The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-07-26
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eelfs the Dali passing through ner lung, caus-
ing instant death.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Norwich, Conn.,, was greatly excited on
the 10th over the reported death Of woman
by Asiatic cholera.
At Amsterdam, N. ", on the 10th, a large
broom factory in process Of construction
was blown to the ground by hurricane,
burying nine men in the ruins. three Of
whom were fatally injured.
A bricklayer named White was struck by
lightning while working on church tower
in Forty-seventh Street, New York City, on
the 10th. He fell dead to the pavement,
distance Of 90 feet below.
The accounts Of the late State Treasurer
OF Georgia, John Jones, are said 70 show a
deficit Of $253,0o0, for which suit has been
brought against his securities.
At Brooklyn, N. ", on the 18th, Mrs. Mar
garet Wash, aged 30, and her daughter, aged
8, were burned to death by the explosion of
kerosene lamp, which the mother was
using In pouring oil on a fire in order to
hasten the flames.
James A Long (colored), son Of ex Con-
gresham Long, II under arrest at Macon,
Ga, charged with robbing the mails while
acting as mail-agent.
Mike Shaw ~as hanged at Milledgeville,
Ga, on the 18th, for wife-murder; and Hi
ram Fooks (colored) was on the same day
hanged at Wilmington, Del, for the murder
Of John Tyler, also colored.
Henry Wise was hanged at waltcrboro, s.
c., on the 18th, for the murder OF Mercer
Brown, his rival in a love affair.
| Thomas Ballard, known as the g King Of
Contradictory committed suicide in the
Albany IN. W Penitentiary on the 18th, by
stabbing himself with shoemaker's knife.
GENERAL.
! The eclipse OF the sun on the 10Th inst.
| will be total from Irkontsk, Siberia, through
the western part Of the British Possessions,
Denver, Colorado, and northern and east
ern Texas, entering the Gulf OF Mexico, to
disappear a little southeast of San Domingo.
The exhibition will be visible A. partial
eclipse over all the United States, Mexico
and British America that afternoon.
Gen. Sherman has issued general order
Of instruction to Army officers, in con-
formity with the recent act OF Congress for
bidding the use Of the Army as posse com
itatus.
jefferson Davis made an address at New
Orleans, on the 10th, the occasion being the
presentation to him OF gold badge and GER
tificafe Of membership Of the Association OF
the Army Of the Tennessee. He reiterated
his mistaken belief in the right OF secession
and the duty OF citizen to battle for the
cause Of the State, and charged that "every
evil which has befallen our institutions Il
directly traceable to the perversion Of the
compact Of the union and the usurpation by
the Federal Government OF undelegated
powers"
The recent excessively hot weather was
productive OF numerous fatal cases OF sun
stroke In St. Louis, Cincinnati and other
places.
Figures indicating the condition OF the
cotton crop for July, compiled by the Ma
tional Department Of Agriculture, are AZ
follows: North Carolina, 81; South Caro-
lima, 10l; Georgia, 105; Florida, 100; Ala
bama, 102; Mississippi, o.; Louisiana, IS;
Texas, 106; Arkansas, 81; Tennessee, %.
Reports Of crops have been received from
3O4 counties Of the cotton belt, Of which Is
report 100. 1lSabove and lis below.
Additional Congressional nominations
Illinois-Second District, J. X. Doolittle,
Jr., Democrat; Sixth District, General p. }.
Henderson, Republican trenominated)
Rev. j. w. Haney, National -Greenback
Seventh District, Alexander Camp
bell, National-G reenback; seventh Dis
trict, J. r. Demmett, Republican.
Missouri-Sixth District, M. II. Richie, Ma
tona!- Greenback. Indiana--Tenth Dis
triet, Maj. w. II. Calkins, Republican (re-
nominated). Ohio-seyenth District, Chas
>. Foster, Republican (renominated). Mis-
sissippi-Sixth District, Gen. ). X. Chal-
mers, Democrat (renominated).