The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-10-05

Planters had Just commenced picking cot
ton and had not hauled corn and fod-
der from the fields. The costons crop de-
stroyed Il estimated Al moo bales. Most
plnnssu are ruined. II l. doubtful II the &C.
t,iai necesssries ~ life can be secured now.
Tuscaloosa & ahont 0tvastated.
. The principaihp siness portion Of shelby
Vile, uI, 49, burned anslle n,crpng Or the
slrt. AxTeg>le iosse<, <10o0. With about
10 per cent. u insurance. Incenaiarism 4
suspected. and two suspicious parties were
arrested. MN#8
A meeting Of farmers, dairymen and 9TH
ers interested In cattle, was held Al Cleye-
land on the ed, for the purpose Of taking
some preventive measures 10 stop the spread
Of the cattle disease now 30 fatal In that Sec
ton. Up 70 the I'D, l39 cows had died from
the disease.
A large mass-meeting Of unemployed
workingmen was held at San Francisco ON
the slst. Infammatory speeches were made,
strongly denunciatory Of the Chinese
At Graham, Texas, On the night Of the
2ist, Deputy sheriff James Mason, with the
assistance Of two men named White and
Stewart, attempted TO arrest desperate
from the southern part Of the state. named
Bob vanDever, who was charged with at
tempting 10 kill man named Burdett Van
Dever resisted arrest, and pulling his re-
velver, shot all three Of the men. Stewart
was instantly killed. Mason was fatally shot
and died soon after, while Whites wounds
were serious.
AT Keller's Corners, 10 miles north Of Fort
Wayne, Ind, ON the I'D, DIR. +. r. Morrison,
a well known resident physician, shot and
killed Asher NJ. Fisher. There was a long
standing feud between the parties, and Doc
tor Morrison said in justification Of the
shooting that Fisher threatened to strike
him with a club. The Doctor was released
on bail.
A convicted murderer named Meade, who
escaped from the Columbiana County Jail.
at New Lisbon, Ohio, last May, was discov-
cred on the I'D at the home Of his father,
about fiye miles north OF Alliance. He re-
sisted arrest, fred n the officer, and then
tried 70 run away. He was brought down
by bullet from the officers pistol, howey-
er, and finding all hope OF escape cut on, the
murderer placed his pistol to his own head
and blew out his brains.
The executor Of the estate OF the late Cap
tain +. b. Ward, Of Detroit, which inyento-
ried At his death several millions in excess
Of his debts, has now proposed 70 the smaller
creditors 10 settle their claims at - cents on
the dollar. Shrinkage in values l. given a
the cause of this unprecedented deprecia-
ton Of assets.
Dudley Hansford was hanged by mob
near Perry, McLennan County, Texas, for
horse stealing, on the nd
The Fidelity savings sBank Of Chicago
suspended on the cath. Ever since the fail
ures OF the State Savings and Merchants,
Farmers and Mechanic~'. the Fidelity de-
positors have shown their dstrust OF its con-
dition by drawing out their deposits A. fast
a they could do 90, and although the bank
enforced the 90 days rule and awaited
itself OF all possible subterfuges TO ward on
the run upon its Golfers, II was finally COM
PEELED to close it, doors. The President OF
the Fidelity was John G. Haines. II had at
the time OF its failure about 800 depo>itors,
representing some $l3,000,0o0 10 S14,o0o.0O
Of deposits. The assets, IL was thought,
might pay from 70 TO 30 per cent. OF this
amount.
Forty new cases Of yellow fever were re-
ported Il Fernandina, Florida, on the oath.
Mrs. James 81 Clair and her two children,
Of Cleveland, O., were poisoned, on the
24th, by eating toadstooIs in mistake for
mushrooms. The two children died and
the mother was not expected 70 recover.
A man named Michigan has been arrest
ed and identified as the ST. Elmo (Ill.) muir
derer.
The estimated damage In and around GAL
weston by the recent cyclone, l. over $780,
90. & ftE4
Anderson Shifiiet was hanged at Harrison
burg, Rockingham County, on the 2Jth, FOR
the murder OF David G. Lawson, In March,
1870 The evidence upon which Shifficf was
convicted implicated several others in the
crime, the instigstor OF which was Iawson's
wife. She was also convicted and 4 sem
fenced to be hanged on Oct. ID. Silas Nor
ris, Mrs. Lawson's brother, who employed
Shifiiet TO do the killing, was also convicted
and sentenced TO he hanged on the same
day Is Shifiet, but was respited BY the Gov
ernor for one month.
A Chicago Grand Jury has indicted spen-
Ger, Gould and Buckley, Of the State Savings
Bank, for the embezzlement Of 100000. All
three have abscondcd.
FOREIGN.
Elections for Deputies In France have
been ordered for Oct IA. The Chamber Of
Deputies will meet on Nov. :.
The famous Cleopatra's Needle left Alex
andria, Egypt, on the 22d, for England. II
was ioated In a caisson, In tow OF steamer.
Gen. Grant was af Newcastle, England, on
the 23d, where he was the recipient OF many
courtesies fromthef own officials and grand
demonstration Of workingmen was held on
the Town Moor In his honor.
The death Of Urban Jean Joseph Lever
rier, the famous French astronomer, T. an
nounced from Paris.
The latest Advices from Calcutta bring the
grateful intelligence that plentcon rains
have fallen IN the worst famine districts Of
India and that every thing In consequences
presents . brighter outlook.
One hundred and forty deaths from yel-
low fever. occurred at Vera Cruz, Mexico,
during August.
San Domingo q undergoing the throes OF
another revolution, o. which ex-President
Gonxalss . the leader. The insurgents
have captured the seaport u Monte Christi,
and tia xhole rcsy,lhIic n ~ 4 efnfa n ur0.