The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-22
EAST AND soUrHEAsr.


EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Alexander Smith, Republican Congress.
man -elect from the Twelfth New York Dis
trict, died on the night OF election at hi.
home In Yonkers.
Washington Thomas, an active partisan OF
Tammany Hall, committed suicide In New
York City upon ascertaining the defeat OF
the Tammany candidates.
The family vault of the Stewart family in
s.. Marks Churchyard, New York City, was
broken open on the night Of the 9th, and the
body OF A. T. Stewart, the dead millionaire.
abstracted from its coffin and car
ried of. 1t is supposed that the
crime was planned and executed FOR the
sake Of the large reward which il was hoped
might be offered, but Judge Hilton says he
will give 100000 IL necessary for the de-
lection and punishment OF the villains who
committed the crime, but not one cent for
the recovery Of the body.
Edward Cooper, who has Just been elect
ed Mayor Of New York, is the son of Peter
Cooper, the Greenback Presidential candi-
date In 1876, and is the brother in law Of
Abraham :. Hewitt. He is an anti Tam
many Democrat.
Edward Aldrich, lawyer, aged 81, COM
mitted suicide at his residence in New York
City on the sth. No cause assigned.
Prof. II. w. Bache, OF the United States
Coast Survey, died at Bristol, r. L., on the
7th.
Gov. Hampton Of South Carolina broke his
leg In two places by jumping from an unruly
mule while hunting.
by direction Of Mrs. A. T.. Stewart. re-
ward Of $4,000 has been offered for the re-
covery OF the body Of her late husband and
information which will convict the parties
engaged in the outrage.
A gang Of armed thieves took possession
Of Johnson's jewelry store in Eighth Ave-
nue., New York City, about o'clock on the
evening OF the eth. One covered the in
mates Of the store with arevolyer, while an
other packed up about 5000 worth OF
watches, and two Others meanwhile stood
outside with revolvers drawn and com
PEELED the passers-by TO move on. They
got of safely with their plumber before the
police arrived.
fire broke out in the Ocean House. Cape
May, about O'Clock on the morning OF the
9TH, and extended rapidly to other hotels
and cottages, burning over an area Of about \
10 acres. The principal houses destroyed \
are Congress Hall, the Ocean, Center, Co.
lumbia, Atlantic and Merchants Hotel. The
total loss IL estimated at about 500, 900. The
fire i supposed to have been she work Of an
incendiary, a. there had been no fires In the
Ocean House since the close OF the season.
In 1863 nearly the same area was swept BY
fire.
William Ramsey, colored, was hanged al.
Wafrcnton, y. c., on the sth, for the muir
der Of John Taylor, also colored He con-
fesscd his guilt on the scaffold, but met his
late with great firmness.
In the town Of West Chenango. Broome
County, n. r., three brother, James, David
md John Taber, lived together and. owned
md run farm jointly. James and David
had disagreed for some time about the d.
'ision OF properly. on sunday, the 10Th,
David went to the barn where James was
lusking corn. They q,iarreled, and David;
eixing pitchfcrk, knocked James down
md stabbed him IN the chest Is to 20 times.
He lived only few minutes. David then
vent to the woods and blew his brains out ,,
With shotgun.
u. g. Griswold 4 Co., wholesale dry goods.
5oston, have failed. Liabilities reported
{ from S2Oo,00o to $50, 900; assets not Civ
N.
Franklin J. Ottarson, an old New y,rx
journalist, formerly the trusted associate Of
ireeley and Raymond, attempted suicide on 1
be 18th by cutting his throat and also
elm In his arm. His injuries are probably
Atal, though he may recover. III health
nd other causes have for some years rem
cred him incapable OF regular work, and :
e was also forced to give up place in the :
ustom- house which he had held for some
ears.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart, who il in her seventy ,
fth year, was very III when her husbands
'mains were stolen. Judge Hilton broke q
70 news Is gently ~ he could to her, but :
le sank perceptibly under the blow. q
FOREIGN !,
The British ultimatum was placed in the I,
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