Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 20, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 August 1878 — Page 2
WEEKLTOOURIEK C. MAX 1 1 riWishec. iJAirEIt, - IXDIAXA.
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f CURRENT NEWS.
WASHIXOTSX.
Peetmaftter-General Kay, accompanied by moral friends uh! otto eHeials of the Department, has started a a t we-meatbs' tour ef iapeUea through the West and as far as It to Um mtontkm of the War Department to expend upon Mississippi River improvements the entire amount appropriated by Congress for that purpose. The Mexican Minister in Washington, SoBor Xamacona, does Hot believe there is My danger of war. President Diaz, be Mys, k Mxtous to) maintain friendly relations wRh the United States, and U doing all be as to Mtppreee iawlocon&co oh tke border.
AXDaeciawm.
' The efleial report of tke New Orleans Board of Ileal tb on tke 18th, gives, tke num
ber of deaths from.yellow fever for tke pre'
eedlmctt bears at 47: new eases reported.
lie; total auaber of oases reported, 1,0W. j eago.on the 18th, while Its owner, Mr. Hen-
The NsUonal-GreenUok party of Cote rade have nominated a State ticket koaded by R. G. BHekhMjflMun for GoverBor, and adopted a platform tteneuaelag both tke obi
i partie and adveeattag strong Greenback
measures. Tke deter iptfe of toe train-robbers at Wlntkrop JuboUoh, Mo., It k said, suits that of 11 wiry Underwood, Frank Jaekses, Billy and Henry Cottins, mi rv Ivors of the Has gang. Tke Nebraska 2fatieal.Greebak State Convention nominated L. G. Todd for Governor awl J. W. Davie for Congress. Katie Hopkins, aged 18, a servant Ih the employ of Mr. W. K. Thompson, of St. Louie, it is supposed undertook to kindle
j the kitchen lire with kerosene, oh tke 14tfa, ' and was fatally burned, dying a few hours
afterward. Tke house was also burned to the ground. C. B. Clark, a prosperous farmer of Lagrange, near Chicago, was shot and killed on tke night of the ldth, it was at first thought by horse-thieves, but as subsequent development indicate, by one St. Petrie, a former employee of Clark's, and a suspected paramour of Mrs. Clark, who Is believed to be equally implioated. Both are under arrest. A sample-trunk of Jewelry was plundered
of its contents at the Painter House, Chi'
by a train on tke New York Wevated Kail road on tke night of tke 144k. At Melrose, Ma., on tke nlgkt of tke 14th, Pelatlah HWaltt, aged ft, killed hie wife by beating ker over tke head witk an ken bar, and tken shot out his own brains with a revolver. Tkeoaueeot tke tragedy is unknown, further tkan that tke eenple were engaged in an angry controversy during tke evening.
Kev. Dr. Wade Hill, a prominent Baptist
POLITICAL NOTES. Vrkv Tkuk. Tke overflow of altt4en4 language for Gen. Grant, when traced to Its MHtree, aoems to spout exclusively from gen. UomoN who have found it proiiutrie to Ih ? I" woet lmg Ajjo.-A'ci-1 trk TriitHHt (7f7.). A UN' km Phoyidkp FoK.-John Sherman ha besmirched himself still more byappointing the notorious Mr. Agnes D. Jenta a detective of tke Treasury Department at
Minister of Kutberford County, N. C, oh , '"'Trr:""" """r" " InfaWv that he ha lnt si I MiJi ,,f '1
tke 14tk shot and Inetantly killed kls son- I t i. i v vm u i 7 ' i AonforWe Corkr-Journal. in-law, Maj, Andrew Scroggins. Both men itm'of 1 o?or am ltL ' A Xauskatino I),i:.-G,l!ovo s. 0rth were armed when they met, and as Serog- "'plow , fft ., i . was a hard dose for even Indiana liepubligins kad openly threatened to shoot his KOitoatlona Bxhtuit a gow medal. tains, though the nominating convention of father-in-law on sight, the latter Is eonsld-1 . convention between Austria and Tur- the S f tk Cres IoiibI Irit and the ered Justlied in "getting the drop m on his TZ uT$ ' &TmTrt? if SS&KE would-be murderer. X domestic quarrel i,! !.,! I however, he Is souring on the better portion
was the oause of the tragedy. l 7ui7 of the party stomach, and Gen. Lew Wallas
Prof. Baxter, of Harvard College, was
e aeeount of high water. An attempt was made to eorral tke bandit Areola In tke village of Kewtown, but ke eneeeeded in making kit eoeape. Tke Amerlean force reaoked kerne on tke lcMk. PUKKUf N. Of tke eleven objeete art offered by tke Agrleultura! Sooiety of K ranee ferexeept tonal merit in agrlotdtural maoklnery in recent iekl trials, eight have beoH awarded to Amerioan inventions, and independent of tke
drowned off Cape May,
tke 14th.
