The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-09-21

night Of the 9TH, the house of MIR. John
Scales WAS robbed BY trampor burglar,
thu family being absent. On the following
morning Mr.. Scales returned home and dis
covered the robbery, and soon after saw a
man lurking about the premises, who start
Cd 70 run A. soon as discovered. Mr.scales
mounted horse and started In pursuit, and
when within hailing distance Of the fugitive
ordepd him 10 halt. The latter thereppon
turned and leveled . arevolyer q Mr.. Scales,
firing three shots, al of which took dRect,
killing him almost instantly. A. soon as
the tragedy became known, a posse Of
about 100 citizens, mounted and arm
ed, started In pursuit Of the, murderer.
lie was soon oyertaken and ordered 10 sur
render, when he again wheeled around, and
with revolver In each hand, fred several
shots with fatal precision, the first shot kill
wounding Frank wiseman, and the third
killing horse. The terrible certainty Of the
robbers aim somewhat disconnected his
pursuers, and the villain was suffered 70
again get away, but - the whole country
was soon under arms aud In pursuit, his
capture, dead or alive, seemed to be assured.
A negro named Andrew Richards, who
was under arrest at Winchester, Scott
County, ILL.,, for committing an outrage upon
the jail by mob on the 1lth and hanged TO
. tree.
FOREIGN.
The Town Council OF Dundee, Scotland,
have voted Gen. Grant the freedom Of the
city
The funeral OF NJ. Thiers took place on the
Sth. On account Of the widow Of NJ. Theirs
objecting to state funeral, the Archbishop
Of Paris refused TO allow the ceremonies 10
be held At the Madeleine, and they were
therefore held al the parish church % fNotre
Dame de Lorette. The coffin was placed on
an open hearse drawn by six horses and was
followed by an immense procession TO the
cemetery Of Pere Ia Chaise. Business was
generally suspended throughout the city.
jules Simon made the principal oration. No
political disturbance occurred, and the
crowd dispersed without any excitement.
II was reported on the sth that the Pope
was suffering from partial paralysis, but no
immediate danger was apprchendcd-
The eruption Of Cotopaxi, which took
place on July %, caused the destruction, it l.
estimated, Of 1000 lives, besides great
numbers OF cattle and ayast amount Of prop
erty. Streams Of water poured from all the
craters nj once on the Callao side, sweeping
away every thing In their course. Another
irresistible torrent followed the course of
the Saquinal River.
A Paris dispatch Of the 18th says that
Gambetta has been sentenced to three
months imprisonment and fine OF 1000
francs in default Of appearing in court TO
answer for bis speech at Lille, attacking
President Mcmahon. The. seizure OF fve
Republican newspapers, presumably for
publishing reports OF the trial, from which
the public we're excluded, Is also reported
the war.
A Bucharest dispatch OF the 5th gives the
following particulars Of the baftle OF Loyatz:
The battle was commenced by the Turks,
whe, disquieted by the great increase Of the
Russians before the town, attacked them
fiercely. The Russians repulsed nine sue
cessive assaults, and finally drove
the Turks back into town, which
they entered with thenE The struggle con-
tinued In the streets, until the Turks were
driven out from the other side Of the town
in great disorder. They retreated, followed
by Gen. skobelofI's cavalry brigade, which
had, by its gallanfry, contributed to the
Russian success. The slaughter was great,
especially among the Turks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lockwood. OF Geneva, o.,
were killed by locomotive on the 5th, while
attempting TO cross the track AZ the Lake
Shore Railroad near PainesyiIle Station.
Their horse was also killed and the buggy
demolished.
A Belgrade dispatch OF the 9th says that
Prince Milan will take the field at the head
OF the servian troops.
A battle has taken place at Kizilfepe.
where the Russians were attacked by two
divisions under Ali Pasha and Mahomed
Bey and driven from their intrenchments.
The Turkish loss was 40 killed and wound
ed; Russian loss not known.
The capture Of Pleyna by the Russians,
after nearly continuous battle Of three
days duration, was announced on the
10th. The attacking force was estimated at
10000 men; the opposing army was some
what less in number. The losses on both
sides must have been immense. The Mon
tenegrin forces besieging Nicsics finally
compelled the Turkish garrison TO surren-
der, capturing 10 guns.
Additional. reports Of murders and out
RACES BY Russian adherents are made pub
lie by Turkish officials. In Eastern Bulga-
ria the Circassians are said to have commit
ted the most horrible outrages; In the vil-
lage 4 suijuk alone, 200 persons being mas
sacred and their houses burned TO the
ground. The corpscs Of 100 women were
found at Samuela.
Instead Of asking the blessing on