Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 30, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 August 1872 — Page 2

The Jasper Courier

C. DOANE, Publisher. NEWS SUMMARY. The East. The Clinton Woolen Manafacturing Company' Mills, in Elmira, N. Y., have boon detroyrd by tire, involving a low of $150,000. Another horrible wife-murder has been perpetrated in New York. One Flanagan, in a fit of insanity, stabbed his wife seven times with a butcher-knife, and then kicked her face out of all human resemblance. The Pittsburgh workingmen have been holding a meeting to protest against the introduction of the " Heathen Chinee" into the labor market of the Smoky City. Commodore Macomb, of the navy, died at Philadelphia last week. The trial of Judge Barnard has resulted in his conviction on nearly all the charges brought against him. There were last week six ship with yellow fever on board at anchor in New York Bay. Stokes, the slayer of Fisk, occupies a handsomely carpeted and papered cell in the New York Tombs, and is provided with fare equal to that of any first-class hotel. Dr. Maynard, official apothecary of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, died, recently, from the effects of a dose of tincture of anconite, taken in mistake for ginger. Two young women have been drowned at Long Branch, while bathing. Two bold highwaymen entered the office of Blees & Co., at New York, while a party of employes were being paid off, and. pointing revolvers at the workmen, coolly seized and walked off with a large roll of money, making good their escape. Four men were drowned at New York, the other day, while bathing. A wealthy widow belonging to Chicago, who recently arrived at New York from Europe, has mysteriously disappeared, and foul play is suspected. Two hundred feet of street causeway in Jersey City recently sunk. Loss 200. 000. Dr. John C. Houard. who has lately been suffering the horrors of a Spanish dungeon, has arrived in this country. He fully comfirms the story of his sufferings, as published through the American press. It is the intention of Dr. Houard to prove his citizenship, and then compel such reparation from Spain as is due an American citizen so long and barbarously outraged. Prof. Charles D. Balch. a prominent New Yorker, has just died from he effects of an overdose of morphine, taken to relieve neuralgia. Some time ago the plates from which the bills of the Spanish Bank of Havana are produced were sent to New York city, with orders to print $3, 000.000 worth of bills, in lieu of 3,000,000 that had been destroyed. It has just transpired that over $6,000,000 have been printed, the Spanish officials in Havana and their allies in New York sharing equally in the surreptitiously issued 3,000.000, and it is said the clandestine issue of the notes still continues. The bruisers Mace and O'Baldwin had an other meeting on the 21st, in West Virgirnia, just across the Pennsylvania line. Being unable to agree upon a referee, the mauling match was again postponed. Tennie C. Claflin and Victoria Woudhull are after the Springfield (Mass.) Republican with a libel suit. Oeorge Kingsland, paying teller of the Hudson County National Bank, of Jersey City, who is absent in Europe, has been found to be a defaulter to the amount of 30.0(i0. Wine and women were the impelling causes. Mark Twain, the humorist, has sailed fer Europe. The N'ev York Stadt Theater has been sold for 1122.000. A large meeting of oil producers and refiners, comprising representatives from all districts tn the oil regions, convened at Parker's Landing, Pa., last week. The object was to deviso measures to curtail the production of oil so as to enhance prices, as it is claimed that present rates are too low to allow any profit to producers, and to this end a resolution was adopted binding operators to suspend work for six months, which, it is believed, will be generally acquiesced in. The Spanish frigata Numancia which recently arrived at New York with yellow fever on board, has been condemned by the Health Officer as a plague ship. Fumigation is useless, and new cases of fever break out daily. Application of her commander for coal and divers to clean her bottom have been refused. rm um, A general outbreak among the Indians in Utah is threatened, and Gens. Ord and Morrow are taking measures for an active campaign against them. Council Bluffs, Iowa, has had a 35.000 tiro. Milwaukee has been excited over a hotel poinming case. All the guests were taken violently ill about the same time, and all presented the same symptoms. It im said to have resulted from drinking adulterated coffee. J. D. Page, telegraph operator at Mount Pleasant Station, Utah, was attacked by Indians, a few nights since, while leaving the office, and fatally tomahawked. Brigham Young has been making a tour through the northern part of Utah. He was received by the Mormons with processions, music, flags, banners and flowers. Illinois farmers and stock-raisers are just now havin;; their periodical excitement about the Texas cattle fever. It is said to have broken out in different parts of the State in a very malignant form. ltlooinington, Monroe county, Ind.. has had a destructive conflagration, involving a loss of over 80.000. Four yniin ; d-sporadoes escaped from tho Chicago jail a few nights ago. They presented co.l.ei n v. lvern at MM head of th- jailor, an 1 tore 1 him to deliver up the keys, with which they opened the doors, walke d out and made good their escape.

