The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-05-02

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A train ofoe.ied frsixh, ears. together
wirh the lseonoriss and tender. vent dosn
through burning bridge on the Kansas
CITY branch % the Hannibal 4 81 Joe Rail-
road. near kezruey station. o. the morning
% the 18th The wrecked train Immediate
" took Gre and the woodwork waS entirely
Consumed James Hawkes. and W. Hxiley
o. Springfield. III, were in car loaded with
stock and household goods. in the middle q
The train Hawkes. was caught IN
der the falling thinkers and could
not Be exrriczrcd before he Was burned 70
death HIS co1p1nion had his arms and
les broken and his skull fractured. but Was
taken out alive although doubtless fatally
injured All Of the trainnen wenr down
with the train. but all escaped ~ifh slight
injuries except the conductor. r. d. Muir
ny, who lad Ms leg broken II J. believed
that the bridge was fired BY tramp
The city of Eureka Nevada, suffered se-
verely BY ire on the night of the 18th
Some Of the largest business house.. news
paper and telegraph Offices, Masonic Hall
and other public buildings. together with
many residences. were burned Three hun
dred families were reported destitute and
400 without shelter Loss roughly esti-
mated n sl.Ooy0o.
The Pacific coast steamship Great Repub-
lie We wrecked on the night Of the 18th
while entering the mouth Of the Columbia
ID and taken 20 Astoria The last boat that
left the ship. containing number Of the
crew and several walters. wss ezp-ized and
10 men were drowned The vessel i to-
til loss
A NEGRO, accused o. the murder Of q man
named Fred. Hendricks. Was lynched near
Cswker Cry, Has, on the I1th- Hendricks
Was : travelling man and the negro Was en-
pi0yed by him - = driver Hendricks's
body Was found under . bridge, near the
town, with bullet hole in the head and the
skull crushed The negro Was pursued and
oyert2ken ~ Beloit, and when within mile
Of Cawker Citv. On their return, the cf5o<r's
pose having him in charge we're surround
- and overpowsred and the prisoner hang
ed 10 \ tree
Al Cincinnati On the lsrh, Will Tan.
son Of ex-Afrornsy General AIphonso Tar.
and Captain o. the Yale College Crew az
lS1, assaulted and badly beat one Rose,
editor and Publisher Of sensational paper
called the Cincinnati Snrd1y Ns,-s. for
Publishing an item seriously rejecting upon
the personal character OF the elder Taft
Col Hatch, in command Of the Depart
ment Of NeE Mexico relegraphs rhzt Lieut.
Merritt q the Ninth Cavalry, reports from
Alc C.lseE:e chzs Victoria and his whole
force Of Warm Spring Apache Indians -
czped on the 18th inst, and have gone 70 The
san Nsreo Mountains
Al Chicago. On SUNDAY. the 3lrb, 100
Communists, many Of whom were armed.
par.ted the streets, display Ing infzmn1rory
b2nners- No Disturbances occurred
The decision Of Secretary Schurz regard
ing the land grant u the Union P.cife Rail-
road his been reversed BY the United States
Supreme Court According 20 the Seere-
txr7's decision. AL lands granted 10 the rail-
ro1d company remaining un-oid Al the ex-
ptrziion OF three yexrs were forfeited 10 the
Government The supreme Court. how
ever. holds Otherwise and by is decision
confirms the title u the company 70 I7.asc.-
CD scrs~ Ct and This Land viii nos Ne
thrown open 10 settlers On the same terms ~
formerly
The Louisiana Consrifurion.l Convention
met On the -I--- l. A. Wiz was elected
Chairman. and A. G. Harris, secretary.
William II. Heath, the def1ulring Auditor
Of e. Louis County. No. haS been sen
tened % l0ye1rs' Imprisonment in the Pen
irentflry-
BY recent change IN the directory az the
Wabash Rs.IEay, Jsy could succeeds 10 the
control Of the read A. consequence il il
said arrangements are % Be made forthwith
for the opening Of neE lire between Han
nibzl and Kansas Ciry VIA the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas 70 Noberir. and thence
ever the s.. Louis. Kansas CITY and North
ern- AlArge advance IL Kansas Paeinc &C.
curitie< i noted - the result Of the above
movement
The convention or c0iortd men. held re-
Gently ~ View Orleans. adopted . resolution
f1voring immediate eni<rafio1- Addresses
we're made By Pinehbzek, Dave TSung and
Others. advising eforts 70 adjustthsir df1er-
erces with the planters. but they we're IN
rnxsxiIing- The ccnvenrioE adjourned sing
ing .John Broxn--
by . late decision Of the United states Su-
prene Court. reversing the DEGREES Of the
Circuit Court, the Denver and Rio Grande
Railroad Company i given priority o. right
q nay through the Grand Canon Of the
Arkzns.s- The Court holds. however. that
- % thc-e portions Of the Grand Canon
which are TOO narrow to sdnif Of the con-
strueticn ard operation 81 more than one
ro1d-bed md track. the ri-ht ~ the Canon
CRY and S2n juan Company to ne sueh
ro1d-bed and track in common with rhe
Denvsr Company should be secured by
proper ORDER, and upon equitable terms-
EAST AND sOUTHEAsr.
Al Baltimore. On the Isth- Derroosi b.