while bathing, on 1
ry Freund, of New York, was at dinner. The
stolen goods were valued at $15,000. W. Wilson, alias Patterson, was banged at San Bernardino, CaL, on the 19thf for the
Tke Jleward Aseoewtien are furnishing
physioians and nurses to the destitute, and have also sent assistance to Port Emus and Grenada. They have published an appeal
for contributions, stating that they have Bot Hurder of one Barrett Jeffreys
a ueuar in tsetr treasury. f A dispatch from Malheur Agency, loth At Memphis, on the 18th, there were nine gg 77 Indiana, including 60 warriors, stirnew oases of yellow fever reported for the rendered on tke previous day. 'This leaves
prctieuiRg a mnirs, wiui 10 ueauis. amb ihut verr few hostile
Susan Walter, a oolored nurse, Is under arrest at Fayetteville, K. C, charged with tke murder of the Infant child of Capt. Helling. She grew tired of nursing the baby,and poured a vial of laudanum down its throat, from the eeffuts of which it died in a few minutes. Capt. Helling was in the act of drawing a pistol on the nurse to kill her, when he was prevented by a member of the family. The powder-magazine of II. A. Weldy, near Pottsvtlle, Pa., osntalnlng 1,100 kegs, was struck by lightning on the 17th and a
,iixed, but several articles recognize tke keads a trrowlnr number whn will iuhv,
j sovereignty of the Sultan. The military sit-i for him in any event, ami who hope to be-
, uatlon meanwhile is very embarrassing for rae strong enougB 10 procure lit with-
John Ten Eyck, colored, was kangod at I Austria her amy of occupation being mH . Pitte,d,Mai,onthel6tb, TIIK wIKKs.-ABd now of Mr. and Mrs. David Stlllman, in Novera- rendering necessary the further moblliza- p 8 tBat the iKeilloU!, uiks wIUl berlast. I tlon of troops. A Henna dlspateh of the Grant, which have been made publie re-
j imii reiHins luai. w iutkism iwuauons in : cenuy, were wnuen up uy His notorious J Bosnia have Joined the insurgents, ive of equerry-in-waiting, ConHul-Gneral awhloh are regular troops. ,,8u- 71'8 atorhlp has been scruiHdouMy 1 VM tT"ii mT,,,, . tJ,I,, , ooiieealotl, but the whole bulnea ln-'insr iimll Hoedel, who attempted to sIh. larl of a 'y,,, p,an t0
, ib mc jiBij:rur u iiiwm un iHciuuni My r wbien many ieople were ffognizant, tlic last, was beheaded on the 19th. He was on- secret has got out at last, and the thing is
ly 21 years
that he had
the Empero
v Z. " fe J THOSK SOUTIIKKK CLAiMS.-Congress
-
or age. He protested on his trial f ui as riuiuuious m x unen anu .may
not fHtpmlml to tk tlin tlf of toe ciiriaiu is nueu aim tn0 imenueu 10 lake me ure or .v ....v,.., 4J.
r, but numerous witne tes-. view.-M. LnuU 1
dttease baa not extended below Jefferson fnr. tiir gnrrpn.lormt Tr.,Unn svth n.n.
terrible explosion followed, inakinir a inn
Snakes unaccounted jn the neighboring woods 60 feet wide, and Indians bay th Han. i-inf,. t
Effi ZVt :lZlTlll ! rks M the fflUrderiDS the SnakM 1 1- injuring several others. Slany houses
" , 1 ne sieaung. limit. A camp had been formed six miles At Versailles, Ky., on the night of the below the eity, tento for whleh were fur- mhf SHi C. Field, editor of the Woodford nlsked by tke War Department, into which A'n and County Attorney, was instontly many' of the poorer people had been reaov- kn(Mi kv the iiuflh,iri?e of a mi-oli-nr whiv.