The Chicago Tribune print a special telegram from Laramie, Wyoming Territory, purporting to give an account of the discovery of the Arizona diamond fields by the veritable discoverer himself. It is sensational in the highest degree. The man who claims to have found this modern Golconda is one T. Edward Arnold, a Kentuckian. He says that 2,800,000 worth of brilliants have already been gathered up, and that the supply seems inexhaustible. Nine years ago a son of Mr. George W. Depler, of Chicago, aged eleven years, mysteriously disappeared from home, and has long been mourned as dead. A few days ago the missing boy now a grown up young mangladdened the hearts of the old folks by returning to the paternal roof. There were 324 deaths in Chicago for the week ending Aug. 17. Jefferson White recently shot and killed Henry Houltz, near Olney, Ill. Both were farmers, and near neighbors. Subsequently White was taken from jail by an infuriated mob and hung to the limb of a tree, in the court-house yard, at Olney. Rockford, Iowa, has had a horse-whipping sensation. Re . W. C. Archer, a Baptist minister, was the victim, and Mrs. Hilliard, a member of the Rev. Mr. A.'s congregation, wielded the lash. The great corner in wheat, at Chicago, which has agitated the whole commercial world, both East and West, for some time past, suddenly collapsed last week. The excitement in that city, in consequence, was most intense.the scenes on 'Change being described as even more thrilling and exciting than any thai were witoessed immediately after the great October Are. The chief manipulator in ithe corner was John B. Lyon, of Chicago, aided by Thomas Chisolm, of Toronto, and Mr. Butters, of Montreal. The combination carried between four and five million bushels of wheat. Many dealers have suffered severely, mi some it is thought are irretrievably involved. The effect of the bursting of the corner was the unprecedented fall in the price of wheat of 40 cents per bushel. The murder of a whole family of live persons near Holton, Kansas, and the subsequent attempt to spirit the bodies away, develops one of the most atrocious crimes of the age. ibe murderer, one Wilhams, after dispatching his victims, hired a man named Osborne to haul the corpses off. Osborne was arrested in Missouri, and the dead bodies, with which he had been traveling five days, and which were in an advanced Btate of decomposition, were found piled in his wagon, like so many dead hogs! The Sheriff attempted to arrest the inhuman butcher, but the infuriated populace refused to give him up, choosing rather to dispose of him immediatelv than trust to the law's slow delay. A Baptist preacher named Herd and a Mr. Charles Dawson got into an altercation at Bichmond, Ohio, the other day. Herd slapped Dawson's face. Instead of meekly turning the other cheek to his enemy, Dawson drew a knife and stabbed bis ministerial assailant, who, in turn, wrested the knife from D.. threw it away, and knocked him down. Herd got his wounds dressed and again returned to the charge, but Dawson cried prceam. said be didn't want any more, and the plucky preacher retired tn triumph. The American Association for tbe Advancement of Science held its 21st session at Dubuque. Iowa, last week. Prof. J. Lawrence Smith, of Louisville. President for the ensuiug year, occupied tne chair. There was a large attendance, and the meeting was one of tbe most interesting held since its organization. A rumor comes from Fort Sully that the Yellowstone expedition has been attacked by a large body of Sioux Indians. The result of tbe fight is not known. The com crop of Central Illinois this year

will exceed any previous crop ever grown in the history of the country. Morgan county alone will raise 6.000.000 bushels. California's wheat crop this year is the largest and finest ever grown in that State. The DesMoines (Iowa) Typographical Union made the award of the prizes competed for by the compositors of tbe State on Wednesday, August 14. Ths first prize, a solid silvor stick, was given to C. T. McConnell, of the Marys ville Miner, who set 1,968 ems in one hour. Tbe second pnze, a gold pin, was awarded to John W. Jenner, of Keokuk, who set 1,655 erne in the same time. The onth. Bo be rt At wood, the Louisville speculator whose forgenes caused such an excitement among financial me-i in that city, has been placed in jail. His operations amount to upward of half million dollars, one bank alone suffering to the extent of 50,000. Oen. Smith, Surveyor of Customs at Memphis, recently seized on and tore up a large number of rails of the Memphis and Little Bock railroad, to satisfv unpaid dues amounting to some 15,000. A negro murderer named Wade was lately hung by a mob in Stewart county, Tenn. Baltimore has been thrown into a fever of excitement bv a stupendous bank robbery. A party of burglars entered the Third National Bank, cut into the large safes, and secured 100,000 of the bank's funds, besides large amounts belonging to private depositors. It is thought tbe total losses will reach half a million dollar-. The boll worm is doing great damage to the cotton in Mississippi. The Pope county, Ark., troubles have ended, and all are quiet again. The authorities of Brownsville, Texas, recently pursued five Mexican desperadoes across the river into Mexico, where they were I seised by a body of cavalry co-operating with ' the Brownsville people, and summarily execnted. There scorn to be a determination on I tbe part of tbe Texians in that region to rid ' the country of these Mexican marauders, and i declare their purpose to kill the scoundrels I whenever and wherever found. 0 adiimrton. President Grant has declined the invitation j to visit Cliattanrt.iga. Claims aggregating 117.500.000 have been filed bef i r- the mixed American and English

