The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-09-21


Pa, ON the 18th. Senator Bayard, Of Mary
land, was the principal speaker.
WEST AND SOUTH.
Anumber Of refractory Indians, headed
by Crazy Horse, left Camp Robinson on the
Sd, evidently with some mischieyous inten-
tion. They were pursued BY soldiers and
friendly Indians and brought back to camp
on the 9Th, where Crazy Horse was treated
as prisoner. While being disarmed he
drew knife and wounded one Of his guards,
an Indian, severely. Crazy Horse himself
was stabbed in the side and dangerously
wounded. There was great excitement
among the Indians, and the troops were
placed under arms, ready for any emergency,
The County Treasurer Of Auglaize Coun-
ty, Ohio, Lewis Myers, was seized and gag
ged by four men while returning from q
festival on the night OF the 5th- They took
him TO stable and stood guard over
him until midnight, when they march
ed him TO the Treasures Of
fice, and tortured him by scorchine
hi, feet and legs until he consented TO open
the combination Of the safe. They then
walked OF with the contents. some 81 ,ooc
in cash, leaving one man to guard their
prisoner until they had made good their. S.
cape with their booty. Myers was quite
roughly handled. lie says he did not see
the faces Of any OF the gang.
The Minnesota Greenbackers have placed
in nomination State ticket headed by VIII
liam L. Banning for Governor, and the
workingmen have joined in its support v
Crazy Horse, the rebclious chief, who was
wounded on the 9TH at Fort Robinson, while
resisting arrest, died on the same day.
John Donaldson, Of Midland City, Mich,
on the 4th strangled his wife and buried her
body in the yard His crime was discovers
ed, the body disinterred, and the murderer
for divorce, which was the probable cause Of
the murder.
The yellow fever prevails at Fernandina,
Florida, and Savannah has established a
quarantine against all vessels and trains
coming from that city.
BY the explosion Of the boiler Of steam
thresher near Random, Washington Coun-
~, H., on the sfh, George Peter Kline and
Thomas Richardson were instantly killed.
Hon. WIN. H. Herndon, formerly Abraham
Lincoln's law partner, attempted TO commit
suicide by taking Iaudanum, NJ Springfield,
Ill, on the sth. Cause not stated.
The -. Louis Exposition was formally
opened on the 10Th. The display Of exhibits
Is said to be the finest ever made In the Mis-
sissIppi Valley.
Several election clerks have been arrested
in San Francisco, charged with falsifying
the returns in favor Of the Democratic can
didate for Sheriff. Additional returns from
remote districts show further Democratic
gains in members Of the Legislature.
The Soldiers Orphans' Home, near
Knightstown, Ind, was burned on the
morning Of the 9Th. The children were all
rescued Every thing else was destroyed.
Loss about $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
The Republican and Democratic state
Committees OF Ohio have arranged for joint
discussions between Stanley Matthews and
Thomas Ewing, to be held al some Of the
principal towns in the State.
A burglar, armed with an Ak, entered the
residence OF Richard Boiling, near 81. Paul,
Ind, on the night Of the Sth, and arousing
Mr. Boiling, compelled him 10 open the
Mt""'f "a III Vui tdus WHiit tu' f0t
was intent upon his search for yaluablcs,
Mr.. Boiling seized the AK and struck him
upon the head, killing him instantly.
The yellow fever excitement at Ferrlan-
dina, Fla, has caused many Of the inhab-
itants to fiec TO other localities. Up TO tho
10th there had been seven deaths.
The Wisconsin Republican State Conven-
tion was held at Madison on the llth The
following ticket was nominated: !: Governor,
William r. smith, Of Milwaukee; Iieutcn-
ant.Governor, ,. NJ. Bingham, of Chippe-
wa; Secretary Of state, Hans Is. Warner, OF
Pierce: State Treasurer, Richard Gusnther,
Of winnebsgo; Attorney. General, w. Il.
Carter, OF Grant; Superintendent OF Public
instruction, w. &. whitford, Of Rock. The
platform fayors the demonstration or silver
coin, Governmental supervision Of inter-
State railways, and opposes all
land grants TO railroad corpor-
ations. Unshaken confidence il cx-
pressed in the purposes and patriotism or
President Hayes, but his Southern policy Il
declared 70 be merely experimental, and
should IL not result In order and peacs. Il Il
demanded that other measures be adopted,
which shall secure 10 all citizeps, without
distinction Of race or color, thc fullest en-
joyment of their constitutional rightsv
~. Elmo, Fayette County, ILL.,, on the