The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-04-30

WILLIAM WALKER. colored, was
hanged a Calvert, Tex. on the 10Th. for the
nurisr OF Major Monroe. in 1876. Five
thousand people witnessed the execution.
DAVID MILLER and Charles Frazer
were smoshered In well rhsy were digging
near Gordonsyille. Pa. Miller descended,
and. not being heard from. Frazer went
down 10 ascertain the trouble, and was
speedily overcome by gas. Before as<i<tsnec.
arrived both were dead
LUcr DAvESE, trapeze performer
IN circus which exhibited a. Philadelphia,
cell 20 the ground during Que Of her acts,
receiving injuries from which she can NOS
recover. She l. eighteen years Of age
A HORRIBLE accident occurred at
Harrisburg. Pa. on the 18th. While some
men were working in pit underneath
large vessel which contained molten metal.
in the PennsyN ania steel Works, the
ratchet broke and the contents OF the vessel
were emptied into the pit George Yost
and A. Westbrokr were fatally burned;
Monroe Miller. Simon Martin, George HON.
ing and one or two others were seriously
hurt
MARsHvSELD, the county-seat Of
Webster County, Mo-, . thriving town Of
about 600 Inhabitants on the 81. Louis and
san Francisco Railroad, 3is miles south
west Of 81 Louis, was almost entirely de-
moli-hed by the terrible hurricane that
swept through that section OF the country
on the night OF the 18th. The storm APP
pears 10 have originated in Greene County,
south OF Springfield, where il did great
amount Of damage to property and caused
the deaths OF several people Passing in .
northea<teriy direction into Webster Coun-
", il struck the village Of Marshield with
most terrible force, crushing the houses a.
though they were egg-shelis, cutting swath
half mile in width, and tearing into tatters
every thing in its path. Of the entire
VILLAGE il was reported that not more than
dxen houses remain uniniured. The loss
u life was most appalling, whole families
in some cases being buried beneath the
falling walls Of their own houses. To add
the runs and consumed much OF the debris
left By the tornado. Seventy-two
dead bodies had been recovered up to
the evening Of the day following the dis
aster. while the wounded numbered not
f.r from Two hundred. As soon as news OF
the calamity Was received. physicians, nurses
and supplies Of all kinds were forwarded
from Springfield and Lebanon by special
trains, and every thing done that was posi-
hIe 70 mitigate the horrors Of the scene.
The property loss AZ Marshdeld i estimated
Al ~En.t~.U. The r1yages Of the tornado ex-
tended over \ wide sweep Of country, reach
ing from the southern boundary
of the state 70 north Of the Missouri
River. In . number OF localities houses
wer. raxed 10 the ground and their inmates
buried In the ruins, many lives being lost
MISCELLANEOUS.
An effort Is being rusi- ., g. Louis
10 turn the tide 81 colored immigrants now
.rri. ing from the South % some other State
than Kansas The Rev. W. .. Lynch. Pre-
siding Elder Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. OF Topeka, recently visited q. Louis
for this purpose. He represented 10 the To-
cal Relief Association that Kansas was al
readv overrun with refugees, and com
planned that the ST. Louis transportation
Committee influenced them % 20 70 Kansas
by telling them that >i,O0,0o0 had
been subscribed BY the people for their
benefit. and that upon their arrival i'm Kan
/, 81 they would Be well taken care OF. lie
further stated that he had good reason 10
believe that the Transportation Committee
were influenced by money received from
steamboat companies An investigation Of
the charges was promptly made, which re-
suited in the removal OF the Committee
named, and their commissions have been
revoked by the Mayor. A branch
of the Kansas Relief Association
has been established in ST. Louis, for ne
, purpose Of paying the expenses Of all inti-
gent colcred immigrants until arrangements
can be made 70 send them to other states.
II l. said numerous applications for colored
lsl0rers have been received from Colorado,
Nebraska, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio, and
an effort will be made 70 induce them TO 20
to those States.
SAN Francisco experienced severe
shock Of earthquake on the 18th. The mo-
ton was vertical. No damage reported, al
though buildings rocked 30 that the motion
waz plainly visible. Nevada Block appar-
entity swayed one foot out of perpendicular.
MATHEW WEAVER, formerly Cashier
.. Of the Citizens National Bank Of Urbana,
o., who lost some $500 Of the bank.
: funds in speculations and then fed to Cam
ada about two years ago, committed suicide
Al Montreal few days ago.
; Ii i limited that the assassination OF
the Grand shereef Of Mecca was brought
about ~ his successor, Abdul Muttalii
.. Pzsh., . former Grand Shereef who was de
!. posed At the demand a England on account
lnfr hr IfIsIah ms .-nrra n
THE Canadian temperance law has
he~tl declared constitutional BY the Supreme
C0l.t Of the Dominion