Commission now sitting at Washington, from British sources, for damage sustained by the seizure and confiscation of blockade-runners and then cargoes, during the rebellion, by the American Government. President Grant has signified his intention, in case of re-election, to remodel his Cabinet, with a single exception. The recent newspaper statement of the amount of claims by British subjects against America is pronounced by the Secretary of the Mixed Commission entirely erroneous. The Quartermaster General will soon open bids for supplying headstones or head blocks for the graves in the National Military Cemeteries under the act of Congress. Three hundred and fifty thousand are required, and there is an existing appropriation of 230,000 to pay for them, but as this is not sufficient, an extra appropriation will be aked for by the War Department from the next Congress. Each block or stone is to be marked with the number of the grave, name of the soldier, rank, company, legiment, date, and place of death. The blocks for unknown soldiers will tie inscribed with the legend " Unknown United States soldier." The Kentucky war claim, amounting to 235,253. has finally passed the Third Auditor's office, and a warrant for its payment has been issued. The Internal Revenue Bureau hae become impressed with the idea that tho Goverumeut docs not get all the revenue to which it is entitled from the beer brewers, and a movemeut is contemplated on that interest. Where any barrel contains a fraction o vt tbe siae stamped, it will be made to pay tbe tax for the next larger denomination . An application has been made to tbe Commissioner of the General Land Office to preempt the Arizona diamond lands. It is stated that, as these stones are found only in mining lauds, it will be held that they are nut open to entry, but come under the restrictions of the act of Cengress. The Postoffice Department has at last agreed upon the size, style, color, etc., of tbe forthcoming postal card. It will be of alight amber color, 5x;! inches in size, and weigh about 11 drachms. The Internal Revenue Bureau ha refused an application to distill spirits from cantaloupes under tbe exemption allowed fruit distillers, on the ground that tbe law recognizes those only as fruit distillers who distill from apples, peaches and grapes. The Second National Bank of Washington, capital 200.000. has commenced operations. Tbe Kentucky war claims, which have just been allowed, amounted to 827,228, instead of 9235,258. as heretofore announced. Oen. Gideon J. Pillow having asked to be remunerated for a large lot of mules seized by the Federals at Helena, Ark., in 1862, Attorney General Williams holds that the claim is not good, the property having been seized in a disloyal State, the owner at the time bt ing disloval to the Government. Foreign. The genuineness of the Stanley-Livingstone letters has been settled beyond all doubt. As was anticipated, tbt celebration of the repeal of tbe act forbidding party processions

in Ireland was marked ay disorder and blood, thed in some localities. In Belfast a procession was stoned, and a fearful fight ensued, which the whole police force with difficult y suppreseed. Our Gen. Sherman has been visiting the great English Universities. At a meetiug of the British Association, at Loudon, tbe other day. Col. Jas. A. Grant, the African traveler, had the temerity to question the correctness of Dr. Livingstone's conclusions in respect to the sources of the Nile which brought Stanley to his feet. His defense of Livingstone was loudly cheered. Sir Heury Rawlineon also addressed the meeting, acknowledging Stanley's services and eulogizing tbe Doctor. Napcleon, Eugenie and the Prince Imperial attended the meeting, and were introduced to Stanley. Quite an excitement has been produced in Silesia by tbe reported discovery of valuable petroleum wells. Brazil and tbe Argentine Confederation are still at swords' poitts. Both continue to arm, and any moment may witnesw the commencement of open hostilities. News comes from Australia of an immense land slide that blocked up the river Devon, causing an overflow and devastating a large section of country. The coast in tbe vicinity of Fiji was visited about the same time with a most terrible and destructive hurricane. Late Peruvian advices