The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-11-28

know Of any body who did. a dispatch from
Los Pinos, nth. says: The outlook for
either an amicablc adjustment Of affairs, or
proving the guilt Of the parties interested IN
discouraging, and unless the Indians spccdi-
" change front, the Commission win ter
inmate ifs labors.
Hon. ". G. Bcaman, recently appointed
United States senator from Michigan 10 Ill
the unexpired term OF the late senator
Chandler, has declined on account OF H.
health, and Gov. Croswell has appointed Ex-
Gov. Henry +. Baldwin OF Detroit to III the
vacancy.
Eliza Pinkston (colorcd), who attained
some notoriety in connection with Louisiana
political affairs al the time Of the last Presi-
Dental election, was arrested AT Canton,
Miss, recently, charged with numbering her
husband, to whom she had been married
about two years.
Walker Brothers 4 Co., wholesale dry
goods, Memphis, suspended on the 18th.
Liabilities about 500, 900; assets not stated.
A series OF explosions occurred in tun-
mel on the narrow-gauge railroad between
San Jose and Santa Cruz, CAL, on the morn
ing Of the 18th, by which "a Cinnamon were
killed outright and some II others
were horribly burned, most Of them
fatally, II was thought. Only two
or three white men were at work In
the tunnel, and they escaped with compare
lively slight injuries. The explosions were
caused, II Is believed, by the ignition Of the
gas from petroleum, which pcrcolates
through the roof Of the tunnel in several
places, and which had heretofore caused
several explosions Of q less fatal character.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Charles II. voorhis. member Of Congress
from the Fifth District, New Jersey, has been
arrested by United States Deputy Marshal
on charge Of abstracting from the First Ma
tional Bank OF Hackensack, Of which he was
President, collateral deposited to secure
private loan.
Charles Drews and Franklin Stichler were
hanged on the same gallows at Lebanon, Pa,
on the 14th, for the murder OF Joseph Raber
In December last; and Myron A. Buell., aged
20, was hanged at Cooperstown, N.Y., on the
same day, for the murder OF Catherine May
Richards, aged IS, in June last.
A tenement-house at No. 80 Cannon
Street, New York, burned on the night ofthe
18th. Joseph Balseki, his wife, two children
and mother-in-law, occupied the fourth
floor and were unable 70 escape. Balseki
Jumped from the window and was
instantly killed. The others were suffocated
in their rooms. Mrs. Bubischcr occupied
the third floor. She dropped her two chill
dren from window and they were caught
In the arms Of fremen and saved. She
then herself jumped, before the fire.
men were aware Of her intentions,
struck the pavement, and was probably ia
tally injured. Patrick Lynch, fircman,was
fatally burned while making heroic but
Intellectual effort TO save the lives Of the
helpless inmates. lie died within few
hours afterwards.
President Hayes and Secretary Evarts at
tended the fair Of the seventh Regiment,
New York, on the nth.
The tug Seymour, having in tow four
other tugs, three dredges and eight scows,
on route from Cape Vincent, Lake Ontario, |
for Buffalo, was struck by gale on the \
night Of the 18th and three Of the tugs and
all Of the scows and dredges were lost. OF
the 81 persons on board Of the wrecked fleet
81 were lost, three Of whom were women.