The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-06-08


political. The Picayrne says that. accord
Ing 10 the evidence before the Coroner,
jury, given by Laws's mother, the assassin
was negro, and supposed 70 be paranoui
Of the murdered mans wife, who Is charged
with instigating the murder.
Ten Brock ran mile against time Al
Louisville on the oath, making i;39 81.
seconds faster than any mile heat previously
on record.
Reports from Central and Eastern Iowa
state that late rains and cold weather had
rotted much Of the first corn planted and
that replanting had begun. The fruit crop
will be almost a total failure.
In Wisconsin the spring wheat Il In good
condition, but the chinch-bug has appeared
In number OF localities. The acreage IL only
an average. There promises 10 be large
yield OF corn, oats, rye and barley.
Tie Republican Life Insurance Company
Of Chicago, which has been winding up Ms
business for the last three years, has been
put into the hands Of Receiver by the Aud
itor Of the State.
Robert +. Smith, formerly State Auditor
Of Alabama, has been appointed Collector Of
Customs at Mobile.
Mrs. Thompson, daughter Of the late Rev.
Alex. Campbell, is 10 be appointed POST
mistress at Louisville, Ky.
Gen. T.. Il. Tyler, who commanded reg
iment under Hayes during the war, Is 20 be
appointed Postmaster az Baltimore,of which
city he has been for some time resident.
Rev. J. c. Fraker, late President Of the
defunct First National Bank at Wichita,
Kan, who absconded with some $4,000 Of
the banks funds, has finally been apprc-
dended somewhere on the Mexican border.
Jack Wilson, colored, was hung at Dover,
Stewart County, Tenn. on the 18th, for the
murder OF Wiley McClish, near that place,
last August. He confessed the crime and
implicated Bill Mockbee, twho was lynched
there three weeks ago.
The Memphis draldache OF the 26th pub
fishes a lengthy interview OF a correspond
ent with Gov. Stone, OF Mississippi, in rea-
tion to the Kempcr County massacre, in
which the Governor states that under the
laws OF the State the Executive has no pow
er 70 do any thing in the matter. He had
gone 70 Dekalb as soon a he heard Of the
riot, but when he arrive q there the rioters
had dispersed, and nothing was left him to
do except TO 60 and see Judge Hanom and
ask the Judicial officers to take steps 10
bring them 10 trial. The Governor thought
Il exceedingly doubtful II a jury in Kempcr
County would convict the rioters, all OF
whom were well known and resided there.
The Parish Judge and Attorney Of East
Feliciana Parish, La, have telegraphed Gov.
Nichols that the recent murder OF Laws in
that parish was the work Of a single ind-
vidual, who Is now in jail, and that the affair
was the result Of family feud.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec-
tions in the South Carolina House have re-
ported adversely upon the claim OF the en-
tire Charleston delegation, seventeen in
including Speaker Mackey, 10 seats
in the General Assembly. The ground Of |
the report Is that there was so much fraud |
and intimidation in that county as to yitiate
the elections. The evidence on the point, IL \
l. said, was almost wholly derived from the
report Of the Congressional sub committee
which visited Charleston last fall.
A dispatch TO the Galveston Ners from
Corpus Christi, 2sth, says: Word was re-
rciyed to-day Of the murder Of Francisco @.
Florer, prominent citizen Of san Diego,
hid his son febarcio. The robbers were
eight in number, all Mexicans. They Oh
aimed 500 in money. The same party cap
urcd w. Lott, President Of the Corpus
christi and Rio Grandc Railroad, Mr.. Lewis,
md driver named Mays. They robbed
hem Of all the money and jcwclry on their
persons and stripped them Of their clothes.
The country j. alarmed and hunting for the
'obbers.
Three negroes attempted to rob the house
4 Mrs. g. 9. Chombliss, ~ Stewart County,
Ia. She resisted and they shot her dead.
The neighbors, white and black, then took
he three murderers and hanged them with
race-chains.
y. =. Hinkley, President Of the Chicago
md Paducah Railroad, has been arrested
lpon complaint Of one Fischer, wealthy
English bondholder, charged with disposing
4 bonds Of the road in England upon false
representations concerning the financial
tatus OF the road al home. Hir Slcy SAYS
liz arrest Il merely Matchmaking scheme.
In the 3-ycar-old race nj Louisville, on the
sth, Harper's Mcwhirter made the fastest
wo miles on record-3:30 IL.
The house Of James Bcss, al North Yer
ION, Ind, burned on the 27th, and three
mall children persisted In the flames.
Five OF the Chico (Cal.) murderers have
zen sentenced 20 the Penitentiary for %
ear each.
II was reported from Bismarck on the 10Th
hat Gen. Miles had an engagement with the
cstiles under sitting-Bull on Little Muddy
'rcck, 80 miles from the mouth OF Tongue
liver, on May. The Indians were CON-
letoly routed, with many killed and wound
d, and their whole outfit captured. Four
oldicrs were killed and several wounded.
At Louisville, on the 10Th, Ten Brock