The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-10-17

.4a. sa6: fractional currency, SIS, sos; re-
funding certificates. $s.sSS,eoo; total debt
s. asa. 4sUofs: total interest, ss2.Jol,oss;
debt, less cash in Treasury, S2Si,,is,e'a; de-
crease during September, =, 563,s52.
WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
Major Thornburgh's command Of Unit
ed states troops, consisting OF three COM
panies az cavalry. en- route 70 White
River Agency. in Northwestern Colorado,
was surrounded and attacked near Milk
River, on the Goth ult., by the ebeliious
Utes, and driven back with great loss.
Major Thornburgh was killed; Capts. Payne
and Grimes and Lieut.. Paddock were wound
ed, not dangerously. Ten or more enlisted
men were killed and some q Others wounded.
The news was brought 10 Rankin's station,
on the Union Pacific Railway, by daring
courier, Joe Rankin, who reached there on
the LIST, after rapid and dangerous ride
He reported the remainder Of the force, un-
der command Of Captain Payne, had en-
trenched themselves behind their wagon
train. and il was believed they could hold
out until reinforcements reached them.
These were under way within few hours
after the courier's arrival. Gen. Merritt, an
experienced Indian fighter. commands the
relief expedition, which consists Of some 600
men.
At indianapolis, on the morning OF the lst,
John Fred. Will, a German, killed his di-
yorced wife. stabbing her Is or 20 times with
tanners knife He afterwards fatally shot
himself and died in short time.
Secretary Schurz attended the Indian Inter-
national Fair at Muscogee, on the Goth ult-
During his visit 10 the Northern Indian tribes
he held councils with the kaws, Poncas, Nez
Perces, Pawnees, sacs and Foxes and other
tribes
The Nebraska Republican State Conven-
ton. held at Omaha on the 1st, renominated
Gen. Amasa Cobb for Supreme Judge. The
platform declares that sthe same issues are
again being presented for decision At the bal
lot box for which our armies con-
tended for 50 long and faithfully, and
with confidence we call upon the soldiers 70
vote. as they fought, for the preservation Of
the life and purity of their Government" A
resolution complimentary 10 Gen. Grant was
incorporated in the platform, and speeches
declaring him the standard-bearer for 1sS'
were received with the greatest enthusiasm
1t il reported thst fight took place In
the vicinity Of the Sac and Fox Agency
Ind. T. recently, between party 81 sol
diers from Fort sill and gang Of despera'
does who have infested that region, resulting
In the killing Of nine Of the lawleSs band
The killing Of Jim Barker and the captur'
OF Triplett BY the Cherokee Sheriff, Jesse
Cochran, deprives them Of bold bat
leader and a desperate man, and II l. be
lieved the whole gang viii now be extermin
afed.
The Executive Committee OF the Mississip
ri River Commission met in =. Louis on tn
1st, for the purpose Of arranging the detail
OF the prospective survey.
Prof. Wise, the veteran aeronaut, on tn
evening Of sunday, the 18th ult.. made al
ascension from 81. Louis, In the balloon
Pathfinder He was accompanied by MI
George Burr, young man connected wit
the St. Louis National Bank. The ascen
sion was not made under the most fayorabl
auspices. The balloon crossed the river
taking a northea-twardly course, pas~in
in the direction ~ Alton, ILL.,, where II wa
seen the same evening. No further tiding
from the aerial yoyagers had been receive
up 10 the 18th inst, and II was feared the
had persisted, either being dashed 10 tn
ground in some unfrequcnted place, .
drowned in the northern lakes.
A reunion o. survivors 81 Southern pris
ons was held al Toledo on the lit, 800 per
sons being present, II j. stated, from yariou
portions 81 the country.
Az Adrian. Mich, on the ID, the gran
stand at the Fair Grounds, upon whic
1900 people had gathered 10 witne.
the races, broke down without an
warning, precpitating a mass Of peopl
among the ruins. M. VI. Merck an
William Mullen Of Adrian, Mrs. job
Hubbard ~ Jasper, David Plumadare !
Petersburg, and two boys named HYDE an
MoSher, tx persons in all, were taken .,
dead The list Of the injured numbers abo,
80. some o. whom will probably not recoyc
A dispatch Of the "a from Adrian, Mich
gives the following additional names cf pei
sons who have died from injuries receive
by the accident on the Fair Grounds: Hem
Hart, Aschel Henderson, Willie Ia
and Chinese washerman Of Adria
Daniel johnson Of Dover, Peter Egan
Manchester, Mr.. Hume Of Medina and r.
sherrrd Of Tccumseh. Mich, making
deaths in all. The seriously injured numb
-, some Of whom, the physicians say, can n
live.
A cyclone passed over the County Fl
Grounds at Watsonyille, Tuscola Count
Mich, on the afternoon Of the "a, causing
great destruction u property and inlurina
numicr o. persons. one lady probably fatal
General Grant and party left San Francl
co on the lit, for weeks sight seeing
the Yosemite valley.
salvador, an Indian, was hanged ~ =
Rafael, CAL, on the "a. lie murdered
white man last spring. He confessed 10 II