the latter class, and the Citizens' Cemmit-
inthe neighborhood were badly damaged,
and several cattle were so badly injured that they had to be killed. John A. Leete, a witness before the Potter
investigating Committee, was taken from
I UtxH Willita. it In reiMirttMl. I irnlny tn m
. i ..it m a a a ' O . -T
f Men.jaezenizKow, cnieiei me Amperers Hiss campaign on the Southern claim, preprivate police, was asaesiBated on (lie pub-1 Minting on the htutnp, in million -dollar lots He street in St, Petersburg on the lh. One 1 or,?; the Iwf aBd varlei1 tlrtmet of the renart l wa skat uaw u 1 rM demands uion the Lnlted State report sajs ht 1 was shot, another that ke Treasury which the unterrilied Democracy was stobbed. The assassin escaped. U aching to pay If it can only get hold of the A Vienna dispatch of the ISth wiys that purw-strings. It stands for nothing, in the
Gen. Philllnovich had routed the inurzt ) " estimation, that ail the claims thus
irom a strong position near mizevoca, cap
turing their entire camp equipage and a
large quantity of ammunition, although they
far allowed have been allowed br ltenubli-
enn Houses of Itepresentatlves, or that the Democratic Houses, so far as tber could
control the puree-fetrings, have so far con-
succeeded in getting away with their artil- trolled them as to save to tke people millions
tee solicit contributions in tkeir behalf.
The situation at Grenada, Miss., on the 96th, was thus described by Messrs. William J. Smith and Butler P.. Anderson, two of the Howard nurses from Memphis: "The epidemic, considering the size of tke town, appears tobe the most maglignantand fatal that has ever been known in this country, and this after only nine days. The fever is
unabated and unchecked.
is for nurses asd money to pay them, for there have been persons here sick for long period without . a single attendant. At present the contributions amount to not more than one-half of what seems to be necessary." Another dispatch, same date, says: "At present there is not a single store open for bneineM. The town presents a deathly and deserted appearance. Families have fed, leaving their houses and household ' goods In possession of the few remaining. Mr. MtMoH, Mayor of Greneda, is dead. So ' far the number of deaths is over 80." At Yieksburg, on the 30th, there were ' seme 390 eases of yellow fever under treatment, and the dlseaee was extending rapidly. The deatks for the preceding 34 hours numbered 13. Tke Howard Association, tke Masemi, and other societies, appeal for help from abroad. At Pert Gibson, Miss., on the 30th, there bad been fifleaees of yellow fever and two deaths. At Oeeea Springs, nine oases and seven deaths. At Cantos, 30 oases. Tke twe-boat John Porter, which oame
up the river with a number of cases of yellow fever on board, and was refused permission to land at any place, finally oame to an eher three miles below Gallipolis 0., ker engineers refusing to do further duty. It was reported on the 30th that two of her erew had died and ten others were down with tke disease, including Capt. John Hickerstaff. Ke one was permitted to leave the boat. Tke Mempkls Paeket Company on the 30th announced the withdrawal of all its boats, until further notice. Ail freighttrains to Mwaphis had also been disconturned. Cincinnati, Louisville, PltUrturg,St.Louis, and ether places, in communication with the fever-Infected ports, have established quarantine regulations more or lose stringent In their operations. Liberal contributions of mosey In aid of the fever-stricken cities of the Southwest have been forwarded by many of the East
ern ami sorthern cities and towns. The
" ar Department ordered the issue at Mem-
pais of v,090 rations for 30 days.
Ontolal Information Is received that Lieut. Wallace, of FertMiseoBk, has overtaken the marauding band of Nez Pereas, numbering about 30, who have been plundering their
way irom Canada to Idaho, and has tmn
Ished them severely, killing six, wounding three, and killing or oapturingmost of their
penieav He kad only a handful of men in
s eemmand, but need them to excellent
advantage.
Tke Michigan Prokibitfonlsto have
1 fell from the pocket of Joseph C. Bailey, ' the Astor House, New York, on the night Town Marshal, while the two, with others, 1 f the ISth, while in a frenzied condition,
f were seuming in sport to secure tke posses- and safely locked up. He labored under the
sion of a watermelon.
