The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-29

The Wallace Congressional Committee
commenced taking testimony At Boston on
the 18th.
The number Of immigrants who arrived AZ
New York during the year ending July 81.
1879. was 1903. 245; for the previous year the
number was .4.ia9.
Walter Paine. third Treasurer Of the
American Linen Company Of Fall River.
Mass. has used and lost ! 100, 900 or more 81
the company's money in private stock spccu-
lations. Paine l. a brofher-in-law of Dur
fee. another defaulter, and l. about - years
old.
Five persons were killed by a collision on
the Atlantic City Narrow gauge Railroad.
IN New Jersey, on the 18th. They were A..
T.. Worthington, conductor; 4. Wood and
Jacob Deginther, brakeman: J. smith. news
agent. and Charles school. deal mute.
Bishop Odenhcimer tEpi~copal) Of New
Jersey died on the 14th, aged ~.
A London telegram 81 the 10th announces
the death Of Mrs. sartoris. daughter Of
General Grant.
| J.. y. FRYE, wealthy leather dealer in
Boston. was found murdered in the base
ment OF hi residence. No. ~ Joy street. on
the morning OF the 18th. He had bullet
hole In his head. another one in the region
Of the heart, and six or seven ugly wounds
\ in the back and neck. made either by knife
or a revolver. The crime was probably the
work Of burglars.
\ Bob McCorkle, colored. was hanged ut
Taylorsyille, n. O., on the 18th, for the
murder Of j. Wesley wycoff, white man.
The murdered mans wife, white woman
81 more than average intelligence and Of
very preposse-sing appearance, was convict
ed a. an accessory 10 the crime and l. now
undergoing life sentence IN the Pcniten-
tiary. The evidence disclosed the fact that
Mr.. wyoff and the negro, who was a coarse,
repul-iye fellow, had become too intimate,
and that the murdcrwas committed with the
knowledge and conniyancc Of the unfaith-
full wife,
VIM. w. Roach. Cashier Of the Citizens
Bank Of Washington, ID. g., T. a dcfauItei
to the amount Of 10000. His bond-mer
pay $1,000. and he himself turns over hi,
own property 70 the bank.
A tank containing Il, 900 barrels o. oil, al
Parkcr's Landing, Pa, was struck BY light
ming and burned. together with an adjoining
tank containing ~. 900 barrels, on the 18th
Five men were badly injured.
-Four persons, Joseph Pierce. w. shur.
hart, Kate Rafter and Louise Cook, lost
their lives by the burning Of the Locus
Grove Hotel. at Bath, Long Island. on thu
night Of the 18th.
u fremont Temple, Boston, was nearis le
stroycd by fire on the night Of the l4th. Los
about 500, 900, covered by insurance.
II l. now known that the body 81 the late
A. r. stewart Of New York, stolen from tn
family vault soon after it, intermcnt, ha
never been recovered. Withina few months
past parties In Montreal, Canada. have mad
ovcrtures for the return Of the body, through
Mr.. r. II. Jones, well known lawyer o
New York, formerly Postmaster 81 that city
the correspondence being conducted undc
the presumed fictitious name 81 Henry q
Romano, and mainly through personals
In the newspapers. The cofin-plate and |
scrap u velvet taken from the coffin were
sent a. means of Identification sufficient 4
warrant the opening 81 negotiations. Ths
terms demanded were the payment Of 500,