The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-07-16

The Cuban insurgents under Calists
Garcia are reported 20 have been defeated
ana the leaders taken prisoners with the ex.
cspsion o. Garcia, who fed 10 Maniqua will
few remaining followers. The captured
Officers are the ones who accompanied GAR
'cia on his recent expedition from the United
States.
A SEVERE shock Of earthquake n .
Gently occurred In Rrieg, Canton o. yalais.
Switzerland. Many buildings were injured.
SEVERAL disturbances in connection
with the expulsion of the .esuifs from
France are reported. The most serious one
was u Havrc, where the soldiers charged
the crowd.
GREAT excitement was occasioned IN
Paris and throughout France by the enforce
ment OF the decree for the expulsion OF the
Jesuits. Some Of the fathers locked them
selves In their cells, which had 10 be broken
open and their inmates forcibly removed.
Crowds gathered outside the various Jesuit
establishments and several collisions oc-
cured between the mob and the friends OF
the Jesuits. The closing OF a Jesuit chanel
In the Rue Seyres with the sacrament LETT
inside l. regarded as great decoration 81
Catholics. Several Jesuit establish ments
are taking legal proceedings against the
commissioners Of Police for violating domi-
Giles and infringing upon personal liberty.
a BLAZING meteor, "as large rs d
barrel, which lighted up the city a. bv
an electric light for the space Of live seconds.
and then exploded with reverberation thar
shook the entire city, was the remarkable
celestial nhap
con, Ca, on the night OF the 10Th ult. Great
excitement was caused by the unusual sp-
partition, and the colored inhabitants rushed
into their houses In alright, filling the air
with screams and prayers.
A RECENT dispatch from Stockton.
Texas. says: Major r. J. Lawrence and
corps OF the Texas and Pacific Railroad sur
Feyors, after number Of days Of extreme
suffering from thirst in the White Sand
hills, miraculously arrived at the Peoos Riy-
y without the loss OF any men but with the
oss OF some stock. Wagons were abandoned
Z different intervals for forty miles along the
rail. Great suffering was experienced Nv
10Th men and stock. With the assistance
rom those first arriving at the river, the
ast OF the sfragglers were brought in with
.een otmcutt, ~ numbers OF them when ,
ound were crazed from thirst and had en-
rely stripped themselves OF all wearing sp-
arel from head 70 foot. Three 81 them wers.
'und within one hundred yards OF the Pc
cs River where they were drinking the !
lood OF an animal they had killed. Some Of !
le men were totally blind. and on arrisin. ]
the river plunged in head foremost. The
arty congratulate themselves on their na, /
Nv escape from perishing on the plains. :
ad II not been for several Of the expert. (
reed and their bravery, the greater number I
ould have died inthe sand. !
The Kentucky Court ofAppeals, on I
otion to set aside an indictment against a I
gro on the ground that the Grand jury :
y composed exclusively OF white persons
ids THAT so much Of our statutes a. ex- y,
ides all persons other than white men \
I'm service on juries j. unconstitutional. q
q that no person can be lawfully excluded n
I'M any jury on account Of his race Or y
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