The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-11-08

severe Indian campaign Of 1876.
WEST AND sourH'xEsr.
Lieut.. II. H. Benner, who died from vel
low fever while In command az the relief
steamer Chambers, left widow and two
small children entirely destitute. A move
ment Is on foot to raise a su1kcient sum "
contributions to place them IN comforta-
ole condition pecuniarily.
The leading Democrats ef Iowa, after
consultation, have decided that the FIRST
Tuesday in November Is the only legal cleo
ton day for Congressman in that State, and
that the omission Of the Governors procla-
nation does not deprive the people OF juris-
diction.
Representative House, OF Tennessee, in n
speech at Nashville acknowledging his re-
nomination, declared that "God's own hand
had closed the bloody chasm; grander than
the victory st Appomsttox Is the victory
won by the people Of the North in their
noble contributions to the stricken -South.r
A horrible tragedy, being the murder in
apparent cold blood Of an entire family Of
four persons, was enacted on the night Of
the Esd near vincennes, Ind. The victims
of the assassin Nere farmer named
John u. vacelet, his wife, and
two sons, aged IA and rs.
The suspected muir derer Is Frenchman.
named Pierre Provost, who worked for
vacelet and occupied q room at his house In
company with the two boys. Provost gave
the first information Of the tragedy to
neighbour living half mile away, to whose
house he went In his night clothes, about
day-break, saying that the whole family had
been murdered, and that he had escaped by
jumping out Of window. An examination
Of the premises showed that Provost's
story was untrue in several particulars.
All four were killed with an AK.
The bodies Of the two sons were lying in
bed, a. was Also that Of the mother: the
father had apparently been aroused by the
noise, and going into the adjoining room
TO seek the cause, had been stricken
down and killed upon the threshold.
It's said that vacelet had received about
$1,000 in cash for some cattle sold on
the day preceding the murder, and this was
most probably the incentive to the
crime. Provost was arrested, and there was
considerable talk Of lynching him npon the
spot.
The lease Of the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad by the Atchison, Topeka and San
"a Fe, takes effect December I next and runs
for 30 years. 1t Is stipulated in the agree
ment that the Denver and Rio Grande shall
the first year receive 43 per cent. OF the
gross earnings, decreasing per cent. yearly
until the seventh year, when II will receive
81 per cent, At which figure II shall remain
for seven years. The percentage for the re-
naming time is not stated. One Of the adj
ditional provisions il that the San Juan Sill
yer mines shall be opened through the
grand canyon OF Arkansas, and the ultimate
design Is to connect with the Kansas Pacific.
This transaction i regarded as defeat Of
Jay Gould, and warm competition with the
Union Pacific for freight il predicted.
At Benton, Texas, recently, a horse-thief
named Thomas Richardson, imprisoned in
the County Jail, snatched 4 revolver from
Frank venable, Deputy sheriff, and shot
him dead. Frank Rathen, another officer.
then fired and MORALLY wounded the assas-
sin.
A heavy snow storm occurred in Dakota
on the oath.
Hon. John s. Carlisle, formerly United
States Senator from West Virginia, died al
his residence in Clarksburg on the Path
Two companies Of the Third Cavalry. I'M
der command OF Capt. J. B. Johnston and
Lieut.. J.. G. Thompson, on the ed, we're 80
fortunate as to surround and capture par
~ Of $50 Cheyennes in the South Hills, about
20 miles southeast Of Camp Robinson. The
Indians were under the charge OF Chief Dun
Knife, and at first threatened resistance. but
were finally marched quietly into Major
Cartoons camp and disarmed.
Richard T. Isaacs was hanged at Harri-
sonville, NO., on the 18th, for the murder OF
Henderson T. Clark about the first OF Sep
TENDER last. The murderer confessed his
guilt, stated that he was prepared to die
and believed that his sins were entirely for
given.
A party Of Indians, at first supposed /, he
Cheyennes, crossed the Yellowstone IN the
vicinity Of Fort Keogh, supposed to be en- I
route to sitting Bulls camp. Later reports
state that they were Sioux from Spotted /
TAILS camp, and this tallies with the infor- /
nation received At the Indian Department, /
which has no knowledge Of any other fugf-
Tive body Of Cheyennes except those cap .
tured In Nebraska. :
A severe storm prevailed on the 18th !
throughout Northern Illinois and Missouri. h
Charles Etheridge, well known insurance
agent and prominent citizen OF st. Paul, '
MIMI. has embezzled funds to q large V
mount and absconded.
The san Francisco papers are severe in q
heir denuncIations OF Col. r.. A. Rec. ~ \
hat city, who has gone TO Washington m 4,
he interest Of the Chinese Companies. and y
charged with asserting that the opposition m
2 that race y almost exclusively confined 20 q,
he hcodlum class. !,