The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-25

senator Atli~on OF iowa. viii nc re-
elected, II 4 said, without serious oppose
ton.
The Savings Bank Al Garrcttsvillc,
o.. closed its doors on the 9Th. Assets said
TO he equal 10 liabilities.
Hon. George II. Pendcton was nominated
for United States senator by The Ohio DEM
ocratic Legislative Caucus on the third bal
lot, the vote standing -pendleton, 81: Ew-
ing. ~; Morgan, IL; Ward, .; Converse, p;
Payne,l.
Upon the recommendation Of the United
States Attorney aud the Judge Of the West
ern District Of Arkansas. the President has
commuted 10 Imprisonment for life the SEN
fences Of VIM. J. Meaders and Thos. Robin
son, convicted Of murder, and Joshua Wade,
convicted OF rape, and sentenced 10 be hang
ed on the 18th inst.
Railway postal mail service, TO 60 into ef-
feet immediately, j. ordered between 81.
Louis and Texas, by way Of Little Rock,
Ark.
4 large cattle she'd at tse ock-yards Of
Fairbanks distllery, Terre Haute, Ind,
was burned on the 18th, together with 800 Of
the 800 head OF cattle confined therein.
Joseph l.. stephens and Charles =. Chou
teau have been appointed by the President
Honorary Commissioners 10 the Paris Ex-
position from Missouri, upon the recon-
mendation OF Gov. Phelps.
Gov. Hubbard, OF Texas, has forwarded
10 President Hayes q full and interesting
statement Of our border troubles since their
beginning, over score Of years ago.
The Utah Territorial Legislature organIz-
ed on the 18th. Lorenzo Snow was elected
President OF the Council and Orson Pratt
Speaker OF the House. Both are Of the
Twelve Apostles. All but three members
are polygamists. and most OF the members
Mormon bishops.
Gov. Bishop Of Ohio was publicly inaugu-
rated on the 18th.
John Buehler wealthy German banker
and probably fatally stabbed, on the 18th, by
Michael Marso. Marso some years ago gave
Buehlcr mortkage upon his house to secure
aloan. The latter had transferred the mort
gage to third party, who haa begun pro-
ccedings to foreclose. Marso claimed that
Buehler had wronged him in The transaction,
and This was the method he took 10 ayenge
his supposed wrongs.
Prof w. II. Fox. OF Des Moines, Iowa, a
well known geologist, committed suicide on
the 18th by taking opium. He was man OF
education and culture, but had fallen into
disreputable habits.
The Iowa Legislature convened on the
Nth. John y. Stone. Republican, was elect
ed speaker OF the House. Three ladies were
chosen for the positions Of Enrolling Clerk,
Engrossing Clerk and Post master.
Bob Mckenna, alias "Littlc Reddy.- chief
Of the gang OF highwaymen who robbed the
Black Hills Stage-coaches last summer, was
arrested on the 18th AT Rainsboro. Highland
County. Ohio, where he had recently mar
ried and settled down a. a farmer. His last
and most famous exploit was on June NJ,
when $4,000 was taken by q party Of
five, all OF which they got away with.
Mckenna left the Hills Immediately after
getting the dust, and has been tracked
through Texas, Arizona, Missouri and Iii
nois by Bullock, former sheriff OF Dead
wood, who finally succeeded in eirecting his
capture. McKenna's wife i said TO be very
handsome and intelligent young lady, and he
il respectfully connected.
The clearinghouse OF Chestnut and Du-
bois, CarIinyile, H., suspended on the 18th.
The bank was established in 1857, and until
the present crisis has maintained 4 high
standing. Improbable investments III real
estate are said to be the principal cause Of
the failure. II i believed that dcpositors
will ultimately be paid in full.
John Appel Co., pork packers, and
James II. snodgrass 4 Co., wholesale gro-
.ts--
ments. Amounts involved not given.
mass convention In favor Of silver re-
was held at Springfield, H.,
on the 18TH Judge Lawrence, Of Chicago,
presided.