The sample-trHnk of Jewelry stolen from the Palmer House, Chioago, has been recovered, and one of the thieves is in custody. AtHoseburg, Oregon, recently, William Daly quarreled with his wife's brother, J
son.
'Rated a State Tloket headed by Watson Sny der, of Ypsilaatl, for Governor.
Mrs. B.J. Sweet, of Chloaco. widow of th
late General Sweet, Pension Agent, on the
was strueK by the locomotive of a train
n tne aerthwefttera Itatlroad, thrown several feet,' asd inetantly killed. The aeoMcnt oeeurred near, her residence, in the suburbs
of ib etiy. , Mise Addle Coleman, an estimable young Hij of Laerosee, Haneeek County, III., daughter of the Pottmatter, died on tte 11th in great agony, ffve hours after kindling the Ure wHk kerosene. Her brother w badly,buned in trying to extinguish Uhb mrm, Tray Dye, Public Administrator of Sacramento County, Cal., has made a blood11Jf,1& rWf3Itf the murder f O.K. Tullls, f Grand Island, wk ke ays was killed by one Anderson, a Swede, and another man, at his (Dye's) Instigation, in order that ke might get control of tke estate of tke murdered mm, Tke murder ef tber wealthy eUlzens ef the eettnty kad keen dismissed, hut fortunately not attempt, d. Andomn hm a4e eefed.
The great want , Woodward stabbed Daly twice and Daly shot
W oodward, botk falling dead. Joslah P. Colcord, a well known St. Louis lawyer, on the 17th shot and killed his mistress, Lillle G. Gibbons, and then 'killed himself. Colcord was a talented, but dissipated, man, about 35 years of age. Some five years ago he became separated from his wife and soon after formed a connection with the woman whom ke murdered. She had led a somewhat adventurous life, and it is said that Colcord wan intensely Jealous of the supposed attention paid her by other men, which was doubtless the oause of the tragedy. Charles W.Angell, of Chloago.Seeretaryof the Pullman Palaee Car Company, has absconded with about $130,000 in oash and convertible securities, and is now supposed to be luxuriating in Europe. Judge Albert S. Marks, of Franklin County, is the Democratic candidate for Governor of Tennessee. The platform adopted by the State Convention favors the unconditional repeal of the Resumption act. Charloe P. Hane, Cashier of the Canton
(0.) Exchange Bank, committed suicide by poison on the 19ih. He was 30 years of age and had become despondent on account of ill health. The First National Bank of Qulncy, III., closed its doors on the lWh. The Quiriey Savings Bank, a collateral Institution, also shares In the default. Thedeposltoraof both institutions are assured that all their claims !
will be paid In full. The Insolvency of the large tobacco-house of Harris, lleebe .fcj Co., Is the oause assigned forthe Bank's sus
pension. John Tynans and Win. Dorln, laborers In a stone-quarry near Pacific Junction, 20 miles south of Council Bluffr, Iowa, on the ISth were found dead alongside the road to
their home, literally riddled with shot. A fellow-workman 'named McCrecryls under arrest, charged with the murder, robbery being the Incentive. Dorin was known to have $100 In his possesion on the previous
uay.
Four young Swedes, named John Pierson, Swan Johnson, Andrew Vloom and Frank Westbury, were drowned by the capsizing of their boat near Davenport, Iowa, on the ISth. Three of their companions readied the shore. Capt. W, H. Coates, a well known resident of Saugatuck, Mich., on the night of the 18th shot his wife fatally and then killed himself. 2o oause known. The mall-eoaehes between Tueson and
1 uma have been stopped recently on sev
eral occasions by road agents, said to be
Mexicans), and robbed of the treasures on
board.
