The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-01-16

Day Thurston was in a saloon playing
cards when Embry came In. and A. the latter
advanced towards the card-tahle, Thursion
drew his revolver and shot him through the
heart Embry will be remembered n the
man who shot Col. Anthony about four year.
ago. Thurston gave himself up.
Three boys, Harry Coles, Charley Burlin
and Charley Dorman. aged from y 20 1a,wers
drowned ON New Years Day while skating
At Alliance, O. The ice on The pond suddenly
gave way, letting eight boys drown, only five
Of whom were rescued.
A correspondent ~ the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, who has been making an invesiiga-
tion OF the exodus in Kansas during four
weeks travel through the State, estimates
the number Of refugees in the State al $4,000.
OF these he thinks onc-nhh are able 20 buy
a little land, and are making good progress
in farming. Most Of the balance have
found, through the Freedman's Re-
lief Association, places a. laborers, and
are giving good satisfaction; and In no
county did he find them applicants or bur-
dens on corporate charities. But the de-
mand for these laborers has been stretched
to its fullest capacity, a. the accumulation
Of refugees sc the Topeka barracks-num-
bering. on the LIST OF January, about 100
clearly indicates. He predicts that the
movement Is destined 10 grow into ztin
larger proportions, and that great suffering
win inevitably ensue amcng the pauper ref
ugees.
At Cincinnati, on the lst, Col L. A. Har-
ris, ex-Mayor, shot his brother-in-law, W.
ii. Adams, in an alteration growing out
OF a business transaction. The wound was
supposed to be fatal.
Eugene l.. sloan, aged 30. recently con-
nectcd with the Marshall CTexas) Ueckly
Herald, committed suicide on the IA by
shooting himself through the head. No
cause i assigned for the act other than tenn
porary insanity.
Governor Smith OF Wisconsin was inau-
gurated with much ceremony on the 5th.
Luke Pryor has been appointed by Gov.
Cobb United States Senator from Alabama
as successor TO the late Senator Houston.
Mr.. Pryor isa resident ~ Athens and was
the law partner Of the late senator. He i
said TO be . man Of great ability, but mas al
ways heretofore declined 10 ill any public
Office. The election by the Legislature j. in
November next.
Leonard Case. a wealthy resident OF
Cleveland, o., committed suicide on the
night OF the 9Th by the inhalation Of chloro-
form. He placed a sponge saturated with
the deadly anesthetic in close proximity 10
his face. and then, wrapping a blanket close
~ about his head, lay down to die. This
was the condition in which his body was
found and the presumption is that hi
death was "A painless one. The de-
ceased Inherited property from his IA
Their and brothers valued AZ !. ,n1,0oo, which
has since nearly doubled in value. 50
that he was considered one Of the richest men
in the state. He was a bachelor and very &C.
centric, especially in his benefactions. which
were frequently large and peculiar IN their
character. He had been In in health all his
life. and il l. supposed preferred TO make a
painless exit from the world rather than 10
drag out what al best would be only a few
more days Of pain. He died leaving no viii,
and his vast estate VIII 20 ~ some % Or 10
cousins living in different parts Of the coun-
try, but mainly in Southwestern Illinois.
Mrs. Daniel Haskins and her three chill
dren, Annie, aged ~; Eddy, aged q; and an
infant, We're burned 20 death In their resi-
dence on Union Street, San Francisco, on the
morning Of the 9th.
General Garfield received the unanimous
nomination for United States senator BY the
Ohio Republican Senatorial Cancus.
The buildings 3S3-3>a Main street.
Memphis. were burned on the night ~ the
9th. Peter Mete, a fireman, was killed by
falling walls, and several Others were IN
jured.
Mrs Kate Anderson. aged %, was fatally
burned by a coal-oil explosion in Chicago on
the evening Of the 9Th. she undertook 10
bury mp the fire for supper hy pouring oil
upon IL from a can. She lived only about
three hours afferward.