furnish detailed accounts of the recent short-lived but bloody revolution in that country. Guiterrez, backed by the army, seized the Government and declared himself Dictator, throwing Balta, the lawful Preside t, into jail. Soldiers, without provocation, fired indiscriminately on the inhabitants at Lima and Callao. Then tbe soldiers becoming tried and disgusted at the bloody work, turned against the usurper, and be was left without a supporter. He was finally seized and hung to a lamp-post. A brother of Guiterrez gained access to the prison where Balta was confined, and murdered him in his bed. The assassiu in turn was seized by the populace and summarily executed. Still another of the Gniterrez brothers was murdered, and the bodies of the three were immersed in kerosene and burned in thel'laza. At last accounts mattem were quieting down. A feeble attempt at revolution by Jesuits and Indians has been suppressed at Ouatemala. The small-pox is raging in Chili and Peru. During June 1,500 deaths occurred in Valparaiso from the disease. During the recent revolt in Pern, a cannon ball fell into the office of the Smith Pacific Timm, killing th foreman, and tearing up thirds generally. The editor fortunately bad ' taken refuge on board a United States ' frigate. I At a banqnet given to Mr. Stanley in i Brighton, England, on Aug. 1H, that gentleman became highly indirnant at what he con -ti o d to lie expressions of iucredultv from some of the guests as to his ever having met I Dr. Livingstone. lie vehemently retorted,

withdrew iu high dudgeon, and shortly left the town. Tbe riots in Belfast, Ireland, were of the fiercest description, and lasted for three or four days. Guns, pistols, swords, and every available weapeu were used, aud stones fell iu tbe streets kko hail. Seven or eight persons were killed, aud great numbers wounded. At last account armed ruffians stalked through tbe streets, an 1 whole sections had been givou up to rioters. There were loud complaints at the want of vigor evinced by the authorities iu quelling ths disturbances. Advices from Spam represent that a fresh outbreak is threatened by the partisans of exQueen Isabella, and that the occasion will be seized by the Carliats for reucwing their attacks. A brother of Dr. Livingstone, residing in Canada, is in receipt of a letter from the Doctor, datod last November, at Ujiji. The English Cricket Club arrived at Quebec, last week. In Geneva, Switzerland, quite an excitemeut has been created by tbe shooting of a young lady. Miss Huse, by a young Polish student who tiad fa leu despeiately in love with her and been rejected. The Pole then shot himself through the head. Both will probablv die of their wounds. It is announced that Pope Pius IX. is to seek an asylum iu Belgium, aud that arrangements to that end are now being consummated. There is a bread famine in Dublin, caused by a strike among tho journeyman bakers. The Belfast riots have been liually quelled, but not until recourse was had to the military. The troops charged the rioters, killing and wounding mauy of them. Brazil and the Argentine Confederation have adjusted their little difficulty, and all fears of a war have disappeared. A splendidly equipped band of engineers recently started out from liio Janeiro for the purpose of locating the proposed Brazilian railroad to the Pacitic, for tho constmction of which English capitalists are to furnish the fundn. The weather iu Switzerland is unprecedentedly wann. The heat at times has been almost unbearable, and It is said that the cattle even retire at daybreak to the stables, to avoid the intense beat of the suu's rays. The Toronto Isaiier reiterates the statement that Cuban agents are at work iu Canada, endeavoring to enlist recruits, MtwiMMtandbsg its denial by the Cuban Adjutant Qeucral at New York. Fredenck Brewster, an American, and Count de Salla. an Italian nobleman, fought a duel, a short time ago, at Leghorn. Italy. The weapons used were pistols, and tliItalian was killed at the first fire. Brewster was unharmed, and subsequently fieu from Leghorn. It is acnounccd from London that Gladstone A Co., large East India and China merchants, have failed. Their liabilities are stated to be 10,000,000. The Emperor of Husia assures President Thiers.that tho Berlin convocation of crowned heads is not aimed at Frauce. Tbe Prince of Wales, on his recent visit to TrouviHe, the great French watering place, was cordially received by Thiers, and the two promenaded tbe beach together. The sessions of the International Statistical Congress were opened in St. Petersburg, with aoleirn and impressive ceremonies, by the Grand Duke I onetantine, on the 22d of August. All the Mexican revolutionary leaders except Cadeua have accepted the amneety offered them. That chief, however, has been captured, and the revolution may be said to be practically ended. The Lew President has negotiated a loan of 500,000, which shows a marked improvement in tbe credit of that unfortunate country, being tbe first loan she has been able to obtain for many years.

