The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-12-26

A severe tornado passed over the southern
portion Of Randolph County, No.. on the
9th, demolishing several buildings. by which
number 81 persons were injured, one or
two fatally.
Bre,ct Major Frederick Rosecranz. OF the
sixteenth u. = Infantry, died at Fort
Riley, Kans-. on the 9Th. He received mil
itary education in sweden, Of which country
he was native. During the late civil war
he was an Aid-de-Camp AT the headquarters
OF the Army of the Potomac.
General Grant had reception ri Indian
apoli- on the 9th: af Louisville on the 10Th;
At Cincinnati on the lith. and AZ Columbus
on the l2fh- The demonstrations in each
city were ~ a character similar 10 that in
Chicago, but on somewhat smaller scale.
At Louisville Gen. Grant was the guest Of
Mr. Wafter~on Of the CVurier-.roRrndf, and
Gov. Blackburn, Mayor Baxter, and other
prominent ex-Confedera,es We'd with each
other In welcoming their iIlr-triou~ guest.
A regular Dakota "blixzard- occurred
on the 10th throughout the region between
Bismarck and Duluth. The storm wa- 20
severe that all travel was suspended and
people only ventnred out u door upon the
most necessary errands. The snow was
drifted from four 70 i've feet deep in places
Five Cinnamon are reported burned to
death In fire Il the mining town ~ Love
locks. Nevada. II l. said they were All stu-
pcfied with opium smoking
A bin in equity haS been fled in the L. :.
Circuit Court al New Orleans in behalf ~
Mr.. Edward Peckham Of Louisiana. stephen
p.r..s. Ciff. ~ prtaLf~t. a,.T Morf;,,,.w r..hr
gren " - Louis. sister and brothers Of the
late Mrs. sarah Ann Dorsey, against Jeffer-
son Davis. The object 81 rhe bin T. 70 have
declared null and void the will % Mr.. Dor
icy % January 4. ISIS. by which the whole u
her estate was bequeafhed 10 Davis. The
grounds " the annulmcnf ~ the will are
stated % be that the te-tatrix was OF unsound
mind and also improperly influenced.
Three men were buried BY The caving in
~ a hank on the railroad at Plattsmouth.
Neb., on the lith- An We're dead when
taken out.
Charles W. Merritt. near relative of Gen.
Merritt, and late Lieutenant of the sth Cav
airy. but dismissed some three weeks ago BY
General Court. martial, committed suicide
At Santa f., n. Mex, on the 18th. BY shoot
ing himself through the head.
a dispatch from Leadville, Colo, 18th.
says: The seyercst storm ever known IN the
history ~ Colorado set in On the Western
Range Yesterday noon and ragged until this
morning without cessation. All stages
and teams are sn0w-bound. and
the To- % property and life l.
thought 70 be severe. Stock froze IL death
~ their tracks owing % the intense cold. the
Thermometer Indicating ID degrees below
zero. Several tesm-fer- md frcighfer~ are
missing, and some are known 10 have per-
i-hed. a ~ Paul MINI dispatch. same
date, says: There has been severe
storm In the Red River country
for two days. The thermometer falling very
low. Reports Al different points indicate -
deg. 70 ~ deg. below zero. A Brecklnrislge
special ~ the PioHser- Press SAYS two chill
dren Of VIM. Owens were frozen ~ death.
and two men. II. O. ~torderk and James
Nolan. are missing. supposed 10 be lost in
the storm and frozen.
The vi0lators oithe sunday law in Omaha
are being arrested without fear or favor.
The last batch includes the proprietors Of
the two morning papers. besides druggists.
brewers. and score or more 81 dealers in
yarions lines ~ goods.
General Crook. while hunting Wild geese
recently, was overtakcn by Nebraska bllz-
Yard and nearly lost his life, his hands and
feet being frozen.