marcos, Texas. says the Austin stage was
robbed in san Marcos Bottom. about three
miles from that town, on the evening Of the
2.th. by two masked men. The robbers
the driver TO quit the road and
drive into the woods, where the passengers,
eight in number, were made 10 give up
their money and watches, after which the
robbers proceeded 10 rifle the mail. They
secured about - 900 in money.
The new 81. Louis Directory puts the pop
ulation Of that city at 49s, ,ls2.
Harry Holloway, Superintendent OF the
indianapolis Post-ofice, who was indicted
for corruption in Office, has been tried and
acquitted by order OF the Court, there being
no evidence to sustain the charges brought
against him.
The most severe snow storm OF the season
occurred throughout Ohio, Indiana, IIli-
nois, Missouri. Iowa and Nebraska, on the
Goth to the 2sth. Snow fell TO depth of
from II to Is inches In some localities. and
railroad travel was more or less interrupted.