The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-02-23

The funeral OF John O'Mahoney. the late
Fenian chieftain. was the occasion Of = very
large demonstration In New York City on
the 18th. The remains we're escorted by
IN immense procession Of Irish societies 70
the steamer Dakota, which IL TO bear them
back 20 old Ireland for interment.
The LehIgh and Wilkesbarre Coal Compa-
nv has been put Ia charge Of Receivers. and
II Is undestood that the New Jersey Central
Railroad will be served likewise.
WEsI AND eOUTB.
Luther @. slavens has been nominated
BY the President United States Attorney
for the District Of Missouri.
The Illinois division of the Chicago, Dam
willie and vincennss Railroad, los miles in
length, was sold on the It'll, under decree
of foreclosure, for 81, $50, 200. II was
bought in by committee Of the New York
bondholders. TIE entire amount for which
the road was foreclosed was 81, 800, 900.
The entire indebtedness Of the road il ST.
500 200.
The Internal Revenue Bureau was Official
ly notified, on the eth, that two revenue
officers had been killed and others wounded
while making raid upon Illicit distillers
in South Carolina.
Richard T. Taylor, the absconding Cash
Ter Of the First National Bank OF Franklin,
Ind, returned to his home during the
night fthe sth. He was discovered on the
following morning in an almost unconscious
condition In physician Office, where he
had managed 10 effect an entrance, but
could give no Ineligible account Of his
movements, being evidently crAzed by the
troubles through which he had passed. His
physicians said he might die at any mo-
ment. He had no money, and it was be-
lieved that he had been robbed or had left
his traveling-bag on the cars.
Cushing, King 4 Mclean, Chicago,
Wholesale boot and shoe firm, have filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy. Liabili-
ties, 500, 600; assets, 500, 600. The cred
itors Of the firm are chiefly Boston and New
York parties.
Spotted Tail. Chief Of the Sioux, with a
body guard OF 200 chosen warriors, on the
10th started on . self-imposed m ssion TO
obtain an interview with the chiefs OF the
hostiles, now reported 10 be massed near
the forks Of Tongue River. and counsel
them to accept, while there Is yet time, the
terms offered by the Government, viz, the
surrender Of their arms and ponies. Spot
ted Tail expects to be absent more than
month, but will communicate with Gen.
Crook A. soon Is he reaches the hostile
camp. The Indians think that there Is a
-
be successful in terminating the war
Pleasant Gillian, james Page, Marion
Stewart and Thomas Jackson were killed
by the explosion Of saw-mill boiler near
NobIesville, Ind, on the 10th. Three
other men we're slightly injured.
Charles II. Wilkinson, Of St. Joseph,
Mo-, convicted Of defrauding the revenue,
was pardoned on the 10th.
The steamer Lizzie Bayless was burned
to the waters edge, at Alton, ILL.,, on the
night OF the 10Th. Her Captain, Oliver
Cruel, was burned to death in his cabin, but
all the rest on board escaped.
Col. Henry Tomlinson, OF Memphis,
Tenn, who had been visiting his family at
Bridgeport, Conn, and was on board the
unfortunate train that persisted at the Ash
tabula bridge, died on the 10Th A. Asntabnla
from the effects OF his injuries. Col. Tom
lirscn was formerly a resident OF 81. Louis,
and joined the Federal army At the break
ing out Of the War.
Hon. James l.. johnson, OF Owensboro,
KY, formerly Representative In Congress
from the Second Kentucky District, COM
mitted suicide on the 18th, by shooting
himself through the heart with a rife.
Mental depression, the effect Of continued
III health, il supposed TO have been the
cause.
A dispatch from Cartersyille, Ca, 18th.
says Lieut.. Mcintyre, 81 the "a Infantry,
was killed IN the Frog Mountains by Illicit
distllers IN ambush, the attack upon tie
Government forces having been made by
distiIlors, 30 In number, under cover OF
night.
Tasscv Stewart, a farmer OF Yuba Coun-
ty, Call, is under arrest, charged with At
tempting to bride Secretary Chandler to
render decision in his favor in the contest
over the title TO quarter section OF United
States land. lie wrote 10 Secretary Chand-
Ter, offering him 500 for q prompt and IA
vorable decision. The Secretary referred
the letters to the Attorney General, who
ordered Stewards arrest.
A serious fire occurred at Dardanelle,
Ark, ON the 18th. Among other buildings
destroyed was that OF the Arkansian.
FOREIGN.
The British Parliament was opened on
the sth, by Her Majesty In person. III her
ss,eecb the Oman saws In reference To the