lion, uallie Peyton, Representative In
Cpngrea from 188 to 1817, Minister to Chill
t t 1 t A 1 . . . -. I
uiu-ion mat us was ueing pursueu uy pois- ! oners and assassins, and tired several inefI fectual shots at the officers who were trying
to capture him before he could be secured. Ex-Senator Blaine was badly injured at Augusta, Me., on the ISth, by being thrown from his carriage. OKXEKAL. The August returns to the Department of Agriculture show an average condition of the cotton crop In the 10 cotton States of 96 per cent a decrease of 4 per cent. The following are the State averages: North Carolina, Si, a gain of 1; South Carolina 97, a loss of 7; Georgia 92, a loss of 13; Florida 98, a loss of 1; Alabama 98, a loss of 4; Mississippi 92, a loss of 6; Louisiana 90, a loss of 8; Texas 108, a gain of 2; Arkansas 93, again of 7; Tennessee 92, a loss of 0. The condition of the crop is somewhat better than in August, 1877. In the
northern portion of the cotton belt many counties complain of extreme heat and drought, causing the plants to shed, and
the balls to open prematurely. Far
ther south the rainfall has been excessive,
causing rust. Insect injuries at the date
correspondence were Inconsiderable, but
later reports to Prof. Riley, the cntomolo
lery. Gen. Szapary was still confronting the Insurgents at DobaJ on the 17th Inst. It is said that the Christians In Bonia are flocking to arms, in consequence of the heavy tines Imposed upon them by the Austrlans. THE ELECTORAL INVESTIGATION.
of dollars annually. A campaign Is to be made, and theclaims-cry is a " good enough
.Tiurxan." pernaps, nnui inc campaign is over. Dtt rvit Fret Tres. Too Gauzy. The South Carolina Itepublic:ths at their State Convention, rehearsed the old story of bulldozing,and declared that, owing to their apprehension of interference from the ritle-cluos, it was inexpedient to nominate a ticket. Thb pretewte Is too gauzr to deceive any body. The only fear entertained by the authors of the resolutions Is one which is very clear and well defined, and relate exoluively to the ccr- : tainty that the Republican party will be unable to make a respectable appearance at the next election. Abstention from voting, under a pretended apprehension of violence, will enable them to He absurdly, but without
tear or n election, as to their numbers, while
Col. Roberts's testimony was continued onttiellth. He explained that his viit to Gov. Hnyes was made without consultation wlththo Hj-cllet vitritlng ttateemen. The Democrats considered that they had carried the State fairly, but were apprclicnolre that . they would be counted out by the K'-turniHg hoard; It was therefore determined to a. ( certain precisely what course Hnyei would pursue should he become President. VTIt-
iioai tiii(!rtnrul lliivwi (n nuin 1... fol.. n unwiwn, w m tircir nuitlttrrn, nunc and lustn.i SJtetV TXJL 'h.'I 1 to count out their ballot from the boxes on
should not be allowed to count In tho defeat- election day would afford an Infallible test of ed Kepubtlcan Stnt officers; thought that the actual strength of parties. Ctttcayu the Kcturnlng Ituard would not lar to uo o Times. without the moral support of the visitln , p..,,,.,..,.,,..,. 1(r, statesmen; understood that the military . LJ.T I.OOA B ENCOCRAOKD. Grant would be withdrawn alter the tth of March for President In wa dlqdayed on the and the NIcholla Government would then , banners at the Republican rally in the Ninetake posoeseion; received assurances of this teenth Illinois District the other day, ou rMJI!ieBt,rJrii7irt BMhewiFo,Pr' . 10,000 persons were present Evans ife MeAh &ul!Wi-Vd0een,, lm delivered an mldreos. , sVnY down!' a?C Wmdlot?1, tor "e uOUbtle.s dhplayed that eloquence which 'the piirpofe of inducing the Packard4 waH oee declarext by one of his enraptured Government quietly to yield to Meholls; it I constituents to be "better'n fried eggs." was well Tinderntoou that they (the Commis-1 Grant was always Logan' favorite, and
ronj were act njcunuer otnciai mstnictloas this was before Genera Lomn UAnml the
0f ISTH, was laennneu by Anderson. The writer 1 Z,i . , , . " Vr. ',, U1 i niii,. nt tn,..', l....- "i!i.' MV that the e'-President woHld "rualike
local injury from luatedscoundniU,1
.implicating Sherman, Mattltewo and Harlan I uu valnalilii a.t.1 ...11- I . t ... ..... ' .
ct . ntwmsai mill K.run mill iiui IU SfffirO (IltfHI. as, "excepting Mattliews, they are all unmlt-
etc.
the devil with a tin kettle tied to his tall." We take an Interest in Mr. Logan's work. In 1S77 he succeeded In electing a Democrat to the United States Senate In pwec of himself, and we have great hoiKis that be will
Crovide a Democratic successor to Xr.Ogles- . y. Xe York JIVrW.
gist, show considerable
m, , . .... n, The examination of John A. Leete was The annual report of the Texas and Pa- continued on the loth, but no new facta wore nllln Kallrnail rVminnnx- il.ina thnt AAA mtlu i ., . r- .
