The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-05-23


Cox, the murderer Of Allston at Atlanta,
Ga, has been sentenced to life-imprison-
ment.
John Z. Poindexter has been sentenced 20
two years. imprisonment In the Virginia
Penitentiary for killing C. c. Curtis, q clerk
In Richmond shoe store, for an alleged in
suit 70 young lady, the affianced Lride Of
Poindexter.
The Pennsylvania Legislature, BY = party
vote, has authorized committee to proceed
to San Francisco and welcome Gen. Grant
upon his arrival.
Joseph Eastbrook, proprietor Of the
bingham (Mass.) Journal, committed sui
eide on the sth, by shooting himself three
times In the breast with . revolver and cut
ting his throat with razor, while Iaboring
under temporary alteration.
A prize fight between Dwyer and Elliott
came Oh on the sth on Long Point Island
In Lake Erie. Twelve rounds were fought.
at the termination Of which Dryer was de-
clared victor. Elliott was badly used up,
having five ribs fractured.
The trial Of DR.. Talmage before the Pres
bytery Of Brooklyn has resulted in his ac-
quittal, BY the following vote: Out Of As
votes cast, % were against the charges and
specifications In toto, IS in favor Of sus,ain-
ing them as they stood, and for sustaining
them Ia part. Some OF the members freely
expressed their dissatisfaction with the
manner In which the trial was conducted,
and gave notice Of an appeal to the Synod.
Richard Lee, colored burglar, was hang
ed At Fayetteville, N. c., on the 9th, in the
presence Of 1900 people.
Tom Jones and Henry Mcleod, both col
ored, were hanged at Appling. Columbia
County, Ga, on the 9th. Jones killed acol-
ored woman, impelled be jealousy; Mcleod
killed his own son, Is he avowed, because
the latter had stolen from him. Jones de-
MED his guilt on the scaffold.
The Pocasset child murderer, Freeman.
and hisAwife, have both been found gr.ilty OF
homicide by magistrate and fully commit
ted for trial. Freeman says he will soon
have an astonishing revelation to make, and
still maintains that he was justified OF God.
His wife IL greatly crushed BY the growing
conviction that she has been guilty OF Z
crime. No other arrests were made, rs con-
templated, although public feeling vas 90
strong against some OF Freeman,s Adventist
sympathizers, that summary proceedings
were talked Of.
FOREIGN.
The old established bank Of Swami. Cloueh
4 Co., Cork, ireland, known as the Cork
Bank, has suspended.
Parole has carried Oh another English
q nrf fho
stakes. Betting q the start was o to 2
against him.
Political murders In Russia have been re-
Gently confined to the provinces. The
stringent measures adopted against them
seem to have cowed the conspirators in st.
Petersburg. The Gar has decreed that
prisoners tried by Court martial must be
doomed or acquitted within "a hours, and
sentences must be executed within "A hours
from the time they are pronounced.
The new German tariff Is simple and
sweeping. II taxes every thing By weight
silS, milk, oil, iron and the rest--making
only the most general distinction in the
grades Of articles taxed. The rate fixed Il
high, particularly on iron, steel and textile
fabrics, but the greatest increase OF revenue
y expected from petroleum, on which the
rate L. doubled, and tea and coffee. Among
American imports on which duties are levied
besides petroleum, are grain Ga new duty), !
cheese and all provisions. The tarsff has
passed the Federal Council, but has not been
voted on BY the Reichstag.
GENERAL.
The report Of the Agricultural Bureau
'or April shows that the crop prospect viii 4