The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-01-05

four miles norlhe cot Shelby Depot, Tenn, |
on the 18th. Bond was an unsuccessful !
sutton for NUS daughter, and, after shoot
ing the old gentleman, ne seized
the girl, and forcibly carried her
70 the residence Of ncighboring
clergyman, where he Insisted upon being
Immediately married. Before the cere-
mony could be performed, however, posse
Of neighbors came up 10 arrest Bond, when
he deliberately shot one Of them, and,
taking the wounded mans horse, rode OF
and successfully eluded his pursuers.
The steamer Montana, plying between
san Francisco and Mexican ports. was
burned on Cape Harrow, Gulf OF Cslifor-
mia, on the l4th. The steamer was run
ashore and all the passengers and crew safe
" landed, but the vessel and cargo were a
total loss.
A party OF i've men, In charge OF four
freight teams, were attacked by the Indi-
ans while in camp on Indian Greek, six
miles north OF Hot Creek, Wyoming, on
the night Of the 10th. Three OF the men
escaped, but the other two were murdered
and their bodies horribly mutilated.
The Illinois Democratic State Central
Committee met At Springfield, on the 2lst,
and adopted resolutions affirming the con-
stitutional right Of the House 70 participate
in the electoral count and denying the right
Of the President OF the Ssnate to conduct
the count alone; also requesting that mass
meetings shall be held December 30 in each
county Of the State, Of citizens irrespective
OF party, for the selection Of delegates TO
. convention in Springfield, JanuaryS.
An unusually large and brilliant meteor
was visible throughout Illinois, Kentucky,
Missouri, Kansas, and adjoining States, on
the evening Of the sist, between 3 and $3.50
K O'Clock. Its course was north -easterly, and
Il disappeared with = tremendous explo-
sion, apparently falling somewhere in Gen.
trai Illinois.
\ ID. II. Webster, xpress-messenger. was
killed by an accident on the Kansas Pacific
Railroad, near Hays City, on the 2ist. Mr..
Crandall, mail clerk, was badly burned.
The Minnesota Democrats held secret
convention at 81. Paul. on the 2lst, TO con-
slider the political situation.
Another incendiary fire az Little Rock. on
the night o. the 2lst. destroyed several
buildings, and there were also unsuccessful
attempts 70 fire cotton warehouse anu a
dwelling hcuse.
1t was reported from Bozeman, Mon
tana, on the nd, that Maj. Randall and his
entire party had been massacred by the In
dians under Crazy Horse, in the Big Horn
Mountains. The report was not credited
by the War Department.
Lieut.. Frank ID. Baldwin, commanding
Fifth Infantry, on Dec. 7, with force 81
100 men, followed and drove sitting Bulls
camp Of 100 lodges across the Missouri Riy-
or near the mouth OF Bark Creek. Lieut..
Baldwin says that sitting-Bull il now in
camp there with over 500 warriors.
At Hsrrodsburg, Ky, on the 2lst, Y. b..
Henry shot and killed Robert Gallagher and
his son James. There was an old family
feud.
The Virginia Senate, with but four dis
senting votes, passed q resolution con-
demning Federal interference in South Car
Dina.
The Supreme Court OF Florida, ON the
22d, granted peremptory order to the
State Returning Board, requiring them to
count all the returns as regular on their
face. Counsel for the Board gave notice Of
q motion 20 answer. The Democrats claim
that this will give Tilden the State by 81
majority, and also elect the Democratic
State ticket.
The President has pardoned Major Jehn
l.. Bittinger, OF 81. Joseph, Mo-, who was
serving out a sentence in the Buchanan
County Jail, for completely In the whisky
frauds.
Gov. Grover, OF Oregon, arrived In san
Francisco on me 18th, and was rendered .
reception by Gov. Irwin and other Demo.
Gratis. Gov. Grover made a short speech,
defending the csnstitutionality OF his &C
ton, and the meeting adopted resolution
Endorsing his course.