The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-25


occurred At Bodie, CAL, on the 10th. Eight
persons are known 10 have been killed out
right. while the list OF injured numbers over
70. The bodies OF some Of the victims were
literally blown 10 atoms, no trace OF them
aving since been discovered. Every thing
in the vicinity was leveled to the ground and
the shock was felt 20 miles distant
Neal Winbush, colored, was hanged by .
mob In Clayton County, Ga, on the 18th, for
an attempted crime upon . young white
woman.
At Ogallala, Neb on thenight Of the 9th,
cowboys, who came over the trail from
Texas, rode through the streets, firing re-
volvers and threatening 10 capture the town.
A Sheriff and posse attempted TO arrest
them, when fight ensued. One Of the cow
boys, VIM. Shook, was shot and instantly
killed; another. Henry Parker, was badly
wounded and will probably die. The other
three escaped.
The Topeka Commonwealth says that the
officers Of the Kansas Freedmen's Relief As
sociation have written to the leaders OF the
emigration movement In the South, warn
ing them Of the difficulties that poor emil
grants are likely to encounter in that State,
and advising those who do come North to
60 to older and Weather States.
The United States sloop-of-war Wa
chusett has returned to New Orleans.
1t Il not probable that another attempt will
be made to reach St. Louis this season.
1t IL reported that Bishop Ryan Of St.
Louis will be appointed to the vacant Cath
Ollie Diocese Of Chicago.
The River Improvement Conventions
which was TO have been held in Quinc-,
ILL.,, on July %, has been postponed until
Oct. Is.
Hon. Alexander H. stephens Is to visit
Quincy, ILL.,, this summer, as the guest of
Hon. j. w. Singleton.
At Milwaukee, on the 18th, an aged Ger
man couple, driven to despair by poverty.
walked out into the river and
themselves. When their bodies
were recovered they were found locked in
each others arms.
A mulatto named Breckenridge was
hanged by . mob At Carlisle. KY, on
the night Of the 18th, his crime being
against young and respectable white
woman.
Lucius Weaver. colored, under arrest
charged with . horrible outrage upon
. white lady At Strawberry Plains, Tenn,
on the I4th, was taken by . mob
from the custody Of the officers and shot
TO death.
hefuneral Of Ex-Governor William Allen
Of Ohio took place At Chillicothe on the 18th.
Business throughout the city was entirely
and many business houses and
dwellings were draped In mourning.
The National Greenback party Of Wiscon-
sin held State Convention at watertown
on the 18th and nominated . full State ticket.
headed by Col. May Of Vernon County for
Governor. The platform does not differ es-
sentially from that adopted last year.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Barclay J.. Smith, the most prominent
business man Of Newton, Penn, ts5 miles
from Philadelphia), . few months since abb
seconded, having swindled his condding
creditors out Of large sums Of money. A
detective was put upon his track. and on the
sth be was arrested 1T Helena, M. T., where
he was quietly living, and has been taken
back to Pennsylvania.
Joseph Il. Buzzell was hanged at Con-
cord, N. H., on the 10th, for the murder OF
Miss Hanson. He denied his guilt TO the
last.
Two negroes-John Williams, who MUIR
dered Howard Holtzelaw, railroad agent
and telegraph operator at warrenton juno
ton. in February last, and Winter Payne,
who killed an old negro man, named James
April-were hanged at Warrenton, Va, on
the 18th.
John Davis, colored. was hanged At Smith
vile, Brunswick County, Ga, on the 18th,
for the murder Of Henry McDuffy, also COL
ored, in December last.
An explosion occurred 1t divers powder
mill, near Laurel Run Station, Luxerne
County, Pa, on the 18th. VIM. Whitehead,
John McKeai and James Burns were fatally,
and Fred. Steel and VIM. Kidney seriously
injured. Cause Of the accident unknown.
At Charleston, 8. c., on the 18th, there
we're Is deaths from sunstroke--10 whites
and . colored persons.
Joseph Heaton, well known resident OF
Wilmington, N. G., killed bis paramount, q
quadroon named Mary Radcliffe, In q 1T OF
jealousy, and when the officers went to ar
rest him he shot himself through the head.
Hon. Richard N. Chapman. Treasurer Of
the Biddeford (Maine) Savings Bank, shot
himself through the heart, in his room At the
Biddeford House, en- the night Of the 18th.
He had been unwell for several days, and
the deed was doubtless committed I'm state
Of insanity. The banks affairs are said to be
all right.
The acknowledgement Labor party OF
held State Convention at
Altoona on the 18th. Henry Carey Baird
was nominated for State Treasurer,
but Mr.. Baird positively declining to
run, Judge Peter Watson Of Indiana
County was substituted in his stead.
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