The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-11-16

WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
The funeral OF Gen. Forrest took place at
Memphis on the 3lst, the Rev. DIR. Stain
back, who had been a private soldier under
Forrest, officiating. Among the pall-bear-
ers were GOV. Porter, Jefferson Davis, Jacob
Thompson, and other distinguished ex- Con-
federates. Business generally was suspend
ed throughout the city during the cere-
monies. The remains were Inferred at Elm
wood with the 0dd-Fellow rites and milf
tary honors.
Syvanus Burnham, young man in the
employ Of Burgoyne Tritt, a wealthy farmer
living near sanford station, about eight
miles west Of Terre Haute, Ind, on the
night OF the Both ult. murdered the daughter
Of his employer, young lady Is years old,
set fire to the house, which was burned to
the ground, and fed. Burnham had aspired
to the hand Of the young lady, and, his suit
being rejected In favor OF another, he re-
yenged himself in this diabolcal manner.
Judge Il. T. McDonough and Col. T. NJ. j.
Richardson have been arrested at Houston,
Texas, for alleged completely in the great
Texas land swindle.
Senator Morton died on the 1st inst, at his
home in indianapolis. His last words were:
Morton was born in Wayne County, Ind,
Aug. 4, 1928, and was therefore in his a5fh
year. He became Governor Of Indiana in
1850, and was reelected in 1854; in 1867 was
elected to the United States Senate, and re-
elected in 1873. For II years senator Nor
ton was recognized leader OF the Republic
can party, and occupied most prominent
position in public affairs. His funeral was
appointed for Monday, the 9TH, and all State
and municipal Offices we're ordered closed on
that day in respect to his memory
Hammond's extensive Touring mill,
Fostoria, Ohio, was almost totally wrecked
by the explosion Of the boiler on the lst.
Henry Wilson, fireman, and Johnny Brown,
lad Of Is, were instantly killed.
A severe snow storm occurred throughout
Northern and Central Iowa on the Ist.
Complete official returns from the Ohio
election show the following result on Cow
ernor: Bishop lDem.), III ,625: West (Tep.)
2ia,l05; Bond (workingmen), Ia,4so;
Thompson (Prohib. and Greenb.), 1896;
johnson (Workinmen's fusion), 1922:
scattering, 93. Bishops plurality over West,
22,520.
At Wilton, Wis, on the night Of the 1st,
the house occupied BY Mrs. VIM. Van vor-
hees was discovered 10 be on fire, and the
neighbors, upon effecting an entrance, found
Mr.. Van Voorhees, and two OF her children
lying dead in bed, while another, the eldest,
also dead, lay by the bedroom door. All
were frightfully burned. 1t was supposed
that the mother killed her children andthen
committed suicide, and all four were proba-
bly, dead before the flames reached them.
The fire Is supposed 10 have been accidental.
Mrs. Van Voorhees, had been deserted by her
husband, and had often threatened to take
her own and her childrcn's lives.
The last spike on the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids and Northern Railroad was driven
at Albert Lea, Mimi, on the 5th, complet-
ing the through line from 81. Louis to ST.
Paul.
severe gale on the night Of the I'd caused
great damage to shipping on the Northern
lakes.
The steamer Bismarck was burned AZ st.
Louis on the I'd, while undergoing repairs 20
III her for the Southern trade. She was built
in Il. Louis in 1867, was valued AZ about
s35 200, and insured for about $4,000. Capt. |
John Spane was her commander and princi-
pal owner.
Tom Staner was hung At Benton, saline
County, Ark, on the "a, for the murder OF
biz aunt, Mrs. Mack staner, and nothcr Ia
dy, Mrs. II. Taylor. The latter was visiting
Mrs. staner at the time Of the murder,
which was committed for the purpose OF /
robbery, during the absence Of Mr.. Stancr.
The murderer made full confession OF his |
yuilt prior 10 his execution.
Owen Wright, colored, who brutally out
-aged white married lady near Crawford,
Ala, was taken from Jail by party OF one
hundred citizens, who carried him 70 the
woods and, II Il said, burned him. His VIC
i'm fully identified him.
Mr.. Allen q. Lewis, Of Chicago, recently
deceased, left the larger portion OF his for
unc - Trustees for the purpose OF found
ng In that city Polytechnic school, TO be
'nown as the Lewis Institute. The present
alue 81 the bequest Il estimated at $780,. II