The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-15

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an assignment. Liabilities $4,000.
The Ohio House Of Representatives has
passed bill msking the owners Of Texas
cattle responsible for dam s2es caused by
their animals In localities through which
they have been d iven o. shipped.
Nj. william ycIsrghlin died at Aims
worth, Iowa, on the a6lh ult., after IL hours
sickness, aged 100. UP 70 the day Of his
death he was rs robust A. most men OF three
score and ten; he had never had days
sickness, and never wore spectacles. His
father lived 10 the are of106.
John j. Adams a Co., wholesale groccrs
at New Orleans, have suspended. Liabilities
said 20 be about 81 100000.
Both branches Of the Legislature OF Ken
lucky have adopted resolutions instructing
Congressman OF that State TO support aud
aid, In every possible way, the Texas and
Pacific Railroad bill.
The wife OF Dwight 4. Wheaton has dis
closed the fact that her husband was the
murderer OF James O'Neill, the Chicago and
and Alton engineer, who was shot so mys-
teriously .. Bloomington, H., In December
last. Wheaton was previously arrested on
suspicion, but discharged for want OF evil
dence. He was rearrested on the 2Gsh ut.
Temple 4 wolkman's Baut T.. Los An
geles, CAL, was robbed by bu-glirs 0; $4,000
few days ago. The bank was in the hands
OF a receiver.
Two murderers were executed in Mis-
souri, on the lst--John w. Daniels at War
rensburg, for the murder o. Jesse Il. Miller,
Henry County iarmcl, near Seds'ia in Feb
ruary last, and Richard Gseen at Kansas
City, for the mo rder OF Deputy Marshal
Hughes near Independence, also in Febru-
airy last.
Dick Moore, Of Louisville, Ky, Coroner OF
jefferson County, accidentally sboi anc killed
himself o. Memphis, Tenn, on he 80, wiere
he had gone to witness the carnival.
The Kaiser family OF eight persons, who
lived at Fisi Landing on he Mississippi, Is
miles southeast OF Water, %, Monroe Coun-
ty, ILL.,, were all burnedto deathon the norm
ing Of the LIST, their house being consumed
by fire. The family consisted Of Mositz
Kaiser, the father, aged about 80; Ellen,
Kaiser, the mother; and John, Leonard,
Harry, Edward, Tommy aud Ellen Kaiser,
children, aged from IA years % ! month.
When discovered by the neignbors The house
was completely enveloped in lanes end any
attempt to rescue the inmates would aaye
been hopeless. The charrcd remains Of ,he
victims were gathered together and buried
In a single grave. In the absence o.
all evidence TO the contrary, the
Coroner's jury rendered verdict Of acct
dental death, but II l. believed, fiom facts
subsequently brought TO light, that Kaiser,
driven to state Of desperation by bad luck
and imprsvidence, had murdered his wife
and children, set fire to the house, and then
committed suicide.
Albert Young, Robert Jones, Silas Wright
and Lucius Porter, AL cclored, were hanged
at Marion, Ala, on the 1T, for the murder
Of Isaac ID. Moore, white, i'm 1876.
Ex-senator Benjamin II. Wade died at his
residence in AshtabuIa Coul.y, o., on the
I'd, Of a lingering illness from typhoid fever.
He was in his 18th year.
A terrible tornado swept overa portion Of
Casey County, KY, on the afternoon OF the
I'd. The house OF Vincent Wesley, near
Rich Hill, was demolished In an instant, and
all the inmates, six In number, killed. these
were: Vincent Wesley and wife, two giown
daughters, a nephew named sloan. and
neighbor, VIM. Taylor. Mrs. Weslcy's BODY
was blown 400 yards, and her ciofhi,g was
entirely stripped of. The Two daughters
were carried 30 yards, and were found .ock-
ed In each Others arms. The fatlef and
nephew were searfully mangied, and ~ must
have been killed by the first force .. The
tempest The dwelling, stables and ou.-
buildings were blown entirely away, the
logs being scattered for many yards along
the sweep O.. the tornado, and the hearth and
foundation = ores blown from their places.
In the vicinity OF Mount Olive, Mrs. Mo-
gan, wife OF John W. Morgan, was killed,
aud several houses were swept away and the
remainder Otherwise injured. Large trees
were twisted from their roots and carried
hundreds o. ya.Gs. A considele,'e number
o.iorses, cattle and Other stock, "a nearly
all the poultry ID its course were silica.
The pecuniary damage Is not hess than SJO,-
600.
T.. p. Bancroft, Of Emporia, Kansas,
formerly agent for the sale OF lands belong
Ing TO the State Normal school, has been ar
rested charged with appropriating to his
own use from $4,000 to $1,000 OF the pro-
ceeds OF such sales. He was committed to
Jail in default OF $4,000 bail.
A negro named Winston Anderson was
taken from Jail and hanged by mob at
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, on the night OF the 1st.
He was guilty Of attempting an outrage up
on young white girl.
A destructive fire occurred Al Hot
Springs, Arkansas, on the morning OF the.
9Th, BY which soFle 30 buildings, compris-
ing about one-half Of the place, were laid In
ashes. The fire originated in the lower part
OF the city, near the Malvern Road, and
swept clean both sides 81 the principal
street TO the Big Iron spring. The more inn
rortant buildings consumed we're the Hot
Springs House. American Hotel. Earl