The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-08-30

by II. q. Buckingham for Governor, and
adopted platform denouncing both the old
parties and advocating strong Greenback
measures.
The description OF the train-robbers at
Winthrop junction, Mo-, IL Is said, suits
that Of Henry Underwood, Frank jackson,
Billy and Henry Collins, survivors Of the
Bass gang.
Convention nominated L. q. Todd for Gov
ernor and J. w. Davis for Congress.
Katie Hopkins, aged Is, q servant In the
employ Of Mr.. w. b. Thompson, Of s..
Louis, 1t Is supposed undertook to kindle
the kitchen fire with kerosene, on the 18th,
and was fatally burned, dying few hours
afterward. The house was also burned to
the ground.
c. ID. Clark, prosperous farmer of La
grange, near Chicago, was shot and killed
on the night OF the 14th, IL was Mt first
thought by horse-thieves, but as subsequent
developments indicate, by one St. Petrie, q
former employee Of Clark's, and suspect
ed paramour OF Mrs. Clark, who Is believed
to be equally implicated. Both are under
arrest
A sample-trunk OF Jewelry was plundered
Of its contents at the Palmer House, Chi
cago, on the 18th, while It's owner, Mr.. Hen
~ Freund, Of New York, was at dinner. The
stolen goods were valued at $4,000.
Vim. Wilson, alias Patterson, was hanged
at San Bernardino, CAL, on the 10th, for the
murder OF one Barrett Jeffreys.
A dispatch from Malheur Agency, 10th
says q Indians, including 90 warriors, sur
rendered on the previous day. This leaves
but very few hostile Snakes unaccounted
for. The surrendered Indians say the Ban
nocks did all the numbering and the Snakes
the stealing.
At Versailles, KY, on the night OF the
10th, Sam c. Field, editor OF the woodford
Sun and County Attorney, was instantly
killed by the discharge Of revolver which
fell from the pocket OF Joseph c. Bailey,
Town Marshal, while the two, with Others,
were scuniing in sport to secure the posses
sion Of watermelon.
The sample-trunk Of jewelry stolen from
the Palmer House, Chicago, has been re-
covered, and one Of the thieves is in Gus
tody.
At Roseburg, Oregon, recently, William
DAILY quarreed with his wife's brother, J
Woodward, over family matters, when
Woodward stabbed DAILY twice and Daily shot
Woodward, both falling dead.
Josiah p. Colcord, a well known 81. Louis
lawyer, on the 18th shot and killed his mis-
tress, Lille G.. Gibbons, and then killed
himself. Colcord was talented, but dissi-
psted, man, about 35 years OF age. Some
fye years ago he became separated from his
wife and soon after formed a connection
with the woman whom he murdered. She
had led a somewhat adventurous life, and il
il said that Colcord was intensely jealous Of
the supposed attention paid her by other
men, which was doubtless the cause OF the
tragedy.
Charles W. Angel, Of Chicago, Secretary Of
the Pullman Palace Car Company, has abb
seconded with about $780, in cash and con-
vertible securities, and Is now supposed to
be luxuriating in Europe.
Judge Albert s. Marks, Of Franklin Coun-
ty, Il the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor Of Tennessee. The platform adopted
by the State Convention favors the uncon-
ditional repeal Of the Resumption act.
Charles r. Hane, Cashier or the Canton
(O) Exchange Bank, committed suicide BY
poison on the 10th. He was 30 years OF age
and had become respondent on account Of
III health.
The First National Bank Of Quincy, ILL.,,
closed its doors on the 10th. The Quincy
Savings Bank, a collateral institution. also
shares in the default. Thedepositors OF both
institutions are assured that all their claims
will be paid in full. The insolvency OF the
large tobacco house OF Harris, Beebe 4
Co., Is the cause assigned forthe Banks sus-
pension.
John Tynans and VIM. Dorm, laborers in /
a stone quarry near Pacific Junction, 20 \
miles south OF Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the
18th we're found dead alongside the road to
their home, literally riddled with shot. A
fellow-workman named McCreery Is under
arrest, charged with the murder, robbery
being the incentive. Dorm was known TO
have 800 In his possession on the previous
day.
Four young Swedes, named John Pierson.
Swan johnson, Andrew Bloom and Frank
Westbury, we're drowned by the capsizing
of their boat near Davenport, Iowa, on the
18th. Three Of their companions reached
The shore.
Capt. w. II. Coates, well known resident
of saugatuck, Mich, on the night OF the
18th shot his wife fatally and then killed
himself. No cause known.
The mail-coaches between Tucson and
TUNA have been stopped recently on sew.
raj occasions by road agents, said to be
dexicans, and robbed OF the treasures on .
,oard
Hon. BailIe Peyton, Representative in .
congress from 1888 to 1897, Minister to Chill ,,
Inder President Fillmore, and who served ,
Ipcn Gen. Taylor's staff during the Mexican
Var, died at his residence In Galveston, +,
'enn., on the 18th. !,