The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-02-04

most = million bales greater than that ~ Il.
year, and more than million greater thai
that u the year before.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
FRANK HEsrER was hanged AZ Dan
vile, H. on the si~t, for the murder a hi,
wife n August last.
FRANK MEYER & Co.'S furniture fac.
tory, Clinton and sccor Streets. Chicago,
burned on the 2ist. A falling wall buried I
number o. hremen In the ruins. Captain
Edward Murphy. Captain Joseph Donahue.
James Conway, VIM. II. Van Osdel. James
Iobin and Tom Howard, were an seriously.
and probably most 81 them fatally. injured.
light Or Ten Others received minor injuries.
ED. BAckUs, > prominent young
attorney Of Independence. Iowa, shot him
SELF and fell dead upon the grave Of his
young wife, recently buried. lie was miss-
Ing for several days before his body was dis
covered.
FANNIE NEPHER, aged II, committed
suicide At Brownsville, Ncb. The Young
man % whom she was engaged 70 be married
had proved false 70 her.
HENRY lARNELL and friend named
Howe, while pursuing barn burners IN Ken
lucky, were fred upon BY unknown parties
10 = wood, the former dropping dead A i
the latter receiving : dangerous wound.
Suspected men named Brooks and Griffin.
being arrested and confined In blacksmith
mop unoer guard, were killed BY rifie-shots
turing tne night.
DANIEL BLAKE, second clerk Of the
steamer Annie r. silver, was shot ana IN
<tantly killed on The 22d. bv al insane No.
-enTer named Kirk Merch. IS the boat was |
nearing New Madrid. Nerch got on Al Mem |
phis and bought ticket to New Madrid.
lie became very sick soon after getting al 1
board and was given the best attention. Just
before reaching New Madrid he rushed ont
IN deck with mis- yalise in one hand Ana 4
revolver In the other, and insisted that he
1ad been carried past HIS destination.
Meeting Blake he firSf fired AZ him. The ball
triking him in the forehead: he then aimed
4 the pilot, but Captain silver seized The
maniac and after a desperate struggle dis
rmed him. In the scufIle the revolver was
discharged, the ball striking one or the Can
ain'> fingers and grazing the pilot'- head.
Ierch il farmer and resides near New 4
ladrid. where he has the reputation 81 be-
~ an industrious and quiet citizen. The !
murdered man Wa about % years old ana ! I
esident Of 81. Louis.
A MOST terrible accident 70 IN express
ain took place on the New York. LAKE. rrIe I
Western Railroad, II an early hour a. III 4
forming u the 23d. II Tioga Center. near Z
~wcgo, y. Y. The breaking OF an axle On
e locomotive while going Il i high rate II
iced caused conclusion which wrecked
K entire train with the exception ~
X rear sleepers, which fortunately
'came uncoupled and 40 were saved
ON destruction. The po-tal-car. next .
the locomotive. turned comni.,.,v z
~ the combustible material with v
hieh 4 was filed caught Gre from the q
erturned lamps. and the whole car was D
on N flames. There we're four postal 4
'rks q work in the car, whose escape was v
on py the locked doors and they were II
orally roasted 70 death. They were Daniel a
seybo't, q Mount Hope, \. r.; Joseph !,
'asnse1' 2 Era N- n; George w. N
,,. 2. n'.s n.mton' =. T., and Henry a
- n ~" iork. a. q Brewer, ex- b
80 messenger, met similar fate By the l.
rning q the express-car. 4 number o. a
! corc,'s. ~. 1 ~, we're injured ~ n