The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-08-02

Rock. One Of his gang, named Barnes, was
killed; another, named Jackson, escaped.
The capture was effected by Major Jones
and party OF State troops and citizens.
There was standing reward OF 5000 for
the capture Of Bass, dead or alive.
! Nose Kerkendall, colored, was lynched In
Boone County, Ark, on the 18th, for an At
tempted outrage upon white lady.
Its reported that the wheat In Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota has been severely injur-
cd by rust and blight, caused by the intense
| " hot weather. The damage Is, estimated
At from - to 30 per cent. on the total crop
John Shackley, Frank Jones, Patrick
Johnson and John Clauhence were killed by
the explosion Of the boiler Of steam
thresher near Jamestown, Ind, on the 18th.
Seven other men were dangerously injured.
Nearly the entife business portion Of Cat
lettsburg, KY. was burned on the 22d. The
! fire originated in the Sherman House.
Losses about 100000, with but little insur-
ance.
A. b. Levissee has been appointed to the
position Of Revenue Agent and will proba-
bly, be assigned TO duty In Louisiana. He
was one Of the Hayes Electors in that State.
l.. ID. Atchison, aeronaut and acrobat, who
has been making ascensions for several
years clinging to trapeze bar, was Instant
ly killed at Elmwood, Peoria County, ILL.,,
on the 2lst, by falling from the trapeze to
the ground, distance Of 200 feet.
President Hayes, Gov. Bishop, Gen. Sher-
man, Gen. Garfield, Gen. Ewing, Gen. Lo-
gan, and other distinguished guests attend
ed the Soldiers and Sailors Reunion at
Newark, o., on the 22d.
Sam Bass died from his wounds on the
2lst. He refused to reveal the names Of any
Of his accomplices.
The Crosby House and several adjoining
buildings at Defiance, Ohio, were burned on
the night Of the 2lst.
The Texas Democratic State Convention,
after long and exciting struggle over the
nomination for Governor, on the 2Sd agreed
upon Judge Orrin n. Roberts as = COM
promise candidate, and he was accordingly
nominated. Judge Roberts Is Of Smith Coun-
ty, aged 90, and at present Chief Justice Of
the Supreme Court. The other nominations
are: James ID. Ssyers, of Bastrop, for Lieu
tenant Governor; III. Il. Mccormick, Of
Colorado. for Attorney Genera, and Stephen
H. Darden for Comptroller. The platform
adopted favors ADMINISTRATION by Congress
Of the alleged frauds committed at the late
Presidential election, but says that the de-
cision Of the Forty fourth Congress, by
which Hayes was seated, should not be dis
turbed. The contraction OF the currency
and the decentralization Of silver are de-
nounced, and the payment Of all our obliga-
tions In legal tenders, except where other
wise specially provided by law, is demanded.
Additional Congressional nominations !:
Illinois-Fifth District, J. M. Ogle, Nation
a. Grsenback; Eighth District, T. N. Shaw,
Democrat, Greenbury L. Fort, Republican
(renominated); Tenth District, ii. A.
Streator, National Greenback; Thirteenth
District, Thomas +. Upton. Republican ire
nominated); Fourteenth District, Maiden
Jones, Democrat, Joseph g. Cannon, Re-
publican (renominated); Eighteenth Dis
trict, J. ,. Thomas. Republican, w. j.
Allen, Democrat, 5. L. Davis, National
Greenback. Indiana Seventh District,
John Hanna, Republican (renominated) }.
Ohio--Fifth District, William Allen, Repub-
loan; Eleventh District, w. w. Mcknight,
Republican. (CharIss Foster has declined
the Republican nomination Seventh Dis
trict.) Iowu-Eighth District, w. w. Sapp,
Republican (renominated.)
The Ohio National Greenback Labor State
Convention, held 1t Columbus on the Esd,
nominated Andrew Roy, Of jackson County,
for Secretary Of State. Chiffon A. White. OF
Brown County, for Supreme Court Judge,
and J. r. Falls, Of Lucas County, for Nom
Der Of Board of Public Works. The Toledo
platform Is Endorsed.
There we're 400 deaths In Chicago during
the hot week ending July 20, being 10 more
than during the previous week, and 1877 more
than during the corresponding week last
year. Forty-four Of these deaths are classed
- sunstroke. lis from cholera-infantum,
and g. from other infantile diseases.
gAsP AND eOUTHEAsr.