The Geneva Arbitration. Geneva, Aug. 16. The Board of Arbitration met at noon to-day. and after a session of one hour adjourned until Monday. Jacob Staempff , the Swiss Arbitrator, to-day said that he hoped ail the work of the Board would be finished in three weeks. London. Aug. 16 A dispatch from Geneva says that tbe mencan representatives anticipate the recovery of damages, to a lan?e amount, from England. They consider the presence of Mr. Cohen favorable to such a result. The Americans have decided to require the nomination of a Board of Assessors, should a gross sum not be awarded. Geneva. Aug. 17. The supplementary arguments of American counsel before the Board of Arbitration are published in pamphlet form. The argument of Mr. Evars covers a hundred pages, while those of Messrs. Curbing and Waits aie less extended. Geneva, August 19. The Board of Arbitration met at noon to-day, and adjourned at 4:30 p. m. Sir Bounded Palmer was not present. The speeches of tbe counsel have been printed. It is expected that the information of tbe proceedings of the Board will soon be communicated to tho press. dt nfva, Aug. 20. M. Armand Dumareq, tho celebrated French artist, has arrived in Geneva. His object in comi ig here is tn paint a picture commemorative of the sitting of the Tribunal of Arbitration. The final dt cision of the ( 'ourt is expected in a few davs. While nothine is positively known on the subject, tbe presence of Mr. Cohen and t he exceptional length of yesterday's sitting of the Tribunal of Abnt ration are the occasion of an accredited rumor that somewhat important news will be communicated to the press tomorrow. Oeneva, Aug. 21. -The Board met to-day at noon, and at 3:45 p. m. adjourned until Friday. No infoimation Ins yet been given to the public. A long summary of the arguments of Messrs. Waits. Evarts. and dishing before the Tribunal is published in the .Stria Tune. Tut counsel impugn the conduct of the British Government in relation to the Confederate cruisers, not only for allowing them to escape, but because they wore not subse -qnently seized, and were permitted to coal in British colonial ports. Geneva, Aug. 22.-The work of the Tribunal of Arbitration draws to a close. Counsel on behalf of the English and American Governments have been more than usually busy to-day with tho Secretary of the ('ourt. in the drawing up of a statement of accounts between the two nations, of loses occasioned by the depredations of each of tbe Anglo-Confederate privat cts. It is nerally beltefd to be dangerous to t avel on railmud, but smtistics show it is the safest method of locomotion on land ever yet devised.

