The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-05-18

found in the Southern Hotel ruins a st.
Louis, which are supposed 20 be those ~
Charles kcrfrichi, the head waiter, as he l.
the only person known 20 have been Ia or
connected with the hotel on the night Of the
fire who has npt been accounted for.
Two Mcxicans were lynched at Santa Cruz,
CAL. ON the "a, for the robbery and murder
Of a citizen, Henri dc Forest.
Crazy Horse and his band slirrendcpd 20
the authorities az Camp Robinson. Ncb., on
the 9th. This arrival makes the aggregate
number Of Northern Indians who have SUR
rendered 10 Gen. Crook az Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail Agencies, since March, nearly
a,ooo, and does away with the necessity FOR a
military expedition the coming summer.
II j. reported that the Mormon militia are
being organized and drilled with the inten-
ton OF resisting the Federal authorities
should an effort be made 10 arrest Brigham
Young or other dignitaries ~ the Church for
alleged participation in the Mountain Mead
ow massacre.
A farmer named Anson, residing near Van
Vert, Ohio, recently killed man named
Arthur Anderson, who boarded in the fami-
~, and who had planned an elopcment with
Anson's wife, their criminal intimacy being
discovered through letters passing between
them. Arson endeayored TO destroy the
body Of the murdered man by burning H.
He subsequently was moved 10 make full
confession, but alleges thar Anderson first
assaulted him with an Ak and that he killed
him in sef-defense- At the time ~ the MUIR
der Mrs. Arson was in Fort Wayne, Ind,
where she was 10 have been joined by An
derson.
The Missouri Press Association will hold
rs eleventh annual editorial convention AT
Frederickstown, ON June 8, TO be followed
by an excursion to Hot Springs, Ark.
Chin Nook Low, a Chinaman, was hanged
at san Francisco, on the 4th, for the murder
OF one o. his countrymen.
Three colored men were hanged for MUIR
der at Abbesillc Courthouse, 5. g., on the
ith.
A murderer named Meeks was hanged at
Cedartown, Ga, ON the ith.
Capt. Barton Able, well known citizen
Of 81. Louis, and an old steamboat captain,
died on the 9th, aged -.
The Irish citizens ~ Dayton, O., in antici-
patton OF England's taking hand in the Eau
ropean war, have resolved TO inaugurafc a
movement toward recovering possession Of
Ireland.
At Fonienellc, Neb., on the 9TH, an Italian
named Taliaferro shot and killed young
lady named Marguerite Beendi and then
killed himself. The young lady and her IA
Their and mother left Italy about two years
ago 10 settle in Nebraska. The father died
on the passage. Taliaferro was sutton
for the young lady's hand in Italy but was
rejected He followed them 70 this country,
and, being again rejected. drew a revolver
and shot the object OF his love dead, and also
shot himself through the heart. The neigh
bors found Nine. Belendi IN a half-crazed
condition crouched on the dead bodies Of her
daughter and the crsRed lover.
The lower coast steamer Waloon exploded
her boiler at Detrocroix, nine miles below
Donnely, engineer, and McGuff, fireman.
Two Others are wounded, and six are re-
ported missing, supposed 10 be drowned.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned sine die
on the 9TH, having been in session l76 days.
Selma, Ala, has elected a Republican
Mayor by I'D majority.
Col. w. X. Arthur has been appointed
General Manager Of the ST. Louis, Iron
Mountain and Southern Railroad.
Four United States Deputy Marshals re-
Gently undertook 10 break up an alleged dis
tillcry near Glasgow. Ky, run by two broth
crs named Reynolds. The latter resisted
and were shot by the officers, one Of them
being mortally wounded. A civil process of
arrest was served upon the revenue Off
GERS, who II first refused 20 surrender, but
the Sheriff called 20 his assistance posse OF
several hundred citizens and, resistance be-
ing useless, the four gave up their arms and
were held for trial.
The United States steamer Plymouth re-
turned 70 New Orleans on the sth from
cruise up the Mississippi rs far a. vicks-
burg, lasting 10 days. The officers and crew
were Hospitality entertained by the citizens
OF every place where they made landing,
and on their return down the river they
we're greeted with salutes and other demon
STATIONS from nearly every town and plan
tation along shore.
FOREIGN.