The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-12-13


committees.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
DR.. Henry J. Livingstone, late agent a
the Crow Greek Agency, has been arrested
upon an indictment charging him with the
forgery Of vouchers. Several clerks and
traders are also under Indictment for com
plicity In the alleged frauds.
Gov. George s. Houston has been elected
United States Senator from Alabama to sue
coed Senator Spencer. Gov. Houston Is .
native Of Tennessee, born in ISL, but re-
moved when quite young to Alabama. He
is lawyer BY profession, and has served in
Congress several terms He was elected
Governor Of Alabama in'1s.6.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson has given 500
- contribution 10 the fund for defraying
the expenses Of . Homeopathic Yellow
Fever Commission which is to meet in New
Orleans.
New Orleans will continue to be the can
ttal OF Louisiana, the proposition 10 remove
the seat Of Government 70 Baton Rouge hav.
ing been defeated by some 5000 votes.
DR.. Buck, Sheriff Of Claiborne County
Miss, WAS fatally shot few days ago while
attempting TO arrest . negro desperate
named Harrison Page, who two years ago
killed the Chancery Clerk Of the county;
and Robert Lum, one Of the Sheriff's depu-
Tie, was killed At the same time. Page es-
capped, although some Of his accomplices are
reported killed.
The Louisiana rice crop Of 1878 Is esti-
mated 1t i55 900 barrels, against $4,000 for
the preceding year.
At public meeting held At Memphis on !
Thanksgiving Day, At which most OF the |
reading CIT zens were present, resolutions
were adopted, thanking all societies and in !
dividuals who had assisted them during the /
recent yellow fever epidemic.
The steamers Charles Morgan. bound
down, and the Cotton Valley, bound ~.
coiiided two miles south Of Donaldsonyilis. II
Il, on the morning Of the LIT. The Cotton
valley sank almost Immediately after the
collision. Sol. Meyer, Daniel Gehr and Hem
y Levy, merchants Of Alexandria, La, and
Aiss Sanford, aged 10, Of Lsudon Coun- /
y Va were drowned. together with u or /
roustabouts. The Cotton Valley belong
to the Red River Transportation Com A
any. She was valued . $4,000 and had 4 | !
1900 Cargo on board, all OF which il a to- q
i less.
J. c. Stoddard, OF Pine Plains, Alleran
ounty, Mich, on the morning Of the aOth !,
- found sifting In chair dead. with hIs =
70 between bis legs, and his head shafter- i I,
4. His wife was found dead in bed, and . =
nid, three years old. missing. II il be- 4
eyed stoddard killed his wife and child I,
10 inen shot himself, during an attack OF
'mporary insanity. y
jackson, the county seat OF Breatbitt =
ounty, KY, has recently been the scene az 4,
bloody combat between two rival ba.ds
outlaws, under the respective leaderships =
Bill Strong and Jack Ackman. Each -
'ry numbered . dozen or more of ~
ave and reckless men, heavily arm =
y VINO fortified themselves in ada =,
nj buildings, and whenever one ~ a.
Their party showed his head n w. !.
e target for the unerring aim Of his .n-
son'sS. a iaw-and-order party was
rmeds under the command OF County
'dge John w. Burnett, for the protection :,
some prisoners In the County Jail. Judge ~
irnett was shot through the heart and INT
unity killed, and number OF the despe.
does nad also been killed or wounded. AZ I
= accounts the mob still held possession q
. town.
Inc Official canvass OF the vote IN Mis- "
uri shows the totals on jude Of the 81. y, y,
eme Court; Norton, Democrat, ISL .a5e. hi
'nnis' Republican, 1894; GIlstrap. be-
6l,l67. Democratic pluraIitr' Nh
sD' We
!, 1rn'p 2. 4. .. Wilmer, Of the Episco. y. y
diocese o. Louisiana. died suddenly BE-
New Orleans on the I'd, Of spoplexy. tTs
vas native Of Virginia, about "a years ~ ~
49, 70
: Tramp giving his name a. billiard. was The
aged py amob In Little River COUNTY. h"ar
~ recently, for the murder Of 4 man III,
ned farris. from Illinois. Robbery was Y
'"c murueT. rec