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

wages being demanded Inc packers IT,
fused 20 pay the advance. and number Of
them shut down entirely and declared they
would not resume unless AT old prices The
trouble caused glut IN the hog market and
consequent rapid decline In the prices q
hog products.
A hou-e-tc-hcuse inspection has been be-
gun At Memphis. under the auspices u the
National Board of Health. with view 20 as
eeraining what sanitary improvements are
necessary for each dwelling within the cor
pcrate limits o. the city,
Another frighfful railroad accident oc-
CURED On the night ~ the sth. A. heavi-
( liz laden stock train ON the =. Louis, Kansas
City and Northern Railroad was crossing the
rrea; bridge across the Missouri River AZ 81.
Charles. No. At about $50 p. m, the west
span OF the bridge suddenly went down. car
rying with II L. cars Of cattle and hog.
together with the caboose, containing seven
men. The locomotive and tender, together
with one car. passed safely over and were
saved by the parting Of the coupling as the
rear cars went tumbling down into
the river. distance OF about -
feet. Josiah wearen and William Hyde,
both sfockmen. from Malvern, Iowa. We're
taken out Of the wreck, dead Charles IT.
win and George Barnhart, brakemen, We're
alive when rescued bur died soon afterward.
John Summers and Frederick Davis were in
,nred, but not seriously The seventh man,
y. III. Strahan. sfockman. saved his life
by leaping from the door Of the caboo~e Just
in time 10 effect lodging upon pier
The crash caused BY the falling
bridge soon brought hundreds Of the
citizens ~ =. Charles 10 the scene Of the dis
aster. and BY means Of boats the injured
were rescued and the bodies Of the dead re-
covered from the wreck. The bridge was
erected in 1871. and was considered entirely
safe. The bridge proper consisted Of three
spans and was nearly 1000 feet in length;
together with is approaches il was ass feet
in length The spans were iron and % ele-
waited that steamboats, passed underneath AZ
all stages Of water.
The :. Denver Land Company" which has
been advertising extensively that II would
give away lots in North Denver, Colo, upon
the receipt OF one dollar 70 pay transfer fees,
has been declared fraudulent by the Post
Office Department and IL letters ordered
withheld sidney A. Grant and A. r. VII
son. the managers Of the concern, have
been arrested upon a CHARGE Of conducting
fraudulent schemes through the mail. and in
default ~ bail both were committed 70 the
Denver Jail. The scheme was planned in
Cincinnati. and the land owned by the so
called company consists n a worthless sand
hill tract. 40 miles north u Denver. The
whole affair i characterized by the Denver
pres. a. an unmifigaied swindle-
The cattle-pens OF J. W. Gai & Co. At
Cincinnati. burned on the 9Th. together with
sg3Q head of cattle.
Gov Phelps Ok Missouri, on the sth, tele-
graphed Adjutant-G General Mitcheli- whom
be sent 70 Clarke County 10 investigate the
lynching u Bill Young. that the law must be
executed AZ all hazards: that the local au-
thorities should be sustained: and that il
the people ~ Clarke County engage in in
surrecfion, he could assure them that he fthe
Goyernorl would suppress IT,
Deputy United states Marshal Johnson re-
Gently arrested . number 81 men in the Vi
entity of Fort ell. Indian Territory, upon =
charge n receiving stolen Government prop
erfy. He started with them for Dallas.
Texas, but was overtaken ~ the sheriff with
posse and compelled 10 surrender
the prisoners. who were then taken
before the local magistrate and Dis
charged johnson then rcarresred the
parties and wa fined FIR contempt ~ Court.
liz ilra went N Dallas and procured war
rant for the arrest Of the civil authorities for
resisting United States process hut waS
powerle~~ TO execute il. The commanding
officer AZ Fort ill telegraph~ statement ~
the case 70 the War Department. and adds
that he has declined - interfere without OK
der> from BIZ -fperiorS-
The ~ Louis Life Association ~ America
has been declared bankrupt, and the state
Superintendent Of Insurance haS entered in-
10 possession and VIII AZ once wind Up the
companv'- affair. Ii assets are placed AZ
s2p;s So. and H. liabilities At sa.lep, 80. ex-
elusive ~ the judgment 81 The Columbia In
surance COMPANY for S1.o90.5O0, recently
rendered against il.
The principal business portion ~ the viz
lagc ~ Napoleon. Ohio was burned On the
morning ~ the 9Th. Los $4,000. about
one-half covered BY insurance.
A severe tornado visited portions Of
Western Missouri On the sih. AT Pageyille.
Lafayette County. the depot ~ the 4. Louis,
Kansas City and Northern Railway and other
buildings were demolished. Gen. Joe shelby.
who lives near ~ the town. was badly in
iured ~ falling timber, and another man.
named Shannon. Ind his back broken and
died from the effect thereof.
/ The wife 81 senator David Davis of Illinois
died II Lenox. Mass. where he was visiting
relatives. On the ath. She was daughter ~
Judge Walker ~ Lcnox. and was married in
1s3s.
F.W. Perry was hanged ~ some persons
unknown ~ Cleora, Colo, ON the night ~
the afh. Perry had been found guilty III 4
Coroner's Jury ~ killing man named Bal