The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-03-21

l. low good, and an efficient sanitary system
i in vigorous operation.
sheriff II. n. Wick y,of Douglas County,
No.. was killed on the Sth while endesNor-
log 10 srrert, at his house, a man named
Shelf Alsup. The sherin's posse re'urned
the hre from the house, killing Alsup and
his little s-year-old daughter, and wounding
some Oft other inmates
The Indiana Pro~hibitlonists have called .
State Convention, 10 meet ~ Indianapolis on
May u.
Rev. J. l.. Davis. . Baptist minister OF
Georgetown, Texas, shot himself through
the head on the 10th. Family troubles.
Charles Herbeck and wife, who lived about
10 miles west Of La In, Itl., recently sep
arated on account OF 4 quarrel, the husband
going 10 Lincoln 10 board On the 18th he
hired a livery-man 70 lake him home. His
wife WAS engaged in ironing when be arriN-
ed. and after a few minutes ccnye rsstion he
drew a revolver and shot her through the
body. inficting a mortal wound. He then
secreted himself in the barn, and when =
party OF neighbors, hearing o. h tragedy,
went TO look for him. he put the pistolto bis
head and blew his brains out.
A.C. Holian, who with Edward Dealrob-
bed an express-car on The North Missouri
Road. near Il. Louis, ia the fall OF 1873, and
captursd about $500, was ARRESTED At
Omaha, recently, where he.had enlisted Is .
private soldier.
Tn amount Of Archbishop Purcelps in
debtedness has been figured up to >s,6'2,3.l.
Father Edward Purcell, the brother n
business manager Of the Archbishop, has
made an assignment Of all the property In
his hands received from the Archbishop,
which does not, however. include any
Church property. Suit IN been commence
ed by certain creditors to set aside
The assignment made by the Arch
bishop to Edward Purcell, and other
creditors have attached the Cathedral n
other Church buildings and grounds. Ihe
accounts Of Father Purcell, extending
through . long series OF years. are said TO
have been 80 loosely kept - TO AFFORD no salts
factory explanation Of the vast indeoted-
ness which hss accrued. but aside from this
extraordinary and apparently insxcuszbie
system OF bookkeeping, there seems 70 be mo
blame attached 10 either the Archbishcp on
Father Purcell.
The dead body Of . woman, inclosed In .
box, wss discovered in the bAggsge-room
OF the Union Depot at Kansas City, on sne
18th, where 1t had been remsining for some
days, and begun to give out an onen-ivs
odor. The box was regularly checked from
the West. The body wss partially dismem'
bered, and Is supposed to have been intend'
Cd for some medical college.
The reported massacre OF - Indians IN
Washington Territory, . few weeks ago. py
. party OF settlers, il now c~cniradiced. ~
seems that the news was = stupid hoax, got
te. I'D for the benefit OF some Of the up
country" papers
A party Of about go negroes, men, WON
! On and children. mostly in . destitute con
dition. arrived in 81. Louis on the 18th, 81
; The steamer Colorado. They Were mainl,
from Hines County, Miss, and Madison
/, Parish. Ia, and had started for Kansas
where they expect.dto be presented upoi
: their arrival with 40 acres Q
land each, a pair Of mules
: ami such other sppurtenances a. arr
! necessary to stock and carry on . farm. 70
several months past. they said, handbills ha'
; been circulated in the localities mentioned
: stating that free transportation wouis
I be furnished from s. Louis =
: Kansas, and that al they had 70 do Y
secure the liberal prizes offered them By 20
+. state Of kansas Wa 70 raise enough none,
: 10 pay their passage TO ST. Louis This ma
: exhausted the capital OF the larger portion
h Of the party, and their condition vas repre-
' eented - most deplorsbie-
: A fatal tornado swept across the southern
! portion Of Macoupin County, ILL.,, on IN
4 night Of the 10h- II anne from the north
I west, and appears TO have covered . spac
J about . quarter Of q mile wide. Houses
barns, trees and fences were carried away
Several persons were killed and anumoe
q wounded. Edward Mcdonald. aged. z
years, and his granddaughter, ? years Ole
e were killed. His two sons and nve grand
children were all very seriously injured
Great damage was done 20 wheat and farI
property.