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


The wheeler Brothers. tNO lucky miners
who own = claim on Deadwood creek On the
Black Il q !, arrived Al Fort Laramie on the
l5th IA the prcceeds Of seven months
work, amounting % l.ea pounds % gold
dust, valued az over 80. 90. They had an
escort OF - men 10 guard this immense
treasure, which viii be shipped by rail from
Cheyenne
Reports from various portions OF Ohio
give assurance Of the best crops Of fruit,
corn and tobacco that have been harvested
for wears. The hog cholera sud tobacco
worn are causing trouble in some localities.
At ChIcago. on the i6th, ABB hlenmAn, q
noted pigeon sh~oier. shot and MORALLY
wounded Charles CrsiEston, = contractor,
during heated Felitieai discussion.
Gen. Terry's I-.diAn campaign terminated
on the IN. whea his Command was hnally
broken up. A portion of the troops have
been ordered 70 FOTt Ellis, portion 10 Fort
Lincoln, while another portion will remain
Al Fort BufOrd. Gen. Sheridan has eOun-
terEaAnded The order TO winter n regiment Of
ezy4lry on the Yellowstone.
There Wa q intermerts from yellow fever
deaths AZ savannah on the l5sh, and the
disease VS. still on the increase. Coutribu-
tons from other Southern cities were being
received in aid Of the destitute. AZ least one
half Of the eclOred people being dependent
upon the charity Of the whites.
The pursuit Of the Minnesota bank rob-
bers, up 20 the 18th, bad proved unsuccess-
ful- Il is known that they separated dur
inE their Sight. and two OF them very mar
rOvly escaped capture. II j. said that the
two dead robbers have been positively iden-
Used, BY photographs shown 70 their 49,
quAiniances, - Bill Chadwick and Clel Mil
ler. two OF the Missouri gang.
A 6reenhaek electoral ticket for Arkansas
was nominated by 4 mass convention held
Al Little Rock on the 18th.
The hostile ehiefs XII Eagle and Little
Wound, with l40 people, and all their arm.
and AMMUNITION. and about LOO ponies, sur
reudsred AZ Standing Rock on the Eth; =
others also surrendered. al Of whom were
in the fight on the Lfrfle BIZ Horn. 4
friendly Indian from the camp q the ho--
tiles near the headwaieTs q Powder River
arrived ~ Standing ESsk Agency on thC
tn, bearing a message from some OF
the hostile chiefs 10 the commanding
officer. They express q desire FOR peace,
bur say they are only defending their hunt
in=-grounds, which the whites have en-.
dezEored 70 wrest from them. The mes.
serger SAYS the hostile camp i composed Of
O1allAlA. Brule. Saus-Arc and Minnecoui0u
bands o; sioux. with Cheyennes and ArAFA'
hoes. lie saws they have immense quanti-
ties Of ammunition, and more guns thar
thew need. and that the most Of these ar'
needle-guns.
Further disturb aEces In south Carolin,
were reported on the 18th, growing ont Of
the attempted arrest % = negro who IA
ehA-gs4 With Ass4ultin. white iady in Aiker
C0Uuty. The Arrestoi The culprit. II i aid
va resisted 81 some two hundred negroes
armed with shot guns and rifles. The re-.
suit Of the encounter was stated % be on
white man ard six negroes killed.. II wa
further reported that the negroes had taker
possession % the Port Poyal Railroad; tha
they bad torn up the track and wrecked ,
freight train. and that the Superintendent
Of the road bad applied 10 the Governor AUC
TO the United states military officer At Ham
burg for assistance.
J. :. MayberTy, revenue detective lis
Ing ~ BlOunt SPRING, Ala, was shoi ana
killed BY an unknown assassin. while sittlRs
IN his own house, on the night % the 10th
The general impression i that The assSssi'
was ore Of gang Of cOunterieirers now IN
der indictment and whose trial VIII soor
come Of. Mayberry was an important Wit
nes- against them
The tOiler Of stean-thresher on the farm
OF Peter Klein. ~ Caulh.ld, o., explode.
on the 18th. instantly killing Noah Gun
mings. Daniel Fox. and Isaac Rhodes, ans
seriously iniuring Jerry Fox and anothe
nan slightly.