.. i j '" oii" I uevBtupeu. aoine correwponuence parsing '
vjn:iicu, iusri L-lll mugs lor iae year J ";""'" . i" nciu WKI r!(l, y r'ivi UITpv.vatv U f., Tl... T endlne Mar 81 ssi sto wnrklnt- .vtioBtiu showing the intimate personal and political LO(,A.V Up -OTK." Gen. John Loy. ' ' relations existing between them. The coin- sB winded hU section of the "key-note" f 1,448,136; Increase compared with previous mlttco adjourned till Monday. of the Republican campaign at Mount Caryear, $878,857. The Potter Committee, on the ISHh, re-, Hae, ,ast week, and he repeated, of
Mtirat iialstcad denies all
any barxainintr or other arrangement
twecn Gov. Hayes and certain Southern imi iM.n in n.o t.'fzr,. ernment" thi co4mtr' wnuhl rain ti !.
Democrats regarding the Presidency. Itepnbllcans of Ixiulslana. The Committee j wows. Logan perceived greatdaniter to the
, nuuiiinmmiunt .uect iihu en laKon to i wovernnieni in tae raci mat some Illicit aii insane, asylum, there belag no doubt mt to' tilllntr had been jroinif on in the Southern
his insanity, u was stateu uiat MS wife and I States, but he dbi not ur.nv ti.i
were sick with ever in .yew Or. r5rB,L r C? trJZ. YJ
I jittv x unci vumnuvce, uh me lata, re-. ' ..vo, anu no tjvii;n, i knowledge of ceived a telegram from Coy. KeUmrg. deny S",,5e' th2 i01!, ,R,TlblH ".u",,; ., ins: several stateHieiiuaii.livTH.t. rnt '" ,0 the people of the North, that If ngement be-, 'trtt whTt!S Mey '? South to control the Gov
Gen. Mackenzie, with a force of abou 1,000 troops from Fort Clark and Fort Dun can, on the 10th crossed the Rio Grande In pursuit of Mexican raiders and stolen
American cattle. Every man was supplied
with 10 days' rations and 140 rounds of am
children
leans, and this, coupled with th.j excitement 1 M i..iw ,?Wh'i u S' or, lBe ,M?";,,t,!' or of testifvinir. isaimWil to hav S : Malwart Itepubllcan.s who were In it. steal-
derangement of mind. Gen. KutierNttwiin. ing money from the Treasury. Losran of
I tion, to reiwrt Stanley Matthen-sto the House course failed to explain how many "rebel fnr mittnttf U-u u arlnhluit TIi.ia 1 . I .. . nUIM(.fl n.l.l 1. f lit ..
munition, and a lively brush with the 'other witnesses present, the Committee Tad- 'im-Haf for the .IPtlt nt lt.d..t.H,.a,. ,ww.v--
JOUrnWl. .... fi)hnllIl lid iltvult at tanull. iiiin. th.t
atIonal-areenback; Hfth J-Dlstrlct, J. M. A dispatch from Charlotte. C. ' before the country, and John Inran can not
Tho latest sensation ia wmiewasHinaireceru. ummm vonrier-
tratrndtr wliirli (wmimul mi. ! Journal.
Philip C. Hayes, Republican: Eleventh DIs- terdavin Kuthnrford Rnnntv. V n. i -
.trict, .1. TT. Singleton, Democrat, W. II. , which the Kev. Dr. Wade Hill, a prom- THE MARKETS.
