The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-03-10

tee appointed for that purpose, and the SEN
ate Al once organized as Court Of
Impeachment. Chief-Justice Ludeling
presiding. and adopted an order requiring
the House 10 present their charges and tes-
tlmony al p. m. but when the intimaton
reached the House. that body had adjourn
ed until Wednesday. Al O'Clock in the
evening the senate again assembled, when
the attorneys II the Golerno presented TO
the Court a series ~ prcambles setting forth
the illcgaliiies in the manner In which the
impeachment was brought, and suggested
an order 81 the Court dismissing the
impeachment. the same 90 have the
effect Of Judgment of acquitial. A vote
was called FOR an adoption ~ this preamble
and order. A. the vote was being taken The
committee Of iiye appointed by the Speaker
OF the House appeared and presented their
authorization 10 act a. managers on the part
IT the House. The point was raised and
sustained, after an excited protest from Mr..
Wilt, that the Speaker had not the right
90 appoint managers after the adjournment
Of the House. The order Of ac,luittal was
finally adopted 10y the following vote: Yeas,
~: nays, ..
Gov Hardin, ~ Missouri. has appointed
the Hon. Thomas Allen, OF -. Louis, TO de-
liver an address during the coming Inter-
national Exhibition at Philadelphia. the
same 10 embrace complete history OF the
growth and prosperity " Missouri, which
will be printed and bound with other like
addresses from different states, and circu-
lated in foreign countries. -.
At Carrolton, Mo-. on the 18th, Mr.. Al
fred :. klerolf, OF the Democrat, shot Mr..
j. y. Hawkins. Of the Journal, four times
with revolver. one shottook effect in the
cheek, two in the breast, and one in the
bowels. There had been a loDg-standing
feud between the parties. The shooting
took place In the DesaOcrd, office, and 1t j.
said Hawkins was drunk and refused to
leave when ordered out. Hawkins will
probably die
The town OF Princeton. Ind, - miles
north ~ Evanston, suffered heavily from
the hurricanes on sunday evening, 27th ult
From 80 TO 20 buildings were demolished,
and other property destroyed. Many per-
sons were injured, two seriously, IL not
fatally. The loss Of property In Princeton,
and in the adjacent country ravaged by the
storm, il estimated AT nearly s2oo,oOo.
The Mayoralty contest in -. Louis has
been finally terminated in favor of Henry
Oserstolz, the supreme Court having re-
fused 10 review the action Of the City Conn
ell. and on the 18th uls. Mayor Briltos
gracefully yielded up the insignia OF ofice
20 his successor.
The United States supreme Court has de-
cided that the eastern terminus ofthe Union
Pacific Railroad l. on the Iswa shore az
Council Bluffs, and that the Omaha bridge
Is a part Of the road and must be operated in
connection with the whole line.
The Kansas Democratic State Central
Committee has issued call for delegate
convention AZ Topeka on the 18th Of MAY, 10
elect delegates 10 the National Convention At
Il. Louis.
AT Lebanon, Tenn, OH the night ~ the
eth, party Of masked men took Porter |
Williams, colored. charged with murder. |
from the jail, and hung and shot him until |
be was dead.
Information has been received at the War
Department that Gen. Crook hss started I
with force from Fort Laramie. and that |
Gen. Custer, with troops from Fort Lin
coin, - be Joined by a detachment from 4
Montana, Is to operate against Sitting /
Bull, near the mouth u Powder River, in 1
the Yellowstone country. Sitting Bull has /
800 warriors, and sets at defiance the |
treaty which requires his people 10 remain /
on their reservation. The number ~ United |
States troop = the expedition j. about ;sso
thousand.
Hin City. which Is situated in the central
portion 81 Black Hills. nine miles north Of
Harney's Peak. will issue newspaper about
April /. 10 be called the Hill City T'r,June.
The printing material has been shipped from
Minneapolis.
The tornado Of Sunday. the 9th uIt.
Counties, Ky, doing immense damage
Several persons were killed and many in
jured.
The annual Mardi Gras festivities al Mem
phis, New Orleans, Louisville, Galveston,
Little Rock and other Southern cities. were
celebrated on the 29th with grea splendor.
aud wer. witnessed by immense crowds OF
people.
The Dakota Division OF the North Pacific
Railroad j. now open 10 Bismarck.
Isaac n. Hawkins, editor Of the Carroll
ton (Mo.) Journal, who was recently shot
by Mr.. kierolf, Of the Democrat, ha- since
died Of his wounds. kierolf's friends claim
that il was clear case Of justidahle homi-
eide. lie was released on y 800 bail.
FOREIGN.
The Sultan ~ Turkey has signed ukzse
granting amnesty To all insurgents who re-