The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-07-04

road 70 the lessee, the Atchison. Topeka and
I santa he Company. Judge Miller OF the
limited states supreme Court was present
on the bench, and stated his concurrence.
4 II Is said proposition has been made ny
the Iron Mountain Railroad Company for
consolidation with the Texas and fAcinc
Railway Company, and that negotiations 70
this end have been referred 10 committee
appointed on the part Of each road
I At Platte City, No., on the sd. pr. u. l.
Spencer, q dentist Of good practice and re-
pute. was shot fourth and almost Instant
" killed by Wiley stallard. young farmer
residing near the town, who claims that
spencer drugged his wife and took improper
libertie. with her while she was undergoing
4 dental operation in his ofice few days
previous.
Onicial reports to the agent Of the Western
| Associated Press at Memphis, Tenn. from
the Mayors and Presidents Of the Boards OF
Health OF the following cities and towns;
Memphis, vicksburg, Jackson Miss, Cam
ton. Miss, Shreveport, La, Colliervilles
1 Team, Hickman, KY, Grenada, Miss, Hell
ena, Ark, Holly Springs Miss, Decatur,
Ala, Tuscumbia, Ala, all bearing date june
20. bring CRAFTY ing intelligence that In none
Of the places mentioned has the present OUT
look been more favorable In no Instance
has there been any indications Of return
OF fever. Better health than usual At this
season ef thesyear prevails and every pre-
caution that sanitary regulations can sug-
, gest has been accomplished towards pre-
, venting recurrence OF last years epidemic.
Quarantine regulations have been estab-
lished. ready 10 be enforced should any ext
gency arise.
convention OF Nationals, who withdrew
from the Columbus Convention, was held At
Toledo. o., on the 24fh. A letter was read
: from Peter Cooper, advising the support Of
d Gen. Ewing, the Democratic candidate for
Governor, as the best method OF securing
!, the success OF the Greenback policy The
Z Convention was about equally divided upon
4 the question OF nominating . State ticket,
4 but aviya yoce vote being taken upon . reso-
= luton not to nominate, the Chair decided i
carried. A meeting Of those present who
proposed to support The Columbus platform
was subsequently held. aud the action Of the
: other convention characterized rs . sell.
: out" 10 the Democrats.
a The case OF Currie, the murderer Of b. G
: Porter, the actor, At Marshall. Texas, ha'
!. been continued until the November term o.
4 Court, upon the usual avermentcf defend
= ants counsel OF the absence Of material wit
2 nesses.
A Bi-metallic League has been organized
= In Chicago, the object Of which Is "to pro
y mote the speedy restoration Of silver 10 III
i old position As a money metal, with th'
Z rights OF coinage the same Is gold. and e
= disseminate correct information on this
Il subject Hon. c. B. Lawrence Is Presi
) dent.
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
4 At Bridgeport, Conn.,. on the 18th, tn
= wife Of Oliver Tomiinson shot her husband
and then herself with . revolver, boil
l, through the breast. Neither wound IL like
= " TO prove fatal. Mrs. Tomlinsos had be
gun proceedings for divorce against he
husband. She claims that the shooting wa
i accidental, but he says that II was de
lberate. Tomlinson Il man Of con
siderable property, and well known \
Bridgeport.
The New Hampshire House and Senate Il
!. Joint convention elected A. b. Thompso
= Secretary OF State; Scion A. Carter. stat
In lIt4sufeIs injury !" Di@As eAt&~sA -et--'>
/ Senator.
= There was quite heavy fall Of snow o
y the 18th along the White Mountains in Ne'
"A Hampshire.
The Allentown PENN Rollipg mills hay
J. stopped work on account Of the puddler
- striking for an advance Of 5 per cent.
x The trial Of Lily Duer for shooting be
friend Ella Hearn in 1T Of jealousy, 1
c- Snow Hin, Nd, resulted In . verdict {
y. manslaughter. The Judge sentenced Ii
Y. prisoner to pay . fine OF 500, which h
friends At once paid, thus securing her dii
charge.
=. John +. Dougherty Of Frankfort, Penn
~ 81 on the 10th, shot his wife and afterwards a
~ tempted suicide. The deed was prompte
by jealousy.
= John Kemmler, . German, at South Ho
y yoke, Mass, on the 21st, shot and killed
II three children, aged respectively 8, and
q, year. Kemmler had been out Of work 4
" several months and had just been orders
~ to vacate . tenement belonging TO the &c
- mania Mills, where be had formerly worke
&C. He sent his wife from home on an errAr
!. before attempting his horrible crime. WIZ
- arrested, Kemmler said In extenuation
= his crime that be could no longer suppo
~. his children. was afraid they would emit
'ed upon evil courses, and that they would
NJ better on In heaven.n
-. BY the bursting OF steam boiler At =
- ore mines Of stephens a Smoyer At Emsr
49, Lehieh County, Penn, on the morning
). the 21st, seven men were killed and othe
- injured. The names Of the dead are
Keck, the engineer. Frank Fegley, contras
a. or and operator, A. Ettinger. james Smi'
eaf amos Derr, wilson - 49,,
ed, Neck, tne engineeI' oe1ols ~ 49, -,s..s