The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-11

lht uulouIneA MASSACHUSETTS Demo-
cratic State Convention, held at Faneui
Hall, Boston, on the 18th, nominated Josiah
G. Abbott for Governor. The resolution.
denounce the Republicans OF the State FOL
their facit approval Of the alleged fraudu.
lent scheme to cheat the people out OF the
results Of the Presidential election: declare
that Congress has no power to make any
thing except gold and silver legal tender;
favor free trade with all the civilized world,
restricted only by necessary measures 70
provide national revenue, etc, etc.
The New York Democratic State Conven-
tion was held nj Syracuse, and the New
York Republican State Convention at sara
toga, on the 10Th Both parties adopted
unequivocal hard money resolutions. The
Democrats, however, resolved that to the
Republican party belonged the response.
biiity OF the present hard times. while the
Republicans we're quite rs frank in placing
the blame upon Democratic shoulders.
Senator ConkIing presided over the Repub-
lican Convention, and George w. Curtis
made concluding speech, in which he
heartily endorsed the platform and said:
We came here for harmony. and harm ony
we have found-v The only nomination
made was for Judge Of the Court or APP
peals.
The preliminary examination OF Rev. II.
:. Hayden at Madison, Conn, accused OF
numbering Mary stannard. resulted in bis
discharge. The Justice ruled out some i'm
portant testimony, and IL Il said Mr.. Hay
den Will be cited 10 appear before the Supe-
rior Court for further examination.
The steamer Adelphi, running between
New York City and Norwalk. conn, on the
morning Of the 18th exploded her boiler
soon after leaving the dock Al Norwalk, kill
ing l3passengers and wounding and scaId-
ing severely many Others The Adelphi had
on board 30 passengers 1t the time OF the
disaster. The engineer says he was carry
ing only - pounds Of steam, and an
examination Of the fractured boiler shows
that Il was old and entirely unfit Tor service
The names Of the killed are: Mrs. Rev. w.
H. Boole, South yorwalk; Henry Allen,
xorwak: Mrs. Charles A. Ford, H.; Mr..
Hyatt, Harlem. ~. "; Fred Metz. south
NorwaIk; Benz. Ackert, New York; Sarah
Leonard. Bridgeport; Elijah Betts, North
Wilton; Henry johnson, New Haven; Chas.
w. Lord. Philadelphia; Theo. Raymond,
New Canaan, Conn, and one other.
As funeral procession was crossing the
railroad track al Atlantic and Brooklyn Ave.
nues, brooklyn, ~ r., on the 2sEh, loco
motive crashed into one OF the carriages
killing one Of the occupants, Miss Mary Red
wood, and the driver, Patrick McNamee.
Mrs. stephen Callahan and her three chill
dren. who were also occupants or the car
rage, were all badly injured, the mother
and one child probably fatally.
Condor and Melody, the released Fenians,
had an enthusiastic reception from their
countrymen upon their arrival in New York
on the asth.
Wesley w. Bishop, Of Norwich, Conn,
charged with poisoning his wife, Harriet
Bishop, and Chas. NJ. Cobb, yr., has made
confession duplicating Kate M. Cobb, his
paramount. In nis guilt Bishop confesses
criminal intimacy with Mrs. Cobb, the pro.
curing Of poison for Mrs. Cobb with which
70 destroy the life Of her husband, and the
knowledge Lhat she administered Il. He