The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-02-21

The captured Cheyennes have al been
taken 70 Fort Leavenworth, where they will
probably be tried for the murder Of white
settlers In Kansas.
The residence Of Daniel Null, near New
Haven. Ind. was burned on the night Of the
7th. Jesse Null, A-year-old son, and Jas.
Hyler, employed on the farm, were occupy
Ing an upstairs bedroom, and were both
burned TO death. Hyler managed TO get
out, but died in short time. Jesse's
charred remains were found In the ashes.
william Butler and wife, Of Hallsvills,
Ross County, O., went visiting on Sunday,
the 9th, leaving their two children, aged
and 8, locked In the house. During their ab-
sence the house burned down and the chill
dren persisted In the flames.
Senator Christiancy, Of Michigan, on the
10th formally rendered his resignation to the
Governor.
BY the saving In Of an embankment on the
Chicago and Alton Railroad extension 1t
Kansas City, on the 18th, large number Of
laborers and four teams were buried In the
cut. Six Of the unfortunate men were dead
when extricAted, their names being James
Hogan, Thomas Casey, Dan Lucitt, Richard
Ryan, Ed. Hines and Peter Bagley. Six
others were badly injured, one Of them,
James O'Brien, probably fatally.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Collector Clark, At Atlanta, Ga, gives an
account Of a whisky raid in Cherokee Coun-
~. in that State, In which United States
officers were fired upon by party in am
bush, and several, including guides, were
wounded.
The reported recovery OF the body Of the
late A. T. Stewart, Of New York, Is again
denied.
At Troy, N. ". on the 10th, G.. +. Sim
mons, crazed by the elopement OF his wife,
poisoned his three children and cut his own
throat.
John Maxwell and Andrew King, Secre-
tary and Assistant Secretary Of the Wheel
ing CIV. Val Gas Company. have been ar
rested charged with embezzlement and at
tempting 10 burn the books Of the Company.
FOREIGN.
The French Cabinet Is constituted a. fol-
lows: NJ Waddington, President Of the
Council and Minister OF Foreign Afairs;
Senator lie Roger, Minister Of Justice; NJ.
De Marcerer, Interior, and also Public
Worship nd interim; NJ. Jules Ferry, Pub
lie Instruction and Fine Arts; NJ. Lepere,
Agriculture; Admiral Jaurequiberry, Ma
rine.
M. Waddington, the new Premier Of
France, Is Of English descent, Protestant,
and was educated at Cambridge. His wife
is An American lady, formerly Miss King, OF
New York.
The striking dock laborers at Liverpool,
some 10000 to $1,000 strong, have been rein
forced by the sailors, and are terrorizing all
laborers who refuse 10 Join the strike. The
shipping business Is completely demoralized,
and large force Of police and militia il
required to protect property from destruc-
ton.
The final treaty OF peace between Russia
and Turkey was signed at Constantinople on
the sth. The Russians have IS days in which
to evacuate Turkish territory.
Notwithstanding the stringent measures
adopted to prevent the spread Of the plague
In Southern Russia, II II still extending. A
dispatch Of the Sth says II has appeared At
Wysokye, town near Moscow, and also At
Xanthi, In Sicily. Russia has asked England
" send medical men to report on the cpl
demic. A stringent quarantine against Rus
sian ports has been proclaimed by neighbour
ing powers.
A London dispatch Of the sth says the
Government Is not inclined to interfere with
the importation Of American cattle, provid-
ed there Is adequate inspection before the
shipment and landing 1t Liverpool. The
trade say American shippers need not fear
any interference with their business.
Advices from Cape Town, Africa, report
that in the first engagement with the British
troops, the Zulus, under King Cetewayo,
we're badly defeated and fed In disorder.
Earl Bsaconsfeld, It is reported, will urge
upon Parliament the liberal endowment OF
Roman Catholic University In Ireland.
Lord Augustus Lotus has been appointed
Governor General Of New South Wales.
The Federal Council has passed Bis
marck's Parliamentary bin by a majority OF
one, after striking out some OF its most un-
popular provisions. Bismarck made an mr.
gent but unsvailing appeal to the Council TO
retain the Objectionable clauses.
A British column has been utterly ami.
hilated by the Zulus on the Tamefa River. /
Forty weight commissioned officers, 800 En-
glish soldiers, and 600 native auxiliaries
were slain. Lord Chelmsford, commander
OF the expedition, has been forced to retire
in consequences Of the disaster. The City OF
Natal was in danger q being captured.
GENERAL.
The billiard tournament at New York, for
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