The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-06-25

ont from the engine room, and = few min
utes later every portion Of the vessel above
the water lire was wrapped In flames. There
were on board the Nar4gsnsett. - estimated
by Inc officers. about 30 passengers; the
passenger list being lost. there i no means OF
acknowledgement etnumber butt Inc gensrai
impression Il that the above l. an under
estimate Nearly al had retired Tor the
night. and we're aroused from their sleep ny
IN tremendous crash. The scenes thai en-
sued are almost too agonixing for reerai.
A few managed 10 get OF safely In the hfe-
boats. hut all concur In saying that the life-
saving appliances provided hy law were
rarrcly unavailable. owing 70 their Imper-
feet condition and the fact that the officers
and crew were completely demoralixed
and more inten, upon saving their
own lives than In assisting the passengers.
The last 20 remain on deck were soon driven
" the flames 10 take the inevitable plunge
and the water was fllei with a living mas
81 shriekinE humanity, struggling for ex-
istence. The boats 81 the stonington We're
At once lowered. and the steamers City OF
New York and Providence soon came TO the
scene and put out ali their boats 70 pick ur
the survivors. The list 81 the saved num-
bers about s.5: the number 81 the lost Is va
riausly estimated At from nifty 10 seventy
i've. or even more.
MARITAL law has been proclaimed at
LeadyilIe. Colo, by tho Governor, IN re-
spouse to the requests OF 4 large number of
citizens. and Naj.-Gen. ID. G.. Cook has
been placed in command. The menacins at
-. -@-eNar. 4. rhnftrbf IN i1>f1It
this action.
Wx. BiSSs was hung at Warren
Bradley County. Ark. on the 18th. for the
\ murder OF Vim. Edwards, in June, 1872, neal
Monticello. Both the murderer and his VIC
tim were colored-
Four cattle thieves were recently
hanged by 4 mob in the upper part Of Brown
/ County. Texas.
tornado swept through
the southeastern part Of Pot'awattamie
County. Iowa. ON the night 81 the 9th, de-
moli~hin- every thing in is path and caus-
ing the deaths Of from fifteen 70 twenty peo-
lie. A partial list Of the killed Al Wheeler :
Grove. where the greatest damage
was done. gives the following names
.Jesse O-ber. wife and two children; VIM.
p.e. wife and his two children. and anothe:
,h,t5 ,,r,llv irsur,d. Alexander Osier. wife
mi ,hIld. carried IN the air almost 80 feet,
and seriously injured. the child fatally; +:
hired man employed by the latter, name I'M
known. killed. Other persons six or eigh
III number were carried away and Al last &C
counts had not vet been found
In New York City, on the 10TH Johl
cimpel. 4 German fresco painter. attempt
Cd 10 kin hi wife, leaving her TOR dead. Ii
then ct Ere 10 the house and cut his owl
throat. Husband and wife had led a guar
reIsome life. and she bad recently sued hin
for abandonment Her injuries were nee
essariIy fatal.
= p MORRIS. County Judge of Bay
,-r--w r.. - .ho. and titled i
80 court.house ii seymour. Baylor Coun
N On tbe rnb. by w. C. TAYLOR, a saloon
tserer IN The town. The parties had quar-
reIed ! few DAYS previous. The mnrderc
mounted hi horse and rode l~ei~urely ont Q
town. no attempt being made 70 arrest him
THEEE masked men entered tn
bouse az Allen HOWE, a wool b1yer, at New
ton Farl-. o.. 90 The night OF the 9th. boun
ana rarred the whole family and robbed ID
safe 81 i. 80 in cash.
ru.rrrs A. HUI. a st. Louis Law
100000 ana Locked M on ,sse nj
/. sha,~ad Min m,nufscsuring and i-suin
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