The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-07-28


Col. George Longley, Of the British
army, while drunk, whipped the man
ager and assistant manager Of the Ar
gyll Rooms, London, and is therefore
likely to lose his commission.
There has been a great deal Of
money lost and won on the English
races this year Lord Dudley lost $751;
600 on Petrarch at the Ascot. A pro-
fessiona book maker cleared $4,000,
and another made $4,000 in one day.
"A treasure of great value has just
been washed ashore on the coast OF
Brittany. A boy found box on the
beach; it was too heavy TO carry, and
so he called his parents, who broke it
open and found that itcontained l,5OO,-
900 francs.
Eliza Armour, OF Newburg, y. T.,
to cure rheumatism wrapped herself in
garments saturated with Kerosene,
which took fire and she burned 10 death.
A daughter of Mrs. Armour in trying
to save her mothers life was fatally
burned.
Dolly Cranse, aged 10, Of Erie, Pa,
wanted to 90 West 10 see her brother.
Her father would not give her money.
She thcreupon drew a check for $40,
and forged her fathers name TO il. The
crime was discovered, and the girl went
out i'm lot and cut her throat.
Robert Cummison, a farmer living
five miles south Of Fort Wayne, Ind,
descended his well for the purpose OF
getting a bucket that had fallen in.
When about ten feet down he was over
powered by damp, and fell To the bot
tom, breaking his neck by the fall and
causing instant death.
A woman writes that ga man can
hold his age much better than he can
hold his youth To which a man
might add that a woman can hold her
age much better than she can hold her
mouth-but respect for our hair
prevents us from making the remark. -
NOrrlSt0cn Herald.
1t was rather annoying, to say the
least, when the new clerk of "A Boston
merchant, who had just been initiated
into the mysteries OF the trade mark,
inquired in loud voice as customer
demured TO the price. "What shall
sell this for? 1t is marked four dollars
and half, and cost fifty cents"
-"You needn't take down any more
goods she said to the weary-lookine
clerk, who was half submerged in hi:
wares, 81 don't want TO buy any, buf
my husbands sisters niece is going tC
New York, and she said she'd buy ms
what needed there if the prices were
enough lower than here to make II
worth while. Chicago Journal.
-"Banio Ben,m an incorporate anc
half-crazy negro, attempted to- walk
small half-inch working cable used IL
the construction of the new suspension
bridge at Minneapolis, MINI. When l.
. feet out, and within 20 feet of the edg'
Of the river, he fell a distance OF II.
feet, striking the rocky ground, and wa
killed instantly.
, In land case, now being tried ii
the District Court, the jury having beer
, dispensed with, his Honor, Judg'
! Noonan, acts as judge and jury both
, To have single man acting for twelv'
seems very simple. but it is bewilderin!
to Deputy Sheriff Mccall, who has beer
attending juries for long time. Yes
terdav morning, for instance. he l0oke'
fixedly at his Honor, and, after count
inc him several times, inquired "Wher
is the rest of you ~ When Court ad
: iourned, Mccall said, rather sternly, W
, thought, to his Honor "Now, don
YOU 90 talking about this case amonl
Yourselves, and all of you boys be o
hand promptly, or I'll hunt some c
! you up in a way that you wont like. -
San Antonto (Ter.) Herald
+ John Collins, talented Londo
; pick pocket, took an active part in tn
, Moody and Sankey meetings, and afte
! the departure of the evangelists be
came popular singer and exhortel
His piety was not questioned by h
fellow-workers, and his friends anon
!; the taieves did not expose him. Thu
! he was enabled to pick pockets wit
great facility, often taking the watche
. and pocket-books of men and wome
I, while praying at their sides, or Will
= explaining to them the way Of salvation
Continued success, perhaps, made hiI
careless. for, while taking part in tn
= exercises of the laying Of the corne
stone for church in JSbridge, he wa
caught stealing watch from woma
: who was sharing hymn book wit
: him during the singing. He was al
) rested, and then a great number OF rot
ba,.ias ueYn traced IN him