The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-10-25

on tue l@ouI<&liits N4<uNftit Auu otN@t 1"utA-
ern Railroad on the 9th.
Elijah Gates, State Treasurer OF Missouri,
and Joseph w. Mercer. ex-State Treasurer,
were arrested at Kansas City on the 10Th,
upsn indictments found bya special Grand
Jury, both being charged with receiving
benefits from state deposits, which Is PEN
iientiary offense, and the latter with the
additional crime Of embezzIement. The
parties were taken 10 Independence, where
both were admitted 70 bail.
Gen. Gideon J. Pillow died At his home
near Helena. Ark, on the ath, aged =.
John Brown, colored, was shot and killed
near Warsaw, Hancock County, H., on the
night OF the 9th, by w. r. Andrews, while
attempting 70 dispoiI newly made grave
upon the latter's farm. An accomplice es-
capped.
Bill Longley, the famous desperate, said
to have committed 81 murders, was hanged
al Giddings, Texas, on the llth, in the pres
ence Of a multitude OF people. He express
ed penitence for his numerous crimes, and
received the last sacrament of the Catholic
Church before being swung Oh.
The relief boat Chambers reached yicks-
burg on the Iiih, having afforded much med
zeal relief to the suffering sick in many iso-
lated localities. II was decided, after pro-
ceeding 10 Port Gibson, 10 return north and
unload the balance OF her cargo AT yicks-
burg, making that central distributing
point.
AT Mount Vernon, Ind, on the night Of
the 18th, four negroes, named Jim Good,
Jctf. Hopkins, Ed. Warner and Bill Cham
bers, were taken from the jail by disguised
and armed mob and hanged 10 trees In the
Court house yard. A fifth man, old Dan
Harris, was literally cut ia pieces by the
frenzied mob in gaining entrance to the Jail.
The crime alleged TO have been committed
BY the four negroes was their forci-
BILE entrance into house Of ILL
fame in the outskirts Of the village
and the brutal treatment Of the
inmates Of the place, three white girls.
There were eight negroes in the party. and,
named Dan. Harris, Jr., At his fathers
house. the latter tired out Of the window
with a shotgun, killing Officer Thomas.
This was the old man who was cut TO pieces
in the jail. The Sheriff and an armed posse
made determined resistance TO the mob,
and several shots were fired before the OH
GERS gave way, one of which put out the
Sherifi,s eye and another wounded deputy.
The charred remains OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Conquest and their infant child were
found in the ruins Of their burned dwell
ing, two miles west Of Clio. Mich, on the
morning Of the 10TH All three had their
throats cut.
Eugene A. Cronin, Of Portland, Oregon,
who obtained some celebrity at the time OF
the canvass OF the Electoral vote, i dead.
Harland. the attorney for Samuel J. TiIden
in the mining suit AZ Marquette, Mich, who
il charged with the abstraction OF certain
important books used in evidence In the
case, has been held to bail in the sum Of SlO,-
0o9. lie claims that the books were legally
replevined.
Robert o. Hebert, son Of ex-Gov. Hebert,
Is the Republican and National candidate
for Congress in the Third Louisiana District.
A Denver telegram Of the l4th reported a
severe snow-storm west Of the Rocky Noun
tains, seriously impeding traffic.
The military pursuit Of the Cheyennes
terminated on the 10th, when the commands
of Thornburg and Carlton came together
on the headwaters Of Snake River, some 40
miles northeast OF Camp Sheridan. The
troops Of both commands suffered greatly
from want Of rations and water. The Indi-
ans, after leading the troops into the sand
hills, scattered and left no trail. Assurances
have been received from both Red Cloud and
Spotted Tail that they will use their influ-
ence TO secure the peaceful return OF the
Cheyennes to their agency.
The troops sent out from Fort Leaven-
worth after the Cheyennes returned on the
18th. The number Of white settlers, ranch
men and herders killed by the Indians dur
ing their sweep through the northwestern
part OF Kansas Il estimated at 70 nj least,
many being killed who will doubtless never
be heard from. Some % or % women were
outraged and murdered.
Returns from all the Congressional Dis
tricts In Iowa show that had the Green
hackers and Democrats pooled their issues
they would have carried five out Of nine dis
tricts. Leading men OF these two parties
are therefore claiming that an election
should be held in November, according to
the last ACT OF Congress, and have gone 80
far as TO call Convention in the Burling-
ton district for the nomination Of candi-
date. Other districts viii take the same
course, and another Colorado contest will
likely be the result.
Mrs. Grace Lawrence was burned TO
crisp at Charleston, o., A. the result OF her
lemerity In filling lighted kerosene lamp.
Doug. GoodaIe, son Of prominent citizen
Of CasS County, Iowa, has been arrested at
his home, charged with completely in rob-
bing the Deadwocd stage on Sept. 81. A
ycld brick, valued at $1,000, and 5000 be-
sides were found In his possession.
Hon. Lewis Tillman, National Greenback
nominee for Governor Of Tennessee, has is
'ued card withdrawing from the contest,
,n account Of the confessed hopelessness OF
making q successful canvass
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