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

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advice Of friends they then shook hands and
len the 1eld. both their honors having been
satisfed. The duel grew out Of difference
In politics.
Gen. Donald Mcleod. veteran Of the
battle Of Waterloo. died q his residence In
Cleveland. on the I'D. aged 100 years, .
months. = days-
A colony a some 50 colored refugees
from Mississippi and Louisiana. arriving In
ST. Louis about the 18th OF July, were fer
wzrded TO Kansas City, but the authorities
there being unable or unw Hing 70 provide
for them, and the State Of Kansas ohjecting
70 receiving any more destitute persons. the
entire colony were shipped back 70 ST. Lou
t. They were without food for 30 hours,
and no one seemed able 10 suggest what dis
position should be made Of these unwel-
come immigrants.
A fatal epidemic has made its appearance
among the cattle In the vicinity Of Lincoln.
Neb. Mich cows are principally Affected
The disease eliminates In death II the end
Of - hours Probably 50 head die every -
hours. Stringent measures have been taken
70 prevent the maiziy from spreading.
Henry Miller, colored. was hanged Il
Jacksonville. sunnower County. Miss, on
the 18th, for the murder Of Henry Murphy.
also colored.
William Burchet, . carpenter Of Dover,
Tenn. on the e6th shot his wife and his step
daughter. Maggie Yates. young lady, and
then took his own life. The two women
were alive At last accounts. hut in : very
critical condition No cause is assigned for
the terrible crime
A desperate fight between detectives and
cattle thieves occurred recently upon the
Niobrara in Nebraska Doc Middleton,
leader Of the gsngof outlaws. was severely
wounded and two Of his companions are re-
ported killed. Haxen and Llewellyn, de-
teectives, were wounded, the former quite
seriously.
Sleepy Tom, blind horse owned BY 5. c.
Phillips Of xenia. o.. made the fastest pac-
ing time on record-3:l2 1-3-on the Chicago
Jockey Club track. on the 25th-
Robert w. johnson. Representative in
Congress from Arkansas from lS4- 10 lS,3,
and Senator from that time to 1861, died It
Little Rock on the 18th.
The Congressional Labor Committee, COM
posed Of Nessrs. Wright Of Pennsylvania.
O'Connor OF South Carolina. Dickey Of Ohio.
and sherwin Of Illinois, have arrived in
Chicago. and begun the taking Of testimony
regarding the causes OF " the depression or
the industr les Of the country, and especially
Of labor The investigation l. to be con-
tinued in other cities
Returns from all parts OF Kansas show
that while the wheat yield may possibly not
be 20 large this year A. last, the quality Il
better. and the value to the farmer will Be
greaer. The corn crop Of the State for this
year viii be literally immense, and All other
crops will turn out much better than was
anti cipated early In the season.
A construction train on the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad was thrown from
the track by running over . COW, near Wan
kegzn, H., on the 35th- Thomas Hzlligsn,
conductor. and Anthony Joyce, John Du-
gan, Patrick Ccnners and Michael Sheridan,
workmen, were instantly killed or died soon
after from injuries received A number Of
Others were seriously injured.
John Kranx Of East Pennington. Polk
County, Wis. drove into the lake with six
children in his wagon to water bis horses.
The horses becoming frightened ran into
deep water, the wagon waz upset, and Kranx
and i've OF the children drowned. One boy
escaped BY swimming. The eldest child
was girl Of II.
The Knox Sugar Refinery and Starch
Works 1t vircenne<. Ind, valued II quar-
stroyed by fire on the 2sih. The works were
owned By james H. and James A. Cunning
ham Of Madison, Ind, and had just been re-
built Over 100 workmen were thrown out
Of employment Insurance about $500.
A disease resembling cholera was report
"a on the 19.h - rsvaging It Center Poinrs
Lynn County, Iowa Fully - persons had
died from it, fleets during the preceding
Is days, and an equal number were pros
trzted byIt- II was also raging in Walker.
. little town seven miles from Cedar Poinfs
several deaths having occurred there The
physicians Of Center Point were worn out,
md residents were fleeing from the place.
The Exchange Bank n s.. Louis has
gone out Of business, turning over it, de-
posts TO the Commercial Bank. Depo-itors
will be paid in full, but IL Il understood
that stockholders viii suffer some pecuniary
loss
Hon. Bland Ballard. Judge Of the United
States Court, died suddenly II his residence
10 Louisville, Ky, on the 18th. He was %
years Of age, and had resided in Louisville
.ince 1870. He was appointed Judge OF the
district BY President Lincoln in 1861.
FAST AND SOUTHEAST.
The Pennsylvania Republican State Con-
gention, held Il Harrisburg on the I'd,
nominated Samuel Butler OF Chester for
state T essurer. The platform declares an
mplscable hostility 10 the rrpeai Of the Ma
ional Election laws; denounces the Demo-