The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-22

settlement
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Three OF Brigham Young's executors,
Cannon, Darlington, and Brigham Young,
Jr.. were consigned TO the Salt Lake Peni-
tentiary for contempt Of court ia refusing TO
obey the order to turn over the property In
their possession.
Judge Robert Terrell is the Democratic
candidate for Congress in the First Califor-
mia District
A Caddo Il. I'd special Of the 9th says:
Ex-Tressurer Bushyhead has been elected
Chief Of the Cherokee Nation by majority
OF 600. Nearly All Of the National Liberal
party was elected BY majorities ranging
from 100 TO 90.
Charles Ballett, livery stable-keeper at
Niddletown, o.. on the 9th. shot and killed
his wife and Immediately afterwards placed
the revolver to his own head and fired, dy-
ing instantly. Ballet was drunkard, and
his wife had petitioned for divorce, which
an9ered him, and caused the tragedy.
Tennessee voted. on the .th, upon prop
osiflon to compromise the State debt at 70
cents on the dollar, with per cent. interest.
A very small vote was polled. but the prop
osifion was decidedly rejected
Jacques Handiine was hanged At San An
fonia, Texas, on the sth. for the murder Of
Peter Maddox. in February, 1s-s- Handline
was native Of Illinois, where his father Is
said 20 be now living. He protested his in
nocence OF the crime up to the last mo-
ment.
The New Orleans Democrat says that the
report. n the value Of the bequest by Mrs..
Dorsey 70 Jefferson Davis have been abb
surdly extrsyagant, and that il will not ex-
coed $4,000.
boilers a New Cumberland, w. Va, about
Is miles above Wheeling, on the Ohio River,
on the evening Of the 9th. and sank in deep
water inside OF five minutes. The names Of
the killed or lost are Thomas Prince, Clerk,
son Of the Captain; Wise, Pilot, and Mr.
Prosser.
Father van de Moortel Of Chicago, the
Jesuit priest who recently renowned Cath
olicism, has published . card retrsctinl
what be has said against the Church o
Rome and announcing his return to thu
same.
There are no funds 1t present In the Ken
tucky State Treasury, and the Auditor give
notice that he shall refuse 10 audit all claim
until the Treasury il replenished.
A committee Of United States Senator
met n Lawrence. Kansas, on the 18th inst.
TO inquire into the causes Of the outbreak 0
the Cheyenne Indians who rxided through
Kansas last fall, and the outbreak and mas
sacre AZ Fort Robinson after their capture
Several Of the raiding Indians are now 4
1aiI at Lawrence, and will be represented q
the Investigation by Hon. J. q. Mohler, q
counsel. The committee Il composed 0
Senators Kirkwood Of Iowa, Dawes Of Massa
chusetts, Morgan OF Alabama, Bailey Of Ten
nessee and Plumb Of Kansas.
Captain John Secrist, contractor OF . mai
route west from vinita, I. T., started on
from that place with horse and buggy
CRYING . considerable amount Of none
with which to pay Of the men in his employ
"A few days later bis dead body was foun
along the road, about 80 miles west Of VIM
a. He was undoubtedly murdered for hi
money.
The Congressional Election Commit
tee's investigation at Cincinnati closed o
the9th.
The Iowa Greenback State Conventio
was held at MarshaIltown on the 18th. n
nominations were made, but brief plat
form was adopted and . resolution passe
TO levy an assessment Of 90 cents annual
on each member, TO form campaign fun
Of $4,000, the statement being made tbs
there are 1000 members in the State.
The Directors and stockholders Of II
Texas and Pacific Railway Company, 1
their annual meeting held at PHILADELPHIA
on the 18th, authorized bonds 20 be ISSUED
not 70 exceed $4,000 per mile, for the com
ple,ion 81 the road from Fort worth west
the Pacific Coast, . distance OF over 1,9
miles The report shows the number Z
miles in operation during the year and u
20 Nay 81, 1870, to be ~, with 10 additions
miles Of siding. Receipts for the year wei