Current Item. Boston's debt is $2,f2..'. Connecticut haa Ml miles of railro It costs $60 a day at Saratoga tQ it in style. No less than 150,000 Americans W1n visit Kurope this year. The great Red river raft grows at th rate of two miles a year. HaETrxian, Conn., i Making ., do.,, lawn-mowers lor the Sultan of Turk-v TuiRE were 1,374 pMTMM pun:- ,. , m London last year for cruelty to an nials. Over 23,000 miles of submarine tele, graph cables have Wen laid within ut(J ears. Tue Jubilee Coliseum, which cm $200,000 has been sold to (Hin $30,000. Walter Scott's monument ItaCeatn Prk, New York, will ba dedicated Ko vember 30. Tue value of the gold :.t p:-.-, . existence in the world i-. estinia1. 1 upward of $5,O0O, KM) 0 1 . A hoy at Underbill, Vt.. h-t- nq coughed up a beechnut wllica he m into his lungs two years and a half agn. The United Stat.-s h. ve Ti.Oinj tv graph stations, 75,000 mile of .ioe, or 7.000 operators, and transmit ov. i i 'hMUNJO messages annually. Tue complete census returns of it United St iles show the total population 10 be 38,558 371, of which 19,493,565 K, males and 19,064,806 females. .üiiian Catholic.- in the United Sut have church accommodations (or L$Jl. 514. and Kvangelical PmtManu fg 16 032,183 a diöi-rence f eight to m ' A REFL" LLV-I'REI' ARF.U statistics shot that during the last lis jrCMI upwari of thirteen thousand colii-ion at let have taken place bet wen Vissels in-;, parts of the wot Id. The u?ud quarterly st-rnati u hefii created by Mr. Bceoiii r. who dares against total ub-tinenee, sL : he thinks may I e all very w ll tor M m but not so good for others, one of wi. sj In- is which. A portion of the D.niel W.i homestead, at Marehlield. -.tu. sold cently at an acre. Tue estate cooprises one hundred and -i.xteen acre, of land fronting the ocean. .-li!tig down to the breakers. The cash value of a Chinaman's (:;- tail has been judicially established it Portland, Oregon, wh-re thirty Caucv "inns, who had by force shorn a CeletU Heathen of his queue, were .cect.i lined $20 apiece, or 600 in all. A rai-orter of the New York Htra . smuggled himself on board the sjx-cl sleeping car assii ned President iii.v. and family last week over the Delaw,and Lackawanna railroad, and Uioted off by the superintendent net: morning. Tue largest ten cities of the Uniti states eat beef annually to the amoun ol 2,040,000 head of citth-. exclusive of pork, mutton, etc. Taking the otlm cities and towns of the counny. Ill probabilities ate that thi number woul i be swelled to at least 4.00 ,000. Hore Sotes. The pacing horse Bidv Bovce waifold in New York, recently. "for 10,o00. Harrt Bassett is to run four at Saratoga against Lexington's tin. 7:19i. The well known and promising li ington tillySalina has been retired from the tuif, having been permanently in jnred by an attack of the pievailii? horse disease, spinal meningitis. The trotting match at Cleveland u?i week, between the mares Annie W.ttc and Belle PatUMson. for :. i-take o; $10,000, was won by the former in tor t-tratght heas. Time 2:36J, 2:3SJ. 2:371. Hon. James Ibvinq, of New owner of the great little horse Jus Irving, has issued a challenge to the owners of Goldsmith Maid. Lucy. Am-' ican Girl and Henry to trot either those nags for $25,000. play or pay. Blair Athol, who was sold at Middle Park (England) sale lor $62 SC has been earning about $20.000 a Jrti in the stud. If the stallion retains h health, the investment, large as it J will iirnvn n vnrxi one. A tashiont't

stock horse, in a country where specie cultivated, is as valuabl a piece property as a man can have. The Turf, FuM and Farm, noticing the sale of the Middle Park ( Kngland) ludsays : "The bieak-upof this MP and renowned breeding establishm-c'' may be regarded s the greatest tW" in the annals of the turf. At a Pj continuing through four conaecut" days, and attended lv a cosmp01'"0. crowd of 10,000 people, 13 stallions, IP brood mares, and 129 foals. total 339 head, all of the most valuable :'' .-ucceesful strains of blood, were so under the hammer for the enorm' sum of $512,.r7' in gold t" A Ponderous C'rle de Visite. The Chinese crte de vi-ite is .. . . l. .irii,i USIWVg I tailinisi.n tn paper, with the owner's nam' in 1 in large letters the bigger IB' exquisite. For extra gian i " thit Kfd is folded ten inn - . . .. ... a, i. . I 1 i r T 1 1 - ... NU the Kful I Im milin: in i stf is written corner, with -- - tr your very tiliilil bli.tlnr I unworthy friemi who bows his I pajs his Ntmetfs." A"'-. At.. t "your stupid" t king the ' "youis tessHMfully." It i- etti 14 UH these cards to the WW being presumable that thexp too great for general distribution.