The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-08-24

. WEST AND SOUTH.
The War Department has received officia
information Of desperate fight between IN.
Indians and United States troops on the
Staked Plains, In Texas, in which our sol.
. diers suffered q most disastrous defeat
having lost two officers and =
men killed, besides the wound
ed. The remnant Of the party
succeeded in reaching Fort Concho with an
additional loss Of five men and 40 horses and
mules The unfortunate command was
without water s. hours, and the suffering
they endured in consequence was terrible.
Further particulars Of the disaster are want
Ing. the dispatch being very brief.
A passenger car on the ST. Joseph and
Western Railroad was thrown down a Is
foot embankment near Troy. Kansas, on the
sth- The car was filled with passengers,
. OF whom were injured, some doubtless
fatally.
The Columbia Life Insurance Company OF
s.. Louis has been placed in the hands 81
eceiyer.
Add Mrs. Mary Morris, OF Fairmoun,s
Kansas, 10 the list Of coal-oil victims, under
date Of July q.
meeting Of the anti-Administration Re-
publicans was held at Columbus, Ohio, on
the 9Th An executive committee was APP
pointed to receive correspondence and con-
slider the policy to be pursued during the
coming campaign.
special from Austin, Texas. to the Gal
weston Ne,rs, says that Marshal Purnell
was shot twice, but not fatally wounded, by
Frank Britton. Accounts Of the ARRAY are
conflicting. II Is known that the two gem
tlemen belonged 10 the opposing factions OF
the Republican party, and have had differ
ences as to the distribution OF Federal pa
tronage in the State.
AZ Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio, on
the sth, Barney Cox and ,his son William had
an alteration, both being intoxicated in the
course Of which the son pulled out pocket
knife and cut his father In the arm. sever
ing one OF the arteries, from which be bled
10 death In few minutes. The son made
no attempt TO escape, and was promptly ar
rested.
The Virginia Conservative State Conven-
ton, after hotly contested struggle, NOM
mated Hon. II. NV. Halliday for Governor.
His leading competitors were Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, Gen. Taliaferro, Gen. Malone, and Hon.
John y. Daniels.
mass-meefing Of workingmcn was held
az cincinnati on the 18th, and full State
and county ticket nominated, headed by
Col L. II. Bond, Cincinnati lawyer. for
Governor The candidate for school Com \
missioner l. a colored man, Peter III. Clark,
Principal Of Gaines Colcrcd School. The
platform adopted demands an eight hour
law, the abolition Of all conspiracy laws, the
repeal Of all tariff and patent laws. and the
control by the Governments OF all transport
tation Tines, and ultimately Of all industrial
which shall be operated by free
cooperative unions for the good Of the
people,
Mrs Frank Williams, Of New ALBANY.
Ind, and young daughter OF Jesse Laran.
near Bloomington, Ind, are two additional
coal-oil victims.
The Union Trust Company Of New York
have made another appeal to the Courts for
The appointment Of receiver for the 81
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rail-
road.
negro named WIN. Thompson. charged
with brutal assault upon q young white
girl, was taken from Jail in Culpeper. viz
yinia, on the 10th, BY about 60 masked men.
and hung.
by the explosion Of the boiler Of fhresb-
engine, near Bridgeport, Law ,
renee County, ILL.,, on the 10th, four men .
we're killed and five wounded. The fire
rom the engine ignited the straw. and the
bodies Of the killed, together with the 7
hreshing machine, wheat stack, etc. were q
almost entirely consumed. :
The yacht Pamlico was capsized BY a sud- /
len squat on Lake Michigan, on the fath. 4
ma her owner, John Hayes, together with h
hree friends Of his, were drowned. The I
ccident occurred about one mile ont from 1
'nicayo, and was Witnessed by a number of v
'eople, hut the vessel with an on board, had i
one 20 the bottom before assistance could 4
K rendered. =
During the early morning Of the 18th. an
rmed band Of Mexicans, numbering II 10 a
?, crossed over 10 Rio Grande City, Texas. u
tackled the Jail, and released two notorious n
nurdcrer~ and horse thieves. They wound h
q County Attorney Noah Cox, and three 4
Tiers, severely. Major Price, the United d
tates commandment at Ringgold Barracks, Il
ms report Of the affair, says: "As o
oon ~ notification reached me / sent Il
lieut.. Fountain with - men In pursuit. q
nd followed a daybreak with the balance Il
I my mounted command. The river was 1,
arefully followed, and II was found that .
ney had recrossed 10 the Mexican side near |,
o. kancheros, seven miles above. Two Of D
ZEN were recognized a. desperadocs who Il
rake their headauarfcrs ~ C.m.rvc M.~t 4