The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-05-10


&C. seeleps Cashier Of the National TX
change Bank q f1n. O.. has absconde
with $4,000 a The f1hds Of that institution
a reward Of 1900 i4onered for hisspp1
clieass is not nie stirred up By thak
ported novem< hts of7he Communists Of d
city They ar& sale = be actively At vsrl
drilling and ARMY with breech- loadln,
rifles. Upon being questioned they confess
they are preparing for future emergencies
but say they will act merely In self.defense
and will not foment disorders. There AZ,
about 5000 Of them In Cook County, and 1,
is stated that from loo to s,00O arc armed
and drilled weekly. The police force arc
watching their movements 70 prevent shl
recurrence Of the riotqps proceedings o. las,
July. ~,
The recent Iowa cyclone did greater dam.
age than was at first reported. IN the yicIn-
ity Of Wdn Lake hardly house or fence es-
capped INJURY. The Catholic Church AZ Car
roll was completely demolished. The house
Of Daniel Lietx was blown down. ahda child.
torn from'its mothers afmssby y the wind.
was found In . marsh east ~of the house.
while Mrs. Letz was found half 4 mile west.
The ground was strewn with disembow-
eled and dead ducks, geese, etc,
Many head Of cattle were Killed.
Peter Anderson's house, barn and
granary, wellstocked, were demolished, and
not . thing Of value left on the place. A
number Of other barns and houses were also
destroyed in the same vicinity. Heavy loss
OF property and life Is reported at sswedish
settlement In Crawford County, but particu.
lars are wanting. WIN. Hollen, whilefryiny
to drive cattle fromhis barn, was borne IN
Intoths air with barn and cattle and has not
been seen since. A boy, last seen driving
cattle home, has also mysteriously disap-
peared. VIM Beach and two cons. near
Sac City, were killed; Peter Lampman. near
Ida City, was instantly killed. In the same
locality 10 houses were DESTROYED and five
persons killed and 10 wounded.
DIR. Z. r. Grayson and wife were recently
murdered in Anderson County, Texas.
John Runk was hanged at SAN Francisco \
on the 10Th for, the murder Of Policeman
Coots about one year ago. 1
George Grant, founder OF the Victoria
Colony, Kansas, died on The 2Gth. ~, 'u
The National Executive Committee OF the
socialistic Labor party deny that any branch
pr section OF that party Is supplied with \
arms or undergoing military drin in Chica-
90. They claim their organization 20 be
purely political. T7
A valuable deposit OF phosphate OF lime
'as peen discovered near Wakeeny, Kansas,
N the line Of the Kansas Pacific Railway.
Z 4 used for fertilizing purposes. il
Joseph Shields, proprietor Of large
vooien mandatory At Davenport, Iowa.
oinmitted suicide on the 18th. Financial
mbarrassments were the cause. He. was Z
brother-in-law OF Assistant Postmaster {
ieneral Tyner. 80 "A,
James Baine, Cashier Of the salem ffpt,., u
sational Bank, IL defauIter stoia lar,,r =
mount. He has fed, leaving note stating
hat his downfall was due 70 Wall street I
populations. \. istfis ~ NM. Il
The Detroit Free Prsss establishments w. y
esFoyed By fire on the morning Of thu {
IN, caused by an explosion Of 4 gas main
aiding into the building. with tho excep-I
On o. me. basement floor, conHsining the 4
Fesses ana appurtenances, the building and ,
'ntents are stotal loss; There was $4,000
surspce on the establishment. Eliminated G
- ABOUT >oo,oOO. n w
FRITZ Meyers, NOTORIOUS horse- thief. was N Y
Ken nom the jail It Believille, Republic N
'unty, kansas, on the night OF the 9TH. Of
q hanged by mob Of about 40 men, arm "a
and masked.
Galveston Ne,cs special reports another
al carrier killed by Indians. between n
'rts Davis and stockton. on the esth, being N
sixth person killed in.that vicinity during ID
days. train from Fort Davis. which @
rived at Fort Stanton, was stacked byIn-
Ins near Borelis Springs. The fnountains Ire
} reported full or Indians. 9fT f.F ali
me property q the s.. Louis Tunnel ana IN
ilroad Company, which incSjdes the tl,n- 10
and railroad tracks running from the \ ~
tern end o. the Illinois'sAnd *, A.'mis 20
age TO their connection withthe Nissbu- 20
Pacihc and other railroad 'tfackk At, Or Tr
Y the Union Depot, TO Be sold under fro
eciosure byths Enelish holders or Ne Gre
f-mortgage bonds for default Of interess. evi
amount Of the'bonds being about 81. wa
NJ .T.itf ntL.8 Af1 cs. bel
lstt. Weaver, Cashier Of THE Citizens' ans
'ionai bank Of Urbans, o., isa tefs,,lter pla
ne amount Of over $4,000 TO the bank ana .sid
a. much more belonging Ia fndivid,,sls pal
trust funds. Spcculations In the Clica-
grain market are the cause Of his down Iple
He has absconded.. leaving nearly Co,
Vo worth Of property, which has been I mu
led BY the bank. ~,. ter.
bcutll O'Clock on the night Of the pah. and
e masked men entered the Post Office AZ the
.snap, Texas and presenting then re-
ers AZ the fpstmaster, ordered him 70
nis safes which, he did. The robbers a
Siysoo, by IN their haste. oserlcoked 4 tele
<age containing 500. Rus
!: Tyler, Texas. four negro children. STAT
locked up at home while tie mothar 'thes
at church, were burned 70. death ~ ~ Fpuf
: Of the 18th. 'rs I'M