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

The Illinois Legislature, In joint q ssion,
commenced balloting for United Sta fes SEN
ator on the 18th. The result Of the firs
Joint ballet WAS; Logan. o.; + Amer, s.;
Davis, 3; Anderson, 4; SC Altering, 3.
There were no ahsentecs in 81 ther house.
John ID. Layman, Luciu Layman, nj,
son, and George Bradb' 4ry, lad Of Is,
were instantly killed by the explosion OF .
threshing- machine boi' .er At Bloomington,
HenneYin c unity, Minn., on the 10Th.
A bold attempt "a rob the express-car on
the outgoing Chicago train Of the Chicago,
Alton and 81. Louis Railroad, was made on
the night OF the 18th. Three masked men
entered the car az Burlington Crossing,
just inside the city limits, oyerpowered the
messenger, and went through the
safe, which contained about SIS, 600 In val.
uahles. In the hurry Of getting oh. how
ever, they unIntentionally left behind them
all the money packages except one contain
ing si4S. Three men, supposed 20 be the
robbers, were arrested on the following
day.
Daniel Price, colored, was hanged al
warrenton, Mo-, on the 18th, for the muir.
ner Of Samuel Taylor. Taylor's wife, who
was convicted OF being an accessory 10 the
murder Of her husband, and who wa.
shown to have been = paramour Of the me-
gro, is now serving out her sentence OF q
years In the Penitentiary.
The ST. Louis German Protestant Or
phans' Home, located few miles west OF
that city, was entirely destroyed by fire on
the 18th. There were about ~ children in
the institution, all but one OF whom, a boy
named Eugene Lang, were rescued from
the burning building.
A Democratic mass meeting was held nj
Louisville, KY, on the 18th, at which q
counties were represented. Resolutions
were passed, declaring full belief in the
election Of Tilden and Hendricks, and in
dorsing call for a National Democratic
Convention, adopted by the Ohio meeting.
The business portion OF Prescott, Ark,
was destroyed BY ire on the morning Of the
18th.
Mr.. Charles Collins, Chief Engineer Of
the Lake Shore Railroad, committed suicide
nj his home in Cleveland, on the 10Th. Mr..
Collins had been connected with the Lake
Shore Road for the past 20 years. 1t Is sup
posed that the terrible disaster at Ashtabula
50 preyed upon his mind that he became
partially insane, he being, TO certain ex-
tent, held responsible for the safety Of ali
the bridges on the road.
Two south Carolina negroes, one DEM
ocrat and the other Republican, recen tly
had duel at Fair Bluffs, In that State.
Zach fired four shots; one was wounded
three times, and the other once.
II was reported from Fort Randall, on
the Esd, that train Of Is wagons and 20
men had been captured about 100 miles west
OF the Missouri River, while on their way
out Of the Hills, and that not man escaped
the scalping knife. The Indian who brought
the news says Crazy Horses band commit
ted the outrage, and that the train belonged
to a Yankton firm.
After "a unsuccessful ballots for United
States Senator In the Illinois Legislature,
on the 23d senator Logan withdrew as the
Republican candidate and Hon. @. b. Law
renee was nominated In his place. The
34th ballot stood: Logan (Rep), ~; An
derson Ind. and Dem.), 80; Washburne,
3; scattering, 3.
The Board OF Supervisors Of San Francis
co have commenced taking testimony In re-
gard TO alleged fraudulent registration and
Illegal yotinnin that city at the recent cleo
ton.
w. II. Rhodes, q photographer Of Quin-
cy, H., was found in dying condition In
his studio, about p. m. on the evening Of
the 22i. He had been terribly beaten, his
skull being broken in three places, and
there were evidences Of desperate strug-
gle having taken place. Robbery il sup
posed to have been the cause OF the murder,
as the victims pockets were turned inside
out.
The boilers in a steam saw-mill at Ink
Bayou, nine miles northeast Of Little Rock,
Ark, exploded on the 22d, killing three
men-two white and one coIored-and in
juring severely several others.