The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-08-04

a dispatch from TT. Laramie. 18th, saws:
A courier Just arrived from Red Cloud re-
ports that on the 10th inst. Gen. Merritt in
iercepted the 800 Cheyennes and sioux who
had left the agency to Join the hostile bands
against Crook and Terry, and drove them
back TO the agency.
Near yanceburg, KY, OF the 18th,
Washington Lee shot and killed Robert
Ellis, whom he accused Of being too init
mate with his Lees wife. ON the ss51e
night a mob Of several hundred men took
Lee from the Jail and hanged him. Both
we're white men.
Hon. George T.. Pugh, formerly u. s.
Senator from Ohio, died n hls home in Gin
cinnati on the 18th, aged 81 years.
The Missouri Democratic State Conven-
ton, which met or the 10Th, nominated the
following ticket: For Governor. John :.
Phelps: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Henry C..
BrOckmeyer; Treasurer. Elijah Gates: Sec
rotary Of state. Michael X. MeGrath; Au-
ditor. Thomas Holiday; Register Of Lands,
jas. Z. McHenry; Attorney-General, Jack
son l.. Smith; Supreme Judge. John W.
Henry; Railroad Commissioners, James II.
Harding, John $. MArmaduke, John Walker.
n special from Bismarck 70 the st. Paul
Pioneer Press says that the statement that
Sitting-Bull was killed in the icht with
Custer Is confirmed from Indian sources.
Black Moon, another chief, was also killed.
AT Hopkinion. Delaware County. Iowa,
on the Goth, a sail boat containing six per-
sons was upset in the Maquoketa River,
and four Of them drowned. They were
Mrs. Tine West and her child and two
young ladies' named Miss Sadie Hyler and
Miss Billings.
The rival Republican factions in Alabams
have withdrawn their State tickets and
united on a ticket headed by v. Woodruff,
Mayor OF Selma, for Governor.
A courier left zen. Crooks camp on
Goose Greek on the 10th, and arrived at For
Fettermsn on the I'D. The command had
moved seven miles north, 20 another branch
OF Tongue River, near the Biz Horn Noun.
tains, where il will camp until the Fifth
Cavalry reaches il, about the 9Th Of August.
Gen. Crook expects then TO form = junction
with Gen. Terry's command and make
decisive movement.
BY the upsetting OF a boat on Contrary
Lake, near -. Joseph, No., on the I'd,
five young girls, aged from : to Is years,
were drowned. Their names were Yetter,
Kraft, Seitz, Cross and thinner.
Crop reports from nearly every county In
Nebraska Indicate the finest prospects ever
known in that state. Wheat, oats and bar
ley are unusually heavy both as TO average
WELD and acreage. The outlook for corn &.
also frst-class.
t.. - -. 81 aasL -
About 9 O'Clock last night n cloud burst on
Diamond Range Mountains, Il miles east Of
here, which resulted in the death Of - Chi.
nese woodchopper, and probably a large
number OF Italians campet in the canyon,
getting out timber. Without q moment,
warning a column OF water two feet high
rushed upon them, drowning all but one
Chinaman. The Italians were camped a short
distance above, and a. no trace OF them car
be found, 1t is feared all persisted.
An Official dispatch from Gen. Crook tC
Gen. Sheridan gives an ceount Of n recon
noissance by Frank Gruard, Crooks scout,
escorted by 4 small detachment Of the Sec
ond Cavalry. The party came on the eth L
a point near where the Little Big Hsrn de-
bouches from the mountains, where thel
encountered the Sioux in strong force, anC
saw enough to convince them that the HnaiE
village Of the hostiles Is not IA
from that point. They succeeded
in making their escape only after abandon
ing heir animals and marching across th'
rugged foothills Of the Big Horn Noun
tains. The men were nearly exhausted
when they reached the camp. Lieut.. siblel
and Frank Gruard are especially compli
menied for the coolness and judgment dis
played by them on the occasion.
Two young daughters OF Mr.. Pritchard
near Logansport, Ind, were burned 4
death or sunday night by the explosion q
coal oil can, from which they were pouring
oil on the kitchen fire.
An explosion in the Black Diamond Goa
Mine, near Mount Diablo, Col. on the 18th
killed six miners, and badly injured hve.
Gen. Mckenzie. with six companies o
United States troops, has been ordered from
the Indian Territory to Red Cloud Agency
. and v~icsaiiy. to take the place OF Col. Mer