The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-14

The lows Democratic State Convention.
held on the 10Th, adopted resolutions in favor
OF tariff for revenue only, the repeal OF the
Resumption act, the substitution Of United
States notes for national bank bills, the i'm
provement by the Government Of Western
rivers, and . thorough investigssi IN or the
Presidential election frauds Of 1876; and OPP
posing further contraction Of the currency
BY the retirement Of United States notes
now In circulation. The State officers nom
mated are: For Secretary Of State, Tom o.
Walker, OF Davis; Auditor OF State, joseph
Eiboeck, Of Polk; Treasurer OF State, T.. ID.
Fem. Of Storey; Register Of State Land Of
nee, T.. y. Bardwell, Of Linn: Judge OF SUI
preme Court, Judge Knapp, Of Van Buren,;
Clerk Of the supreme Court, NJ. v. Cannon.
OF Scott; Reporter of the Supreme Court,
,. 3. Elliott, Of Marion; Attorney General.
}. Gibbon, OF Lee.
At Springfield, Mo-, on the night OF the
18th, lady named Mrs. Thompson, while
temporarily insane, cut the throat OF her
daughter Nettie, aged II, and then cut her
own. Both died.
The recent cyclone in Wisconsin killed 50
people and injured about 80. Hundreds are
left homeless and without mealto eat. The
survivors along the line OF the tornado are
In great distress.
The west-bcund express train on the I'm
lon Pacific Railroad was boarded by masked
men on the night OF the 18th, near Percy
Station, who entered the sleeping-cars and
robbed number OF passengers OF their
money and watches and then decamped.
being evidently frightened on before they
had completed their work A posse OF men
started at daylight in pursuit or the robbers.
Andy Compagnion, desperate OF Owens
Vile, Gibson County, Ind, who was suspect
ca q having committednumerous crimes,on
the night OF the 18th was taken from his
house BY q party Of masked men and shot
dead in the Public Square, his body being
literally riddled with bullas.
Bishop McCoskry has again left Detroit
suddenly and unexpectedly for New York, ,
instead OF staying TO face his accusers, and Il
reported to have renewed his resignation.
M q. II. Heaford, General Passenger
Agent, and Mr.. Q. L. White, Auditor. OF the ,
Missouri Pacific Railroad, have resigned
lheir positions as rumored, BY request Of
Inc managers Of the road. No cause a.
ligned- Their places have been temporarily I
nlled by the appointment respectively OF Z
AZ. Frank Il. Fowler and Mr.. Charles q. I,
Warner.
The First National Bank OF DALAI. Texas. n
suspended on the 3oth, after q run lasting
hree days. Liabilities large and assets
lominal. Z
Hon. Daniel CAN'T, Chief-Justice OF Ne .
'raska, died on the 10Th, aged 20.
The body OF John scott Harrison. son ~ 9
x-fresident Harrison, who died suddenly q
a the 9th ult. AZ North BEND, Ind, was dis q
Inferred from the family vault on the night
GLOWING the burial and taken 10 the dis I
ecting-room OF the Ohio Medical College IN q
incinnnti, where Il was strangely aud I'M O
xpectcdly discovered on the following day II
y carter Harrison, son OF deceased. while b
ne latter was making search, ia COMPANY b.
nth an officer, for the body az Il
'enu VINO mad died few days previous, q
nd Inc robberyof whose grave was discov- y
-ed by him on the day Of his fathers IA. II
raj. Fearing that his fathers grave migk 20
despoiled ~ had been that OF hIs friend. ~
2 son had hired Waterman to keep guard eh
er u nights, and his CONSERVATION and 60
lei Upon being brought face TO face with 81
dead fstherin the dissecting room are d
ID 20 have quite ovcrIowered him.
A Boise City dispatch Of the 3lst reports Bs
q about 20 Indians, under Buffalo Horn. ~
. encampcd In the lava-beds, between 81,
mas Prairie and Snake River, and have a.. m
red the whites 70 leave the prairie on pen. oil
y Of death. They have already com. 81
'nced hostilisies By shooting two settlers. for