rogue, rronroition; Tweirth District, WI1- 'mont Baptist minister, shot hin son-in-
nam m. apnnger-, democrat; Kev. John Jaw, Maj. Andrew Scroggins. The news Mathers, National-Greenback; Thirteenth ' has just reached the city to-night and Dlstrlot, A. E. Stevenson, Democrat; causes intense oxcitement, where both Fourteenth District, Jesse Harper, Na- of the partioa were well known and pop-Uonal-Greenback; Sixteenth District, Ja. ular. It annears that Mai. Sciwt-ins
ureea, national-Greenback; Nineteenth took the liberty of slanninfr Dr. Hilli ?KAT-o. 2Ked Wostera l.(
ureasers was tuny expected. Additional Congressional nominations:
King, Natlonal-Grecnback; Sixth District, ; Aug. 15, says: C. W. Dunham, Democrat; Seventh District, a horrible trag
v. .VEWYORK.AtfiCST21.JS78. HKEVES Native Steers J7.83 H JJ0.35
lexan ana Uherokee. e.w SIIKKP-Shors 3) HOGS-Llve 1.15
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Under President Flllmorp , and who served
upon Gen. Taylor's star durlnifthe Mexioan
War, died at his residence in Galveston,
ienn., oa me iw.n.
Lieut, E. t. Maxwell, U. S. A., has been
sentenced by a Court-martial to two years'
imprisonment at Leavenworth, has., for
drawing his pay twlee en duplicate pay rolls.
At Dallas, Texas, oa the ItHh. Charles
Baker out his wife's throat from ear to ear, aad thea toek his owa life in a similar
wanner. Mrs. Baker was a variety aatrees, formerly one ef the Wilton Shtere. Jealousy was the oaute of the tragedy.
AIT A MB MMt7TMHAJ. AurtlnW. Knight, ft well known New York
oil merchant, wa foreed into bankruptcy oa the 14th, and three days afterward he committed suloide.
James II. Smith, a Chleaeo leather com.
mieeien rhnt. was ttceidMtaUvkiuj
rtlepL Tnt... !--.. .1.11 P. .1 "t . f .V ... I
Mvty wen, iivnuuuoKii, o. youngest uaugiiwr, ana tne Doctor, 'oats-Western MUed
a. urews, atioiiai-ureenoacic. Missouri hearing of it, grew very angry, and , iKK-New Met
i weuwi iiistrict, joun . uiover", Demo-1 wont to his son-in-law to demand an ex-1 ST. LOUIS, orat, William H. Hatch, Democrat (Con- planation. Maj. Sorogging said he act-1 Hvtur'' vention split). Kansas-First District. John ed on the spur of the moment, but the GoffiC:
ie.uK
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R. Anderson, Depubllcan; Third District, I reverend gentleman skl that would not Thos. Ityan, Ilepublloan. Ohlo-Flfth DIs- do, and smacked Scroggins in the face, trlct, II. Wilson, Republican; Seventh DIs- j The two gentlemen had it rough-and-trlct,FraHk Hurd, Democrat; Tenth DIs-: tumble, the Doctor coming out best.
trict, V B. Horton, Republican; Twelfth Scroggina
isiniuui, ii. o. .-xear, Kepuuuoan; seventh District, James Monroe Kepublloan. Texas -Fourth District, Roger Q. Mills', Democrat. Georgia-Eighth District, Alexander II. Stephens" Democrat. (Those marked are renominated). It is rumored at Paris that a French protectorate over Tunis has been sanctioned by England and Turkey, It being stipulated that France should not Interfere with the regency of the Bey. A dispatch frem Constantinople reports
an attempted assassination of Gen. Todleben, of the Russian army, during a review ef the military. A youne Greek advanced
towards the General ai the latter was re viewing the troops, and, drawing a pistel, discharged IU eon tents when nuite close to
his intended victim. Gen. Todleben eoeaped unhurt, and the would-be assassin was im
mediately arrested.
Mackenzie's Mexioan raid proved abortive .
ewlnf, It la said, te a portion ef the eemmansl being unable to ere! the Rio Grande
went home much on raped
aim sent, a cnaiienge to nis iatner-in-law, which the said father-in-law promptly declined. The disgraced son-in-law told hia friends that he would get even with the man, even if he had to poison him. He armed himself to the teeth, ready to slay him at first sight. The Doctor also armed himself, so as to be prepared in an emergency. Yesterday the two men met on the road near Dr. Hill's house. They were on horsebaok, and, after passing a few words, they both deliberately drew pistols. Scroggins asked, "Are you ready?" The Dootor replied "Yes." Then Scoggins fired two shots in rapid suc
cession, neitlier taking effect. The Doctor tired one shot, killing his antagonist instantly. He then went to the Sherift and gave himself un. Scrotririns's
friends carried the remains home for burial, and are highly indignant against the Doctor, though the public justify him, saying he noted in self-defense.
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