The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20
CURRENT NEWS.


A bark has arrived "a New York with IN
crew Of one vessel and portion ~ anothe
that had been In collision OF the coast d
England. One sank, carrying down fou
seamen. The other had been abandoned.
The post-ofice At Jacksonville. Fla. Ia
been burned. The fixtures and other prop
erty were saved. The building was the fines
i'm the city, and was used for the Unite,
States Court and other Federal purposes.
The Secretary Of the Treasury on the ST.
issued the forty-fifth bin for the redemption
Of $40 bonds Of ~, May and November
The call i for Sl0,oo,ooo, Of which $3.50.
90 ART coupons and Sj0o,oc registered
Principal and interest will be paid at th'
Treasury on and after the 9Th Of July next
the interest 70 cease after that day. The fol
lowing are descriptions of bonds-coupor
bonds: 500, No. i6,ool "a 1850, both in.
elusive; $1,000, kNo. l32,O0l 20 l4l 200, both
inclusive. Registered bonds 900, No. : ,tDl
70 1894, both inclusive.
The President on the 9Th appointed Alfred
4. Lee. ~ Ohio, Consul General OF the
United states AT Frankfort, Germany. and
the following postmasters: John Il. Man
"AtAtf hAtNtAAf LILA l7ttitA
H.; Clarence L. Sherwood, Dowagiac. Mich.
III. N. Hamilton. Eaton Rapids, Mich. /;
Henry W. Wright, Racine. Wis; Mrs. Jane
Baldwin, Council Bluff, Ia; jos. :. Linney.
Danyile, Ky; John NJ. stockton, Maysvile,
Ky; John III. Hansen. Fond du Lac, Wis.
The President also appointed q. W. Town
Register Land Office, Evanston, wyoming.
The Associated Executive Committees on
Indian Affairs Of orthodox Friends were a.
the Executive Mansion on ME 9Th. and pre-
sented memorial on the subject Of Indian
Affairs. The memorial strongly exhibits The
good results Of the work Of the Friends
among the Indians during the past eight
years, and enlarseS. among other things,
upon the necessity ~ continuing the work of
organizing and Outstanding tribes. and i'm
favor Of the peace policy. The President
expressed himself gratified with the fayora-
bic report presented BY the Commission. and
pleased 70 have met the gentlemen compos-
ing the committee, but did not Indicate what
MS general Indian policy would be.
According 70 an appointment made on
Friday. the joint committee from the Demo-
cratic Legislature waited upon the Pre.i-
dental Commission Saturday. the eth, Al the
parior Of the St. Charles Hotel. y. d. The
consultation lasted two hours. II was secret
and nothing was CLEANED further than the
fact that the members u the Commission
were propounding numerous questions A. 10
the state ~ affairs. The Commission made A
detailed verbal statement Of the status Of the
Government, giving the number Of parishes
and officials that had acknowledged alle- j
glance 20 the Nichols Government, and will,
II u future interview, present documentary
Iacts.
The managers Of the New York Central,
Erie, Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio
Railroads have agreed 10 advance rates for
'pecial limited tickets 70 the following
figures, taking effect on Monday the 9th:
From New York 70 Cleveland. Sill: Detroit.
'i3; Toledo, sl4.25; Chicago. so: &. Louis.
"a; Kansas CRY, So; indianapolis, SO:
1incinnati, -; from Albany Il les than,
rom New York, and from Boston. All routes.
! more than from New York. The same
igures will also be adopted on East-bound
Passengers.
Di-trici-Attorney Wells on the 9Th, with
he approval Of the Attorney General. en-
cred nolle proSequi In the ease Of Don
'iatt, charged with seditious writing and in
iting ~ rebellion.
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Inc secretary cf the Treasury has directed
he Treasurer Of the United states to keep. ,
special fund separate from an other
Money, legal-tender notes received in ex-
hange for silver coin. The Treasurer win
pen an account with these notes at once, and ]
hey VIII be held only for the purpose Of re- !
eeming silver a required by the provisions :
the Joint resolution. The following crcu- !,
y has been issued:
NATIONAL BASK REpExrrrox AerScy AMI,
-. uIder provisions Of Treasury Depart
lent circular NO. ~, Of March -, 1S.- relative a
} TIE manner in which subsidia.y siivrr ra,n /;
az be obtained in exchange for currency thc !.
eacmpuon Agent will csuse 20 be forwarded \
, nm soms mint In the United States. The +
the mint 70 any point in the Tnisc,i ?
.Ases reached through established lines by con- II
, nuvas IAiNsy 2r steamboat communication,
.v5n.nIaIy silver coin In return for National 4
ank rotes forwarded for redemption In sums u
7 60 or any multiple thereof not exceeding
[signcdl At wYv.x II
treasurer United states and Redemption Arsn, n
On Monday, the OH. the President ap- D
Dinted James GiIchrist surveyor of c,s- a
ms ~ wheeling, w. va, and Alonzo Bell n
-Sis'ant Secreiaryof the Interior, promoted v
IN Chief Clerk on the ground n merit.
II ~ accordance with Civil service rule. n
Inc supreme Court IN the Centennial ADJ 4
'cpriaiion case has decided that the II .ss0.- D.
advanced by Congress shall be returned rs
the Government before any dividends are n
ia 70 stockholders. n
nh
EAST. II,
\ supposed Frenchman entered house IN
Iweniy-Seventh Street, New York. The 4
gh' q thc ~, and, taking Lucy Freeman fr
iae ana upbrading her because II the lifc T.
|" was leading, lighted match and set her NJ
lthifg ON firr Ihn M -. - m ~,