The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-08-15

stituttouM convention fAiie lot want u
constitutional majority In it, favor.
A whole family, consisting Of y. r. Lee
suere, wife and two children, were struck
by lightning At Rochester, Mimi, on the
night OF the 81. The wife and children are
dead, and Lssuere will probably die.
Henry Hoosten was instantly killed and
Joseph Graham seriously injured by the ex-
plosion Of . fhreshing machine engine on
Graham's farm, nine miles northeast Of
Greensburg, Ind, on the &th.
John Thomas, Mary Hanson and Frank
above La Crosse, Wis.,, on the night Of the
80, while returning from picnic party.
The Chicago Tribune gives currency to
. rumor that negotiations have been pend
ing for several weeks between the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, or persons repre-
senting n, and the bondholders OF the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas Railroad, for .
lease to the former Of the property Of the
latter. No definite conclusion has been
reached yet. and II Is said TO be doubtful II
the efforts will meet with success.
Four unknown men, supposed TO belong
to gang Of desperadoes in the Indian Ter
ritory, rode into Coffeyville. Kan, on the "a,
robbed the Post-ofiice and committed other
depredations. The citizens resisted. one OF
whom, named Fitzpatrick, was killed; an
other, named Roberts, was wounded. The
robbers then lief, and shortly after = detach-
ment OF United States troops started In pur-
suit, but At Last accounts had made no ar
rests.
AT Chicago, on the 5th. Solomon Sem,
partner In the firm Of Schills, Crossman 4
Semi, iron founders. 81 Polk Street, shot the
foreman Of the firm, Conrad Engelman,
through the head, and then. after ineffectu-
ally swapping the revolver at his own
with . knife. The two men had some
words regarding piece Of work in
hand, which resulted In the foreman giving
Sem the lie. In moment Of passion Sem
resented the insult by deed Of blood. the
enormity Of which seems to have flashed
upon him moment later and caused him to
take his own life. Both men leave families.
Sem wife and five children and Engelman
wife and one child.
An attempt was made on the 4th, in the
New Orleans Custom house, 10 asssssinate
Collector Badger. A one-legged ex- Fedora
soldier, named VIM. A. Brown, placed
pistol in close proximity to Badgers head
and fred. The ball missed its aim, not
withstanding Badger was so close ~ to be
scorched by the burning powder. Brown
gives as a reason for the shooting that Badg-
er had failed TO give him . position in the
Custom house, as promised. He says. how
ever, that he only meant TO scare him. He
was sent to jail.
Kentucky's wheat crop Is immense, but
her corn crop IL considerably below the av-
srage. Tobacco has been unfsvorably AZ
fected by drouth and will fall 25 per cent.
short Of an average crop. Peaches are to-
tsl failure and apples scare, but the pear
crop l. splendid.
Goldsmith, Comptroller General Of the
State Of Georgia, has been impeached for
alleged malfeasance in office. His friends
claim that it Il . esse Of persecution.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
Prescott @. Pillsbury, Cashier Of the
Lawrence (Mass.) National Bank, il de-
faulter to the amount Of -, 00O, lost through
unfortunate speculations in mining stocks.
The deficit has been partially made good,
but Pillsbury il under arrest.
An excursion party from Binghamton.
n. r., visiting the thousand Islands in the
St. Lawrence, on the 3lst chartered two
steam yachts for pleasure trip on the river.
The yachts were dashed together, but
they became unmanageable, and In
trying to remedy the difficulty
one Of them swung around and capsized.
going down instantly with all on board.
Mrs. Piersell, Mrs. Bos:wick and Mrs. and
Miss Burkelew, all from Binghamton and
vicinity, and Mrs. Pollock Of New York.
were drowned. The others were rescued
BY the remaining vessel.
A row-boat containing pleasure party Of
I've persons was run into and capsized by .
schooner on the Raritan River, near New
Brunswick. n j., on the 3lst. Two ladies,
Mrs. John DlnigAnn and Miss Kate Koran,
were drowned.
Rev. John Graham. d. D., Of Brighton.
England, was drowned while bathing at
Cape May. MI, on the lst.
Edward r. Paige, formerly chief clerk Of
the Vermont Central Railroad Freight Office
1t Burlington, w., 4 under arrest charged
with the embezzlement Of $1,000.
Pierre Gondreau, accompanied by two
ladies. Rose Martin and Celina NORM, all
French, Of Lewiston, Me-, were returning
from . wedding on the night OF the lth,
when their carriage was struck by train At
the Lisbon crossing and all three were in
stantly killed.
The town Of Volcano, in the OH district OF
West Virginia, was totally destroyed by fire
on the morning OF the 4th. The flames
spread rapidly, and, reaching some oil tanks,
they caught fire and bursted, the burning
oil running through the streets setting FIRE
TO every thing As Il passed, transforming the
streets into lake Of fire. Incendiarism Il
charged.