The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-04-12
WEST AND

1e3,5i4.
VEST AND SOUTHWEST.
The State Convention Of the Naticna
Party Of the State OF Illinois was held a
Springfield on the 9th. The Toledo plat.
form was endorsed and reafirmed, and addi,
tional resolutions adopted, demanding ~
immediate issue Of full legal slender paper
currency by the Government TO the full limit
II least, Of the S~io0,0o0,ooo legal tender
Un:ted States Treasury notes; and declar.
ing that the credit Of the Government eau
best be strengthened and preserved by II.
first paying on it, interest-bearing debt be-
fore calling i'm any part Of it, non inferest
bearing obligations for redemption. Gen.
4. N. Bates, Of Chicago, was nominated for
State Treasurer, and Prof. Frank II. Hall, OF
Kane County, for superintendent Of Public
Schools.
Unofficial but trustworthy Information
from Fort Walsh, Canada, confirms the re-
cent story Of a large confederation OF hos
tile Indians in that vicinity. Sitting Bull
and Spotted Eagle have been reinforced by
lodges from the Missouri River agencies
including Red Clouds, and il il now esti-
mated that there are from 5000 to 1000
warriors within 100 miles Of Fort walsh.
Some OF these bands have been
seen by Miles's scouts. The saw
ages are very restless, and are
under the constant surveillance Of the too
limited force OF Canadian mounted police.
who evidently anticipate trouble. At a
council recently held the Indians resolved
10 resist the buffalo law. Sitting-Bul coun-
seled moderation towards the Canadians.
but breathed defiance against the Ameri-
cans. The force i well armed and splendid
~ equipped, and could probably be aug
mented 10 10000 men, in which case a vigor-
Gus summer campaign would be probable.
Joseph and George Brassell, brothers.
were hanged At Cookville, Tenn, on the 27th,
murder Of Russell Allison in Putnam
County, In November, 1875.
The dead bodies Of two hunters, Geo. P.
Burrell and sylvester Rees, were found on
the 18th. 81 miles north OF Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming. They were lying close together. hay-
been frozen during the late storm. Their
pack-mules were feeding close by,with their
packs still on their backs.
Near Piper City, Ford County, ILL.,. the
other day, q 15-year-old daughter OF John
picked up an old gun, and playfullv
pointing Il AZ her friend, Miss German. aged
said, Look out, | will shoot YOU" and
pulled the trigger. The gun went OF, tear
ing away one side Of the face and part OF the
Of Miss German. II i almost needless
70 add-"She didn't know II was loadcd.v
The friends Of ex-Congressman Vance. Of
Cincinnati, who mysteriously disappeared
4 short time ago, have abandoned the idea
d foul play, and intimate that his disappear
ance i voluntary, and caused by financial
At ChilIicothe, Iowa, on the 18th, Matthew
Burns, a farmer living near tow drove into
me village, put his team In a stable, and,
-aking his Ak over his shoulder. went where
geo. n. BulIin. an old resident and highly
respected citizen, was AZ work on the foun-
iation Of a building, and, without saving a
word, struck Bullin on the head with the Ak
ran away. Twenty minutes later Burns
vas found in the barn where he Iefth is team.
ranging BY the neck. Bullin's injuries were
atal. The cause Of The act l. supposed TO
g 4 dispute about the division OF 4 fence.
The Hancock Bank, a private institution
findiay, o., has closed its doors. LA
'%ilities about $4,000, and assets reckoned At
'CD,OoO.
The Bank Of South Pueblo, Col, was en-
cred BY masked robbers, on the night OF the
9TH, who gagged the Cashier, III. N. Banks
nd Obliged him 70 open The safe. They
ook 5000 In currency and gold watch and
lain.
Hon. Willard Q. FIagg, President Of the
Illinois state Farmers Association, and
widely known a. a writer and speaker on
gricultural topics, died at hi. home near
ioro, Ill, on the 3oth, in the 10th year Of
L. age.
The supreme Court Of Louisiana, on the
y, refused the application 81 the Attorney
General for a rehearing in the case Of the
tate W. Thomas q. Anderson, and the pris-
was released from custody.
MT. and Mrs. NARROW, an inoffcnsive old
,uple who lived In what are known a. the
est Woods, six miles back OF Louisville.
on the morning Of the lst were found
cad In the smoldering remains OF their
urned cabin. The husband and wife had
cen summoned 70 attend Court In Louisville
? the following day a. witnesses against
pck aud Brackett, two d~esperadoes, who,
Y their testimony, would have been sent 10
g fenitentiary, and there i strong reason
believe that they were murdered and
cabin set ON fire to destroy an evidence
the crime.
Municipal elections were held on the ID
roughout several states. The issues n
RI places were local rather than political. !
'ig5 County, Ind, the National party '
p straight party tickets, and carried eight
y q y ia the county, together with
2 city a Terre Haute. The Greenhackers
ade almost a clean sweep in Little Rock, \
TX. q
a State Convention or the National PARTY y