The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-11-21

The American Woman suffrage Associa-
ton met in Cincinnati on the 9Th. Addresses
were made by Mr.. Hazen, President Of the
Association, Lucy Stone and others
Rear Admiral William REYNOLDS. Y. :. ~,
died on the 9Th AZ his home In Washington,
ID. q.
The new postal card issued Nov. can be
sent 10 all parts of Europe, China, Japan and
Brazil. At the top Of the card are the words,
"Uniyersal Postal Union," which are re-
pcated in French In smaller type. Then
come the words, "Unitcd States Of America"
which are also repeated in French. The
stamp i well designed head Of Liberty
having on each side the figure 80" and the
words " u. :. Postal Card.-
The propeller Argyle. engaged In the
carrying trade between Montreal and Du-
luth. l. supposed 10 have been lost, with all
on board, az some point along the northern
shore OF Lake Superior. On October . she
passed up The Sault =. Marie Canal With the
propeller Asia. The latter vessel made the
trip TO Duluth and passed back down the
canal on the 4fh. No tidings OF the Ar
gyle have since been received, and
she i supposed 10 have foundered
during the severe storm that prevailed about
the time mentioned. The Captain was Hugh
Mclaughlin u Montreal: the PurSer, John
ny Graham. son of Graham Of 81. Cath
crime, the principal owner 81 the vessel. Be-
sides these there was crew Of 10 men and a
number OF passengers, all French Canadians,
probably ID or II, all told
A delegation Of Indians representing the
Sac and Foxes and Iowa tribes had an in
terview with Secretary Schurz and Indian
Commissioner Hoyt ut Washington on tbs
eth. These tribes, numbering altogether
about 3i0. occupy a reservation comprising
1900 acres in Northern Kansas and south
srn Nebraska. They complain that the
white settlers are crowding upon them,
and they want to be removed 10 the
Indian Territory, where they can get NOR
breathing room. The Secretary refused
the request, telling them that they would
be foolish 10 abandon their homes aud inn
proycments, and that all they needed TO rem.
der tnem prosperous and happy was 20 emu
late their white neirhbors In thrift and I'M
duSiry and TO educate their children in Tho
Agency schools.
Maj. VI. A. Reno, who. two years ago, was
court-mart ialed for insulting a woman, and
whose sentence was mitigated by President
Hayes, j. again in trouble for similar Of.
fen~c, committed while intoxicated. charges
and specifications having been formally pre-
ferred against him hy Gen. sturgi-.
The fourth annual meeting Of the National
Christian Temperance Union began at For'
Wayne, Ind. on the .th- Francis Murphy
occupied the chair. Delegates were present
from the United states and Canada.
Congressman Wright Of Pennsylvania and
Murch % Maine have been In Boston recent
Is, taking evidence for the Congressional
Committee on the Depression Of BUSINESS
The steamship Arizona 81 the Guion line,
from New York for Liverpool, had narrow
escape from destruction while crossing
Grand Ranks, DO miles from 81. Johns. y.
r.. On the night II the eth While under
full steam she ran ~quarels into an immense
floating iceberg. causing terrible shock
The bow and forward compartments were
stove in and several sailors IN their berth,
were injured. There WIS a great scare among
the passengers, hut panic was fortunately
prevented by the GOODNESS Of the officers
The injured vessel put into Il. Johns for re-
pair.
The whaling schooner Petrol, pt.Georg,
Fisher. ~ Newburyport. Mass, was dis
ma-icd and cap-ized in the North Atlanti,
during gale on the 29th o. October. IN,
had Oh board n persons. - u whom, includ.
ing the Captain. We're drowned. The liz
survivors chung 10 the wreck for five DAYS,
when they We're picked up BY the Austrian
bark Rebus and brought To New York, ar
irving there on the sth- Their situation
when rescued j. described a. being piiiablt
In the extreme. They had some food,